
On Saturday, ESPN2’s “His & Hers” co-host Jemele Hill reacted on “Melissa Harris-Perry” to tennis great Serena Williams, who gave an emotional post-game interview after falling in the semi-final to Roberta Vinci at the women’s U.S. Open Friday. Hill noted that male
by Trent Baker12 Sep 2015, 10:16 PM PST0

Tremendous match. The drama was in the first set, when it appeared close right through the tiebreak, and in the second Miss Pennatta got a big lead early; still, Miss Vinci, with the old fashioned style, very heavy on sliced one-handed backhands and graceful approaches to the net, that flummoxed the No. 1 seed and defending champion Serena Williams in the semi, gave her higher-ranked friend a run for her money.
by Roger Kaplan12 Sep 2015, 4:30 PM PST0

On the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Deadspin slammed ESPN for posting a mini documentary about the day that George W. Bush raised the nation’s spirits by throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium before game three of the 2001 World Series.
by Warner Todd Huston12 Sep 2015, 12:05 AM PST0

Conference USA surged to just three points below the FBS average (-3, 6th of 10), while the Pac-12 plummeted (+3). If they really rank that good and bad respectively, CUSA could sneak out a 7-6 record this week and the Pac-12’s Oregon could lose at Michigan State.
by John Pudner12 Sep 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

The NFL is investigating a coach after the New England Patriots 28-21 season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he’s not Bill Belichick.
by William Bigelow11 Sep 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

Civilization as we have known ended a few minutes before 3 p.m. on a hot Friday afternoon at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, as Serena Williams blew the thrilling third set of her semifinal against Roberta Vinci.
by Roger Kaplan11 Sep 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

Bill Belichick is in his opponents’ heads. Is he in their headsets, too?
by Daniel J. Flynn11 Sep 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton apologized to former tennis player James Blake after cops tackled and arrested him after they mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.
by Mary Chastain11 Sep 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inducts John Calipari into its august body on Saturday. The University of Memphis does not figure to honor its former coach anytime soon.
by Breitbart News11 Sep 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

The NFL released a statement noting that the league, not the home team, provides coaches’ communications equipment for games. The explanation comes in the wake of technical difficulties for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots during the season opener at Gillette Stadium.
by Breitbart News11 Sep 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

Brandon Marshall continues to play the race card where it doesn’t apply.
by Daniel Leberfeld11 Sep 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Little League Baseball is altering its rules to slowly eliminate older players. After the change, 13-year-olds will be excluded by the year 2018.
by Warner Todd Huston11 Sep 2015, 12:06 AM PST0

The Pittsburgh Steelers encountered mysterious communications issues in Gillette Stadium to start their NFL season.
by Daniel J. Flynn11 Sep 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell elected to not attend the opening game of the 2015-2016 NFL season on Thursday between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers, saying he “believes the focus should be on the game on the field and
by Trent Baker10 Sep 2015, 8:56 PM PST0

Tom Brady started the 2015 season the way he ended the 2014 season.
by Breitbart News10 Sep 2015, 8:48 PM PST0

Mexican broadcaster Azteca decided to taunt Americans and the U.S. men’s soccer team with a new promotional video using footage of Donald Trump.
by William Bigelow10 Sep 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

A new ad from Mexican television station TV Azteca is being used to excite Mexican soccer fans for Mexico’s upcoming matchup with the United States Men’s National Team on October 10, turning GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s comments about Mexico against the
by Trent Baker10 Sep 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

On Saturday, Tim Tebow will rejoin ESPN as a college football analyst on the SEC Nation pregame broadcast before the Georgia/Vanderbilt game in Nashville.
by William Bigelow10 Sep 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

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.
by Daniel J. Flynn10 Sep 2015, 7:08 AM PST0

A cop tackled former tennis player James Blake to the ground in New York City in a horrible case of mistaken identity. The cops confused the 2007 Davis Cup champion for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.
by Mary Chastain10 Sep 2015, 5:43 AM PST0

The 2015 U.S. Open Women’s singles semifinals bracket is set. Two Italians, one Romanian, and quite possibly the greatest female athlete on the planet will play on Thursday night.
by Mary Chastain10 Sep 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

After week-one turkey shoots, many of the best teams in America step up in competition this weekend.
by Cole Muzio10 Sep 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who has obsessed over the franchise name of the Washington Redskins for months, claims that team owner Daniel Snyder “bribed” Native Americans to support the Redskins moniker and accused the NFL of ignoring that issue while prioritizing Deflategate.
by William Bigelow9 Sep 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

“I want you to be nice, until it’s time to not be nice.”
by Kipp Jones9 Sep 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

Former NBA great and now TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley reacted on Colin Cowherd’s Fox Sports 1 show “The Herd” Wednesday to the outrage over black tennis player Serena Williams making $13 million in endorsements, as opposed to white tennis player Maria
by Trent Baker9 Sep 2015, 12:48 PM PST0