CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will have surgery on his injured left foot next week, interim coach Perry Fewell said on Wednesday. Newton suffered a Lisfranc injury in the preseason and started two games in the regular season before being placed on injured reserve. Fewell said he had no other details about […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamar Jackson added another argument to his Most Valuable Player case in his “Monday Night Football” debut, leading the fearsome Baltimore Ravens to another blowout win. Jackson matched his career high with five touchdown passes and ran for 95 yards in another splendid all-around performance, and the Ravens routed the Los […]
Though he became an NBA legend, Elvin Hayes almost didn’t play basketball. If not for a school teacher who pushed him into sport in middle school, his life may have been quite different. The NBA Hall of Famer was born November 17, 1945 in Rayville, La. Hayes was incorrectly punished for a class prank and […]
Colin Kaepernick‘s NFL “workout” is now in the books and some folks, including Jay-Z, feel like Kaepernick “turned a legitimate workout into a publicity stunt.” He doesn’t want to play. pic.twitter.com/ZuSI1IVW9r — Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 17, 2019 On Saturday, Kaepernick cancelled his NFL workout at the Atlanta Falcons facility that was to be attended […]
LeBron James was working hard last game! So hard, the NBA champ sweat his hair out. Literally.
If you’ve been paying attention to Lamar Odom, you know he released his “New York Times” best-selling memoir, “Darkness to Light” this past May. The book infamously detailed his struggles with drug and sex addiction, as well as his recovery from a near-fatal overdose. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM The […]
Hall of Fame cornerback Willie Brown, who provided the iconic play of the Oakland Raiders’ first Super Bowl title, died on Tuesday. He was 78. The Raiders and Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Brown’s death but did not reveal a cause. He had been dealing with cancer. “The entire Hall of Fame family mourns […]
WNBA player Skylar Diggins-Smith took to Twitter recently to express her frustrations with the league after facing criticism for taking the 2019 season off to deal with postpartum depression. The four-time WNBA All-Star who currently plays point guard for the Dallas Wings, welcomed a son with her husband Daniel in April. Since her son’s birth, […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has donated a year’s rent in a new home to an Atlanta woman whose 12-year-old son was paralyzed in a shooting at a football game. O’Neal tells WXIA-TV that Isaiah Payton’s family had been living in a one-bedroom apartment that wasn’t accessible for people with disabilities. […]
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Next stop Tokyo for Simone Biles. With Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps both retired since the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. gymnast will be the face of the games for much of the world. In gymnastics, no one else comes close. Biles won five of the six gold […]
On her journey to become the most decorated gymnast in the world, Simone Biles received an unexpected accolade. During the world championships in Germany, the 22-year-old astonished the crowd with two jaw-dropping moves that will bear her name. https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1180599322271834118 During her floor routine, she did a triple-double that included a double backflip and three twists. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks fired general manager Penny Toler on Friday, a move that followed a postgame tirade when the team lost Game 2 in the second round of the WNBA playoffs. The team said Eric Holoman, the team’s managing partner and governor, will replace Toler as GM and executive vice […]
