In 1996 everyone expected up-and-coming football star Lawrence Phillips to become a major force on the gridiron. But now the first-round draft pick has been found dead in a California jail cell.
A high school football player died while shielding three girls from gunfire during a random shooting in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Has ESPN’s injection of politics into its sports fare finally alienated a sizable chunk of its audience?
An NYU law professor known for his advocacy of the death penalty filed an amicus curiae brief in the NFL v. Tom Brady appeal.
United States men’s national team midfielder Mix Diskerud, a Norwegian native, is striking back at famed soccer star Abby Wambach’s criticism that U.S. soccer has too many “foreign guys” imported into the sport.
A hospital released Jason Day’s wife, who says she harbors no hard feelings against LeBron James for barreling into her in pursuit of a loose ball Thursday night.
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who has pontificated prolifically that the Washington Redskins should change their name, resorted to vindictiveness when interviewed by the Washington Post, blustering that he loved to see the team lose.
Fox Sports 1 personality and J.School blogger Jason Whitlock reacted Thursday to the criticism received by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his support and friendship of GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Whitlock defended Brady for his loyalty to Trump, saying he thinks
Former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley—whose Euro team trounced the USA at Gleneagles in 2014—when asked about the Trump Turnberry Resort controversy said, “If the R&A decide to have an Open Championship there I would be very comfortable playing—if I qualify.”
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert’s fiancée announced via Instagram that he helped her deliver their child, Junie, in a bathroom on Wednesday.
One of the world’s best basketball players sent the wife of one of the world’s best golfers out of Quicken Loans Arena on a stretcher on Thursday night.
On Thursday’s “Outside the Lines” on ESPN, sports editor for The Nation magazine Dave Zirin discussed Muslim athletes in America, saying that sports play an “important role” in humanizing those who may be different. Zirin then pointed out that this role that sports
On Thursday, Bob McNair, the owner of the Houston Texans, and one of the members of the NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, canceled a scheduled meeting with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer after McNair issued statements on Monday that insulted local government in San Diego.
On the Thursday edition of “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith reacted to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady walking out on his press conference after being asked questions about his relationship with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the disgraced and alleged corrupt FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
A University of Massachusetts-Amherst guard credits his mom shutting off his cell phone for his 40-point performance Wednesday night.
A growing number of native-born Israelis have taken to the army-like strategy, camaraderie and collisions of the gridiron and turned America’s Game, once a niche expat activity, into a popular fixture in the Holy Land. Some 2,000 Israelis now play the game, thanks in large part to the support of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
A glance at the top 50 basketball players according to www.valueaddbasketball.com shows the typical trend—the best NBA prospects are sophomores and freshman, but the best college players are seniors.
A Missouri state legislator withdrew a proposal on Wednesday to revoke scholarships from student-athletes who refuse to play for political reasons.
Abby Wambach, one of America’s biggest soccer stars, retired from the American national team with a bang on Wednesday, slamming U.S. men’s coach Jurgen Klinsmann for for bringing too many “foreign guys” into American soccer. On the field, she left with more of a whimper in a 1-0 loss to China in the Superdome.
Former Yankee star Derek Jeter is being sued by an underwear company called Frigo for allegedly backing out of a contract to promote the company’s undies.
On Wednesday, the New York Daily News, ever on the march to eviscerate Donald Trump, went after his friend, New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, headlining its front page, “Brady Has No Balls.”
University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan offered his immediate resignation late Tuesday night.
A professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas discovered an interview of Dr. James Naismith in the Library of Congress that remains the lone recording of the inventor of basketball’s voice.
Pete Rose held a press conference in the gambling capital of the world on Tuesday maintaining that he controlled his betting years ago and that he just wants to be friends with the game he played in the major leagues for 26 years.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell weighed in on the Washington Nationals’ disappointing 2015 season at a Monday Politico breakfast.
