LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball. And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson broke the game’s color barrier. “Without Jackie, I wouldn’t be in front of you” – the […]
They could have started to play ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ way early last night. Ashley Judd could have turned to Jay-Z and planned the after-party in the first half. What Kentucky did not dunk, it blocked. What the Wildcats did not affect, they at least sent a signal that trouble was looming. Kansas coach Bill […]
Alcohol addiction and declining marketability have sidelined Dennis Rodman and rendered him unable to pay an “unjustified” amount of child support – representatives for the former NBA player said today. Rodman’s manager, Darren Prince, told ABCNews.com today that the former Chicago Bulls’ rebound star has a “well-documented drinking problem, and all the stress from the […]
The tournament host was not here to witness the ending, the formality that was Tiger Woods celebrating on the 18th green, a victory that is bigger than the game’s biggest attraction will ever acknowledge. Arnold Palmer took ill Sunday afternoon, a blood pressure issue sending him to the hospital and denying him a chance to […]
The Celtics came into last night’s game focused on the fact that first place in the Atlantic Division was on the line. They left knowing there was something far more important at stake. Mickael Pietrus was taken from the arena on a stretcher after crashing to the court with 5:08 left in the second quarter […]
Flanked by his family, his former manager and a group of teammates he hates to leave behind, Chipper Jones choked up a bit and delivered the news that’s been looming for years – It’s time to call it a career. This time, he means it. With his 40th birthday approaching and a long string of […]
After losing out in the Matt Flynn and Peyton Manning sweepstakes, the Dolphins have found a quarterback. Where does Manning rank on the list of franchise quarterbacks who finished their careers on another team? David Garrard (who has been recovering from a herniated disk that he injured last year during training camp) has agreed to […]
The news doesn’t seem to get better concerning the broken wrist of North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall. Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports just tweeted this: “Just spoke with Dennis Marshall – Kendall’s father. Confirmed surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning to insert screw in non-shooting wrist.” It is unclear whether he would be ruled out […]
Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba remains in a critical condition in hospital today after collapsing during an FA Cup tie. The 23-year-old “remains anaesthetised” in intensive care at the London Chest Hospital after falling to the ground at White Hart Lane in front of millions of television viewers watching the sixth-round tie between Tottenham Hotspur […]
Calvin Johnson said he was watching “SportsCenter” with a friend when news of the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program broke earlier this month. “I didn’t think anything of it when I heard it” – Johnson said today at his news conference to announce a new, eight-year contract. “I was watching ‘SportsCenter’ with one of my […]