Santa Clara California will host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 while Houston, Texas (Reliant Stadium) will host Super Bowl LI in 2017. NFL owners voted on Tuesday that San Francisco’s new stadium, which is set to open for the
On Tuesday, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant pledged to donate $1 million to the victims of the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. The Oklahoma City Thunder matched his $1 million donation, and the NBA Players’ Union also
The last few months have not gone well for Keenan Allen. A slow recovery from injury, an even slower forty time, and marijuana use saw his draft status plummet from being a sure first rounder to becoming a third round
ESPN is reportedly laying off 400 employees–or roughly 10% of its workforce–on Tuesday. According to a report that originated on TheBigLead.com and the Gawker-owned sports rumor site Deadspin – and picked up by other outlets like Variety and Business Insider
The NBA Draft Lottery will be held on Tuesday, as teams hope they get the top pick to likely draft Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel. The lottery will be held at 8:30 PM EDT on ESPN. Here is the likelihood
Anonymous sources within the Atlantic Coast Conference are telling ESPN that the conference is “thoroughly investigating” playing its men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Pitt coach Jamie Dixon and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim are the
A day after marshals at the Players Championship accused Tiger Woods of lying about having been told Sergio Garcia had hit his ball on the second hole during the third round, other marshals said on Tuesday Woods was “basically” telling
Over the last several years, ESPN has often veered into the territory of being a mouthpiece for the left on social issues and a weapon for various big-moneyed interests in sports, attacking or promoting various individuals, franchises, or programs without
ESPN’s first choice to host a late night sports talks show on the network was liberal comedian Seth Meyers. According to a report in BigLeadSports, ESPN president John Skipper “privately attempted to woo” the Saturday Night Live comedian and lead
Chip Kelly, the health-conscious Philadelphia Eagles head coach, has reportedly ended the football team’s “Taco Tuesday” and “Fast Food Friday” days in favor of more healthy eating options. Kelly, formerly with the Oregon Ducks, is into sports science and nutrition,
The winners if NBA owners approve the the Sacramento Kings move to Seattle on Wednesday would be Seattle fans (pictured), NBA players who would save about $4.6 million in taxes and Sacramento taxpayers who would not have to pay the
UPDATE: Woods, Garcia, and Lingmerth are tied for first at -11. Woods and Garcia, though, will not be in the final pairing on Sunday. Garcia and Lingmerth will be the last group that tees off. Woods tees off with Casey
Hard to imagine cable customers don’t routinely look at their bills and wish they could pay for only the channels they watch. Sen. John McCain feels your pain, and he’s plotting a bill that could give cable customers the sought
(AP) Knicks use huge run to even series with PacersBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterNEW YORKCarmelo Anthony’s shooting woes vanished as quickly as Indiana’s lead. Once the NBA’s scoring leader got in a rhythm, not even one of the league’s best
Boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has decided his next boxing match will take place overseas because of the high United States income tax rate. The former pound-for-pound champ who, along with Floyd Mayweather, is one of the sport’s biggest draws, will
In the unlikely event that former New York Jets quarterback Tebow decides not to pursue football, ESPN and Fox Sports 1 would be interested in hiring him as a college football analyst. According to a report in the New York
Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry’s impact on the Warriors, the NBA, and especially San Francisco is deeper than just his game. As several NBA analysts have mentioned, Curry has a special bond with the fans in Golden State’s Oracle
Mike Lupica, the ESPN host and regular panelist on the network’s Sunday “The Sports Reporters” program, wrote in a column that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addressed “mean,” “dumb,” “angry,” and phony patriots at the NRA convention last Friday in
A day after Miami Heat superstar LeBron James missed becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history by one vote, Gary Washburn, the lone voter who voted for someone other than James, said he did not vote for James because
Last week via Twitter, Masters-winning golfer Bubba Watson expressed his support for beleaguered ESPN commentator Chris Broussard after Broussard expressed his traditional Christian worldview on homosexuality with regard to NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out of the closet. Now, Watson
The NBA playoffs are down to eight teams, and only nine of the top 25 players in the league are still playing according to the anticipated “Total Value” prepared by Breitbart Sports. This rating is a per game variation of
It was a series of ups and downs for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they managed to pull away and defeat the Houston Rockets to advance in the NBA playoffs by defeating Houston 103-94 in a hard-fought game six in
As soon as NBA basketball player Jason Collins came out this week in an article in Sports Illustrated, he was lauded for his bravery and heroism for being the first active out male gay athlete in major professional team sports.
Earlier this week, NBA player Jason Collins came out of the closet. On Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported on reaction at Collins’ old elite high school, Harvard Westlake. Suffice it to say that the level of tolerance for Collins’
While seemingly everybody and his brother, including President Barack Obama, were sprinting to microphones, ESPN cameras and Twitter accounts to make sure they were among the first to extol the virtues of Jason Collins, another division of the PC police
