In his NBA debut, Julius Randle, the first-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, broke a leg–literally. Sad moment, watched Kobe Bryant cradle Julius Randle’s head, as Randle said to Kobe, “[expletive] hurts man. It hurts” — Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters)
Chivas USA joins the Chicago Stags, Cleveland Spiders, and Montreal Maroons as an answer to a trivia question about defunct teams. Chivas USA, Major League Soccer’s second Los Angeles franchise and a little brother affiliate to a Guadalajara team, couldn’t
CNN’s Don Lemon thinks that Charles Barkley has a point about successful African Americans enduring the slings and arrows from less successful African Americans. Discussing the controversy over Russell Wilson’s Seattle Seahawks teammates allegedly dubbing him insufficiently black, and the
Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas called the story that his teammates consider quarterback Russell Wilson not authentically black “an insult to our race.” “Russell is the ultimate competitor,” Thomas told Peter King’s MMQB. “He always works as hard as anyone,
The NFL has evolved from holding one game a year at London’s Wembley Stadium to two games in 2013 to three games this season. A report from the Daily Mail contends that the NFL already has five games in the
A St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who launched his major-league career by launching a home run in his first game won’t be able to fulfill the promise he showed during his 2014 rookie season. Oscar Taveras died in a single-car crash
Charles Barkley told a Philadelphia radio station that “one reason [black people are] never going to be successful as a whole is because of other black people.” The Hall of Famer’s words came in reaction to reported criticisms of Seattle
The Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa will appear a sea of red on Saturday at 7 p.m. in honor of the two soldiers killed in separate incidents of terrorism on home soil this week. Wednesday’s shootings at the Canadian parliament
Is that the orange uniform issued by the Denver Broncos or the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department? The Denver Broncos released practice-squad safety John Boyett after a bizarre series of events Wednesday morning that culminated in his arrest. The Colts cut
The UEFA has awarded Serbia a 3-0 victory in their game with Albania halted by a bizarre, drone-flown banner. Earlier this month, chaos ensured in Belgrade when a drone flying a “Greater Albania” flag hovered over the field in the
The Denver Broncos beat the San Diego Chargers by a comfortable 14 points on Thursday night. But Peyton Manning isn’t comfortable with the performance–of the scoreboard operator. The Sports Authority Field at Mile High big-board operator riled fans up when
Russell Wilson quarterbacked the Seattle Seahawks to a Lombardi Trophy. But he reportedly isn’t black enough for unnamed teammates. “My feeling on this–and it’s backed up by several interviews with Seahawks players–is that some of the black players think Wilson
The Dallas Cowboys released Michael Sam on Tuesday. The move enabled the Cowboys to sign linebacker Troy Davis to the practice squad. The defensive end, signed to the Cowboys practice squad after the Rams cut him during the preseason, thanked
An Indian soccer player lost his life earlier this week after suffering injuries from a celebration flip after a goal. Bethlehem Vengthlang FC midfielder Peter Biaksangzuala, a defensive-minded player known more for keeping balls out of his net than kicking
The Florida State Seminoles enjoy a bye week. There’s no respite for Jimbo Fisher on Jameis Winston questions. “We’re moving on with Louisville and talking about the other things,” Fisher responded in Belichickian fashion to an inquiry about his beleaguered
In Kansas City, the average house can be had for about $186,000. It costs $963,000 to buy the median house for sale in San Francisco. Despite the differences in income between the fan bases for the Royals and Giants, Fall
Six-year-old Kansas City Royals fan Noah Wilson has undergone 12 rounds of chemotherapy and 28 rounds of radiation to cure his cancer, which hit at about the same time that the Kansas City Royals started their season. A different dose
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed legislation Friday establishing a sports book in the Garden State. “As I’ve said all along, I am a strong proponent of legalized sports wagering in New Jersey,” the Republican explained in a prepared statement.
The Seattle Seahawks have traded multifaceted offensive weapon Percy Harvin to the New York Jets. Seattle picked up the receiver in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings in 2013 for first-, third-, and seventh-round picks. He comes considerably cheaper for
The arrests of Aaron Hernandez, Ray Rice, and Adrian Peterson have reinforced the perception of the NFL as the National Felons League. But police actually arrest NFL players at about one-eighth the clip of the rate for comparable men in
What do you do for an encore after winning the NLCS MVP award? Dump six Budweisers on your face and down your throat, of course. San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, after pouring four beers on himself after the Giants
Jeff Banister played in one major-league game, batting 1.000 on his career. The Texas Rangers liked that track record of success, and his 29 years in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as a player and coach, enough to hire him as
How to stop as pervasive and destructive a problem as domestic violence? Public-service announcements, of course. The same powerful force that ended the nation’s drug problem through a fried-egg visual in the ’80s and abolished pollution through the arresting image
The New York Giants, a few days removed from a shutout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, face the daunting task of traveling to Dallas to play the Cowboys, fresh off a road-dog win over the defending Super Bowl champions. The
Soccer games broke out in No Man’s Land during World War I’s Christmas Truce. A war nearly broke out during yesterday’s soccer game between Albania and Serbia in Belgrade. A drone flying a “Greater Albania” flag hovered over the pitch
