On Monday, the Silver State’s combat-sports overseeing body (and, in effect, the world’s overseeing body) suspended UFC fighter Nick Diaz for five years for testing positive for marijuana. His January adversary, Anderson Silva, popped positive for a pharmacopia of steroids. He received a one-year suspension.
Moses Malone wore Nikes before Michael. He won three MVP awards before Larry and Magic did. He went to the pros straight from high school before King James, the Black Mamba, or even Chocolate Thunder.
Miss America put herself in the “not sure” category before declaring Tom Brady “definitely cheated.” It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.
Bill Belichick is in his opponents’ heads. Is he in their headsets, too?
The Pittsburgh Steelers encountered mysterious communications issues in Gillette Stadium to start their NFL season.
As the NFL kicks off its 96th season tonight, the American Gaming Association (AGA) says that nearly 98 percent of wagers on football go through illegal bookmakers.
Eli Manning merely confessed, in a dead-tree newspaper no less, that he did not Tweet. From the reaction, one got the impression that the Giants quarterback moved to a log cabin deep in the Pine Barrens.
President Barack Obama namedropped Tom Brady at a Labor Day event in Boston to stress the importance of unions. But the president did so after crossing the picket lines of non-striking workers of two important public-employee unions protesting his event at the Park Plaza Hotel near Boston Common.
Boston banned smokeless tobacco at athletic fields, including Fenway Park, on Wednesday night. Blame second-hand stupid. San Francisco imposed a similar measure earlier this year, and one must keep up with the Joneses.
When Andrei Arlovski debuted in the octagon against Aaron Brink at UFC 28, 9/11 meant a number to call in emergency, Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open” topped the Billboard Hot 100, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood still aired new episodes.
The New England Patriots quarterback plays in the league’s season opener but at home the commissioner stays. Who’da thunk it?
Judge Richard Berman Gronk-spiked his decision upon the NFL shield on Thursday.
After defeating the rest of the league in 2014, Tom Brady opened the 2015 season by triumphing over the NFL itself.
Ronda Rousey faces a date with Holly Holm in the octagon just days after the Marine Corps birthday. But her date for the Marine Corps Birthday Ball appears a go due to the fortuitous delayed December 11 timing of a Camp Lejeune celebration and the accelerated scheduling of her fight with Holm.
The O.co Coliseum recalcitrantly stands as the last of its kind, a one-size-fits-all stadium that serves as the mi casa es su casa address of the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland A’s. Neither franchise appears happy with the communal living arrangement.
ESPN posted its OTL Extra web-only segment continuing the television debate on football safety between Against Football author Steve Almond and Daniel J. Flynn, author of The War on Football and editor of Breitbart Sports.
Like a bad neighbor, State Farm wasn’t there.
The NFL and NFL Players Association failed to reach a settlement in the Tom Brady Deflategate case on Monday, forcing Judge Richard Berman to announce his decision to issue a ruling on the case later this week.
Painters are not the only artists who complain that the public just does not understand their work on the canvas.
Darryl Dawkins, a man mean to basketball rims but nice to people, passed away on Thursday after a heart attack at 58. He is survived by his many nicknames.
A construction worker died building the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The man toiled on the structure’s roof before falling into a crevice.
Russell Wilson says God picks winners and losers. An All-Pro on the other side of the ball says He separates the injured-reserve list from the active roster.
Steve Almond, who resigned an adjunct teaching position at Boston College because the school refused to rescind a commencement invitation to Condi Rice, wants an ESPN blackout of yours truly.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voted unanimously not to recognize a labor union of student-athletes.
A Brazilian fighter captured a mixed-martial arts championship carrying a baby. It’s later than you think.
