Wichita State owning an undefeated record on the eve of the NCAA basketball tournament shocks a lot of people outside of the Missouri Valley Conference. Coach Gregg Marshall’s confession to ESPN that the man he admires most is the co-founder
The NFL’s competition committee won’t create a new rule to weed out uses of the n-word and other abusive language from the field. Instead, referees will rely on an existing rule to clean up the nasty talk. “We do have
More people have filled out the 2014 NCAA tournament bracket in the three days since it was unveiled on ESPN than have signed up for Obamacare on Healthcare.gov in the six months that the website, which has malfunctioned and been
Richie Incognito had a bad February. He’s looking to rebound in March. The beleaguered free-agent guard emerged from treatment three weeks after he took a baseball bat to his defenseless black Ferrari. He retains a sense of humor about the
Bo Jackson made Brian Bosworth look like a Pop Warner player on Monday Night Football. He went all parkour on the centerfield wall at Memorial Stadium after making a running catch. But if he were to do it again today,
Think the water cooler, cubicle-invading motor-mouth, or Facebook destroys company productivity? This week, year-round time wasters may be surpassed by a once-a-year phenomenon: NCAA basketball betting pools. A Chicago Tribune article speculates that if just one hour of work gets
President Barack Obama is putting on a full-court press during March Madness to push Obamacare before the March 31 deadline for 2014, and on Tuesday he went on a Spanish-language sports talk radio show to tell Hispanics that the “immigration
Phil Jackson won two championship rings with the New York Knicks as a player. He hopes to add to his gaudy jewelry collection as a Knicks executive. The New York Knicks announced the hiring of Phil Jackson, 67, at a
An NFL lineman who abruptly retired midway through last season because of concerns over the game’s effect on the brain was arrested in Chicago over the weekend on drug possession charges. Police in Cook County, Illinois arrested John Moffitt after
Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. flashed her middle finger–to offend or signify her one U.S. hit, she has never explained–during the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show. The NFL has been quietly pursuing restitution ever since. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the
On Monday, University of North Carolina coach Roy Williams and Connecticut’s women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma teamed up to use March Madness to push Obamacare for President Barack Obama. There was one problem, though. The site they were pushing (whitehouse.gov/acabracket)
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was arrested on Sunday night for “operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance.” More details from Fox59.com: The arrest happened around 11:40 p.m. Sunday at 131st Street and Horseferry Road, according
The NCAA selection committee laid out its field of 68 teams in the men’s basketball tournament. The big winners were the Big-12, with seven spots, and the Pac-12, Big 10, and Atlantic 10, each boasting six entrants. In fact, six
Florida, Arizona, Wichita State, and Virginia snagged top seeds in the NCAA tournament, with Florida being the top overall seed and Virginia getting the final No. 1 seed after they won the ACC tournament and Michigan lost the Big Ten tourney. The
The New England Patriots re-signed their 2013 leader in receptions and receiving yards today. Julian Edelman, who had been courted by the San Francisco 49ers, reached an agreement with the Patriots today. Terms of the contract have not been disclosed.
The U.S. Paralympic sledge hockey team beat Russia 1-0 for the gold medal in Sochi on Saturday in the Paralympic games, becoming the first nation to win back-to-back gold medals in the event. According to NBC Sports: Josh Sweeney scored the only goal
The Chicago Bears released defensive end Julius Peppers earlier this week. But Peppers will be back playing in Soldier Field this season–at least for one game. The eight-time Pro Bowler signed a three-year deal with the Green Bay Packers on
Steve Smith confessed Thursday that he had never been fired from a job before. His time among the ranks of the unemployed didn’t last long. The Baltimore Ravens signed the receiver, who turns 35 before the start of the regular
Tattoo-removal businesses around Berea, Kentucky may see a boost in business later this month. Tyler Austin Black, a local machinist recently tattooed “2014 Nati9nal Champions UK” on his calf. The “9” refers to the number of national championships the storied
Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett has joined the T.W. Shannon campaign as a campaign chair days after Shannon received former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement. According to The McCarville Report, Bennett, the “longtime business leader noted for bringing the
A model is suing Playboy and a co-host of one of its morning television and radio shows for $500,000 in damages after the host placed a golf ball atop a tee that was between her butt cheeks–and whiffed on his
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has migrated northward up the Atlantic coast by gobbling up former Big East mainstays. So, league officials naturally want to move its March basketball tournament to the major media market on the East Coast. The
Football writer Ian Rapoport tweeted the news that free agent cornerback had joined the New England Patriots. His former Legion of Boom teammate Richard Sherman even issued congratulations on Twitter. Then Browner’s agent, live from the hockey arena where he
Steve Smith at least has a career inradio if free agency doesn’t work out. The 34-year-old receiver provided Charlotte’sWFNZ with an entertaining interview on his release after thirteen seasons withthe Panthers. “This was the first time I have everbeen fired
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) believes the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office should no longer protect the Washington Redskins’ trademark because the nickname is derogatory. “We all respect freedom of speech, but the trademark office has rejected names which are
Vince Wilfork, a Patriots team captain and one of the few remaining links to the team’s last Super Bowl victory, has asked the team for his release. The NFL Network first reported the story. The nose guard, who claims he
Mike D’Antonio could have used Kobe Bryant on the court this season. Kobe Bryant can’t conceive of Mike D’Antonio on the bench next season. Bryant reportedly has “no interest” in playing for Mike D’Antonio. The Sporting News reports that Kobe
The basketball revolution will be tweeted. Former Knicks point guard Greg Anthony broke the news of the Knicks’ hire of 11-time NBA championship-winning coach Phil Jackson for a front office position last night. “@nyknicks it’s official @PhilJackson11 will be joining
Football fans can again find Revis Island in the northeast. Darrelle Revis lost his job on Wednesday. But just hours after his release from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the shutdown cornerback found a new job in New England. The one-year,
The Fresno Grizzlies, the Class AAA minor-league team for the San Francisco Giants, will wear Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jerseys on August 2. Fans will pick which of the four jerseys that the players will wear. The uniforms will be
A collegiate summer league baseball team will wear jerseys made of selfies during a game in July. The Kalamazoo Growlers, of the collegiate summer baseball Northwoods League, announced that they “will be wearing a SALUTE TO SELFIES jersey during a
On Wednesday, ESPN announced that Brent Musburger will leave his partnership with Kirk Herbstreit on ABC’s Saturday Night Football broadcast to join Jesse Palmer to call games for ESPN’s new SEC Network. It is believed that ESPN did not want
In a move that may be best for the future of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers superstar will not play this year while recovering from multiple injuries. Bryant, after undergoing surgery for a torn ACL, missed
The Denver Broncos signed Aqib Talib, improving their secondary and damaging divisional rival New England Patriots all in one move. The Broncos reached an agreement with the elite cornerback on a six-year, $57 million contract with $26 million in guaranteed
When a baseball flies your way and you’re holding a stroller, do you let your kid, or the baseball, roll away? A fan at the Mets-Marlins spring training game faced this choice Monday. The alleged Mets backer made the wrong
The Dallas Cowboys entered the NFL’s new year without the burden of the staggered $10 million cap penalty imposed by the league after Jerry Jones’ free spending during 2010’s no-cap campaign. They also enter it without the benefit of their
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly met with top Redskins officials, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Native American groups that want a name change last December to discuss the team’s nickname. According to a report in the left-wing ThinkProgress, “Cantwell, then
On Monday, an NHL hockey game between the Dallas Stars and the Columbus Blue Jackets was postponed after Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley collapsed on the bench. Peverley, who reportedly missed games earlier this season with an irregular heartbeat, collapsed in Dallas
Leave the audience wanting more remains a basic rule of show business. Like running backs Robert Smith, Barry Sanders, and Jim Brown before him, Rashard Mendenhall retires from football still hearing cheers. But he doesn’t want you to call him
Amane Gobena of Ethiopia won the “gender” challenge on Sunday at the Los Angeles Marathon. Gobena won $50,000 for finishing “first” in the race and another $25,000 for being the first woman to cross the finish line. Gebo Burka of
