PHOENIX (AP) — Women’s basketball stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson are engaged. Griner proposed to Johnson and both posted it on social media, with Griner showing a photo of her on one knee with a ring in her hand in front of Johnson on her Instagram account. Griner plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury […]
Former NFL quarterback Vince Young, who led the Texas Longhorns to the BCS national championship in 2005, has been hired by his alma mater to work for its Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, reports ESPN.com. Young, who retired from the NFL in June after six seasons, will serve as a development officer for program […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brian Hoyer has held off rookie Johnny Manziel for at least another week. Browns coach Mike Pettine has chosen Hoyer to start at quarterback ahead of Manziel in Cleveland’s second exhibition game on Monday night at Washington against Robert Griffin III and the Washington Football Team. Pettine’s decision is somewhat surprising since […]
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James will play his first game since rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers at home Oct. 30 against New York, then return to Miami for the first time on Christmas. The NBA regular season will open Oct. 28, with the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs hosting the Dallas Mavericks in one of […]
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State offensive lineman Edward Sarafin has told a local magazine he is gay, making him the first active Division I football player to come out. A fifth-year senior, Sarafin told Phoenix-based Compete, a magazine for gay sports, that he began telling teammates about his sexual orientation last spring. “It was […]
Michael Vick, who knows a thing or two about trying to repair a public image, has some advice for Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice as he deal with the aftermath of his domestic violence case. Vick, who has been fighting a constant battle against public perception after his conviction on dogfighting charges in 2007, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Ballmer finally has an NBA outlet for his rah-rah displays of emotion as the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The former Microsoft CEO’s record $2 billion purchase of the team was confirmed by a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, clearing the way for the avid pickup basketball player […]
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The joint practice between the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys went just about how the coaches scripted it Tuesday with high intensity in an emotional environment. Then things went a bit over the line when a hard hit by Dallas cornerback Morris Claiborne on Oakland tight end Mychal Rivera led to […]
Evidently, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James want to make sure this season is a great one for NBA fans. Now that they’re both locked into new contracts with their respective teams, both have decided to spend their off-seasons getting even more fit. We already know LBJ had an eight-pack from his photos on the beach […]
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas cornerback Orlando Scandrick apologized to his family, teammates and organization for failing a drug test that will force him to be suspended for the first four games of the season. The NFL officially announced the suspension on Tuesday, a day after Dallas owner Jerry Jones first acknowledged the ban. Scandrick […]
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Brian Hoyer knows Johnny Manziel is gunning for his job, but the Browns’ incumbent starting quarterback wants to make one thing clear. It’s his job to lose. “To me, this is my team until someone else tells me otherwise,” Hoyer said. And after a rain-soaked practice Monday morning, the evidence would […]
It’s Week One of the NFL preseason and night one brought in a Super Bowl rematch and a back and forth between the Kansas City…
