Christmas for Warriors coach Mark Jackson turned sour pretty quickly Sunday, ending with a 105-86 season-opening loss to the visiting Los Angeles Clippers. Jackson’s debut as an NBA head coach, before a sell-out crowd and to a national TV audience, was tainted by a fourth-quarter collapse that suggested Warriors’ basketball hasn’t changed much. The man […]
Adrian Peterson suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the Vikings’ 33-26 win over the Redskins. The released a statement late Saturday night confirming the injury and said that coach Leslie Frazier would have more information at a news conference scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET on Monday. Peterson also has a torn medial collateral ligament […]
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced yesterday to 90 days in a Las Vegas jail after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges. The 34-year-old Mayweather also was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $2.500 fine. The plea deal avoids trial […]
Chris Paul is on his way to Hollywood, joining the biggest collection of N.B.A. stars in a single arena, and creating a true basketball rivalry in Los Angeles for the first time. The Clippers (long overshadowed by the Lakers) acquired Paul from the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night, ending a twisting, contentious chapter in […]
Quarterback Robert Griffin III became the first player from Baylor University to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s top individual honor. Griffin received 1.687 points, beating by 280 points Stanford quarter Andrew Luck, who finished as runner-up to 2010 winner Cam Newton. University of Alabama running back Trent Richardson was third with 978 points. The […]
The seemingly never-ending saga surrounding Trail Blazers star Brandon Roy and his balky knees has reached a stunning conclusion. Two sources with knowledge of Roy’s decision told The Oregonian Friday morning that Roy plans to retire because of degenerative knees, confirming a story first reported by ESPN. Roy made this decision, one of the sources […]
About a half-hour before practice Thursday at Halas Hall, reports surfaced that the Minnesota Vikings were releasing quarterback Donovan McNabb. The Bears immediately were pegged as his next stop. Jay Cutler is potentially sidelined for the rest of the regular season as he recovers from right thumb surgery, and Caleb Hanie struggled in his first […]
The Georgia Bulldogs have a 2011 SEC Championship Game (CBS, 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 3) opponent – the LSU Tigers will make their first appearance in the Georgia Dome since last year’s Chick-fil-A opener. The Tigers outlasted the Arkansas Razorbacks in Baton Rouge to clinch an unbeaten regular season and clinch the SEC Western […]
Kurt Busch’s adventurous final race day Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway has produced yet another negative reaction. NASCAR took the unusual action of announcing a major fine against Busch Friday, saying Busch’s actions during the Homestead race will cost him a 50,000 dollars fine. Busch made an obscene hand gesture – caught by an in-car camera […]
When Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez stepped into the ring in the MGM Grand on May 8, 2004 there was no one who anticipated it being the start of one of boxing’s greatest rivalries. 36 rounds later, in the same building where it began, it closed with Manny Pacquiao’s hand being raised after winning […]