After Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Mike Trout had the best rookie season in the history of the game last season and almost won the AL MVP award, the Angels rewarded him by giving him a measly $20,000 raise. Trout will
Look out NBA – the Lakers are back at .500 and Kobe Bryant’s guaranty that they will be in the playoffs may be scaring opponents after their miserable start to the season. Three times in the last three minutes the
Keith Olbmermann, who was instrumental in turning MSNBC into the partisan and shrill network that it is today, is reportedly looking to go back to ESPN. ESPN president John Skipper told the New York Times that Olbermann had dinner with
Lauren Silberman became the first female player to try out for NFL teams on Sunday at the NFL Regional Combine in New York, and her historic tryout lasted just two kicks. According to reports, her first kickoff attempt went
On Saturday night, UCLA coach Ben Howland confirmed what everyone already knew: star freshman Shabazz Muhammad is on to the NBA. UCLA’s last home game of the season was Muhammad’s last game at Pauley Pavilion in his short career with
Dwight Howard, supposedly the best center in the NBA, indicated he would like to play for the USA Olympic basketball team in the 2016 Olympics. As the star-studded Lakers try to reach .500 Sunday at home against the Atlanta Hawks
Butler and Gonzaga took up all of the college basketball oxygen this week, but VCU elbowed its way into the spotlight on Saturday by thumping Butler 84-52 at home in what was Butler’s worst loss ever under head coach Brad
According to Magic Johnson, the chance to see LeBron James in the NBA dunk contest is worth $1 million. Johnson offered $1 million to the winner of next year’s dunk contest to try to lure James–and perhaps others like Blake
(AP) AP source: Flacco agrees to Ravens deal By BARRY WILNER A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Baltimore Ravens. An ESPN
Manti Te’o cannot get a real girlfriend, compete on the same field with Alabama, or run a fast forty. Yet, unlike any other faltering draft prospect, ESPN and Todd McShay seem eager to make excuses for the Notre Dame linebacker.
The San Francisco 49ers traded quarterback Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday for two draft picks. According to ESPN, Kansas City will give San Francisco its second-round pick in the 2013 draft (the No. 34 overall pick)
(AP) Coach K again says he won’t be back as US coach By BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball Writer Mike Krzyzewski said again Tuesday he doesn’t plan to return as U.S. men’s basketball coach after leading the Americans to two Olympic gold
ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger, again showing he does not care what the politically correct crowd thinks of him, autographed a poster of Katherine Webb in a bikini on Monday night with the words “She’s a 10!” An Iowa State student
The Gonzaga Bulldogs moved to No. 2 in both the Associated Press (AP) poll and the Coaches Poll this week, marking their highest ranking in school history. Indiana is No. 1 in both polls, but because Indiana plays in the
The Oklahoma City Thunder tried to recapture the magic when they signed five-time NBA champion Derek Fisher on Friday for the remainder of the season. Fisher joined the Thunder in March of last year and was a major part of
What makes NASCAR different than other sports is its signature event–the Daytona 500–occurs at the beginning of the season and not at the end. The Great American Race–or NASCAR’s Super Bowl–is the race every NASCAR driver wants to win. Tony
UPDATE: One of the two people critically injured is a child, according to Daytona Beach public information officer Jimmie Flynt. UPDATE: At a Saturday evening press conference, officials from NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway said at least 28 fans were injured
Two years after turning down a $1 billion offer from ESPN that probably would have netted Big East football schools around $11 million each a year, the conference may settle on an offer that would pay just $1 to $2
ESPN host Colin Cowherd suggested on his nationally syndicated radio show on Tuesday that the Indiana Pacers have low attendance at their home games because Indiana fans are racist. “You’re holding an organization to a standard that happens because of
Hilton Botha is no longer investigating a charge of premeditated murder against Oscar Pistorius due to an attempted murder charge Botha is facing himself alledgedly shooting at a minivan, according to the Associated Press. ESPN reports that Pistorius’ family appeared more confident
The first round of golf’s Match Play Championship on Wednesday was suspended because of snow – in Arizona. Ten matches, including Tiger Woods’s against Charles Howell III, had not started when play was halted. Rory McIlroy also had not started
The Pac-12 Conference did not suspend California basketball coach Mike Montgomery for shoving star Bears basketball player Allen Crabbe in the middle of last Sunday’s game against USC. Instead, the conference simply reprimanded him. “While emotions can run high in
ESPN News reports today on how one-percenter Obama fiddled over the long weekend as millions upon millions suffer under his failed economy: Golf Digest reported that Obama also spent eight hours Saturday with Butch Harmon, Woods’ former swing coach, during
Calling Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss a “second father” and a “pioneer” who “changed NBA basketball,” Earvin “Magic” Johnson on Monday reflected on the man who can arguably be considered the greatest owner in sports history not just because of
Matt Barkley, the USC quarterback, will not be throwing at this week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis according to reports. The Trojan suffered a separated shoulder last season that prevented him from playing in the Sun Bowl and participating in the
