(AP) Easy to find autographs of college stars for saleBy RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football WriterNEW YORKA simple search on eBay reveals Johnny Manziel is far from the only college football player whose autograph is for sale. Pick a star
Chicago White Sox fans cheered when New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was beaned on Tuesday in his second game back with the team. On Monday, Rodriguez was suspended by Major League Baseball for 211 games, but he can
Two of the most dominant college quarterbacks are now trying to land non-pressure back-up roles behind superstars. Tim Tebow hopes to back-up (or even catch passes from) Tom Brady, and Sports Grid had fun with the announcement about Young with
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is in more trouble with the NCAA, which is investigating if he profited off autographs on photos and sports memorabilia. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” reported he accepted a five-figure fee when he attended the national
Five-year-old cancer survivor Ryan Encinas scored a 40-yard touchdown at the Cleveland Browns practice on Saturday night. It was family night at FirstEnergy Stadium. Quarterback Brandon Weeden handed Encinas the ball and running back Trent Richardson helped him down the
The NFL changed the format for the Pro Bowl game, but Hall of Famer Jerry Rice does not think it is enough to save the game. He agreed to be one of the honorary captains that will pick a team
Jonathan Ogden, the first ever selection of the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens after the franchise moved from Cleveland in 1996, became the first ever Hall of Fame inductee of the team currently at the top of the NFL. A
The Brooklyn Nets loaded up for an Eastern Conference run, and Pat Riley countered by covering the Heats’ one weakness by bringing in a big center who could be the league’s best defensive rebounder and shot blocker when on the
From the day Alex Rodriguez signed his contract for one-quarter-of-a-BILLION dollars he has faced scrutiny. Despite being clearly the best player in baseball over several years of that contract, the Texas Rangers finally found a way to get rid of
Chief competitor Fox Sports 1 is not expected to launch until mid-August, but ESPN is already rapidly losing viewers. Ratings show that the 24/7 sports network saw a double-digit drop in Q2 and saw an 8% drop in day viewership
Brian Urlacher may have retired from professional football this offseason, but the future Hall of Famer has apparently not quite left the game behind. The Chicago Bears great is poised to join Fox Sports 1, the new network that will
Last week, NASCAR said goodbye to ESPN and entered into a new lucrative 10-year agreement with the up-and-coming NBC Sports Network. According to the Sports Business Daily, the “landmark” deal, which gives NBC the exclusive broadcasting rights to 20 Sprint Cup Series
Baseball fans in Richmond, Virginia, saw the Yankees AAA players from 1954-1964, then the Braves greats until former Democratic Governor Doug Wilder chased them out of town in 2008. Now they are asking fans to tweet pictures of themselves eating
The whistleblower and former Biogenesis clinic employee who turned in documents that reportedly implicated baseball players like Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez in the most recent performance-enhancing drug scandal says there are more players in other sports purchased drugs from
When South Carolina informed reporters that start defensive end Jadeveon Clowney had been cleared of any wrongdoing regarding his meeting with Jay Z, the university’s athletic department did so in a handwritten news release. After investigating Clowney’s meeting with Jay
On Tuesday, disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner held another press conference after yet another woman revealed that she had engaged in “sexting” escapades with Weiner, who had gone by the online name of “Carlos Danger.” Weiner, who resigned from Congress
New ESPN late-night host Keith Olbermann said on Wednesday he will be bringing back his “Worst Person” segment to his late-night talk show this summer. The segment, modeled after the “Worst Person in the World” segment on his former MSNBC
The New York Times has labeled Nate Silver as “disruptive” who didn’t “ever really fit into the Times culture and I think he was aware of that.” This from the New York Times public editor who wrote about Silver’s departure
There is perhaps no more bizarre situation as far as sports franchise locations than the lack of an NFL team in Los Angeles. Jerry Jones, one of the league’s most visible owners, believes that is about to change. When asked
After announcing that it had officially hired Nate Silver, ESPN announced that it bought his FiveThirtyEight franchise on Monday. The network did not disclose how much it paid for the franchise. Silver, whose contract with the New York Times expires
Nate Silver has left the NY Times for a high profile spot at ESPN. Today the Times’ Public Editor explains that Silver never really fit into the Times’ culture: I don’t think Nate Silver ever really fit into the Times
Forbes: Nate Silver, the blogger whose unerring predictions made him perhaps the most important political byline at The New York Times during the last presidential election, is leaving the paper to join ESPN. An official announcement is expected later today.
(AP) AP Source: Denver’s Miller faces 4-game suspensionBy ARNIE STAPLETONAP Pro Football WriterENGLEWOOD, Colo.A person with knowledge of the situation says Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller will miss the first month of the season for violating the NFL’s drug policy,
Earlier this year, Phil Mickelson suggested that he may have to move out of California because of the state’s confiscatory tax rate. He later was pressured to walk back some of his remarks, but after winning the Open Championship on
Lee Westwood, who started the final round of the Open Championship on the lead at Muirfield, will try to become to get the “best player to have never won a major” tag removed from his name. In fact, no player
