On Tuesday, Donald Sterling’s lawyer said Sterling would “fight to the bloody end” against the NBA’s attempts to force him to sell his team. He also said that Sterling “disavowed” anything his wife, Shelly Sterling, is doing to sell the
Shane Battier of the Miami Heat reportedly turned down offers from Michigan Democrats to run for U.S. Senate this year. According to a Grantland report on Tuesday, “the Michigan Democratic Party recently called him to see if he might consider running
Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey, implicated in the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal by the Wells Report, revealed he hasn’t undergone psychological testing as ordered by the NFL as a precondition to playing this season. Roger Goodell announced the requirement in
Jared Remy, son of Boston Red Sox color commentator Jerry Remy, pled guilty to murder on Monday in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He received a life sentence. Remy stabbed girlfriend Jennifer Martel to death last August in front of her four-year-old
On Memorial Day, wear blue. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged runners and walkers to support “Wear Red: Run to Remember” and “honor our fallen” by wearing blue and dedicating the miles “you put in” on Memorial Day to “America’s
Nothing good happens at the Fatburger after midnight. Rapper and reality TV star T.I. attempted to make undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather’s “O” go in an altercation at the fast-food establishment over the weekend in Las Vegas. The Grammy Award-winner allegedly
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett threw the first no-hitter of his career and in Major League Baseball this year on Sunday afternoon at Philadelphia in a 6-0 win over the Phillies. Beckett struck out Chase Utley looking on his
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett threw the first no-hitter of his career and in Major League Baseball this year on Sunday afternoon at Philadelphia in a 6-0 win over the Phillies. Beckett struck out Chase Utley looking on his
Baseball is a frustrating game. Hitters get out more than they get on. As any Gatorade cooler or Louisville Slugger would tell you if they could talk, players don’t always react well to striking out. Braves third baseman Chris Johnson
Wale, a Washington, D.C.-born rapper, blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), saying his “crusade” against the Redskins name was hypocritical and started just to make a “bigger name” for himself. “Senator Reid got a lot to say about other
Colts owner Jim Irsay faces two sixty-day jail sentences in connection with his arrest for driving while intoxicated in March. The two driving while intoxicated charges looming over the owner’s head stem from the presence of either oxycodone or hydrocone
Checkmate. Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to sell his team, according to numerous reports. Should the NBA force a sale of the team, Sterling would enable his wife to negotiate a sale. The team could fetch
The Texas Rangers confirm that they expect Prince Fielder to undergo season-ending surgery on a herniated disc in his neck. The first baseman reportedly seeks a second opinion in the hopes of salvaging his season. Fielder has struggled in his
Mark Cuban has already decided whether he will vote to oust NBA owner Donald Sterling from the league–and he fears he may have to be a “hypocrite” to cast it. According to the Sporting News, Cuban did not reveal how he
The streak ends at 42. Masahiro Tanaka, who hadn’t lost a regular season game since August 19, 2012, lost for the first time in the major leagues last night. The Yankees rookie allowed four runs in six innings as Mike
Jim Kelly, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, tweeted news that he has completed chemotherapy treatment. The former USFL MVP and four-time Super Bowl quarterback announced his cancer diagnosis last June. This March, the cancer of the upper
The NBA holds its draft lottery at 8 p.m. ESPN broadcasts. The fourteen NBA teams, save for the Knicks, that missed the playoffs hope luck, and a ping-pong ball, bounces their way and they land a top-three pick. After establishing
Sports lllustrated Swimsuit model Irina Shayk was slammed after she took a topless #BringBackOurGirls photo and promoted it on her Instgram account. For engaging in hashtag activism to pressure the international community save the hundreds of girls who were kidnapped by
Michael Sam did not inform the Rams before the NFL Draft that he had agreed to a planned documentary about his NFL experiences, and one Rams player believes the OWN documentary on Oprah Winfrey’s network could be a distraction. On
A plurality of Americans believe that it was “inappropriate” for ESPN to broadcast Michael Sam’s gay kiss on national television after he became the first openly gay player to be drafted in the NFL last Saturday. The Huffington Post/YouGov poll,
The Christian Coalition of America blasted the elite press for their double standard regarding Michael Sam, who embraced his sexual orientation, and Tim Tebow, who openly embraced his Christian faith. Michele Combs, of Christian Coalition of America, told CBS St.
A high school baseball player in Rochester, Washington pitched for 14+ innings on Tuesday afternoon and didn’t even get a decision for his efforts. In the wake of major league arms requiring Tommy John surgery at a record rate, the
A Suffolk County, Massachusetts grand jury has indicted Aaron Hernandez on two new counts of first-degree murder. District Attorney Daniel Conley described the murder of two Cape Verdean immigrants as an “ambush” and an “execution.” “Aaron Hernandez,” he said, “fired
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who already faces a murder charge in a man’s shooting death last year, has been indicted on new murder charges in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston. The
Not all aces were created equal. Consider the shot jarred by Dallas native Case Cochran, who Monday-qualified for this week’s Byron Nelson Championship with a with a hole-in-one in extra holes. The feat was sweet redemption for Cochran, who had
The vice president of the National Basketball Players Association told interviewer Jim Rome that the NBA’s marquee player will sit if the NBA’s pariah owner doesn’t quit. “I was just in the locker room three or four days ago,” Derrick
Magic Johnson said that Donald Sterling is living in the “Stone Ages” and is “not welcome” in the league. “He should not be welcomed by the owners. I hope they vote it right,” Johnson said on CNN on Tuesday in
Magic Johnson said Donald Sterling is “delusional” and players on the Clippers and in the league do not like Sterling and want him gone. “He can’t buy his way out of this one,” Johnson said on Tuesday in an interview
Magic Johnson called Donald Sterling out on Tuesday for insinuating that Magic was plotting to take over the Clippers or had set him up. In an interview with CNN, Johnson said after TMZ released an audio tape in which Sterling
Boise State fans who want to help a recruit who is homeless cannot do so because of NCAA regulations. The university has requested a waiver from the NCAA to help Antoine Turner, who will be homeless until he gets on
At his introductory press conference on Tuesday that he handled extremely well, Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted, was asked how he handles some of the negativity after he came out and was drafted. “You
Gilbert Arenas, a three-time NBA all-star whose arrest on gun possession charges left him out of the league for most of the 2008-2009 season, says that as a man who has made mistakes he’s ready to forgive Donald Sterling. The
College football talk radio host Paul Finebaum, whom ESPN’s SEC Network hired to be the franchise of the upstart all-SEC channel, has always been a Michael Sam supporter who has vouched for his playmaking abilities. On Monday, though, the voice
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said NFL players should not be fined or suspended for expressing their displeasure at seeing a gay NFL player kiss his partner on television. After he tweeted “OMG” and “horrible” after Michael Sam became the
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver apologized to Magic Johnson on Monday after reading a transcript of Donald Sterling’s interview with Anderson Cooper in which he blistered Magic Johnson: “I just read a transcript of Donald Sterling’s interview with Anderson Cooper and
Former Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson was bombarded with comments about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s rambling interview on Monday and vicious comments about him, but he simply tweeted that he would rather talk about the NBA playoffs
Shelly Sterling’s lawyer threatened other NBA owners with war and potential Armageddon if they try to terminate Shelly Sterling’s ownership stake, suggesting he will attempt, through discovery, to unearth and air — including comments they may have made in private
Filmmaker Spike Lee said Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling reminds him of George Wallace or a plantation owner. Lee made his comments to Anderson Cooper after Cooper played an interview with Sterling in which he blasted Magic Johnson for
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
Last Thursday evening, young men were more interested in finding out which team would draft Johnny Manziel than watching porn. According to TMZ’s sources at PornHub, the site’s traffic was down “nearly 15% Thursday night” during the First Round of the draft.
