UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione has a message for ISIS: “Try. C’mom. I don’t live my life in fear of anybody, especially ISIS, or anybody that has a different set of ideologies than I do.”
NBA commissioner Adam Silver appears reluctant to radically revamp the NBA playoff system, but gave signs on Thursday that he may be up for modifying it to some extent.
A new biography of former Philadelphia 76ers star guard Allen Iverson alleges that Iverson was profoundly drunk at the infamous 2002 press conference in which he intoned some variation of “we’re talking about practice” 22 times.
The Chicago Blackhawks won the first game of the Stanley Cup Final. So did NBC.
For all the abuse Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson took for the intercepted slant pass to lose the Super Bowl, LeBron James’ 21-foot fade away miss at the end of regulation was worse. It could well have cost Cleveland Game
A troubled ex-member of international soccer’s governing body threatens to release an “avalanche” of secrets to drag the whole organization down with him.
ESPN’s Bob Ley, who became fed up with FIFA on air last week, spoke as a guest on ESPN Radio show “Mike and Mike” about the FIFA scandal investigation,. He questioned which world power would want to be responsible for removing
White House press secretary Josh Earnest spoke on Wednesday during a briefing with reporters about the state of FIFA, which just saw newly-reelected President Sepp Blatter step down after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation began probing alleged corruption in the governing
The San Francisco Giants visited President Obama for the third time in five years on Thursday. The Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals in an exciting seven-game series highlighted by the postseason heroics of Madison Bumgarner.
World number one Serena Williams and number 13 Lucie Šafářová will face off in the 2015 French Open Final on Saturday. While it is Šafářová’s maidan trip to a Grand Slam final, Williams can win her 20th Grand Slam.
The corruption scandal embroiling FIFA encroaches upon the Clintons, leaving the former president scurrying to distance himself from a cash source that once close appeared quite close.
A New York Mets starting pitcher says he appeared in a team photograph wearing orange unaware that anti-Second Amendment groups planned to use the photo to bolster the gun-control cause.
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld appeared on ESPNU and ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Thursday and spoke on how other comedians have told him to not do comedy at college campuses because they are so politically correct now. According
The Chicago Blackhawks fought off a 0-1 deficit to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
At the 1958 NFL Championship Game, Commissioner Bert Bell, who the previous year mandated white vs. color jerseys to cater to black-and-white sets, sat in the corner of the Baltimore Colts locker room weeping. He understood what the overtime victory over the New York Giants—The Greatest Game Ever Played—meant for the NFL.
A Zamboni driver at a Fargo, North Dakota, hockey rink has been convicted after being arrested by local police for driving his icing machine while drunk, reports say.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals begins, after a lengthy respite, on Thursday as the Cleveland Cavaliers visit Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors.
From the Washington Post: During the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative’s 2013 annual meeting, Bill Clinton called to the stage a former rival named Hassan Abdullah Al-Thawadi. Three years earlier, Al-Thawadi, a young Qatari businessman, had led his
In the 1970s and ’80s, Edwin Moses won 122 straight hurdles races as a clean track and field athlete. Now, as chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the two-time Olympic gold medalist seeks to rid sports of dirty competitors.
On Wednesday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann declared candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Sen. Ted Cruz his “Worst Person in the Sports World.” Cruz over the weekend jokingly accused Democratic primary candidate Hillary Clinton of framing New England Patriots quarterback
Interpol released Red Notices for two former FIFA officials and two executives on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and corruption.
On Wednesday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann congratulated NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for now being the worst executive now that FIFA President Sepp Blatter has stepped down from his position. This is not Olbermann’s first time to bash the NFL
Tiger Woods’ long-time caddy insists that his old boss never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, made a campaign stop at the home of Massachusetts state Rep. Jim Lyons in Andover over the weekend and opened up by taking a jab at Democratic primary candidate
“Your number one,” the UFC tells its fighters, “in a cup right now.”
During Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon found himself in a war of words with three panelists while discussing the newly-named Caitlyn Jenner. Jenner, an Olympian, was recently named the 2015 “Arthur Ashe Courage Award” winner and will receive the
