Entering this year, there was a ton of buzz about the current rookie class. Most of that buzz centered around Connor McDavid (C, Edmonton) – who by all accounts was and is a once in a generation talent. McDavid’s arrival in the NHL was likened to the arrivals of Sidney Crosby (C, Pittsburgh), Mario Lemieux (C, Pittsburgh) and Wayne Gretzky (C, Edmonton) in years past.
Carson Palmer looks for revenge against his former team. Aaron Rodgers looks to get back on the winning track, John Fox takes on a familiar team led by an unfamiliar quarterback.
Canelo Alvarez made a case for himself as boxing’s next star Saturday night, landing the bigger punches to take a unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto and win a piece of the middleweight title.
In a Philadelphia court earlier this week, the NFL sought to exclude the families of plaintiffs diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after the settlement from receiving payments from the billion-dollar pool set up for retired players. In a Boston court last week, Joanna Leigh pled guilty to defrauding Boston Marathon charities of nearly $40,000 after claiming a non-existent brain injury from the 2013 bomb blast. A thread beyond brain injuries ties the two cases together.
The Kimber Micro Carry (two tone) is a pocket gun designed for everyday carry and one which is accurate enough to inspire confidence should an unfolding threat force you to draw it in self-defense.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) touts itself as “dedicated exclusively” to amateur sports, but a new investigation shows that the amateurs are floating some awfully big-league paychecks for the union’s officials, including a million-dollar golden parachute to a former president.
Twelve year veteran tight end for the New Orleans Saints Benjamin Watson places presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson in the pantheon of great black civil rights leaders.
Roger Clemens apparently never read Thomas Wolfe. He thinks he can go home again in a Red Sox hat.
Former Canadian Football League and University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam appeared on Friday’s “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1 and told host Colin Cowherd that he is still an NFL player. Sam, the first openly gay player to
At his press conference this week, a fiery Nick Saban sounded off on taking Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponents lightly.
In an interview about the history of race in professional basketball, Los Angeles Lakers small forward Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest) lamented about the racism that exists in America and how racial prejudice impacts the National Basketball Association.
Bryce Harper became a meme because he couldn’t pronounce meme. That’s how the cool kids on the interne troll.
In remembrance of those killed in the Paris terror attacks last Friday, the Premier League will play a choral version of the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” before each game this weekend.
Josh Donaldson won the American League MVP award on Thursday.
Bryce Harper became the first player in the history of the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos to win the National League MVP award. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America unanimously awarded the 23-year-old 30 first-place votes despite Washington finishing the season in
The Jacksonville Jaguars have their first winning streak in more than two years. This one has them squarely in the hunt in the muddled AFC South.
The University of North Dakota, denied the use of its “Fighting Sioux” nickname because the NCAA banned its members from using Native American imagery in 2005, revealed a new nickname: the “Fighting Hawks.”
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick appears to be the only NFL coach not wearing any of the camouflage gear the league is sponsoring for its salute to the armed services promotion, despite his deep connection to the military.
Saints tight end Ben Watson expounded Thursday on his Ferguson, MO comments from a year ago where he wrote that he was “embarrassed” about how fellow African-Americans, because of the looting, violent protests and law breaking from incidents such as Mike Brown’s
BOSTON (AP) — Amherst College has turned on its mascot. Georgetown University is renaming buildings. Union College has a new motto.
Sports fans won’t confuse the new Dino Costa Show, billed as “uncensored, unscripted, and unlike anything in sports radio today,” for formulaic “hot take” punditry or milquetoast broadcast-by-program-director that bores listeners to death. As Dino puts it in a discussion with Breitbart Sports, “my show is where political correctness goes to die.”
Paying for a draft choice while the Celtics owners weren’t paying attention at the 2006 draft, doing radio play-by-play as Rick Pitino’s assistant at Boston University, and assisting Cleveland State to a Sweet 16 run from 600 miles away suggests Leo Papile is unlike his modern coaching brethren.
The president of the Chilean soccer federation abruptly took a “medical leave” this week and flew to the U.S. to serve as an FBI informant into FIFA corruption, sources say.
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected Dallas Keuchel as the American League Cy Young award winner on Wednesday.
Jake Arrieta edged Zack Greinke for the NL Cy Young award.
Doug Flutie, aerial author of one of the most memorable plays in college football history, lost both of his parents within less than an hour of one another Wednesday.
