The NFL’s first openly gay player’s jersey is second in sales among NFL draftees, topping sales of No. 1 pick Jedeveon Clowney’s and trailing only Johnny Manziel’s. The St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam with a seventh-round pick on Saturday and,
Controversy creates cash — and sells jerseys. Johnny Manziel has the top-selling jersey in the NFL since April 1 just three days after his jersey went on the market after he was drafted in the First Round by the Cleveland
On Sunday, the Miami Dolphins fined safety Don Jones and sent him to “educational training” for tweeting negative comments about Michael Sam, who became the first openly gay player to be drafted, immediately after the Rams took Sam with a seventh-round pick.
After Shelly Sterling told Barbara Walters on Sunday that she will fight to keep her ownership stake in the Clippers even if the NBA forces her husband Donald Sterling to sell the team, the NBA essentially told her, “not so
After Shelly Sterling told Barbara Walters on Sunday that she will fight to keep her ownership stake in the Clippers even if the NBA forces her husband Donald Sterling to sell the team, the NBA essentially told her, “not so
Donald Sterling slams Los Angeles Lakers great Earvin “Magic” Johnson as someone who is “not a good example for the children of Los Angeles” in an interview that will air on Monday. CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tweeting Sterling’s words after he
After the St. Louis Rams drafted Michael Sam and made him the first openly gay player to be drafted, former and current NFL players were under fire after blasting ESPN for airing multiple gay kisses between Sam and his partner.
When the mainstream media universally hailed Michael Sam for being the first openly gay player to be drafted for his courage, football fans and observers immediately noted on Twitter how Sam was praised as much as Tim Tebow was criticized
Michael Sam, who became the first openly gay football player drafted on Saturday in the seventh round, believes he should have been drafted in the first three rounds. Sam: “From last season alone, I should’ve been in the first three
St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher said he would not hesitate to cut Michael Sam if he is not good enough to make the team. “[W]e picked him within the process and we’re going to reduce this roster within the
The St. Louis Rams drafted Michael Sam in the 7th Round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, making Sam the first openly gay NFL player to be drafted. ESPN had a camera on Sam throughout the day, and Sam, like
Vice President Joe Biden botched the name of the women’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina during his commencement speech to the school on Friday. Biden spoke about an aide of his who was a former football player
On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden again misled an audience about having played football in college at the University of Delaware. During his commencement speech at the University of South Carolina, Biden said he played football at Delaware even though
On Saturday, NFL fans at Radio City Music Hall in New York seemed to boo when ESPN showed Michael Sam on the screen as Tennessee was getting ready to pick in the Fourth Round and one pick before the New
LeBron James, the Akron, Ohio native who is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan, was reportedly upset that the Cowboys did not select quarterback Johnny Manziel in the First Round of the NFL Draft on Thursday. James and Manziel are friends
A television in Seattle is referring to the Oklahoma City Thunder as “the former Sonics” in its newscasts. The team left Seattle in 2008 and moved to Oklahoma, but KIRO-TV in Seattle has declared that, “throughout their run, KIRO 7 promises
The Cleveland Browns spent $100,000 studying what type of quarterback would best fit in the NFL after years of comically failing to find a franchise quarterback, but a homeless man may have ultimately convinced the Browns to draft Johnny Manziel
Sports, like the story of the tortoise and the hare, instill in youngsters the value of perseverance. In Burlington, Iowa last night, 558 fans witnessed this virtue in action. The Clinton Lumber Kings overcame a 16-run deficit on the road
No Tiger? No problem. “There was all this publicity about Masters ratings were off,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told ESPN. “The Masters is a great tournament, they had a great rating. It’s just that when Tiger plays, it’s higher.”
Richard Sherman, the shutdown cornerback of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, signed a contract extension with the team today. “I am blessed to announce that the Seattle Seahawks and I have reached an agreement on a contract extension,” Sherman
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Michael Jordan, the racially transcendent basketball star, admits that he hated whites growing up in North Carolina. In Michael Jordan: The Life, discussed in today’s New York Post, the former Chicago Bulls star tells author Ronald Lazenby that the Ku
Instant replay stole free baseball from fans at PNC Park last night. They didn’t complain. Pirates outfielder Starling Marte belted a triple in the bottom of the ninth off Giants starter Tim Hudson. When second baseman Ehire Adrianza botched the
Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda hopes V. Stiviano, the woman Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told to not bring “black people” to his basketball games, gets hit by a car. Lasorda, 86,
Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued a balls-and-strikes call. He got an ejection, and a finger-wagging, in return. The events transpired Monday night in the top of the eighth inning on a called strike three to Brett Gardner that appeared, well,
The Golden State Warriors, stinging from a Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, fired head coach Mark Jackson Tuesday. “It’s never easy to make a decision of this nature,” General Manager
The Oklahoman called Kevin Durant “Mr. Unreliable” last week. The NBA calls him MVP today. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward won his first MVP award today. His 119 first-place votes dwarfed the six first-place votes of last year’s winner LeBron
Retired New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says in his new book that he’d rather have the second baseman for the Boston Red Sox playing behind him than former teammate Robinson Cano. “I don’t think Robby burns to be the
Dennis Rodman says he saw the uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un who was supposedly executed before Rodman’s arrival. He also saw Kim Jong-un’s ex-girlfriend who was also thought to have been executed. When asked about Kim Jong-un’s reported
Dennis Rodman said it was simply “bullshit” for the former basketball players who traveled with him to North Korea in January to play an exhibition game for Kim Jong-un’s birthday to claim they had thought they were going to play
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling may have also discriminated against J.J. Redick, who is white. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the NBA after an audio recording surfaced in which Sterling tells V. Stiviano, who claimed
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling may have discriminated against J.J. Redick, who is white. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the NBA after an audio recording surfaced in which Sterling tells girlfriend V. Stiviano not to
Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson, who is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama and brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, was reportedly fired over the weekend after six underachieving seasons at Corvallis where his teams finished 93-104 with no
Funeral services were held on Saturday for an Alabama swimming star and hero who died on Monday while saving his girlfriend’s life during the tornadoes that hit the state. John Servati, a 21-year-old University of Alabama swimmer from Mississippi who was
V. Stiviano, the woman Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told not to bring “black people” to Clippers games on an audio recording, claimed that Sterling was not a racist and she was his “silly rabbit” and not his “whore.”
Reggie Love, the president’s former “body man,” called the NBA’s ban on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling “appropriate” in comments made to The Hill. Sterling told a girlfriend that she shouldn’t post pictures of herself with African Americans online
Donald Sterling has been estranged from his wife Rochelle, but he could presumably divorce her to delay the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA owners force him to sell the team after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned
Donald Sterling has been estranged from his wife Rochelle, but he could presumably divorce her to delay the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA owners force him to sell the team after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned
Los Angeles Clippers Owner Donald Sterling reportedly wishes he had just paid V. Stiviano off. “I wish I had just paid her off,” Sterling reportedly told Jason Binn of Dujour Magazine. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life on Tuesday
Los Angeles Clippers Owner Donald Sterling reportedly wishes he had just paid V. Stiviano off. “I wish I had just paid her off,” Sterling reportedly told Jason Binn of Dujour Magazine. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life on Tuesday
On Thursday, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama threw an Obamacare party at the White House for athletes and celebrities who helped the administration push the law. According to Time, the “Obamas cracked open the champagne” for about
