
A television in Seattle is referring to the Oklahoma City Thunder as “the former Sonics” in its newscasts. The team left Seattle in 2008 and moved to Oklahoma, but KIRO-TV in Seattle has declared that, “throughout their run, KIRO 7 promises
by BW9 May 2014, 10:49 PM PST0

The Cleveland Browns spent $100,000 studying what type of quarterback would best fit in the NFL after years of comically failing to find a franchise quarterback, but a homeless man may have ultimately convinced the Browns to draft Johnny Manziel
by BW8 May 2014, 8:30 PM PST0

Sports, like the story of the tortoise and the hare, instill in youngsters the value of perseverance. In Burlington, Iowa last night, 558 fans witnessed this virtue in action. The Clinton Lumber Kings overcame a 16-run deficit on the road
by BW8 May 2014, 12:22 PM PST0

No Tiger? No problem. “There was all this publicity about Masters ratings were off,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told ESPN. “The Masters is a great tournament, they had a great rating. It’s just that when Tiger plays, it’s higher.”
by BW8 May 2014, 6:38 AM PST0
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Richard Sherman, the shutdown cornerback of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, signed a contract extension with the team today. “I am blessed to announce that the Seattle Seahawks and I have reached an agreement on a contract extension,” Sherman
by BW7 May 2014, 1:38 PM PST0

Michael Jordan, the racially transcendent basketball star, admits that he hated whites growing up in North Carolina. In Michael Jordan: The Life, discussed in today’s New York Post, the former Chicago Bulls star tells author Ronald Lazenby that the Ku
by BW7 May 2014, 9:29 AM PST0

Instant replay stole free baseball from fans at PNC Park last night. They didn’t complain. Pirates outfielder Starling Marte belted a triple in the bottom of the ninth off Giants starter Tim Hudson. When second baseman Ehire Adrianza botched the
by BW7 May 2014, 6:40 AM PST0

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda hopes V. Stiviano, the woman Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told to not bring “black people” to his basketball games, gets hit by a car. Lasorda, 86,
by BW7 May 2014, 5:15 AM PST0

Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued a balls-and-strikes call. He got an ejection, and a finger-wagging, in return. The events transpired Monday night in the top of the eighth inning on a called strike three to Brett Gardner that appeared, well,
by BW6 May 2014, 2:07 PM PST0

The Golden State Warriors, stinging from a Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, fired head coach Mark Jackson Tuesday. “It’s never easy to make a decision of this nature,” General Manager
by BW6 May 2014, 1:43 PM PST0

The Oklahoman called Kevin Durant “Mr. Unreliable” last week. The NBA calls him MVP today. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward won his first MVP award today. His 119 first-place votes dwarfed the six first-place votes of last year’s winner LeBron
by BW6 May 2014, 11:06 AM PST0

Retired New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says in his new book that he’d rather have the second baseman for the Boston Red Sox playing behind him than former teammate Robinson Cano. “I don’t think Robby burns to be the
by BW6 May 2014, 7:31 AM PST0

Dennis Rodman says he saw the uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un who was supposedly executed before Rodman’s arrival. He also saw Kim Jong-un’s ex-girlfriend who was also thought to have been executed. When asked about Kim Jong-un’s reported
by BW5 May 2014, 3:05 PM PST0

Dennis Rodman said it was simply “bullshit” for the former basketball players who traveled with him to North Korea in January to play an exhibition game for Kim Jong-un’s birthday to claim they had thought they were going to play
by BW5 May 2014, 3:03 PM PST0

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling may have also discriminated against J.J. Redick, who is white. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the NBA after an audio recording surfaced in which Sterling tells V. Stiviano, who claimed
by BW5 May 2014, 7:10 AM PST0

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling may have discriminated against J.J. Redick, who is white. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the NBA after an audio recording surfaced in which Sterling tells girlfriend V. Stiviano not to
by BW5 May 2014, 7:10 AM PST0

Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson, who is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama and brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, was reportedly fired over the weekend after six underachieving seasons at Corvallis where his teams finished 93-104 with no
by BW5 May 2014, 6:47 AM PST0

Funeral services were held on Saturday for an Alabama swimming star and hero who died on Monday while saving his girlfriend’s life during the tornadoes that hit the state. John Servati, a 21-year-old University of Alabama swimmer from Mississippi who was
by BW4 May 2014, 11:52 AM PST0

V. Stiviano, the woman Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told not to bring “black people” to Clippers games on an audio recording, claimed that Sterling was not a racist and she was his “silly rabbit” and not his “whore.”
by BW4 May 2014, 8:09 AM PST0

Reggie Love, the president’s former “body man,” called the NBA’s ban on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling “appropriate” in comments made to The Hill. Sterling told a girlfriend that she shouldn’t post pictures of herself with African Americans online
by BW3 May 2014, 8:10 PM PST0

Donald Sterling has been estranged from his wife Rochelle, but he could presumably divorce her to delay the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA owners force him to sell the team after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned
by BW2 May 2014, 5:11 PM PST0

Los Angeles Clippers Owner Donald Sterling reportedly wishes he had just paid V. Stiviano off. “I wish I had just paid her off,” Sterling reportedly told Jason Binn of Dujour Magazine. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life on Tuesday
by BW2 May 2014, 5:11 PM PST0

Donald Sterling has been estranged from his wife Rochelle, but he could presumably divorce her to delay the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA owners force him to sell the team after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned
by BW2 May 2014, 5:11 PM PST0

Los Angeles Clippers Owner Donald Sterling reportedly wishes he had just paid V. Stiviano off. “I wish I had just paid her off,” Sterling reportedly told Jason Binn of Dujour Magazine. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life on Tuesday
by BW2 May 2014, 5:11 PM PST0

On Thursday, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama threw an Obamacare party at the White House for athletes and celebrities who helped the administration push the law. According to Time, the “Obamas cracked open the champagne” for about
by BW2 May 2014, 5:07 PM PST0