
INTERPOL has issued Red Notices, also called international wanted persons alerts, for two former FIFA officials and four corporate executives who have been charged with racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.
by William Bigelow3 Jun 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

Stats and experience favor the Chicago Blackhawks over the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Stanley Cup. But Hawks fans should not get caught up in the past.
by Mary Chastain3 Jun 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

One of the most famous politicians won a basketball title in the only state with no Division 1 team. Before you click on the story, see if you can name the state, the player, and the five other states with only one team.
by John Pudner3 Jun 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

Former cycling star Lance Armstrong remains defiant in the face of the Tour de France stripping him of seven titles over charges of doping. Armstrong feels that he earned those titles and his competitors know it.
by Warner Todd Huston3 Jun 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

MLB wants shorter games. It’s low scoring games, such as Tuesday night’s 1-0 affair at Fenway, that generally make a long story short. Is that really what MLB wants?
by Daniel J. Flynn3 Jun 2015, 12:06 AM PST0

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “Pardon the Interruption” on ESPN, co-host Tony Kornheiser responded to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell saying he would have an open mind during New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s appeal of his four game suspension for the deflation
by Trent Baker2 Jun 2015, 3:58 PM PST0

According to a report by TMZ, the recent radical sex change operation for Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner may complicate his setting tee-times and where he grabs a sandwich and a cold one after his golf round at his posh county club tucked in the winding canyons above Malibu beach.
by Robert Wilde2 Jun 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell outlined his reasons for not recusing himself from Tom Brady’s suspension appeal in a letter to the NFL Players Association released on Tuesday.
by Daniel J. Flynn2 Jun 2015, 12:49 PM PST0

FIFA President Sepp Blatter resigned on Tuesday. The resignation comes just four days after Blatter won reelection to a fifth term and less than a week after a raid led to police taking away more than a half dozen of
by Daniel J. Flynn2 Jun 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

On June 2 the New York Mets announced that the team stands with Michael Bloomberg and Piers Morgan in the “Wear Orange” gun control push.
by AWR Hawkins2 Jun 2015, 10:18 AM PST0

On Monday, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced it would reverse an earlier decision and reinstate the college’s football, bowling, and rifle programs, according to ESPN.
by William Bigelow2 Jun 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

During Monday’s “The Doug Gottlieb Show” on CBS Sports, host Doug Gottlieb reacted to the report that former Olympic gold medalist and now-named “Caitlyn” Jenner is being awarded the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this year’s ESPY awards, presented by ESPN.
by Trent Baker2 Jun 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

“Dude, I wonder if this is that fighter’s car, Jon Jones,” one Albuquerque cop says to the other. “I wouldn’t doubt it, bro. They said he was really tall.”
by Daniel J. Flynn2 Jun 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

The crisis at Fifa has deepened after Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man has been linked to a $10 million payment that the FBI allege was a bribe paid by the South African Football Association. Jerome Valcke is accused of authorising the
by Nick Hallett2 Jun 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

Things turned violent at a “Stop the Violence” charity basketball game Sunday in St. Louis, MO, after rapper Lil Wayne attacked and allegedly tried to spit on a referee, according to TMZ.
by Kipp Jones2 Jun 2015, 5:14 AM PST0

The Chicago Bulls courted, for the second time since 1998, a new coach from Iowa State. The Bulls reportedly inked “The Mayor,” Fred Hoiberg, to a five-year, $25 million deal.
by Sean Flynn2 Jun 2015, 1:10 AM PST0

The last remaining man to play in the 1945 World Series for the Chicago Cubs passed this weekend. Lennie Merullo was 98. Now no living person can boast of playing for the Cubs in a World Series game.
by Warner Todd Huston2 Jun 2015, 12:06 AM PST0

At the end of Monday’s “Around the Horn” on ESPN, co-panelist Pablo Torre spoke in a monologue about Bruce Jenner, who won an Olympic gold medal as a decathlete named Bruce Jenner in the Summer Olympics of 1976. Torre explained
by Trent Baker1 Jun 2015, 5:15 PM PST0

Former Olympic gold medalist Jenner has been announced as the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner and is set to receive the award at the 2015 ESPY’s for the journey taken to change from a man to a woman. Jenner took
by Trent Baker1 Jun 2015, 5:12 PM PST0

At ESPN’s ESPY Awards, the former world’s greatest male athlete will receive the acclaimed Arthur Ashe Award for coming out as a transgender.
by Robert Wilde1 Jun 2015, 4:16 PM PST0

In an interview on Sirius XM NFL Radio on Sunday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Louis Murphy spoke about newly drafted and first-overall pick Jameis Winston, a quarterback out of Florida State. Murphy, a former college teammate of Tim Tebow at Florida,
by Trent Baker1 Jun 2015, 3:01 PM PST0

Jets linebacker Jason Babin, an outspoken conservative, blames Tom Brady’s harsh suspension on the left-leaning NFL Players Association.
by Daniel Leberfeld1 Jun 2015, 12:05 PM PST0

Former FIFA VP Jack Warner, indicted along with eight other FIFA officials and five corporate executives for racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering, unwittingly used a satiric quote from The Onion as serious fodder to attack the United States, whose attorney general had filed the corruption charges.
by William Bigelow1 Jun 2015, 11:10 AM PST0

Former NBA star, Charles Barkley, now a NBA analyst for TNT, appeared as a guest on ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” and discussed Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel throwing a water bottle at a fan after being heckled by him
by Trent Baker1 Jun 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

Top-seed Serena Williams managed to escape into the French Open quarterfinals while defending champion Maria Sharapova lost in straight sets to Lucie Safarova.
by Mary Chastain1 Jun 2015, 9:13 AM PST0