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Joe Paterno Cried Uncontrollably After He Was Fired, And Other Details From...
Joe Posnanski was in the middle of writing a biography of Joe Paterno when the Jerry Sandusky scandal exploded last November. Today, GQ released a few short excerpts from Posnanski's book, and they...
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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: The Red Sox Season Has Already Fallen Apart
After a story broke this week on Yahoo! Sports that there was growing disconnect in the Red Sox locker room between numerous players and first-year manager Bobby Valentine, some wondered how this would...
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Watch A Very Sad Chad Johnson Get Cut From The Miami Dolphins
Tuesday night's episode of "Hard Knocks" on HBO featured a very dramatic scene in which head coach Joe Philbin informs Chad Johnson he's been cut from the team. Philbin tells Johnson it's not just...
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The Romantic Way NBA Star Tyson Chandler Proposed To His Wife
New York Magazine's The Cut ran a feature about what it's like to be married to the biggest stars of the NBA today. In the piece we hear from Vanessa Bryant and Kimberly Chandler. While Bryant gabs...
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Nebraska And Wisconsin Will Wear Wild Uniforms For Their 'Rivalry' Game
On September 29, Nebraska and Wisconsin will play each other in what is being billed as "The Quick and the Red." It is essentially a made-up rivalry featuring two of the biggest schools that wear...
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Hope Solo Trashes Her Old Coach, Claims He Once Shoved Her
The always outspoken Hope Solo absolutely rips former US national team head coach Greg Ryan in her new book, "Solo: A Memoir of Hope." Solo famously slammed Ryan in an interview after he benched her in...
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West Coast NFL Teams Usually Beat East Coast Teams On Monday Night Because Of...
When it comes to placing bets on Monday Night Football matchups gamblers should strongly consider what time zones the two teams play their home games in, according to a recently published book about...
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Derek Jeter Is Baseball's Last True Superstar, And That's Why Baseball Is...
Pop Quiz: Outside of Derek Jeter, name a superstar in Major League Baseball? Of course there are star baseball players like Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols and David Ortiz. But outside of Jeter, how...
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This Women's Shot Putter Is The First To Lose A Gold Medal For Doping
Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus became the first athlete from London 2012 to be stripped of a gold medal, when the IOC announced that she tested positive for steroids (via ESPN.com). The gold medal, one...
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A 10-Year-Old Boy Sent His Medal To The Canadian Olympians Who Lost Theirs...
It was a sad sight to see the Canadian team get disqualified in the men's Olympic 4x100 meter relay after Jared Connaughton stepped out of his line. The team lost their bronze medal and were...
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King Felix Throws 23rd Perfect Game In Baseball History
Felix Hernandez has thrown a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays, retiring all 27 batters he faced. It was only the 23rd in baseball history, but it was the third this season. It was also the third...
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US Soccer Team Picks Up Historic Win On Mexican Soil Thanks To These...
It was just a friendly, but don't tell the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, who beat Mexico tonight 1-0 for their first win ever on Mexican soil against the Mexican National Team. The U.S. had been...
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14 Things We Learned About Hope Solo From Reading Her New Book
Hope Solo wrote a book called "Solo: A Memoir Of Hope." It's primarily focused around periods of her life — her incredibly sad childhood, and the 2007 World Cup where she was infamously benched. But...
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Look How Excited The US Soccer Team Was After Its Historic Win Over Mexico
In beating Mexico 1-0 at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City Wednesday the U.S. Men's National Team achieved history, winning its first game versus Mexico on Mexican soil. It was just a friendly match, but...
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Author Of Upcoming Joe Paterno Biography Says He Has 'New Facts' About...
Joe Posnanski's "Paterno" book is still scheduled to come out August 21. Due to heavy criticism Posnanski has received over the last few months, he wrote a piece for USA Today (his employer) to...
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SEC Charges Former NFL Player With $80 Million Ponzi Scheme
A former NFL player who was also a college football coach was charged Thursday with operating a bogus wholesale liquidation business that cost investors $80 million. Ex-NFL player Jim Donnan, who...
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Lionel Messi Greets A Trespassing Fan With A Handshake
If the goal is to discourage fans from running on to the field during sporting events, Lionel Messi didn't exactly help the cause yesterday. During Argentina's 3-1 friendly win over Germany yesterday,...
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A Notre Dame Student Lashes Out At Rick Reilly For Bashing His School
Today, ESPN writer Rick Reilly wrote an article detailing why Notre Dame should be “demoted”—that is, he wants Notre Dame to be forced to join a conference, to be stripped of its NBC television...
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Jay-Z Will Make Millions Despite Owning Less Than One Percent Of The Brooklyn...
The New York Times has a story out Thursday about the heavy influence Jay-Z has on the Brooklyn Nets despite only having an ownership stake that's one-fifteenth of one percent (~0.067%). But what...
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Convicted Steroids Dealer: 'There Is Rampant Use Of Synthetic Testosterone In...
Victor Conte, whose BALCO company was at the heart of Major League Baseball's steroids scandal, told Bob Nightengale of USA Today, that performance enhancing drugs are still being used by as many as...
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