
ESPN commentator Curt Schilling has announced his return to the sports network for postseason coverage despite the ongoing attacks over his post on social media that got him suspended as well additional posts.
by Warner Todd Huston29 Sep 2015, 12:15 AM PST0

One of the world’s largest sporting events kicks off today. The Rugby World Cup 2015 will commence with an opening ceremony at 19:00 (BST), followed immediately by the first match of the tournament between host nation England and Fiji.
by Nic Conner18 Sep 2015, 6:11 AM PST0

ESPN – what happened to you? Your intolerant PC police are running amok and making a joke out of you!
by Sarah Palin28 Aug 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

When ESPN’s ESPY awards announced that it was giving a “courage” award to Bruce Jenner, Bob Costas and others deemed it a transparent effort to boost viewership. Now, it looks like Jenner’s appearance to accept the award did just that.
by Warner Todd Huston17 Jul 2015, 12:08 AM PST0

The money rolling in for college athletics just took another step upwards as the University of Michigan announced a new $169 million deal with sports apparel giant Nike. The new contract now stands as the richest sponsorship deal in all of college sports.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Jul 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

George Carlin’s classic critique of football and baseball strikes today as slightly yesterday. But his premise easily extrapolates to compare and contrast the good ol’ US of A and all our funny-sounding international neighbors, who seem to adore a kicky-kick sport (what we call “soccer”) managed by the honorable men of FIFA.
by Scott Pinsker30 May 2015, 1:09 AM PST0

On Monday, May 11, the Texas state Senate advanced SB 2046, which would allow homeschoolers to participate in local public school University Interscholastic League (UIL) sports teams. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 26-5.
by Merrill Hope14 May 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

The nation’s most iconic baseball bat manufacturer has been sold to a Finland-based company for $70 million.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Mar 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

The Florida legislature had the opportunity this week to cut sports incentives from the yearly budget. The Legislative Budget Commission (LBC) decided to table the motion.
by Javier Manjarres20 Feb 2015, 8:12 AM PST0

NASCAR fans are great patrons of museums. What could go wrong by combining the two?
by Warner Todd Huston12 Feb 2015, 12:09 AM PST0

Washington Capitals host the Chicago Blackhawks for the seventh Winter Classic.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 12:39 AM PST0

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a sordid story tracing the decades-long grade fixing scandal that has engulfed college sports, revealing a scandal that reaches from the players and their representatives all the way to the teachers, coaches and college administrators.
by Warner Todd Huston31 Dec 2014, 11:44 AM PST0

Six-time NBA Most Valuable player, holder of six league championship rings and the greatest scorer in the history of the game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, cited Ecclesiastes when contemplating the meaning of two executed police officers in New York City and the nationwide upheaval caused by the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner on the streets of the Big Apple.
by Robert Wilde23 Dec 2014, 10:20 AM PST0

Gus Andreone nailed his first hole-in-one before the U.S. entry into World War II, the availability of television, and the birth of Jack Nicklaus. He scored his most recent last week.
by Robert Wilde22 Dec 2014, 8:36 AM PST0

In his meeting with members of the Italian National Olympic Committee Friday, Pope Francis compared athletics to the spiritual life, saying that the Church’s role is to urge people toward “a strong sense of spiritual combativeness.” Francis went on to
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Dec 2014, 10:48 AM PST0

After months of negotiating terms and conditions to build a new stadium, the St. Petersburg City Council said no to a proposed deal hammered out by Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tampa Bay Rays brass. According to the Tampa Bay Times,
by Robert Wilde20 Dec 2014, 10:21 AM PST0