All-Star Game festivities get under way tonight in Minneapolis with the annual home-run derby. Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland A’s attempts to repeat as champion. In addition to Cespedes, the American League roster consists of captain Jose Bautista (Blue Jays),
Even football broadcasters keep depth charts. Pam Oliver no longer finds herself atop of Fox’s rankings of sideline reporters. The familiar face finds herself bumped by Erin Andrews, the blonde beauty famous for winning the attention of a creepy peephole
On Saturday, President Barack Obama golfed with ESPN host Michael Wilbon in Maryland. The foursome at the TPC Potomac Golf Club in Montgomery County, Maryland included Glenn Hutchins, and Marvin Nicholson. Obama has previously golfed with Wilbon in addition to his
In 2010, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert labeled LeBron James’s exodus “cowardly” and “narcissistic.” Four years later, James returning to Gilbert’s employ has added nearly a half-billion dollars to the value of his franchise. Then, Gilbert felt the pain in
Cleveland loves the return of LeBron; Las Vegas, even more so. In the course of a few hours, the Cleveland Cavaliers changed from a team that hasn’t sniffed the playoffs since 2011 into the franchise favored over all others to
The Houston Rockets have traded Jeremy Lin and a future first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash. The deal shifted Lin’s $15 million salary–with about $8 million counting against the cap–off Houston’s books for 2014-2015, allowing the team
The NFL visits London three times this season, fueling speculation that the games will serve as the advance party for a full-fledged football invasion of the United Kingdom. In Week 4, the Oakland Raiders play the Miami Dolphins. In Week
Cleveland Cavaliers quarterback Johnny Manziel and LeBron James are friends. They share a management team. And now they’ll share a city after James announced on Friday that he would be returning to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. Manziel, in a Tweet
After infamously trashing LeBron James in a letter when James made the “decision” to leave his hometown franchise four years ago, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert welcomed James back with open arms on Friday. James announced that he would be
The Brooklyn Nets will pay an NBA-record $90.57 million in luxury-tax penalties to the rest of the NBA teams for their gargantuan 2013-2014 payroll. Team owner Mikhail Prokhorov boasts a net worth exceeding $10 billion. Based in large part on
A day after describing his wife as so gentle as not to harm a fly, Donald Sterling continued to invoke the animal kingdom in court on Wednesday in reference to his bride. “Stay away from me, you pig,” Sterling angrily,
The surgeon’s knife awaits Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. An injury to the lefty-shooting Crosby’s right wrist allegedly impaired his play–stellar, nevertheless–for parts of this season, particularly during the playoffs. It is unclear when the injury occurred.
Germany inflicted a historic 7-1 rout on hosts Brazil on Tuesday to reach the World Cup final as Miroslav Klose became the all-time leading scorer in the history of the tournament. Brazil have never suffered such a big defeat in
Germany was crushing Brazil so badly in the World Cup semifinals on Tuesday that Brazilian fans were seen sobbing throughout the stadium. Brazil, which has five World Cup titles, had not lost an international soccer match at home since 1975,
A massive thunderstorm in Rio de Janeiro knocked out ESPN’s power just after Germany shellshocked Brazil by scoring five goals in 18 minutes in the first half. “Our studio has gone dark much like Brazil,” host Mike Tirico said. He
Major League Baseball has announced the American League and National League rosters for the All-Star Game. There are a lot of Brewers, A’s, and Orioles on it. Here’s who the fans wanted to see (current complete rosters here) in the
On Sunday afternoon, a Major League Soccer player received a yellow card for celebrating a goal by taking a selfie photo with fans. Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer scored in the 33rd minute against the Chicago Fire and promptly
When Colombian superstar James Rodriguez converted his penalty kick during Colombia’s 2-1 loss to Brazil on Friday in the World Cup quarterfinals, a giant insect landed on his arm as he was celebrating his goal. Rodriguez leads all World Cup
The Oakland Athletics traded away their 2013 and 2012 first-round picks, pitcher Dan Straily, and a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel. The Cubs currently find themselves at the bottom
The Fourth of July means hot dogs, fireworks, and patriotism. Joey Chestnut combined all three in Coney Island. First came the fireworks. The competitive food-eating champion proposed to girlfriend Neslie Ricasa immediately prior to defending his hot-dog-eating title. The sequence
Degenerate gamblers of Planet Earth, rejoice! The bookmakers have finally released the odds for the 2018 World Cup. The painful wait is over! The United States, which played competitively to reach the knockout round this summer, faces a 50-1 uphill
The very week that the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks hired Jason Kidd as a coach before informing Larry Drew that he had been fired, the Houston Rockets have descended the NBA disrespect to a new level. The team
The U.S. men’s soccer team survived the “Group of Death,” but after traveling nearly 10,000 miles across Brazil, their run in the 2014 World Cup is over. And it ended in extra time. Again. In the opening minutes of the
The U.S. lined up against Belgium at 4 p.m. Eastern time today. It didn’t take long for the Belgium team to show why they entered the game the favorites. Divock Origi broke away about forty seconds into the contest, blasting
The Milwaukee Bucks sent two second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets to acquire the services of head coach Jason Kidd. In a move characteristic of a 15-67 franchise, the Bucks hadn’t even informed current coach Larry Drew that he had
