Weak 16: Christmas Week Delivers More Empty Seats to the NFL
With only one more week of regular season play to go, it does not seem as if the NFL got its holiday wishes for full attendance at their games.
With only one more week of regular season play to go, it does not seem as if the NFL got its holiday wishes for full attendance at their games.
Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected from Saturday’s game after confronting a fan in the stands who yelled “f-you” at him.
NEW YORK (AP) — Computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues at some point during the next five seasons.
TMZ Sports has obtained video of an arrest video which saw racing legend Al Unser Jr. fall down, and unleash an obscenity laced tirade during an arrest in May.
Arizona Central columnist Greg Moore is wondering what the NFL would look like if blacks decided to boycott the NFL over the continued unemployment of national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors found no evidence of animal cruelty or other crimes during an investigation into a spike in horse deaths at Santa Anita Park racetrack over the past year, according to a report issued Thursday.
The U.S. Military Academy announced Friday that an internal investigation concluded that hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during Saturday’s Army-Navy football game were associated with the “circle game,” not white supremacy.
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Kameron Kelly was arrested outside of a Pittsburgh-area bar early Friday morning, after he allegedly made terroristic threats.
A biological male who identifies as a woman, has filed a lawsuit to force the Miss Oregon pageant to allow him to compete in the contest as a woman.
It should go without saying, but if you ever feel the urge to talk trash about MMA fighters in the presence of a UFC heavyweight, don’t.
Former President Barack Obama hit the links for a round of golf on Wednesday, while the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
A transgender former Nike employee has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the sportswear giant alleging discrimination.
Former golf commentator Hank Haney has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour after he was fired following a remark that some called racist.
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s father is facing a slew of serious charges after his illegally owned serval cat got loose and attacked a dog.
If Colin Kaepernick ever wants to play in the XFL, he’s going to have to lower his contract demands.
The widely held image of professional darts on television screens as a beer-fuelled pub game typically played by out-of-shape men has been shattered by the barrier-breaking exploits of a young Englishwoman.
A lacrosse coach at California high school has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex acts with a 14-year-old boy.
Raiders fans let the players know that they were none too pleased, after the silver and black choked away a 13-point lead in their final game in Oakland.
If former NFL, CFL, and AAF quarterback Johnny Manziel had any thought of joining the new XFL, he should start thinking other thoughts.
Nike is preparing to release yet another product lionizing Colin Kaepernick, this time, with a shoe memorializing the first time Kaepernick protested during the national anthem in 2016.
The Seattle Seahawks splurged on a rookie dinner worth $17,500 in booze and steak.
ROME (AP) — Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo expressed “his sincere apologies” Tuesday after the league installed a painting featuring monkeys at its headquarters for an anti-racism campaign.
A New York high school soccer coach is facing criticism for taking his team of teenage boys to Hooters, to perk them up after a recent loss.
Former Washington Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon said he skipped the team’s visit to the White House as “payback,” because the president canceled a golf game.
Australian transgender handball player Hanna Mouncey is lashing out after being excluded from the national women’s team, because several of the female athletes did not want to share shower space with him.
A Belgian cycling race was pushed into chaos Sunday when a runaway dog ran out onto the course and enthusiastically chased riders, with commentators at one stage awarding the canine provisional third place in the crowded field.
A cheerleading coach from Oklahoma has admitted to having sex with two students after trading explicit photos on Snapchat.
A newly introduced bill in the Tennessee legislature would restrict school sports athletes to participating only in the gender category of their birth.
Chinese state media unloaded on the German-Turkish soccer Star Mesut Ozil on Monday, accusing him of “hate speech” after he criticized Beijing’s policy of the detention and imprisonment of millions of Uyghur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang.
China’s state television network, CCTV, banned a Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City after Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil criticised the Chinese Communist Party for imprisoning millions of Turkic Muslims in concentration camps.
Fox NFL reporter Jay Glazer, aired footage from the Patriots’ filming of the Cincinnati Bengals sideline on Sunday’s pre-game show.
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr had planned to give the fans a heartfelt goodbye as he left the field after his team’s final game in Oakland. Instead, the soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders quarterback ran for the tunnel as fans booed him off the field after another humiliating loss.
The body of a 26-year-old man was found in a port-a-potty at a M&T Bank Stadium parking lot in Baltimore on Sunday.
With only two more games left in the regular season, the NFL is still seeing thousands of empty seats all across the nation as Week 15 winds down.
A Navy veteran received an early Christmas gift this year after a few sponsors at a recent Charlotte Checkers hockey game teamed up to present her with a car on Friday night.
West Point has vowed to launch an investigation after several cadets and were seen flashing the OK hand sign during an ESPN broadcast of this weekend’s Army-Navy game.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community’s high school football team — with a shooting victim’s brother as linebacker — won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill.
NEW YORK (AP) — Born into a family of Cornhuskers and raised in the Buckeye state, Joe Burrow left his roots behind and became a Heisman Trophy winner at LSU.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kamaru Usman sent a bloodied, bleary Colby Covington spiraling to the ground for the second time. Usman then leaped on him and went to work on Covington’s badly injured face, battering his dazed opponent with hammer fists until the referee mercifully intervened.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — High emotions, fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup.