Major League Baseball has announced the American League and National League rosters for the All-Star Game. There are a lot of Brewers, A’s, and Orioles on it. Here’s who the fans wanted to see (current complete rosters here) in the
On Sunday afternoon, a Major League Soccer player received a yellow card for celebrating a goal by taking a selfie photo with fans. Sporting Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer scored in the 33rd minute against the Chicago Fire and promptly
When Colombian superstar James Rodriguez converted his penalty kick during Colombia’s 2-1 loss to Brazil on Friday in the World Cup quarterfinals, a giant insect landed on his arm as he was celebrating his goal. Rodriguez leads all World Cup
The Oakland Athletics traded away their 2013 and 2012 first-round picks, pitcher Dan Straily, and a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel. The Cubs currently find themselves at the bottom
The Fourth of July means hot dogs, fireworks, and patriotism. Joey Chestnut combined all three in Coney Island. First came the fireworks. The competitive food-eating champion proposed to girlfriend Neslie Ricasa immediately prior to defending his hot-dog-eating title. The sequence
Degenerate gamblers of Planet Earth, rejoice! The bookmakers have finally released the odds for the 2018 World Cup. The painful wait is over! The United States, which played competitively to reach the knockout round this summer, faces a 50-1 uphill
The very week that the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks hired Jason Kidd as a coach before informing Larry Drew that he had been fired, the Houston Rockets have descended the NBA disrespect to a new level. The team
The U.S. men’s soccer team survived the “Group of Death,” but after traveling nearly 10,000 miles across Brazil, their run in the 2014 World Cup is over. And it ended in extra time. Again. In the opening minutes of the
The U.S. lined up against Belgium at 4 p.m. Eastern time today. It didn’t take long for the Belgium team to show why they entered the game the favorites. Divock Origi broke away about forty seconds into the contest, blasting
The Milwaukee Bucks sent two second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets to acquire the services of head coach Jason Kidd. In a move characteristic of a 15-67 franchise, the Bucks hadn’t even informed current coach Larry Drew that he had
Holland has earned their “flying Dutchman” moniker this World Cup — for better or for worse. During Sunday’s game, wily and crafty all-world superstar Arjen Robben was challenged in extra time in the penalty box by Mexico defender and captain
World Cup tourists in Brazil are having some fun with a toothy Luis Suarez ad on the streets. They are taking photos and selfies of him “biting” them after Suarez infamously bit an Italian defender last week.
Thomas Müller hammered home a rebound for Germany early in the second half to open the scoring, and Germany won the so-called “Group of Death” with a 1-0 victory over the United States on Thursday in a flooded Recife, Brazil.
San Francisco Giants righty Tim Lincecum no-hit the San Diego Padres at AT&T Park on Wednesday afternoon. The gem marks the second no-no of Lincecum’s career and the third this season in Major League Baseball. Lincecum allowed one base runner
Sidney Crosby added a Hart Trophy on Tuesday night to the gold medal he won at Sochi earlier this year. The Pittsburgh Penguins center picked up the hardware at an NHL ceremony in Las Vegas. The award marks the second
FIFA and Brazilian police are investigating soccer fans who may be faking disabilities to get prime seats at World Cup games. An editor of a Spanish-language sports publication said police were investigating “suspicious” behavior at the games. Pictures of women standing
Floyd Mayweather brings the pain in the boxing ring. He makes it rain in the strip club. The undefeated welterweight dropped $100,000 on strippers in Miami’s E11even “gentlemen’s” club this weekend, according to TMZ Sports. The pugilist was joined in
Kirkland, Washington’s police department arrested Hope Solo Saturday on domestic violence charges. The two-time Olympic gold medalist is scheduled to appear before a judge in Kirkland Municipal Court on Monday. The arrest stemmed from a 911 call made regarding the
Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf next week at the Quicken Loans National tournament. “After a lot of therapy I have recovered well and will be supporting my foundation next week at the Quicken Loans National,” Woods said on
Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips was so amused with a drunk heckler in Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates that he gave him a signed baseball after the game. In doing so, Phillips seems to have won over
Fans who watched Costa Rica defeat Italy in Recife, Brazil on Friday were also warned to be on the lookout for shark attacks. According to the Associated Press, there have been “24 deadly attacks around Recife since 1992,” and officials
On Friday, FIFA replaced Colombian assistant referee Humberto Clavijo for blowing two offsides calls that denied Mexico what should have been two goals against Cameroon. According to FIFA, “Clavijo will not be in referee Wilmar Roldan’s team for South Korea
The Cleveland Cavaliers took their nickname from England. They grabbed their new coach from Israel. The Cavaliers have hired Dave Blatt, according to Yahoo! Sports. The four-year deal reportedly could award the NBA rookie coach $20 million. Blatt led Macabbi
FIFA, at the behest of corporate sponsor Sony, has ordered Beats by Dre headphones off the ears of competitors in World Cup stadiums. Sony had paid FIFA to sponsor the tournament. They even provided their portable music players to the
The U.S. soccer team drew the Group of Death in Brazil. But they may have life after the first round. The squad’s defeat of Ghana raised their hopes of advancing. Stats guru Nate Silver puts the Americans’ chances of moving
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was nine outs away from joining Sandy Koufax, the southpaw to whom he is often compared, in the history books as the only other Dodger to throw a perfect game. He settled for a
Group play hasn’t even ended, but the World Cup has already shattered online-video streaming records. According to Variety, the World Cup has “already broken the record for peak amount of online-video streaming bandwidth as delivered by Akamai Technologies, and also
If Beef O’Brady’s can have its own bowl game, why not Bitcoin? The Beef O’Brady’s Bowl is now the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. The digital currency owns naming rights through 2016. So how many bitcoins did BitPay pay to sponsor
In his dissent in the Redskins trademark case on Wednesday, Administrative Trademark Judge Marc Bergsman blasted three non-Native American “experts” who concluded there was a “clear trend” to label the term “Redskin” as offensive despite a preponderance of the evidence.
In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the United States Patent Office canceled six Washington Redskins trademarks because it determined that “Redskin” is “disparaging” to Native Americans. As USA Today noted before the ruling, the Redskins would still be allowed to use the
Amatuer hour is over. Johnny Manziel has agreed to terms with the Cleveland Browns. The 22nd pick in last month’s NFL draft signed a contract worth $8.2 million over four years. By way of comparison, Jadeveon Clowney, the first pick
Tiger Woods got off the couch and onto a course. Golf Digest reports that Tiger hit balls at Medalist in Hobe Sound, Florida this past week. The progress comes nearly three months after the former top golfer endured back surgery.
The United States men’s soccer team’s thrilling World Cup victory over Ghana in their World Cup opener on Monday evening drew the highest-ever rating for a World Cup game on ESPN. The match “averaged a 7.0 overnight rating” and, according to
Finally, the United States men’s soccer team beat their nemesis Ghana in the World Cup. It took 33 seconds for Clint Dempsey to open the scoring to establish control of the U.S. squad after Landon Donovan was left off and
Some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists at Guantanamo love watching World Cup soccer. In fact, it is the most popular program among the 149 detainees accused of some of the most ruthless acts of terror. “Right now, it’s the
Tony Gwynn, the left-handed right fielder who starred at San Diego State and then for the San Diego Padres, passed away Monday morning after a four-year fight with salivary-gland cancer. Gwynn’s death comes a day after he received a contract
There’s no Maginot Line in the sky that can protect France’s World Cup team from the all-seeing eyes of drones. French Coach Didier Deschamps alleges that a drone has been spying on his team’s practices. The former star player for
Wait in line for a week to watch Michael Jordan play basketball in 1985? Maybe. Wait in line for a week to to buy an updated version of his shoes from 1985? Seriously? A group of young men in Royal
The prophecy tattoo didn’t come true for Eric Hartburg and Mitt Romney. It nearly worked for Tyler Austin Black and the University of Kentucky basketball team. For Tim Connors and the Seattle Seahawks, a preseason prediction of a Super Bowl
Alec Martinez hammered home a rebound in double overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 Game 5 win over the New York Rangers and their second Stanley Cup title in three years on Friday night. In a frenetic
