Tag: ESPN

The basketball revolution will be tweeted. Former Knicks point guard Greg Anthony broke the news of the Knicks’ hire of 11-time NBA championship-winning coach Phil Jackson for a front office position last night. “@nyknicks it’s official @PhilJackson11 will be joining

On Wednesday, ESPN announced that Brent Musburger will leave his partnership with Kirk Herbstreit on ABC’s Saturday Night Football broadcast to join Jesse Palmer to call games for ESPN’s new SEC Network. It is believed that ESPN did not want

In a move that may be best for the future of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers superstar will not play this year while recovering from multiple injuries. Bryant, after undergoing surgery for a torn ACL, missed

On Monday, an NHL hockey game between the Dallas Stars and the Columbus Blue Jackets was postponed after Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley collapsed on the bench.  Peverley, who reportedly missed games earlier this season with an irregular heartbeat, collapsed in Dallas

Dennis Rodman is patiently waiting for the moment when the West credits him for single-handedly opening up North Korea to the rest of the world. The former basketball star and failed vigilante-diplomat told ESPN’s Mark Schwarz that he “hated” America’s reaction

Arizona Coach Rich Rodriguez mocks the proposed college football “slowdown” rule in a three-minute movie called, appropriately enough, Speed. The YouTube spoof co-stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, whose clips from the original film are interspersed with dialogue from Rodriguez

Mark Cuban made his money broadcasting NCAA games over the internet. Now he wants to put the 109-year-old entity out of business.  The Dallas Mavericks owner advises young basketball players using higher education as a stepping-stone to the pros to

Sarah Palin continues to be right. We’re not talking about her political positions, but right as in correct. From death panels to Putin, the former Alaska governor has predicted the moves and epic failures of the Obama administration with uncanny accuracy. Palin also

Jimmer Fredette, who negotiated his release from the Sacramento Kings earlier this week, cleared waivers and will join the Chicago Bulls. ESPN Chicago’s Nick Friedell first reported the agreement. After Friday night’s impressive win over the Mavericks, the Bulls improved

The $60 million Eagle Stadium, built by the Allen, Texas Independent School District for the city’s powerhouse high school football team, has been closed for repairs only eighteen months after opening. Allen is an affluent and growing suburb north of

Must one pass a political litmus test, or fail a logic quiz, to gain employment as an ESPN talking head? On ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, Tony Kornheiser, former columnist with the Washington Post, likened a bill passed by both houses

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez claims that his Twitter account was hacked after the pornographic content he “favorited,” which included graphic images and links, went viral.  Deadspin posted the content Martinez “starred” in a video before he could delete

Miami Heat center Chris Bosh told a Miami radio station that he would support the NBA taking after the NFL in prohibiting the use of “all slurs” during play. “It’s a very tough situation,” Bosh noted about singling out the

The three-point shot, a shot clock, and ditching the jump ball after every basket once appeared anathema to basketball purists. But the sport evolves, and if it can add a point for long-range shots why can’t it add one more

As the controversy over the efforts of the National Football League to ban the use of the N-word continues, ESPN broadcast an episode of Outside the Lines focused on use of the hateful word. During that conversation, sports writer Jason

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark said that it will be difficult for the NFL to police the use of the N-word with 15-yard penalties, especially because the word is used so often, especially by black players.  “I think it’s going

After initially complying, Pittsburgh Steelers players ended up ignoring chairman Dan Rooney’s request to not use the “N-word” in the locker room.  Steelers safety Ryan Clark said on ESPN on Sunday that Rooney asked cornerback Ike Taylor to not play

The United States placed first for third-place finishes at Sochi. We’re #1–at being #3. It was a bronze medal kind of Olympic Games for Team USA, good but not great. Sochi featured twelve more events than Vancouver. Americans won nine

The NFL may penalize players 15 yards for racial and homophobic slurs and eject them from the game after a second offense.  John Wooten, the head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group that monitors diversity, told ESPN that he

The San Francisco 49ers reportedly came close to trading head coach Jim Harbaugh to the Cleveland Browns for multiple draft picks. Both Harbaugh and the 49ers denied the reports.  You read that right. ProFootballTalk initially reported that the Browns were

Maybe Charles Barkley was right. Kids shouldn’t look up to athletes. They’re bound to let them down. One of the latest heroes to fall is accused serial rapist Darren Sharper, a five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, and, until his

The Brooklyn Nets may sign Jason Collins to a 10-day contract, which could make him the first openly gay player acknowledged by the media to play in a major American sport. Collins came out last year to much fanfare but

Former Dallas Cowboys and University of North Carolina defensive end Greg Ellis said Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL prospect who could become the NFL’s first openly gay player, should be careful about patting players on the butt if