NCAA To Hand Down Much Harsher, More Consistent Penalties Going Forward
The NCAA always gets hammered for its vague guidelines and lack of consistency when handing down penalties to its member schools and president Mark Emmert is set on changing this perception ASAP....
View ArticleWATCH: A Soccer Player Kicks A Ball Through The Window Of A Moving Bus On A...
Former Celtic player Shunsuke Nakamura may not be playing big-time European soccer anymore, but he's still got skills. In this video from 101 Great Goals, Nakamura curls a free kick into a window of a...
View ArticleWant To Play A Security Guard In Kevin Durant's New Movie?
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is set to star in a Warner Brothers feature film titled "Thunderstruck." And producers are casting for two different roles (via The Basketball Jones), if you...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Athletes On Twitter
Twitter has become the main medium for athletes to communicate directly with their fans and some have embraced it more than others. Back in December, 2010, there were only 17 athletes with one million...
View ArticleWATCH: A Hockey Player's Face Needed 30 Stitches After Being Stepped On By A...
Taylor Hall, a winger for the Edmonton Oilers, needed 30 stitches after he fell during warmups last night and a teammate's skate sliced across Hall's forehead. The injury has raised concerns about NHL...
View ArticleWATCH: An Australian Open Ball Boy Narrowly Avoided Getting Smacked In The Face
Roger Federer's first round match on Monday featured a close call for one unlucky ball boy. During the second set of Federer's straight sets victory, opponent Alexander Kudryavtsev hit a shot that...
View ArticleWATCH: Lionel Messi Got His Hair Pulled, And Then Writhed Around In Agony For...
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 today. In the late stages of the game, Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao went to the vaunted hair-pull/head-smush combo to deliver a message to Lionel Messi. Messi took it...
View ArticleIt's Official: David Beckham Will Play In The U.S. For Two More Years
We already knew David Beckham wanted to remain with the L.A. Galaxy after his deal with a French club fell through. And now it is official. According to Kevin Baxter of the L.A. Times, Beckham has...
View ArticleThe Rangers Just Committed $111.7 Million Towards A Japanese Pitcher
Just prior to today's deadline, the Texas Rangers reached a deal with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. The contract will pay Darvish $60 million over the next six seasons (per SI.com). In addition, the...
View Article8 Crazy Facts About Sunday's Massive Patriots-Ravens Game That You've Never...
While the NFC has seen upset after upset in the playoffs, the AFC has gone more or less according to plan (besides that whole ridiculous Tebow thing). But that doesn't mean Sunday's Pats-Ravens game...
View ArticleWATCH: This Is Not Supposed To Happen When You Make A Game-Winning 3-Pointer
When you are a kid on the basketball court, you always pretend that the clock is counting down, and you take the shot to win the game at the buzzer. Sometimes you made the shot, most times you didn't....
View ArticleAmerican Auditions For 'Tennis Idol' Following Match At Australian Open
Vania King is a relatively unknown American tennis player, that does have two Grand Slam titles under her belt in women's doubles (2010 Wimbledon and U.S. Open). But apparently she is also quite the...
View ArticlePenn State's President On The Day The Child Sex Abuse Scandal Broke: 'We...
We have fresh evidence of how badly Penn State's leadership failed in the days after the Jerry Sandusky scandal. 13 PSU trustees told the New York Times that university president Graham Spanier...
View ArticleA Former MLB Pitcher's Daughter Wowed The Judges On 'American Idol' Last Night
Shannon, a contestant on American Idol last night is only 15, but she is 6-feet tall and has size 11 shoes. She is also the daughter of former Major Leaguer and current MLB Network analyst Joe...
View ArticleGamblers Beware, You Need To Read This Quote From A Vegas Bookie Before You...
"Before last weekend, this number probably would have had New England favored by about three or four points, but after that dominating performance, we had to inflate the number to get two-way action."...
View ArticleVanessa Bryant Gets $75 Million In The Divorce Settlement, Including Three Of...
Kobe Bryant's divorce from wife Vanessa will cost the Los Angeles Lakers superstar A LOT of money. Because they didn't sign a prenuptial agreement, Vanessa will get half of Kobe's assets, according to...
View ArticleSpike Lee Gave Barack Obama Nike Air Jordans In A Wooden Box With The...
Apparently President Barack Obama's day-long stroll through New York City Thursday was for more than just fundraising. His visit to the home of one of the New York Knicks' most famous fans, Spike Lee,...
View ArticleEveryone Loves The Giants, But Don't Sleep On The 49ers
Despite going 13-3 this season and going punch-for-punch in beating the New Orleans Saints last week, the San Francisco 49ers aren't getting a whole lot of respect going into the NFC Championship game...
View ArticleA Mossad Agent Followed Gina Carano Around Trying To Kidnap Her As Part Of...
Gina Carano, the former MMA fighter who is the star of Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' went on Conan last night and talked about the intense training she went through for the movie. A Mossad agent would...
View ArticleThe Owner Of The Patriots Says TV Network Heads Told Him Not To Hire Bill...
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was told not to hire Bill Belichick by television network executives in 2000, he told NESN's Jeff Howe today. "His first year with us, he went 5-11, and then he...
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