The University of Kentucky sports equipment staff announced that they just received the largest pair of basketball shoes they have ever ordered. The size-20 Nike sneakers are for 6’11” incoming freshman Wildcat Karl Anthony-Towns, who according to one kinesiologist could
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will reportedly buy the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald and Shelly Sterling for $2 billion. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported Ballmer “won a frenetic bidding war” to buy the team for record-setting price
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will reportedly buy the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald and Shelly Sterling for $2 billion. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported Ballmer “won a frenetic bidding war” to buy the team for record-setting price
When you brazenly cheat on your wife, make racist comments about African Americans, and oversee one of the most consistently pathetic franchises in sports, you’re not going to win any popularity contests. A new survey by E-Poll Market Research found
Donald Sterling’s 26-page answer to the NBA’s charges against him cites the league for hypocrisy in its ban-for-life punishment of him when it meted out a $100,000 fine when Kobe Bryant called a referee a nasty name aimed at homosexuals
Native American activist groups will use hashtag activism to pressure NFL players to support changing the Redskins name. The Oneida Nation, the National Council of American Indians and 77 other groups sent a letter to NFL players on Wednesday that argues
When many think of professional sportsmen, they often think of their flashy suits, big cars, and their large entourage of followers. But many players understand they are in a serious business. Evidence of that is the newest must hire for
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling sent a signed letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver that authorized his wife, Shelly, to sell the team before he seemed to have a change of heart on Tuesday. TMZ obtained the letter, dated
On Tuesday, Donald Sterling’s lawyer said Sterling would “fight to the bloody end” against the NBA’s attempts to force him to sell his team. He also said that Sterling “disavowed” anything his wife, Shelly Sterling, is doing to sell the
On Tuesday, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said it was “illegal” for the NBA to force him to sell his team for, among other things, telling V. Stiviano to not bring “black people” to his games. In the 32-page
The wife of embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has officially announced that she is selling the basketball team and is fielding bids for that purpose. In fact, Shelly Sterling has already scheduled a meeting with former Microsoft CEO
From meeting with the mayor of Seattle, or Israel’s minister of foreign affairs to the NBA commissioner, the Rev. Al Sharpton or Russian band Pussy Riot, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to prefer conducting a great deal of public
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry drew parallels between the NBA and slavery on the Saturday episode of her eponymous show. She teased a segment on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban by saying “you can’t
Checkmate. Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to sell his team, according to numerous reports. Should the NBA force a sale of the team, Sterling would enable his wife to negotiate a sale. The team could fetch
The commissioner of Major League Baseball owes the very existence of his office to the insistence of the first man to hold it that the game needs a single person outside of it and above its internecine disputes to preside
Mark Cuban has already decided whether he will vote to oust NBA owner Donald Sterling from the league–and he fears he may have to be a “hypocrite” to cast it. According to the Sporting News, Cuban did not reveal how he
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith said those criticizing Mark Cuban’s admission that he would cross the street late at night if he saw a “black kid in a hoodie” or a “white guy with a shaved head and lots of
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban came under fire on Thursday for honestly admitting that he would cross the street late at night if he saw a “black kid in a hoodie” or “a white guy with a shaved head and a
In what’s being called the largest congressional endorsement to rename the Washington Redskins, 50 senators urged the N.F.L. call for such a change Thursday. “The NFL can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything
The Cleveland Cavaliers, sitting atop the NBA Draft board, most need a small forward (3.0) with the first pick of the NBA draft, so in the mock draft below they take Andrew Wiggins. Doug McDermott is moving up the fastest
Former NBA great and TNT host Charles Barkley doesn’t like being filmed when he’s not on set. USA Today’s The Big Lead reports that Barkley snapped when he was hounded inside a hotel by hosts from “The Billy Madison Show”
Mallory Edens, the young, smiley, blond daughter of the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, shot to Twitter stardom in the hours after appearing on ESPN with a gaggle of old men during the NBA Lottery. Miss Edens was asked on
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes Jon Bon Jovi could enter the NFL in a “Blaze of Glory.” According to the Toronto Sun, the rock-and-roll icon has partnered with Larry Tanenbaum of the Toronto group Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
The NBA holds its draft lottery at 8 p.m. ESPN broadcasts. The fourteen NBA teams, save for the Knicks, that missed the playoffs hope luck, and a ping-pong ball, bounces their way and they land a top-three pick. After establishing
The Sports Hangover recuperates from a weekend of a final-furlong-finish Preakness, the NBA and NHL playoffs weeding out weakness, and an MMA card with several losing fighters peddling a grievance. Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful “F— France and F—
