In an almost unheard of turn of events, more Americans watched the college basketball national title game than the college football national championship, as the ratings disaster continued for ESPN.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault had trouble finding the words to describe goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. “He’s OK,” Vigneault said finally with a small shake of his head. Except that is, in Game 7s. In Game 7s,
Magic Johnson said that Donald Sterling is living in the “Stone Ages” and is “not welcome” in the league. “He should not be welcomed by the owners. I hope they vote it right,” Johnson said on CNN on Tuesday in
Magic Johnson said Donald Sterling is “delusional” and players on the Clippers and in the league do not like Sterling and want him gone. “He can’t buy his way out of this one,” Johnson said on Tuesday in an interview
Magic Johnson called Donald Sterling out on Tuesday for insinuating that Magic was plotting to take over the Clippers or had set him up. In an interview with CNN, Johnson said after TMZ released an audio tape in which Sterling
After Donald Sterling questioned whether Magic Johnson has helped minorities and implied that Johnson was scheming to take the Clippers from him, Johnson responded by saying that nothing Sterling can do or say will help him keep his team. “My
Boise State fans who want to help a recruit who is homeless cannot do so because of NCAA regulations. The university has requested a waiver from the NCAA to help Antoine Turner, who will be homeless until he gets on
At his introductory press conference on Tuesday that he handled extremely well, Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted, was asked how he handles some of the negativity after he came out and was drafted. “You
It’s not uncommon that a Major League Baseball (MLB) player arguing a call with an umpire gets a little too close and bumps chests or touches the man in blue prompting a fine and and/or a suspension. In a reversal of
Jose Fernandez, the 22-year-old ace of the Miami Marlins staff, has torn his ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. The strikeout leader of the major leagues has been advised to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Fernandez, should a second
The NHL fined New York Rangers goalie $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct when he sprayed Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. He is the second player to be fined for the action. It was Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry who started this
Los Angeles Dodger Yasiel Puig is confronting a Cuban accuser who asserts that Puig and his mother collaborated with the Cuban government to have him thrown in prison. Miguel Angel Corbacho Daudinot claims that Puig and his mother made a
Gilbert Arenas, a three-time NBA all-star whose arrest on gun possession charges left him out of the league for most of the 2008-2009 season, says that as a man who has made mistakes he’s ready to forgive Donald Sterling. The
College football talk radio host Paul Finebaum, whom ESPN’s SEC Network hired to be the franchise of the upstart all-SEC channel, has always been a Michael Sam supporter who has vouched for his playmaking abilities. On Monday, though, the voice
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said NFL players should not be fined or suspended for expressing their displeasure at seeing a gay NFL player kiss his partner on television. After he tweeted “OMG” and “horrible” after Michael Sam became the
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver apologized to Magic Johnson on Monday after reading a transcript of Donald Sterling’s interview with Anderson Cooper in which he blistered Magic Johnson: “I just read a transcript of Donald Sterling’s interview with Anderson Cooper and
Former Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson was bombarded with comments about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s rambling interview on Monday and vicious comments about him, but he simply tweeted that he would rather talk about the NBA playoffs
Shelly Sterling’s lawyer threatened other NBA owners with war and potential Armageddon if they try to terminate Shelly Sterling’s ownership stake, suggesting he will attempt, through discovery, to unearth and air — including comments they may have made in private
The shift used to be for David Ortiz. Now it’s for just about anyone. The New York Times covers the shift in the philosophy toward the shift. A strategy once aimed at neutralizing pull hitters, the infield shift now diminishes
