On Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, ESPN color commentator Jesse Palmer (right) saved ESPN play-by-play man Chris Fowler’s life at halftime with a Heimlich maneuver. The two were calling the Pinstripe Bowl game between Notre Dame and Rutgers at Yankee
On Friday, LeBron James passed Larry Bird on the NBA’s all-time scoring list in the arena in which James debuted 10 years ago as a pro in Sacramento. But he also injured his ankle when he landed on a referee’s
On Saturday, the Cleveland Cavaliers indefinitely suspended embattled center Andrew Bynum for “conduct detrimental to the team.” They have even reportedly cancelled his Fathead promotion that had been scheduled for Sunday. It is worth nothing that Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan
New York Giants rookie defensive back Cooper Taylor is putting up his condo by MetLife Stadium, where the Super Bowl will be played on February 2, 2014, for rent for $9,000 during Super Bowl week. Taylor shares the condo with
ESPN, a company that makes $6 billion a year in cable subscription fees, has received nearly $260 million in tax breaks from Connecticut over the past 12 years. As the New York Times notes, ESPN is “hardly needy,” because with
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a novel idea for the NBA Draft–make the two worst teams ineligible for the top pick. That would prevent teams from tanking and may be a lot better than scrapping the exciting–and controversial–lottery system
Houston linebacker Jeff Tarpinian revealed that he is playing football two years removed from brain surgery. According to the Houston Chronicle, Tarpinian “was placed on season-ending injured reserve Nov. 24, 2011, as a Patriots rookie” after seven promising games due
Houston Texas superstar defensive end J.J. Watt will likely get a nose job in the offseason because his mom “hates” his disfigured nose, which occurred after he had to get six stitches on his nose in Week 4 against the
Darnell Dockett, the Arizona Cardinals player who went ballistic when former college teammates accused him of being gay, refused to apologize for mocking Asians on Twitter last weekend. Apple has a new device out for Chinese people. The iOpener. — DARNELL
Jon Kitna, the 41-year-old former NFL quarterback who came out of retirement this week to be the third-string quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday and said he would donate his $53,000 salary to his high school, is currently at
Jon Kitna, the 41-year-old former NFL quarterback who teaches math at a Tacoma, Washington high school, will make $53,000 this week to be the third-string quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in their “win or go home” game against the Philadelphia
Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki blasted the sleeved jerseys worn by NBA teams that played on Christmas, calling them “awful.” Nowitzki said he was “old school” about uniforms and was probably glad his Mavericks did not have to play–and wear
Moments before Hollywood Park shut off its lights for good on Sunday, Todd Schrupp, one of the better announcers in sports, gave the storied race track a deserving sign off. Tribute stories have all mentioned the legendary thoroughbreds–Seabiscuit, Citation, Seattle
On Monday, the 49ers played the last regular season game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco by defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-24. The game marked an end to the famed stadium that was also a symbol of the worst of
The San Francisco 49ers closed out San Francisco’s famed Candlestick Park on Monday with a 34-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. San Francisco Giants and 49ers greats were in attendance to witness the last regular season
Joe Fitzgibbon, the Washington state lawmaker, apologized on Monday evening for saying the state of Arizona was a “desert racist wasteland” after the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday. Fitzgibbon, a Democrat, claimed he was thinking about
Almost everyone who played the popular “NBA Jam” video game in the 1990s wondered who Mike Iuzzolino was and why he was paired with Derek Harper on the Dallas Mavericks in the video game. Last week, a Denver sports columnist
Jonathan Martin, the Miami Dolphins lineman who accused teammate Richie Incognito of bullying him after he left the team, broke his silence on Monday on Twitter. He tweeted, “Happy Holidays!”
The NBA may consider scrapping the Draft Lottery, which has generated so much excitement–and conspiracy theories–over the years in favor of a system in which teams would get the No. 1 draft pick in predetermined years in a 30-year cyclical
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is reportedly done for the year because of a season-ending back injury he sustained during the team’s comeback win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday. ESPN reported: Cowboys QB Tony Romo has been ruled out the
The NFL has been smashing television ratings and is a guaranteed ratings juggernaut every week. To Forbes, that is enough evidence to declare that “there’s little denying that from the comfort of our homes and social gathering places, at least in the
On Saturday, popular Arkansas fullback Kiero Small graduated from the university after earning a degree in sociology, becoming the first in his family to graduate from college. His story is inspiring, uplifting and reflective of all that can be great
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) fined Auburn $5,000 because their fans rushed the field after Auburn’s epic Iron Bowl win over Alabama. Mississippi State was fined $25,000 because their fans used cowbells and violated the league’s “artificial noisemaker policy” for a
The Department of Homeland Security raided a Massachusetts strip club that was reportedly peddling counterfeit Red Sox and Patriots apparel for lap dances. According to the Boston Herald, “Employees at the Foxy Lady Brockton were wearing some of the knock-off
Washington state Representative Joe Fitzgibbon, a Democrat, said the state of Arizona was a “desert racist wasteland” after the Arizona Cardinals beat the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday. He then promptly deleted his tweet and did not apologize for
