Michael Sam, the University of Missouri defensive end who publicly proclaimed his homosexuality earlier this month, hoped his performance at the NFL Combine would silence doubters. Instead, it only created more doubters. The AP’s SEC defensive player of the year’s
As the controversy over the efforts of the National Football League to ban the use of the N-word continues, ESPN broadcast an episode of Outside the Lines focused on use of the hateful word. During that conversation, sports writer Jason
On his Monday radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh discussed the evolution of the NFL with its proposed rule changes and publicity campaigns, to which he attributed to the left’s desire to use the sport as a social laboratory to
The 23-day weekend in Russia has mercifully come to an end. The conclusion of the once-in-a-four-year-lifetime event puts us back to business as usual: March Madness, the NFL Combine, spring training, NASCAR, and after nearly a month’s respite, the NHL.
With the Olympics now behind us and the NHL back in action, Bryan Bickell is focusing on winning his third Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks. But another championship isn’t the only thing Bickell is fighting for. Along with his wife, Bickell
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark said that it will be difficult for the NFL to police the use of the N-word with 15-yard penalties, especially because the word is used so often, especially by black players. “I think it’s going
After initially complying, Pittsburgh Steelers players ended up ignoring chairman Dan Rooney’s request to not use the “N-word” in the locker room. Steelers safety Ryan Clark said on ESPN on Sunday that Rooney asked cornerback Ike Taylor to not play
On Friday’s broadcast of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” co-host Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser speculated on the importance of Jason Collins’ contract with the Brooklyn Nets as the first openly gay player in NBA history. According Wilbon, the novelty of
The Brooklyn Nets signed openly-gay center Jason Collins to a ten-day contract on Sunday. The 35-year-old center looks to make his debut at the Staples Center against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night. Collins will then become the first openly-gay
The NFL’s ban on allowing off-duty police officers to carry guns into stadiums has at least two exceptions–the two NFL stadiums in Texas. According to CBS DFW, “Texas state law overrides the NFL policy. As long as officers attending the
The NFL may penalize players 15 yards for racial and homophobic slurs and eject them from the game after a second offense. John Wooten, the head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group that monitors diversity, told ESPN that he
The San Francisco 49ers reportedly came close to trading head coach Jim Harbaugh to the Cleveland Browns for multiple draft picks. Both Harbaugh and the 49ers denied the reports. You read that right. ProFootballTalk initially reported that the Browns were
In his regular Saturday column, lacrosse analyst Dan Fleuette discusses and comments on the latest news from the world of lacrosse. Be sure to check this space every Saturday at Breitbart Sports for incisive analysis and news of all things
Maybe Charles Barkley was right. Kids shouldn’t look up to athletes. They’re bound to let them down. One of the latest heroes to fall is accused serial rapist Darren Sharper, a five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, and, until his
Former Dallas Cowboys and University of North Carolina defensive end Greg Ellis said Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL prospect who could become the NFL’s first openly gay player, should be careful about patting players on the butt if
NFL general managers enjoy a little more breathing room today. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the $10 billion behemoth will share a little bit more money than expected with players this coming season. The salary cap, pegged at $123 million
The Miami Dolphins sacked an assistant coach and a physical trainer on Wednesday in response to a scathing report on bullying in the team’s locker room. Jim Turner, the coach in charge of offensive linemen, and head athletic trainer Kevin
MARTINSVILLE, N.J. (AP) — More than 300 NFL hopefuls will be poked, prodded and tested perhaps more than any other job applicant at the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis this week. One result can make all the difference. A slower-than-expected
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) —A coin toss Wednesday has awarded the Dallas Cowboys the 16th overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft, finalizing the order of the player-selection process. Dallas and the Baltimore Ravens both finished 2013 with 8-8
A new two-year study of youth football players found that bruised appendages and torn ligaments, not concussions, were the injuries that most vexed young gridiron athletes over the last two seasons. Just one in twenty-five players suffered a concussion. USA
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (UPI) — Tony Gonzalez will join CBS’s in-studio program during the NFL season and Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe will leave the show, CBS Sports said. Gonzalez retired after the 2013 season after 17 seasons as
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) is suing the NFL over a new stadium policy barring off-duty police officers from carrying sidearms into the stadium. The MPPOA says the NFL’s gun ban “violates state law, and could put
CHICAGO (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board opened a closely watched hearing Tuesday on a bid by Northwestern football players to form what would be the first union for college athletes in U.S. history. From a witnesses stand in
An NFL hopeful has quit his job, exhausted his life savings, and is living in a minivan–even while the northeast was hit with bone-chilling temperatures and snowstorms–to pursue his dream of potentially making an NFL roster. Rashid Williams, who last
What a weird, wild weekend! No real NBA, NHL, MLB, or NFL games. It’s the equivalent of a sports blue moon eclipse. What just happened? Sexy or Sexism? When Richard Petty talks, NASCAR fans listen–except when Danica Patrick walks by,
