Tim Duncan and the reigning NBA champion San Antonio Spurs visited the White House on Monday (January 12) for a post-title meet and greet with President Barack…

  The NBA is widely seen as one of the most attractive sports leagues in the United States, with a global reach that’s second to…

HBCU Sports, NFL

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges of rape, criminal confinement with bodily injury and battery resulting in bodily injury against Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday. Early Thursday morning, an attorney for McNary released a statement saying his client “unhesitatingly” denied the allegations and had immediately reported Wednesday night to law enforcement officials […]

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STAMFORD, Conn. – January 14, 2015 – NBC Sports Group has inked a multi-year agreement to televise the new Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series, it was announced today. Beginning with the first show, Saturday, March 7, at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, NBC and NBCSN will present 20 live “PBC on NBC” boxing events in […]

Football, HBCU Sports, NFL

Very nice job, Colts. Sorry we are not more impressed. Yes, Pro Picks has looked down on Indianapolis in these playoffs, twice picking against the Colts and looking foolish. Have we smartened up as Andrew Luck takes the AFC South champions to Foxborough to meet the AFC East winners, the Patriots? Read on. New England […]

Entertainment

Keyshawn Johnson is being sued over an in-home bowling alley that he hired a company to design, but never had installed. According to TMZ, the NFL star-turned-commentator owned a swath of land in Calabasas near the mansion he sold to Kourtney Kardashian. He planned to build a new mansion on the property — complete with […]

The Brooklyn Nets might be up for sale soon, according to Bloomberg. The NBA team’s majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who owns 80 percent of the…

HBCU Sports, NBA

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kevin Garnett was suspended one game without pay Tuesday by the NBA for head-butting Dwight Howard, who received only a fine when the league ruled he didn’t retaliate with a punch. Howard was fined $15,000, the league announced in saying he pushed Garnett in the neck. NBA President of Basketball […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets are close to an agreement with Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to make him their head coach, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Bowles told ESPN in a text that he was taking the job, but the people told The Associated Press that […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers involved in the murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez want to know if there are any die-hard Patriots fans in the jury pool. They also have asked more than 1,000 potential jurors whether the fact that Hernandez played for the NFL would make them feel […]

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — The NASCAR driver known as “The Outlaw” testified Tuesday he believes his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin dispatched on covert missions around the world who once returned to him in a blood-splattered gown. “Everybody on the outside can tell me I’m crazy, but I lived on the inside and saw it […]

Football, HBCU Sports, NCAA

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — If anybody’s looking for an early Heisman Trophy favorite for next season, look no further than Zeke. He’s already locked up the voting bloc called the Slobs. Tailback Ezekiel Elliott, known as Zeke to his teammates, had 246 yards on 36 carries and scored four touchdowns. And the “slobs” — the […]