The Cleveland Cavaliers opened the offseason facing 60-1 odds to win the 2014-2015 NBA championship. Vegas.com now lists them at 16-5, making the decided underdog the favorite of all 30 NBA teams. Adding a new coach, Kevin Love, and, oh
On Wednesday police were summoned to Donald Sterling’s Beverly Hills home to investigate a possible burglary only to find that the suspect was no other than V. Stiviano. In case anyone has been in a coma for the last six
The Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky made an unauthorized visit to a Colorado Republican event, which included 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, sparking some ire from the Nuggets owners at Kroenke Sports Enterprises. On Tuesday, KSE made a visit to Ken
LOS ANGELES–Lots of folks ride horses in the Los Angeles area, but this past weekend, L.A. got a taste of high-level equine competition usually reserved for the East Coast. L.A. has world-class Thoroughbred racing, but Spruce Meadows in Calgary dominates the world
Jeffrey Taylor suffered through a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad Thursday. Police in East Lansing, Michigan, arrested the Charlotte Hornets forward on domestic violence and other charges early Thursday morning. He made bail. At 7:29 p.m. on Thursday, the East
ATLANTA (AP) — Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday he has already talked with six potential buyers of the Atlanta Hawks and expects a sale of the team to move quickly after racially charged comments by owner Bruce Levenson and general
On Sunday, many Vikings fans didn’t let child-abuse charges against Adrian Peterson deter their support for the All Pro running back. Many wore his number 28 jersey to their game against the Patriots at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. One
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who quickly emerged from David Stern’s shadow by exhibiting zero tolerance toward the racism of Donald Sterling, rejects the idea that Atlanta Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry plays as the front office equivalent of the man
Miami Heat forward Luol Deng responded to a scouting report read by Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry on a conference call among the team’s executives. An owner deemed the description of Deng racially insensitive, and reading it aloud ultimately
An Atlanta Hawks free-agent scouting report, which included an “offensive and racist” remark, triggered the investigation that unveiled Bruce Levenson’s racially insensitive e-mails and led to his decision to sell the team. ESPN has reported that in a June meeting
NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of months before Serena Williams capped her dominant run to a third consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major singles title Sunday night, she sat down with coach Patrick Mouratoglou to decipher why the
Call it the Donald Sterling effect. On Sunday, Atlanta Hawks Controlling Owner Bruce Levenson announced that he will sell his interest in the team after self-reporting an “offensive” email from 2012 in which he said that white fans may be
On Thursday, Slovenian NBA guard Goran Dragic accused Australia of tanking against Angola to get a more favorable draw in the FIBA basketball World Cup. Basketball is a beautiful sport, there is no room for fixing the game like today
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has reversed the league’s position on gambling, acknowledging that legalized sports betting is “inevitable.” Only two years ago, in November 2012, former NBA Commissioner David Stern had joined the Department of Justice, the NCAA, NFL, MLB,
Over the weekend, a hacker posted nude photos of actresses including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele, Christina Aguilera, and Kirsten Dunst, among others. This prompted rightful anger on all sides of the aisle,
For most NBA players, the journey to the big time includes at least a year at a Division I college. Some stay on campus 2-4 years, while others have skipped the whole college game and entered the association straight out
On the final day of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation on Saturday, President Barack Obama hit the golf course again. It was his ninth golfing outing during his vacation. According to pool reports, Obama again golfed with former NBA and Georgetown
The future is finally now for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team completed the much-anticipated deal for Kevin Love on Saturday afternoon. Love averaged 26.1 points and 12.5 rebounds a game last season for Minnesota. At 25, the three-time All-Star gives
President Obama is golfing again at his favorite golf course at Martha’s Vineyard with some of the same golfing partners as yesterday. According to the White House Press Pool, Obama hit the links at the Farm Neck Golf Club at
Kevin Durant won an MVP award earlier this year. Now he looks to win a $285 million sneaker deal. ESPN’s Darren Rovell reports that Durant received an endorsement offer from Under Armour worth between $265 million and $285 million over
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — On the first day of classes at the United States Military Academy, he was clearly the big man on campus. In much of the basketball world, he’s Coach K. Around here, he’s Mike Krzyzewski, Army
Just because he served as the CEO of one of the world’s leading corporations doesn’t make Steve Ballmer stiff and reserved. On Monday afternoon, the new Los Angeles Clippers owner slam-dunked his entrance at the Clippers Fan Festival. Exiting the
Breitbart Sports unveils the most comprehensive database of the values of college basketball players available, allowing the reader to access all 4,250 players in Google Docs by clicking on the master scholarship table. For each team you can view the projected
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kenesaw Mountain Landis is remembered for throwing out the Black Sox, Ford Frick for an asterisk, and Bowie Kuhn for squabbles with players and owners. A. Bartlett Giamatti ran Pete Rose out of baseball, Fay Vincent suspended
Those post-Super Bowl, pre-Opening Day blues are about to get bluer. The NBA expands its All-Star break to an eight-game minimum for the 2014-2015 season. By way of comparison, MLB breaks for a three-day minimum during its All-Star break. NHL,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling’s latest effort to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was shot down Wednesday by a California appeals court. The 2nd Appellate District Court issued
The NBA levied a $25,000 fine on the Toronto Raptors for “tampering” with the free agency process when the team’s “goodwill ambassador” mentioned player Kevin Durant at a recent rap concert. But the organization also said it would drop the
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has one more significant move he wants to make before he leaves his job: open up the baseball market to the world by playing games in Europe by 2015. Possible venues for the games include London
When Steve Ballmer became the official owner of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, he was reportedly contractually obligated to name Shelly Sterling, the wife of Donald Sterling, “owner emeritus,” “Clippers Number One Fan,” and the head of the team’s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Ballmer officially became the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. The team said the record $2 billion sale closed after a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling, on behalf of
Metta World Peace, once known as Ron Artest, is changing his name to a less ambitious moniker: The Panda’s Friend. Correcting a post from China Daily, the NBA forward tweeted, “Guys my chinese name is not ‘Panda Friend’, its ‘The
Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the all-but-done deal between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers is finally a done deal. Almost. Sorta. Kinda. Once Andrew Wiggins’s one-month, post-rookie-contract grace period ends, the deal will go through. But an agreement is in
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians plan an extensive renovation of Progressive Field over the next two years, remodeling the 20-year-old downtown ballpark to better connect with their fans. The club intends to make interior and exterior modifications to the area
He gets the palm-over-fist pose perfect, flashes the championship bling, and dons the all black suit for the occasion. Brian Scalabrine calls his article “I’m Coming Home” and even signifies authorship with the line “by Brian Scalabrine as told by
Indiana Pacers 2010 first-round draft choice Paul George experienced what could best be described as a Joe Theismann moment during a Team USA basketball scrimmage when he suffered a horrific tibia-fibula fracture on Saturday. Don’t look. George, in pursuit of
David Blatt trailblazed an NBA head coaching job straight from an overseas league, lucked into one of the best players in NBA history joining his roster, and appears primed to compliment LeBron James in the frontcourt with the likely acquisition
After Paul George’s gruesome injury during a FIBA scrimmage on Friday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban called on the NBA to organize its own basketball World Cup. “The [International Olympic Committee] is playing the NBA,” he told ESPN’s Marc Stein.
Paul George’s 2014-2015 NBA season hasn’t even begun. It’s already over. The Indiana Pacers all-star suffered a gruesome right leg injury in a Team USA scrimmage in Las Vegas Friday night. The fractured fibula and tibia came on a James
“We’re not friends anymore,” Charles Barkley said of Tiger Woods on Philadelphia sports radio. The Round Mound of Rebound, who won an Olympic gold medal with the Dream Team in 1992 but famously no NBA titles, thinks Tiger’s too obsessed
Last weekend the owner of the Oakland Raiders met with San Antonio city leaders to discuss the possible relocation of the storied NFL franchise from Northern California to the Alamo City. Mark Davis, the Raiders owner and the son of
