Jack Gangwish probably he wishes he never attempted to bridge the man-beast divide and make a friend in the animal kingdom. A selfie with a raccoon rarely ends well. The pass rusher naturally rushed from his truck to take a
As though a “1989” tour in 2015 didn’t confuse enough, Minute Maid Park has scheduled a Taylor Swift concert on October 13. That’s right. Park officials scheduled a concert right in the midst of the Astros’s planned playoff run. Note:
Would half of all Americans discourage kids from skateboarding, skiing, swimming, or bike riding? These otherwise healthy activities all claim exponentially more lives annually than football. Fifty percent of Americans would not want a young son to play football, according
The NFL’s 32 owners approved a new personal conduct policy on Wednesday in the wake of the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson controversies. The policy empowers the league to conduct their own investigations independent from law enforcement and suspend players
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance Kobe Bryant encouraged his teammates through example to wear “I
Reports of the New Republic‘s death have been greatly understated–and more than a half-century late. The decision of boy-millionaire Chris Hughes to jettison editors, relocate from Washington to New York, and recast the biggest of the Little Magazines as,
CM Punk followed in the footsteps of Brock Lesnar by walking out of a WWE ring and into the UFC octagon. The former WWE champion made a surprise announcement at UFC 181 that he would join the mixed-martial arts promotion.
Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put in five more rounds in their rivalry. But this time around Ruthless Robbie scored a controversial decision win. Lawler set a frenetic pace by bum-rushing Johny Hendricks in the first round of their welterweight
The Philadelphia 76ers finally won to improve to 1-17. But will the long-suffering pizza connoisseurs of the City of Brotherly Love finally get their discounted pies? Papa John’s Philadelphia-area “76ers Win, You Win” promotion ran into a slight snag. The
Nat Hentoff authored a book called Free Speech for Me–But Not for Thee whose title alone rated the $13 for the paperback. More than two decades after its publication, events frequently spark thoughts of the memorable book with a more
The public relations firm hired by Baylor has been forced into public relations on its own behalf following characterizations of it as a pressure group hired to help push the Bears into the college football playoff. “We had no contact
Richard Nixon considered the wild idea of adding Vince Lombardi to his presidential ticket in 1968. Any politician harboring similar desires for St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher better rid themselves of them immediately. Judging by his comments Monday,
The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police tells Breitbart Sports that the “hands up” pose by St. Louis Rams players in solidarity with a “criminal” who assaulted a policeman has angered his membership and the NFL’s refusal to
The NFL won’t discipline the Rams players making “hands up, don’t shoot” poses at Sunday’s game at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and others report. When asked about possible disciplinary measures, the NFL responded
The St. Louis Police Officer’s Association wants the NFL to discipline the St. Louis Rams players involved in “hands up, don’t shoot” displays at Sunday’s game. The group calls the displays “tasteless, offensive, and inflammatory.” “Five members of the Rams
Five St. Louis Rams players offered a hands-up homage to slain teenager Michael Brown before the team’s game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Rams pass catchers Jared Cook, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Chris Givens, and Tavon Austin lifted
Does point-shaving speculation dog Jameis Winston after every subpar performance because critics believe in his perfection as a quarterback or in his flaws as a human being? The 2013 Heisman Trophy-winner threw four interceptions and for just 125 yards in
Does a legal system that recognizes a right to an abortion in the Constitution’s penumbras no longer see free speech protections in the document under bright light? Floyd Mayweather says that he retains the right to speak publicly about abortion
New Orleans Saints tight end Ben Watson scored a 48 on the Wonderlic test, making him, along with Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, the smartest guy in the NFL according to the predraft intelligence gauge. Anyone doubting the man’s brains,
Hundreds of high schools today stage football rivalry games whose origins date as far back as 1876. Technology with a more recent pedigree increasingly plays a role in the ancient Thanksgiving Day traditions. But a pair of researchers say that
The sound that followed the sight of Odell Beckham Jr.’s catch wasn’t a deafening roar but a confused murmur. The MetLife Stadium live crowd didn’t believe their own eyes. “That may be the greatest catch I’ve ever seen in my
Cub Swanson had no answer for “The Answer.” Frankie Edgar punished Swanson for five rounds before gaining the latest stoppage in UFC history. A confident Cub Swanson landed more significant strikes in the first round but Frankie Edgar employed wrestling
BOSTON–The Only Game That Matters really, really mattered this year. A full house of 31,062 at Harvard Stadium, $30 tickets peddled for $120 by guys in track suits boasting neither Harvard nor high school degrees, and ESPN’s College GameDay trekking
Curt Schilling fought the Law–and the Law lost. ESPN has strangely suspended baseball commentator Keith Law from Twitter after he ridiculed critics of evolution, including the former pitcher, on his account. The network contends that the timeout has nothing–“absolutely nothing,”
War Machine pleaded not guilty on Thursday. His neck tattoos colorfully said otherwise. The mixed-martial artist stood in a Las Vegas courtroom on charges of a brutal August attack on porn star Christy Mack and a late-night male companion. This
Last month, Jermain Taylor remarkably recaptured a share of the middleweight crown. This month, the good-guy boxer more remarkably finds himself facing 26 years in prison. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged the 2006 Arkansan of the Year with first degree battery
A beleaguered Rick Pitino famously lectured Boston Celtics fans that Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish would not be “walking through that door.” Dana White has spent the last three years playing that wet-blanket role in pushing a flailing
Less than two days after exploding for 201 rushing yards on Sunday Night Football, unheralded power back Jonas Gray exploded onto the cover of Sports Illustrated. Rushing for four touchdowns in primetime television tends to have that effect on a
The chief operating officer of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tells Breitbart Sports that gambling is “good for sport” and “good for the UFC,” making the mixed-martial arts (MMA) outfit the second major sports brand, behind the NBA, to endorse
What happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas. TMZ reports that the Clark County district attorney has charged Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin with a count of battery. The misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail
On a day when ESPN’s Outside the Lines exposed more than two-dozen cases since 2000 of NFL players guilty of domestic violence not missing a down in the league, the four-letter network earlier this week hired retired cage fighter Chael
Mr. October owns Major League Baseball’s strikeout mark. Canton-bound Brett Favre sits atop the NFL’s list of most interceptions thrown. Kobe Bryant hit the NBA mark for misses on Tuesday night. The Lakers guard scored 28 points in last night’s
In the midst of UCLA’s magical John Wooden-era run, Lew Alcindor and Lucius Allen, frustrated over money and perceived ill-treatment, plotted transfers to Michigan State. A Los Angeles businessman and UCLA booster, Sam Gilbert, stepped in and provided Alcindor and
A Baltimore Ravens cheerleader hurt her neck, back, and head landing at the wrong end of her body during a sideline stunt on Sunday. Her fellow cheerleaders had thrown the injured woman up in the air before she hit the
The MBTA doesn’t extend to the Georgia-Tennessee border. That doesn’t mean a runner in the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon can’t pull a Rosie Ruiz. Tabitha Hamilton won the race on the women’s side with a time of 2:55:39. That’s 23:43 off
The patriarchy, not content with its suzerainty over wombs through the sexist demand that women buy their own birth control, has invaded the soccer pitch to ensure that men and women compete on unlevel playing fields. Thirteen members of the
A Delaware grand jury accuses the oldest cheerleader in NFL history with partaking in sex acts with a boy younger than the law, and decency, allow. A Sussex County, Delaware, grand jury indicted Molly Shattuck, an author, fitness-video guru, former
Arnold Schwarzenegger transitioned from bodybuilder to actor to governor of California. New York Knicks forward Bill Bradley was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame and the United States Senate. Bob Mathias won a decathlon gold medal at the Olympics
Ed Gillespie, like the Washington Redskins, figured to be a longshot this year. But with the aid of the local team, the Virginia Republican finds himself in a Senate race too close to call the day after the election. “Senate
Bernard Hopkins insists that the media doesn’t cover his late-career accomplishments “because I’m black.” He’s half right–but for the wrong reasons. The 49-year-old light-heavyweight titlist told ESPN that if he were white with an ethnic surname, “I’d be on every
