A Wisconsin high school suspended an athlete who posted a tweet criticizing new WIAA rules banning students from using certain words aimed at opposing teams in chants during games.
LeBron James, the Akron, Ohio native who is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan, was reportedly upset that the Cowboys did not select quarterback Johnny Manziel in the First Round of the NFL Draft on Thursday. James and Manziel are friends
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 36 points, Russell Westbrook added 23 and the Oklahoma City Thunder outplayed the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter for a 118-112 victory Friday night and a 2-1 lead in their Western
A television in Seattle is referring to the Oklahoma City Thunder as “the former Sonics” in its newscasts. The team left Seattle in 2008 and moved to Oklahoma, but KIRO-TV in Seattle has declared that, “throughout their run, KIRO 7 promises
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yu Darvish came oh, so close again. The Japanese ace fell one out shy of a no-hitter for the second time Friday night, giving up a ninth-inning single to David Ortiz in the Texas Rangers’ 8-0
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A fan has approached Derek Jeter on the field during the New York Yankees’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The fan jumped out of the left field stands and walked briskly toward Jeter’s spot at shortstop while
NFL legend and Nigerian-American Christian Okoye wants to know why it has taken so long for the Nigerian government–and the rest of the world, for that matter–to pay attention to the plight of the 276 girls kidnapped by Islamist terrorists
On Thursday, Kobe Bryant, appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” said that he was not consulted in the hiring of the last two Lakers coaches, Mike D’Antoni and Mike Brown, but “on the third one, I’m hoping they do.” Speaking publicly
Who killed it in the first round of the NFL Draft? Who killed their team’s future? We posed these and other questions to NFL insider Dan Leberfeld, who covered last night’s proceedings from Jets headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling claims on a recording that he made racist comments to V. Stiviano because he was trying to have sex with her. “I’m talking to a girl. I’m trying to have sex with her,” Sterling
The NBA named Dick Parsons, the former Time Warner CEO and Citigroup Chairman, as the interim CEO of the Clippers on Friday. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned owner Donald Sterling for life after an audio recording surfaced in which Sterling
Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies broke his team’s record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak Thursday night, and he joked that trying to sustain it “feels like forever.” Arenado’s 28-game hitting streak is only halfway to Joe DiMaggio’s
Drake, a sports groupie who raps on the side, hung out with Johnny Manziel after last night’s draft. His songs hung around Radio City Music Hall all night long. The NFL allowed draft picks to select their own walk-up music,
MONTREAL (AP) — Matt Fraser fantasized about a night like this as a kid in Red Deer, Alberta. Making his NHL playoff debut after being called up Wednesday from Providence of the American Hockey League, the 23-year-old Fraser scored at
How enormous is the NFL? Like the State of the Union, the NFL Draft is too big for one channel. Add up the ratings of last night’s two NBA playoff games, including one featuring the league’s marquee player, and the
The 2014 NFL Draft started as everyone expected it to with Roger Goodell saying Jadeveon Clowney’s name. From there, the first round of the 79th annual NFL Player Selection Meeting traveled into unanticipated and interesting directions. “I had no idea,”
