Stuart Scott understood the meaning of sports, and he revealed it not in a “War and Peace”-like treatise but through a solitary word culled from the single least used part of speech in the English language.
Do believe the hype. Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier delivered an exciting main event to meet the anticipation at UFC 182. In the end, the champion beat back a game but fading challenger by outwrestling the wrestler.
A different Donald Cerrone showed up in Las Vegas.
A few months after the NBA celebrated its first season with more than 100 foreign players on rosters one of the association’s biggest stars laments the dearth of fundamentals imparted to American players that has led to the relative decline in U.S. players.
Someone finally meets their match in tonight’s Jon Jones-Daniel Cormier match.
“My real dream is not to headline in a stadium but to headline at Madison Square Garden,” light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones divulged on the conference call promoting UFC 182. “I’ve been saying it before I was champion. I do believe it will happen one day.” But that day won’t be today.
The Oregon Ducks put a 59-20 thrashing on the Florida State Seminoles in the Rose Bowl. But the scoreboard, several Ducks players thought, didn’t say enough.
Jameis Winston made history on New Year’s Day. He lost.
He’s proud to be an American. They’re ashamed that he’s singing at their hockey game.
Jon Jones lied three months ago. He told the truth last night. We should applaud the latter rather than bellyache over the former.
The UFC 182 conference call, if devoid of the fireworks of this summer’s presser-turned-brawl, highlighted the hatred between the odd couple in begrudging praise and passive-aggressive backhanded compliments.
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones tells Breitbart Sports that the widely-reported story that Nike dropped him as a product endorser because of a press-conference brawl was a lie.
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston insists he’s a “good guy.”
“I want to get rid of the word ‘Michigan man,'” University of Michigan Athletic Director Jim Hackett remarked earlier this month. He ends December hiring a “Michigan Man” to lead the Wolverines on the gridiron.
Entertainment mogul David Geffen obtained a court order to keep a former college linebacker away from him. But how did the May-December couple’s paths cross in the first place?
The biggest fight in UFC history comes at the best time for the promotion.
David Ganek asked $44 million for his Park Avenue home earlier this year. U.S. Squash received $2 million from him to fund a coach earlier this week.
Santa Claus giveth. Roger Goodell taketh away.
“Unbroken,” which hits theaters on December 25, isn’t a Christmas story. It’s a Christian story.
“Don’t worry dreads,” Desmond Green told his fallen locks of hair before his fight. “I’m going to avenge you.”
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin wore a black band on his shoulder mourning the two police officers executed on Saturday in the city that roots for his team.
Titan FC’s CBS Sports Network’s Friday night card pitted one of MMA’s leading judoka’s against a supreme submission specialist. Naturally their cage fight turned into a three-round boxing match.
Desmond Green used tenacious wrestling and brutal knees to capture Titan FC’s featherweight title against UFC veteran Steven Siler.
CM Punk competed in the WWE. Rick Hawn competed at the Olympics. But the UFC announced a deal with the professional wrestler earlier this month while the elite judoka fights tonight in the co-feature of Titan FC’s CBS Sports Network card, on the outside of the premier promotion looking in with some frustration.
Last month, Washington Redskins fan John Ray Bartgis’s obituary informed that “one of his final wishes was that the team members would be his pallbearers so they can let him down one last time.” This month, a D.C. bar hosts a wake for the 3-11 team.
It’s not that Mark Cuban pulled the trigger to land Rajon Rondo. It’s how he did it.
“I think you may have ‘fight of the year’ [Friday] night between Desmond Green and Steven Siler,” Titan Fighting Championships chief executive officer Jeff Aronson tells Breitbart Sports. “You have two guys who literally can’t stand each other.”
“Training for the Olympics was harder,” Rick Hawn bluntly admits of his transition from judo to mixed-martial arts (MMA).
University of Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst fired Bo Pelini. The coach fired off a series of unprintable words at the athletic director.
Chris Conte, an oft-injured but rarely sidelined-for-long Chicago Bears safety, says he would trade years off his life for NFL longevity. “As far as after football,” he told the Windy City’s WBBM, “who knows? My life will revolve around football
Mixed-martial artists Cung Le, Nathan Quarry, and Jon Fitch filed a class-action lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sherman Anti-Trust Act grounds on Tuesday. The anti-competitive practices the suit alleges include the purchasing and shuttering of competitors, such as
Floyd Mayweather says Manny Pacquiao wanting a 50-50 split explains the generation’s best boxers not fighting. Manny Pacquiao responds that free remains his asking price for a fight with Money. “Mayweather can get the amount he wants,” Pacquiao announced on
The world’s smallest nation wants to host the biggest athletic event. The pope has endorsed Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and wants Vatican City to host a small number of events. Speculation of just what sports the
“We are ready,” Floyd Mayweather tells Showtime. “Let’s make it happen. May 2. Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. Let’s do it.” Too late. Should Floyd Mayweather fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2, as he claims he wants to, the superfight would
Joel Pollak’s description of the Berkeley mob that stopped a speech by PayPal and Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel on Wednesday unleashed flashbacks. Fourteen years ago at the University of California’s flagship campus, a similar mob, including many looking like they
Stipe Miocic and Junior dos Santos put on one of the most entertaining, and closest, standup wars in UFC heavyweight history on Saturday night. The fans cheered the fighters upon the final horn but booed the judges upon the decision.
A network-broadcast UFC event showcased heavyweight heavy hitters and a lightweight making a case for a title fight. Matt Mitrione cut major notch on his belt with a first-round victory over Gabriel Gonzaga Saturday night on the UFC on Fox.
Journalists, former winners, and the public joined to vote Marcus Mariota the 80th winner of the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. He becomes the fifth straight quarterback and the first Hawaiian to win the award. Flanked by Tony Dorsett, Tim
Massachusetts is where a chief justice of the state’s supreme court attended the founding meeting of the North American Man-Boy Love Association. It’s where five judges on that Supreme Judicial Court found a right to gay marriage in the oldest
Teddy Atlas, veteran trainer of the likes of a pre-stardom Mike Tyson and a post-Witness Protection Program Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, dubbed the sport he’s dedicated his life to as “corrupt” and a “sham” after an inexplicable decision on a
