ESPN didn’t think you’d need long to catch up on the NBA offseason now that basketball is back. The new NBA season begins Thursday, October 30th with a lot of intriguing storylines – will the Cavaliers immediately dominate in the East now that LeBron is back? Will the Knicks immediately improve under new coach Derek […]
Former NBA guard Mookie Blaylock pleaded guilty Monday and received reduced prison time for his role in a suburban Atlanta car accident that killed a mother of five. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Blaylock was sentenced to 15 years for vehicular homicide and other charges in the death of Monica Murphy in a head-on collision […]
Former Oakland Raiders offensive lineman D’amon Maurice “Mo” Collins, drafted by the team in the first round in 1998, died Sunday, according to the athletic director of a Charlotte, North Carolina high school where Collins coached football. He was 38. The West Charlotte athletic department said on Twitter: ”Thank you ALL so much for your […]
Another Florida State football player is under investigation. Running back Karlos Williams was in pads and practicing on Monday despite being investigated for an alleged domestic battery incident. The senior from Davenport, Florida, is suspected of assaulting his girlfriend, who lives with him and is pregnant with the couple’s second child, ESPN.com reported, citing people […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, a 22-year-old slugger who was regarded as one of the majors’ top prospects, died Sunday in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic. Taveras was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro at the time of the crash on a highway between the beaches […]
Alabama State’s season of promise continued to unravel Saturday in the 73rd Magic City Classic at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., in front of 67,710 fans, the largest crowd for a game between two Football Championship Subdivision teams this season. The Hornets, ranked No. 1 among HBCUs at the start of this month, blew a […]
Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest names in hip-hop at the moment, which is impressive given the fact that he only has two studio…
If you’ve been following the current Super Bowl champs, the Seattle Seahawks, you know they recently traded receiver Percy Harvin to the NY Jets. OK, that in itself is not exactly a big deal. Trades happen every day. But if you look deeper at the trade, more information about the dynamics of the team’s locker […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Bogus classes and automatic A’s and B’s are at the heart of a cheating scandal at the University of North Carolina that lasted nearly two decades, encompassing about 3,100 students — nearly half of them athletes. At least nine university employees were fired or under disciplinary review, and the question […]
When Paul Pierce watched the Washington Wizards in last season’s playoffs, he saw plenty of talent and potential. He also saw some mistakes. The Wizards needed something. Weeks later, he decided they needed … him. There have been more than 500 transactions involving NBA players since the San Antonio Spurs ended last season hoisting the […]
Kobe Bryant’s off-the-court “attitude” is allegedy to blame for the Lakers’ woes of late, according to a recent story in ESPN The Magazine, but Showtime head honcho David Nevins was actually impressed by the NBA superstar’s down time demeanor shown in footage from a then-proposed documentary about the player’s recovery from a torn Achilles in April […]
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have released Michael Sam from the practice squad, another setback as the NFL’s first openly gay player tries to make an active roster during the regular season for the first time. Sam was signed to Dallas’ practice squad on Sept. 3, four days after he was among the […]
