It’s not as though a mascot with a head five times normal size would make a particularly difficult shot. So when the Secret Service threatened to kill Mr. Met seventeen years ago, the man behind the mascot took the stern
The NBA playoffs start this weekend, but iconic sideline announcer Craig Sager who has been associated with the NBA’s postseason may be watching it from home. His son revealed that Sager has been diagnosed with “acute leukemia” and would be starting
Michael Sam performed poorly at the NFL combine and during the Senior Bowl. But his stellar season at the University of Missouri leaves several teams in the market for the openly-gay pass rusher. The Baltimore Sun reports that six NFL
If boxing is dead, why did Floyd Mayweather, Jr. earn $73.5 million for just two fights last year? Money, as the boxer aptly goes by, tops ESPN’s list of the world’s highest paid athletes. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, two
The NHL playoffs start tonight. The NHL also-rans held their own competition last night. The ping-pong balls bounced last night the way the pucks have all season for the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres enjoyed a 25 percent chance at the
Jackie Robinson desegregated (Pumpsie Green integrated) Major League Baseball 67 years ago buy crossing what had previously been the all-white lines and Major League Baseball will honor him again today with its annual Jackie Robinson Day. After New York Yankees
During a ceremony at the State Department on Monday for the unveiling of the World Cup trophy, Vice President Joe Biden again tried to mislead his audience into believing that he had played college football. “I didn’t play soccer; I
A driver ran a red light and plowed into Houston Rockets star Chandler Parson’s SUV before Monday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. The woman then promptly asked the basketball star for an autograph after she caused what could have
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the World Cup to see the U.S. men’s soccer team play in Brazil in June. The White House announced that Biden will travel to a game but details have not been sorted out
A new online poll found that Americans just are not interested in the the World Cup, which is the world’s top sporting event. According to the poll, “two in three Americans do not plan to follow this year’s tournament,” only
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump intends to make a run at buying the Buffalo Bills and keeping the team in Buffalo. “I’m going to give it a heavy shot,” Trump told The Buffalo News on Monday. “I would love to do
A California Democrat has proposed legislation that would limit the number of full-contact practices for high school football teams during the season and ban them completely in the offseason. Assemblyman Ken Cooley’s AB 2127 reads: This bill would express legislative
A California Democrat has proposed legislation that would limit the number of full-contact practices for high school football teams during the season and ban them completely in the offseason. Assemblyman Ken Cooley’s AB 2127 reads: This bill would express legislative
Aaron Hernandez, who allegedly beat up a fellow inmate in February, finds himself under investigation for threatening a guard at Bristol County Jail. The incidents allegedly took place last year. Jail officials want to find out if the former New
No Tiger, no ratings. The final round of the Masters that saw Bubba Watson win his second green jacket in three years and prevent 20-year-old rookie Jordan Spieth from becoming the youngest winner of the event was a clunker. CBS’s
Notah Begay, who was Tiger Woods’ teammate at Stanford and a longtime friend and confidante, said he does not expect Woods to play in the U.S. Open this year. “It’s all going to matter on the rehab. And I think
Bubba Watson won $1.62 million for winning his second Masters in three years on Sunday. And he celebrated the momentous occasion at Waffle House. Champ dinner @WaffleHouse! #hashbrowns #covered pic.twitter.com/rXuaHtXqj5 — bubba watson (@bubbawatson) April 14, 2014
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney won’t be running up and down a field for NFL suitors anytime before draft day. Peter King reports at MMQB, “He still will visit teams and interview with coaches and GMs, but his next
Bubba Watson did not need a playoff or a miraculous winding shot from the woods on the 10th hole to secure his second green jacket in three years on Sunday at the Masters. Watson gained momentum on the eighth hole,
Notre Dame announced that it would install field turf in its football stadium for the upcoming season. Touchdown Jesus does not approve. Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick cited wear and tear due to commencement ceremonies at Notre Dame Stadium as a
Viewers in New York City could not see the Masters on CBS for about twenty minutes on Saturday during the third round. According to the New York Post, “the outage began around 3:40 p.m. with the leaders on the front nine
Nothing good happens past 3 a.m. Hillsborough County, Florida police arrested Tampa Bay Lightning left-winger Ryan Malone this morning at 3:23 on charges of driving under the influence. He allegedly hit a curb, or maybe the curb hit his car–it
Sports scribes have called him a “moron.” Kirk Herbstreit wondered if he was “the dumbest player ever to play.” It turns out Johnny Football is pretty smart. Johnny Manziel scored better on the Wonderlic than any other quarterback at the
ESPN’s first-round coverage of the Masters on Thursday plummeted by nearly 40% from last year’s coverage of the event. The main difference? This is the first time since 1994 that Tiger Woods has not been in the Masters, as he
Luke Donald’s poor start at the Masters on Thursday got worse after the round when he was told a patron at Augusta national called in a two-stroke penalty on the ninth hole, which he double bogeyed. That turned into a
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick asserted that reports that he was being investigated for a possible sexual assault “are completely wrong.” “They make things up about me that never happened,” he said on Twitter on Friday. (1/3) The charges
The Houston Astros have recently made a habit of last place in the standings. On Monday, they recorded a last place Nielsen rating–a 0.0. In other words, not one of the 579 television sets tracked by Nielsen in the Houston
Bill Haas, the son of golfer Jay Haas, holds the lead at the Masters after the first round with a four-under 68 in the second tournament he has played after firing his brother as his caddie. Adam Scott, the Aussie
In Sports Center America, it’s all about the home run. At Tator Trot Track, it’s all about the slow gallop around the bases. Yes, stats-obsessed baseball nerds created a site aimed at tracking the pace of home-run hitters as they
Conservative talk radio show host Larry Elder challenged Hank Aaron to name names after he accused Republicans who opposed President Barack Obama of being the equivalent of the racists who sent him death threats while he was chasing Babe Ruth’s
Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin blasted Hank Aaron on Wednesday for suggesting that those who oppose President Barack Obama were like yesterday’s KKK members and said he was going to get rid of his expensive Hank Aaron baseball card
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is reportedly being investigated for possible sexual assault in Miami. According to TMZ’s law enforcement sources, the “the alleged incident took place at the Viceroy Hotel in Miami earlier this month” and the investigation
Georgia state law prohibits “mutilating, defacing, burning, or trampling” the American flag. Someone forgot to inform the pyrotechnics guy for the Atlanta Braves. The Atlanta Braves treated their fans to the wrong kind of fireworks display before their home opener
Innovation and tradition make strange bedfellows. But Billy Payne, chairman of Augusta National, managed to combine the two in the children’s “Drive, Chip, and Putt” competition that took place this weekend. You can’t have tradition if you refuse to pass
One half of the Pony Express rides again. Craig James, fired from FoxSportsNet for beliefs on traditional marriage expressed during a political campaign, just found employment. Unfortunately for football fans, it’s not with ESPN or the NBC Sports Network. The
LA is a long way from Lexington. But that’s the direction University of Kentucky coach John Calipari heads, at least according to Rex Chapman. Chapman’s tweet heard round the basketball-shaped basketball world called Calipari’s hiring as the next Los Angeles
Those in elite mainstream press and the bipartisan permanent political class are consumed with a potential Hillary Clinton vs. Jeb Bush presidential contest in 2016. Neither Hillary nor Jeb has declared their candidacy, but Bill Clinton and George W. Bush,
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman continues to mock “mediocre” San Francisco wide receiver Michael Crabtree by writing “sorry Crabtree” under his autograph for a prominent sports memorabilia company. Steiner Sports tweeted out a photo on Monday of one of the cards Sherman
The UConn Huskies defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 in the national championship game. The slow and sometimes sloppy game played competitively. But the Huskies never once trailed. Kentucky had their chances. After a jittery start that saw them down fifteen
Shabazz Napier got a free ride to UConn. He thinks UConn got the free ride. He told reporters in the lead up to tonight’s national championship game that unionizing players might be one way to prevent players from going to
