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In what could be a devastating blow for the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff chances, Kobe Bryant injured his ankle while attempting a game-tying shot in Atlanta in the final seconds of Wednesday’s loss and is out indefinitely. The Lakers announced Bryant

Recently named the “Greatest Athlete” in all of sports by ESPN, Bo Jackson is looking to give back. For the second consecutive year, the former Auburn University star will conduct a bike ride to raise money for the victims of

Ray Lewis, who recently joined ESPN as a commentator, is known for his inspirational pre-game speeches that often put him in what seems like a trance, but Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco said sometimes he just had to chuckle during some

ESPN has hired Ray Lewis, the two-time Super Bowl champ and Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker who is arguably one of the greatest to ever play the position, to travel to the site of each week’s Monday Night Football game to

The college football playoff system that will take place in 2014 will not be called the AT&T College Football Playoffs or the Samsung College Football Playoffs.  When the college playoff system logo and name are revealed next month in Pasadena,

Mike Wallace, as expected, is reportedly headed to the Miami Dolphins. The speedy Steelers receiver out of the University of Mississippi hauled in 64 receptions for 836 yards and 8 touchdowns last season, the second straight season he has led

USC’s basketball team suspended starting center Dewayne Dedmon and backup James Blasczyk indefinitely on Monday for violating team rules after reports surfaced that may have implicated them in brawls in Spokane, Washington last weekend that sent at least two women to

ESPN college basketball commentator Dick Vitale thinks college basketball players should get paid.  “My feeling is with the millions that are being made by the schools and the billions for television rights, I definitely think the kids should get paid

Terrelle Pryor is making the case that he is finally ready to fulfill the promise so many saw in him as a member of the Class of 2008 coming out of high school. This week, Pryor declared he was “more

When the Catholic 7 schools–DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s and Villanova–split from the old Big East to form the new Big East, they will be allowed to keep their postseason conference tournament at storied Madison Square Garden. 

The “Catholic 7” schools, which will retain the rights to the Big East conference name and hold its tournament at Madison Square Garden, is on the verge of announcing a TV deal with Fox Sports 1, the anti-establishment national all-sports

Disney executives may be the only roadblock between ESPN and Keith Olbermann.  According to a report in BigLeadSports, a site that in the past has been very credible with its reporting on the inner workings of the network, ESPN President

Confident Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman ignited a debate Thursday afternoon on ESPN’s First Take in a confrontational discussion with boisterous commentator Skip Bayless. Most notably, Sherman made a direct “I’m better at life than you” statement towards Bayless. Sherman went

Fox Sports 1, which will debut on August 17 as an anti-establishment network that will challenge ESPN, has an odd celebrity that will be featured when the network launches. Boxing legend Mike Tyson will be featured in his own reality

Susie Meyers, the golf coach of Honda Open winner Michael Thompson, said Tiger Woods “lost his soul” to be the game’s most dominant golfer by focusing obsessively on consistency in his swing. Woods has dramatically altered his swing at least

Dennis Rodman was reportedly booted out of a swanky hotel in New York on Sunday after he spent hours loudly yelling at everyone within earshot about how great North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is while waving a copy Kim

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said multiple times his record NFL contract was not about the money, but his insistence that it was about “respect” proved that, in the NFL, money does does the talking when it comes to respect

The National Rifle Association will sponsor the April 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The race, which used to be known as the Texas 500, will now be called the NRA 500. The NRA made the

The Gonzaga Bulldogs became the top-ranked team in the Associated Press and the Coaches Poll college basketball rankings on Monday for the first time in school history. Gonzaga is No. 1 in the new AP poll, followed by Indiana, Duke,