The NFL said it would be closely following the political situation in Arizona surrounding the “religious freedom” bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to gays or lesbians on religious grounds, prompting concerns that the league may consider moving
The sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts segregated an incarcerated Aaron Hernandez to protect him from other inmates. He might want to think about keeping the former New England Patriots end segregated to protect the general population in the jail. TMZ
A San Diego State running back left the NFL Combine on Sunday in Indianapolis without running the forty, showing off his vertical leap, or pushing 225 pounds above his chest. His reason? God told him to depart. “(God) told me
Duck Commander, the outdoors company owned by the Robertson family featured on A&E’s Duck Dynasty, has purchased the naming rights to the Independence Bowl. The 38-year-old postseason college football contest becomes the Duck Commander Independence Bowl. The Louisiana-based company owns
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark said that it will be difficult for the NFL to police the use of the N-word with 15-yard penalties, especially because the word is used so often, especially by black players. “I think it’s going
After initially complying, Pittsburgh Steelers players ended up ignoring chairman Dan Rooney’s request to not use the “N-word” in the locker room. Steelers safety Ryan Clark said on ESPN on Sunday that Rooney asked cornerback Ike Taylor to not play
NASCAR’s most popular driver is finally on Twitter. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has said that he would join Twitter if he ever won the Daytona 500 again. And after he won the Great American Race on Sunday 10 years after he
Nighttime proved the right time for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The Hendrick Motorsports driver finished first in a race that featured downpour delays, multiple crashes, twenty different leaders, and forty-four lead changes. Earnhardt had waited ten years to win the Daytona
Though Fox aired a replay of last year’s Daytona 500 because this year’s Super Bowl in NASCAR was postponed due to rain and tornado warnings, espnW’s twitter account congratulated Danica for having the highest finish “of any woman ever at
Fox News’ Facebook page apologized on Sunday evening for erroneously congratulating Jimmie Johnson for winning this year’s Daytona 500 to its more than 5 million fans. While the Daytona 500 was in a rain delay on Sunday, Fox replayed last
The Brooklyn Nets signed openly-gay center Jason Collins to a ten-day contract on Sunday. The 35-year-old center looks to make his debut at the Staples Center against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night. Collins will then become the first openly-gay
As winter Olympians closed out the games in Sochi, summer Olympian Ronda Rousey closed out her fellow medalist Sara McMann in Las Vegas at UFC 170. The bronze-medal-winning judoka made short work of the silver-medal-winning wrestler with a liver-shot knee
The NFL may penalize players 15 yards for racial and homophobic slurs and eject them from the game after a second offense. John Wooten, the head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group that monitors diversity, told ESPN that he
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Teemu Selanne scored two goals and Tuukka Rask had a 26-save shutout, helping Finland rout the United States 5-0 Saturday to win hockey bronze at the Sochi Games. Selanne, a 43-year-old, six-time Olympian, and Jussi Jokinen
The Sportsman Channel unveiled a promotional video for Sarah Palin’s show, Amazing America with Sarah Palin, which will debut on April 3 at 8 p.m. EST. “America, prepared to be amazed,” Palin says in the video in front of an
The San Francisco 49ers reportedly came close to trading head coach Jim Harbaugh to the Cleveland Browns for multiple draft picks. Both Harbaugh and the 49ers denied the reports. You read that right. ProFootballTalk initially reported that the Browns were
American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, the 18-year-old some believed would be the breakout star of the Sochi Games, made history on Friday, becoming the youngest woman ever to win gold in the slalom. Shiffrin knocked off a “murderer’s row” of skiing
A petition calling for an open investigation of the women’s figure skating judges and results has been signed by more than 1.7 million people less than 24 hours after South Korea’s Yuna Kim may have been robbed of the gold
American figure skater Ashley Wagner, like many in the figure skating community, was shocked that the judges did not award Yuna Kim a gold medal that nearly everyone believed she had won Thursday night in Sochi. “I am speechless,” Wagner
Their record says “powderpuff.” Their new helmet screams “mean.” The Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled their new helmets on Thursday. They’re a lot like the old ones. The pirate-flag logo appears supersized on the new brain buckets. The skull inside that
The Brooklyn Nets may sign Jason Collins to a 10-day contract, which could make him the first openly gay player acknowledged by the media to play in a major American sport. Collins came out last year to much fanfare but
Former Dallas Cowboys and University of North Carolina defensive end Greg Ellis said Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL prospect who could become the NFL’s first openly gay player, should be careful about patting players on the butt if
A former Japanese Prime Minister criticized figure skating legend Mao Asada for falling in her short program on Wednesday. Yoshiro Mori, the former Japanese Prime Minister who is new chairman for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ organizing committee, said that Asada has
