Sunday 3:30 p.m. – Indiana at New York: Even with Amar’e Stoudemire out, the Knicks have a advantage from their best through eighth-best player in their playoff match-up with the Pacers. Carmelo Anthony was the fourth best player in the
Sunday 1 p.m. EDT – Memphis at Oklahoma City: Kevin Durant is clearly the second best player in the league. If he still had James Harden (sixth best but playing for Houston) and Russell Westbrook (seventh best, injured) then OKC would have
Joakim Noah guaranteed what was perhaps one of the biggest upsets in playoff history since Joe Namath predicted the Jets upset of the Colts. His prediction counted on bench players-turned-stars in the photo with him (from left Noah, Nate Robinson,
Just how dependent on Game 7s is the NBA for playoff revenue? A review by Breitbart Sports of advertising figures presented by Ad Week makes it clear how dependent the NBA, as well as the NHL and Major League Baseball playoffs,
In the first week of March Madness, 36 games are played and every game is an elimination game for both teams. Saturday night, the Nets and Bulls will play in the 45th NBA playoff game this season, and it will be the first
Kobe Bryant’s mother may not have the down payment she said was planned for a new house after Bryant’s lawyers said she could not auction off items from his high school and early NBA career. If Kobe Bryant does sign on
Sports fans in the nation’s capital get to watch young stars in all four major sports, but their best of all is Alex Ovechkin, who was prevented from joining 10 Hall of Famers as the only players to score 50
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby was not cleared to play and the Islanders Matt Martin delivered his normal intimidating hits throughout, but neither mattered as the Eastern Conference champions dominated the 8-seed trying to win their first playoff series in 20 years.
Two young Washington superstars who do not like their bosses protecting them from injury may not miss any games. A month after Dr. James Andrews described Robert Griffin III’s recovery from his knee injury as “superhuman,” it looks like Stephen
Jonathan Quick was brilliant in goal for defending champion Los Angeles Kings – stopping numerous chances against a physical, forechecking St. Louis Blues team. And then with the game seemingly in hand, he did not see Alexander Steen streaking toward
The Mountain West Conference has challenged the Pac 12 for western basketball supremacy the last couple of years. However, their two-time defending champion New Mexico Lobos not only lost their coach to Pac-12 regular season champion UCLA, but it appears
On Monday’s “Outside the Lines” on ESPN, NBA reporter Chris Broussard (pictured) questioned Jason Collins’s assessment that he is a Christian in addition to being the first openly male gay athlete in any of the major American sports. Openly gay
With Derrick Rose still not mentally prepared to play basketball despite receiving medical clearance March 9, the Bulls could not stop his counterpart Deron Williams from pulling the Nets to within a game of the Chicago and forcing a game six in
Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls legend and Charlotte Bobcats owner, got married this weekend in Jupiter, Florida for the second time to 35-year-old Yvette Prieto. The only usher Jordan saw during the NBA playoffs this weekend was Usher himself, who
Jared Cowan is only 22 years old, and Erik Condra (center photo) has played more college games for Notre Dame than he has played in the NHL, but both came up big and Chris Neil had a great fight with
Brandon Jennings predicted his Milwaukee Bucks would stun the Heat in six games, but the Heat did not even need All-Star Dwyane Wade to complete a sweep. Wade sat by his old college basketball court to rest his injured knee,
COLUMBUS, OH – Blue Jackets fans crowded the streets leading into Nationwide Arena (see photo), and maintained a frenzy as they nervously watched the ice and the scoreboard to see if they would make the playoffs. The Jackets entered final
The Rangers line of Derek Stepan, Ryan Callahan, and Carl Hagelin (left to right in photos) came out on fire were relentless in pressuring the New Jersey Devils from the opening face-off. The combined to score two first period goals
Forty years, ago the Rangers tried to keep the Islanders from joining the NHL. Thirty years ago the Islanders won their fourth straight Stanley Cup. Twenty years ago, the Islanders won their last playoff series. Saturday, the Rangers likely forced
The Celtics played in Boston for the first time since the marathon bombings, giving fans a chance to cheer first responders. However, the Knicks left them little to cheer once the game started. Carmelo Anthony helped make the case that the
On Thursday, LeBron James said “it sucks” to be voted only the second best defensive player in the NBA, but had only five defensive rebounds, and not a single steal or blocked shot. Dwyane Wade went 1 for 12 on
The best team in the American League (Boston Red Sox 15-7) kept the league’s worst team (Houston Astros 7-15) on pace to shatter the strike out record in their first year in the league. Clay Buchholz (5-0, 1.19 ERA) struck
Offensive tackle Eric Fisher became the sixth offensive lineman to go No. 1 in the draft, and no running back went in the entire first round for the first time in 50 years. The first pick has been a quarterback or running
Almost everyone except Breitbart Sports readers was stunned when Manti Te’o was not drafted in the first round. On January 18, Breitbart Sports football expert Cole Muzio shocked most by writing “I do not expect that Manti Te’o … will
LeBron James did not seem to like coach Mike Brown, so the Cavs fired him. Then James shocked the Cavs by leaving anyway, and Brown landed in Los Angeles with the Lakers. But with rumors that Phil Jackson wanted to
Dwight Howard kept the Los Angeles Lakers close for most of the first half, with four inside baskets, including a three-point play off a lay-up and foul to give the Lakers their last lead at 44-43 with 2:55 to play
The only company that will have a College Football Playoff semifinal game named after them is Chick-fil-A. The honor will come less than a year after President Dan Cathy came out against gay marriage, and the Huffington Post had to
In giving the playoff odds for all games, Breitbart Sports reported that the Chicago Bulls were the low seed with the best chance to pull an upset (49%), and with Kirk Hinrich and Joakim Noah back on the court they
It appears the final chess move has been played in the battle over whether college realignment would continue until there were four conferences of four divisions each for 64 teams on the inside. The ACC has virtually assured that 64
Good NBA teams play 82 games to get home court advantage, because the home team wins 61.2 percent of NBA games. The Miami Heat had an 87.6 percent of winning at home against the Bucks, and have a 49.97 percent
The day after Breitbart Sports noted that Darrelle Revis could take the field in the Jets opener – in the opposing uniform – ESPN and AP have reported that is the case. The best cover cornerback in the NFL will take
Two weeks ago, Breitbart Sports reported on the uphill fight the New Jersey Devils faced to make the playoffs after their right wing Tom Kostopoulos was knocked out against the Islanders. On, Sunday the New York Rangers knocked the Devils out
Al Michaels, best known for the audio behind this video (click here) in which he called the final minute of the greatest upset in history, was reportedly arrested for an alleged DUI Friday. Michaels called Monday Night Football for 20
The winners of the London Marathon Sunday morning included Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede (2:06.04, men’s), Priscah Jeptoo (2:20.15, women’s), spectators with no reported incidents, and victims of the Boston bombing who stood to net roughly $100,000 because organizers vowed to donate
The only Boston team to resume play away from home after the successful manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev played a gritty game and stayed within six points either way until New York’s Carmelo Anthony hit a tough jumper with 1:21 to
The Boston Bruins faithful were able to focus back on hockey for a couple of hours by booing Jarome Iginla, who chose to go to Pittsburgh rather than Boston a few weeks ago. Iginla had the last laugh when he
A year after Al-Qaeda suggested attacks on sports events, and in the wake of the terrorists in the Boston Marathon bombing being killed or captured, the next 36 hours includes two teams resuming play in Boston, four NBA playoff game tips,
The Redskins-Eagles opening week game could be the most up-in-the-air–and hyped–match-up, while the Colts could be the easiest winner against the visiting Raiders. The table below lists the match-ups (from the greatest toss-up to the greatest lock) from the newly
As Boston attempts to return to normalcy after the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday, a traditional Yankees-Red Sox race for the AL East could provide a nice distraction for the recent tragic events. This was supposed to be the year
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman visited Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman on Friday at the hospital. Bauman, the victim whose father knew he was alive when he saw a grisly photo of his son being wheeled down
