The winner of the ‘Miss Charming’ award at a Russian football (soccer) beauty pageant has been outed as a Neo-Nazi, after pictures and messages from her social media accounts were uncovered. Olga Kuzkova, a 21-year-old fan of the highly ranked
Now that the Confederate battle flag has been removed from the South Carolina capitol, football coaches at Mississippi’s major universities are being asked to weigh in on removing the state flag, the only flag in the union that contains the Confederate battle flag.
The National Football League has signed a 10-year agreement with a newly commissioned sports stadium in Great Britain to host two American football games per year there.
“England are out of the World Cup”; the unfortunate and familiar phrase that was uttered once again last Wednesday signalling the exit of the Lionesses from the Women’s World Cup taking place in Canada. Ordinarily one might be inconsolable for a
Despite being fired as the coach of Penn State’s football program after revelations that a former defensive coordinator had abused minors, coach Joe Paterno is being honored with a new beer being branded with his name and image.
Stadium negotiations between the Chargers organization and City of San Diego officials hit a rough patch again Tuesday when Chargers’ special counsel Mark Fabiani announced that a ballot measure to streamline burdensome California environmental regulations could not make an end-of-year deadline. After
The Football Association of Croatia has issued an apology after a large swastika was discovered to have been burnt into the pitch to be used for a Euro 2016 qualifier. Authorities said the symbol, long associated with luck and good
FIFA halted the process for 2026 bids as the organization undergoes a leadership overhaul.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers organization is calling foul against a San Diego-based business association that has publicly questioned the integrity and intentions of the team in negotiations to build a new stadium in the city.
On Monday, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced it would reverse an earlier decision and reinstate the college’s football, bowling, and rifle programs, according to ESPN.
The former prime minister of Qatar has accused the west of racism, Islamophobia and bias against Arabs and the Gulf state, following allegations that the country only secured the rights to host the 2022 Football World Cup as it paid
George Carlin’s classic critique of football and baseball strikes today as slightly yesterday. But his premise easily extrapolates to compare and contrast the good ol’ US of A and all our funny-sounding international neighbors, who seem to adore a kicky-kick sport (what we call “soccer”) managed by the honorable men of FIFA.
Next Tuesday, San Diego Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos will begin negotiations with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer over the possibility of a new stadium, as great uncertainty over the Chargers’ future in their longtime home hangs heavy in the air.
The FBI finally busted FIFA officials on corruption charges related to the World Cups scheduled for Russia and Qatar. Vladimir Putin, naturally, does not like this at all.
Uncertainty looms in the future of the Chargers and Raiders football organizations as the two teams negotiate over stadium plans that could either allow them to remain in their current home cities or join in sharing one stadium in Los Angeles.
As the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez continues, fiancé Shayanna Johnson testified that she followed instructions and removed a cardboard box from the couple’s home and then disposed of it in a “random dumpster.”
At the very last minute, a Swedish soccer team decided to change their flight plans from Germanwings Flight 9525 to three other flights. Flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
The day after the Chargers Stadium Task Force announced a recommendation of no new taxes in construction plans for a new stadium, Charger fans in San Diego rallied the troops for a ‘Save Our Bolts Spirit Day,’ calling fans from die-hard to casual to don any apparel, whether official gear or just Chargers colors, in support of the team.
After the release of a video depicting members of an Oklahoma University fraternity joining in a racist chant, four-star college football recruit Jean Delance has pulled out of his commitment to the university.
Charger electricity roared through Qualcomm stadium as fans chanted “Save our Bolts! Save our Bolts!” in support of efforts to keep their treasured team in town.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer had harsh words for the San Diego Chargers in a Tuesday letter addressing Chargers Chairman and President Dean Spanos regarding the Citizens’ Stadium Advisory Group and the construction of a new football stadium. The letter
It was Vince Lombardi who famously intoned that “winning is not everything, it’s the only thing.” And he was just talking about football! Of course, more and more all the time we learn of the excesses that have accompanied that kind of zealotry in the world of sports, and even the great Lombardi is known to have been pretty cagey with the rules on occasion in pursuit of “the only thing,” but it’s not football that’s on my mind today, it’s war.
Have you ever seen a group of beauties decked out in helmets and pads, ready to face off on the gridiron? No, not the Lingerie Football League; we’re talking Victoria’s Secret Angels.
As a backdrop for his marriage proposal to his boyfriend, Vito Cammissano, NFL defensive end Michael Sam chose Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
I wonder how many of the thousands of people petitioning for Convicted Rapist Ched Evans not to be signed by Oldham Athletic Football Club are remotely interested in football, let alone the prospects of Oldham Athletic Football Club. My guess
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the conference won’t expand and is happy with ten teams.
Once again Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has angered team members, coaching staff, and fans with carefree antics and a lack of professionalism. Some are beginning to tire of it all.
Quart’e Sapp, a highly recruited high-school linebacker, just gave “taking a bath” a whole new meaning.
