Major League Baseball reportedly has more incriminating evidence against Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez than they had against Ryan Bruan regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs. On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers slugger, based on MLB’s evidence provided to him, admitted
Dale Murphy, the Atlanta Braves great, said on Monday that Major League Baseball needs to treat performance-enhancing drugs like gambling and have “zero tolerance” for players who violate the drug policy in order to deter players from taking banned substances.
Major League Baseball suspended Milwaukee Brewers superstar Ryan Braun for the remainder of the 2013 season without pay, and the slugger accepted the penalty after admitting to making “mistakes” in violation of Major League Baseball’s drug policy. As the Milwaukee
After announcing that it had officially hired Nate Silver, ESPN announced that it bought his FiveThirtyEight franchise on Monday. The network did not disclose how much it paid for the franchise. Silver, whose contract with the New York Times expires
An NFL scout recently said South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is the best prospect he has ever graded in his ten years in the business. Daniel Jeremiah said the best prospect he has scouted before Clowney had been Mario
Phil Mickelson, the swashbuckling golfer who won his first Open Championship on Sunday at Muirfield with a 5-under 66 round at Muirfield that was for the ages, said he attempted his daring shots on the 17th and 18th holes because
After winning his first Open Championship on Sunday with a final round for the ages, Phil Mickelson said the tournament he has had a “hate-love” relationship with was a tougher challenge for him to overcome than the U.S. Open that
Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison, one of the team’s best players, was arrested early on Sunday morning for reportedly barking at a police dog. He has since been released. The booking information read: “PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES: HARASS TEASE INTERFERE POLICE FIRE
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel reportedly lied to his mother and Archie Manning about why he did not show up to scheduled meetings the day he was booted from the Manning Passing Camp in Louisiana last weekend. According to the
Lee Westwood, who started the final round of the Open Championship on the lead at Muirfield, will try to become to get the “best player to have never won a major” tag removed from his name. In fact, no player
ESPN will reportedly announce next week that it has hired Nate Silver to contribute to Keith Olbermann’s new late-night talk show. The numbers-crunching baseball geek gained national fame when he correctly projected the outcomes of the 2008 and 2012 presidential
A man in Cuba who served over three years in jail has filed a $12-million lawsuit against Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig, claiming the Cuban defector made false statements that led to his jail sentence and subsequent torture. The complaint was
NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA’ rating to the $65.5 million Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RCSCA, or the authority), convention and sports facility project and refunding bonds, series A 2013 (state of Missouri, sponsor). The bonds
Former NBA great and TNT commentator Charles Barkley said while he believed Trayvon Martin was a victim of “racial profiling,” the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial was correct based on the evidence. He said that “judging by
Mark O’Meara, the 1998 British Open champion, shot a 4-under 67 in his first round of the Open Championship in Thursday at Muirfield. The 56-year-old was actually 5-under at the turn before promptly bogeying three out of the next seven
Criticized for changing his clubs and not spending time practicing with them because he is distracted by his girlfriend, Rory McIlroy came to the Open Championship on Thursday and promptly shot an 8-over 79 in a dreadful opening round. He
Iowa’s Zach Johnson shot a 5-under 66 to lead the Open Championship by one stroke over 56-year-old Mark O’Meara, the 1998 British Open champion who shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday. Only 15 players finished under par in what was
Last year during SEC Media Days, Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin fielded only one question about Johnny Manziel, who was not even certain to be the team’s starting quarterback. The quarterback did not even have a 1,000 Twitter followers then. What
A cable television industry analyst estimates that ESPN would cost viewers $30 per month if purchased a la carte. According to Laura Martin, a senior industry analyst for Needham & Co. who released a “Future of TV” report on Monday,
The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) said Wednesday that it “strongly” opposed the proposed boycott suggested by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics if Russia granted NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum. Graham had suggested on Tuesday that
On Wednesday, ESPN President John Skipper said Keith Olbermann will be able to discuss politics on his new late-night talk show on ESPN2 and noted that any opinions Olbermann had to offer about Trayvon Martin would be acceptable so long
ESPN announced on Wednesday that Keith Olbermann will officially join the network to host a late-night talk show on ESPN2, which will debut on August 26. His show will begin 10 days after Fox Sports 1’s launch on August 17.
When Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer in baseball history, entered his final All-Star game in the eighth inning on Tuesday, Citi Field’s loudspeakers blared “Enter Sandman,” which has been Rivera’s entrance music since the 1999 season. Everything after
ESPN may be on the verge of signing Keith Olbermann to host a late-night talk show as early as this week. Variety reports that “while an ESPN spokesman declined to comment, sources indicated that an announcement on the Olbermann talker
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the United States should consider boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi if Russia grants NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum. When The Hill asked the Gang of Eight senator about whether he would urge the
