MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL has suspended Adrian Peterson without pay for at least the rest of the season. The league said Tuesday it informed the Minnesota Vikings running back he will not be considered for reinstatement before April 15 for violating the NFL personal conduct policy. The NFL Players Association quickly announced its plan […]
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith went after Philadelphia 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams on his Sirius XM radio show Friday for criticizing coverage of the team. Last week, Carter-Williams wrote a piece for Derek Jeter’s website The Players’ Tribune, saying his 0-9 team wasn’t deliberately tanking another season just to get a high draft pick. In his […]
The New England Patriots were running a Twitter operation designed to thank fans for helping them become the first NFL team to reach 1 million followers, only one of its thank you tweets accidentally included the word “n**ger.” What had happened was…the team tweeted many followers with pictures of customized digital jerseys featuring their Twitter […]
Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday to check at least three visiting NFL teams’ medical staffs as part of an investigation into former players’ claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs. There were no arrests, Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers’ staff was checked at MetLife Stadium in […]
Freshman quarterback Niko Johnson was the unlikely hero Saturday as Virginia State defeated two-time defending CIAA champion Winston-Salem State 21-17 Saturday in Durham, N.C., to win the conference championship and end the Rams’ 31-game conference winning streak. Winston-Salem (9-2) was ranked No. 10 in the AFCA Division II poll and No. 4 in NCAA Super […]
Kevin Garnett is still hooping with the Brooklyn Nets, but when the 38-year-old is ready to retire, he reportedly wants to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears. Garnett told Spears he’d love the opportunity to put together an ownership group that would buy the team he once played for. Minnesota’s […]
BOSTON (AP) — Even with almost 17 million followers on Twitter and nearly 22 million on Facebook, LeBron James didn’t hesitate when asked his preferred method of connecting with fans. “The basketball court,” the Cleveland Cavaliers star said on Thursday night during an “idea exchange” at Fenway Park. Speaking to business leaders at the home […]
Rumor has it that the Washington football team is unlikely to extend Robert Griffin III‘s contract after much drama surrounding his return. According to ESPN, the team isn’t interested in committing to him for the long-term. He’s been extremely injury prone this season. It’s unfortunate since he led the football team to the playoffs and performed very well […]
FAMU grad and Fox Sports broadcaster Pam Oliver says her experience at an HBCU was a memorable one. Although she might not be there if she’d listened to her father who warned her that the school was a “party school.” “I got there and it was some very nice parties,” she says. “I went […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin is facing a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a scuffle with a man at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, according to court records obtained Wednesday. The 25-year-old Griffin is due for arraignment Dec. 8 before a Las Vegas justice of the peace on a charge […]
Laker player Wayne Ellington Jr. is on indefinite leave from the Lakers after the murder of his father in Philadelphia. The 26-year-old guard got a text from his father earlier that evening before the game. By the time the game was over, his father was dead, the victim of a gunshot wound to head in […]
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will reportedly sit down with Today show anchor Matt Lauer for his first television interview since the elevator footage of his domestic incident rocked the NFL and caused his suspension. According to TMZ, the interview is expected to air sometime between now and Nov. 26, but it’s unclear if Ray’s […]
