A Los Angeles Lakers security guard has been charged with stealing two NBA championship rungs valued at nearly $20,000. According to the Associated Press, “El Segundo police said in a statement Thursday that Eddie J. Monterroso has been charged with
On Wednesday, ESPN ran an ad for Obamacare after rejecting a commercial from a Catholic hospital because the network found the words “God” and “Jesus” to be problematic. In the Obamacare ad, the announcer says, according to a Weekly Standard
**Update** ESPN reversed course and has decided to run the original ad with “God” and “Jesus” mentions. **Update** Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Breitbart Sports on Thursday: “I used to be obsessed with ESPN. In how many interviews have
**UPDATE** Breitbart News exclusively learned on Thursday afternoon that ESPN will air the original ad on Saturday from Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center with the words “Jesus” and “God.” ESPN issued this statement to Breitbart News on Thursday: “We have again
Former President George W. Bush sent Alabama field goal kicker Cade Foster, who received death threats after missing three field goals in the Iron Bowl that Alabama heartbreakingly lost, a letter of support. The letter read: “Dear Cade (#43), Life
Alabama reportedly offered head coach Nick Saban a contract extension on Friday, and it is still unsigned. After reports that Texas head coach Mack Brown may resign and wild rumors that the Longhorns may even offer Saban a 10-year deal
After becoming only the second first-year head coach to lead a team to the BCS national title game, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn was reportedly named the Home Depot Coach of the Year on Wednesday. He will receive the award during
Boxer Manny Pacquiao reportedly owes the IRS over $18 million in unpaid taxes. According to a TMZ report, “in addition to his $50 million tax fight in the Philippines,” Pacquiao reportedly did not pay over $18 million in federal income
The Seattle Mariners were able to offer former New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano $42 million more after-tax dollars to lure him to the American League West because they play in a state with no income tax. When
The NFL will ban tailgating at this year’s Super Bowl and prevent fans from walking to the event, which will take place on Feb. 2, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The event may get more complicated if it
Former NFL special teams great Brian Mitchell suggested last week that the NFL may be “juicing” footballs used for kickoffs and field goals. His comments may reverberate more after Denver’s Matt Prater set an NFL record with a 64-yard field
After the Minnesota Vikings lost a dramatic 29-26 game to the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore on Sunday, the team’s airplane had to be grounded for hours after a catering truck crashed into it at BWI Airport. As ProFootballTalk noted, “Vikigns
The late Nelson Mandela was an amateur boxer and idolized American boxer Joe Louis, the black American fighter whose bouts with Nazi Germany’s Max Schmelling in the 1930s turned him into an American hero. He credited the sport for allowing
Critics have heckled Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning throughout his career for not being able to play as well in freezing weather. On Sunday, after Manning completed 39 passes for 397 yards in leading the Broncos to a 51-28 win
In the last BCS title game of the BCS era, Auburn will face Florida State at the Rose Bowl and attempt to win the Southeastern Conference’s eight straight national title and the state of Alabama’s fifth straight. Auburn seems like
The NFL will reportedly take a draft pick away from the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2014 draft to punish the team for head coach Mike Tomlin’s sideline antics during the Thanksgiving night game against the Baltimore Ravens. Tomlin disrupted Ravens
Auburn will likely play Florida State for the BCS national championship at the Rose Bowl when the final BCS standings are announced on Sunday. After Michigan State defeated Ohio State 34-24 in the Big Ten title game on Saturday, Auburn,
This weekend, sixty members of the clergy in Washington, D.C. will partner with the Oneida Nation to run radio ads urging the Washington Redskins to change their name before the team’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The
The University of Alabama’s student newspaper was forced to apologize for a cartoon about Alabama’s loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl that some readers and those on social media outlets believed had “racist intentions.” The “This is what happens in
November was Fox Sports 1’s most-watched month as the upstart network tries to challenge ESPN. According to Variety, the network that launched in August “averaged 457,000 viewers in primetime from Nov. 1-30, according to Nielsen, more than double its average
On Friday, the draw for the 2014 World Cup was announced a day after the passing of Nelson Mandela, who brought South Africa–and Africa–its first World Cup in 2010. He made his final public appearance for the nation during the
NFL players are fed up with Thursday night football games, saying that playing games three days after the Sunday games are dangerous and making them more prone to injury. “It’s dangerous,” Duane Brown of the Texans told MMQB. “It feels
President Barack Obama reportedly said he wants to host SportsCenter‘s “Top 10” plays segment after he leaves the presidency. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Obama made his remarks last week at the DreamWorks campus in Hollywood: At the end of
President Barack Obama reportedly said he wants to host SportsCenter’s “Top 10” plays of the night segment once he leaves the White House, but it may be more appropriate for him to host the program’s “Not Top 10” segment given the disastrous Obamacare
The NFL fined Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 on Wednesday for stepping on the field of play and interfering with Baltimore Ravens returner Jacoby Jones’s kickoff return during a Thanksgiving night game. The league also said it would
