Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller has apologised for kicking Ajax defender Nicolas Tagliafico in the head during Wednesday's UEFA Champions League clash at the Johan Cruyff ... - 4 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:50am -
Mike Tyson said he smoked marijuana prior to fighting Andrew Golota in October 2000. In an interview on The Dan Patrick Show , Tyson said that was the only instance in which he used marijuana before one of his fights... - 9 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:45am -
UCLA forward Shareef O'Neal underwent heart surgery to fix an irregularity that was discovered during a routine check-up. Per TMZ Sports , O'Neal had the procedure done on Thursday after UCLA doctors found an issue with his heart in September... - 19 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:35am -
The New York Jets announced Thursday that Isaiah Crowell is out for Saturday's game against the Houston Texans , so they will turn to Elijah McGuire and Trenton Cannon to carry the load out of the backfield... - 42 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:12am -
The Philadelphia Eagles didn't receive good news regarding quarterback Carson Wentz 's injured back on Thursday. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter , Wentz's CT scan revealed a fractured vertebra that will fully heal if he's given time to rest... - 45 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:09am -
New York Jets running back Isaiah Crowell will miss Saturday's game against the Houston Texans with a toe injury . Jets head coach Todd Bowles announced Thursday his running back would be unavailable in Week 15... - 1 hour ago 13 Dec 18, 9:53am -
Bianca Walkden would spend her prize money on another pizzeria if she wins this weekend’s World Taekwondo Grand Slam in China. - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 9:02am -
Blind Liverpool supporter whose exchange with his cousin has gone viral tells BBC Sport, "I celebrate like every football fan!" - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 7:35am -
From basking in a golden glow to being pilloried for operating in ethically grey areas - maybe it is a natural time for Team Sky to end, writes Tom Fordyce. - 4 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 6:58am -
Jets leading rusher Isaiah Crowell will see his 77-game playing streak end this week because of a toe injury and the team's leading receiver, Quincy Enunwa (ankle), also will miss Saturday's game against the Texans. - 21 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:33am -
Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz has a fractured vertebra that won't need surgery but might keep him out for the rest of the season, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. - 57 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 9:57am -
The Indians have re-acquired slugger Carlos Santana in a three-team deal with the Mariners and Rays that sends Edwin Encarnacion to Seattle and Yandy Diaz to Tampa Bay. - 1 hour ago 13 Dec 18, 9:45am -
Hornets owner Michael Jordan says lightly smacking the back of second-year guard Malik Monk's head in the closing seconds of Wednesday night's win against the Pistons was a "tap of endearment." - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 9:21am -
Kevin Kisner was clear to Golf Digest: Patrick Reed doesn't have any friends from his old days at Georgia and Augusta State. Kisner did not hold back. - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:42am -
This officially begins the Lamar Jackson era, but there was no drama or controversy because Flacco chose not to make this an awkward transition. - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:11am -
It’s been 71 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, but African-American participation in the MLB has sharply declined since its peak in the early ’80s. - 8 May 18, 9:31am -
Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. The AP’s survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympi… - 1 Aug 16, 6:45am -
This evening is Game 1 of the NBA Finals, where the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will once again face off, and each team has a very stylish roster. - 2 Jun 16, 9:18am -
One NFL player after another — from former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, 69, who died in July 2015, to 27-year-old Giants safety Tyler Sash, who died two months after Stabler — has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trau… - 3 Feb 16, 2:52pm -
With a dream of becoming the first hijab-wearing Muslim ballerina, 14-year-old Stephanie Kurlow recently launched a fundraising page in the hopes of pulling together more than $7,000 so that she can get her certification to open a performing arts program in her native Sydney because she said, “I d… - 3 Feb 16, 11:41am -
What does it take to become a YouTube highlight star in high school? Thanks to the social media age, recruits can make a name for themselves well before ever arriving at college. - 17 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:37am -
The ire of MJ is well known, but Malik Monk experienced it first-hand after his premature celebration on Wednesday night. - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:05am -
Curry comes forward with his true thoughts about the moon landing, and how his take was all part of him “silently protesting.” - 18 hours ago 12 Dec 18, 4:36pm -
The former NBA PG has established himself as a respected analyst for ESPN, but Chauncey Billups is pivoting from a highly coveted gig to try something new. - 20 hours ago 12 Dec 18, 3:03pm -
Suns owner Robert Sarver is apparently threatening a move to Seattle or Las Vegas if he doesn't get $150 million in funding to refurbish the Phoenix arena. - 21 hours ago 12 Dec 18, 2:23pm -
Retired NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz is back with his best bets for Week 15. I loved the NFL lines last weekend. This weekend, they are awful. There’s almost no advantages so we must get creative and I’ve got some plays for you.First off, I know parlays aren’t the “best” of bets, but when t… - 13 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:41am -
Villanova’s freshman point guard has had a difficult week. Jahvon Quinerly was supposed to be Jalen Brunson’s replacement at Villanova this season. He was supposed to be the type of five-star recruit that proved ‘Nova could keep it rolling, even after losing four first round draft picks from l… - 22 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:32am -
Russell Westbrook’s beef with Patrick Beverley is pretty easy to understand. Westbrook has been a star basically since day one. Beverley made a mistake in college that derailed his career, and he had to claw through various European leagues to find his way into the NBA.Once Beverley made the leag… - 47 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:07am -
Let’s keep track as the coaching carousel spins or whatever. Below, brief notes on each FBS head coaching change, along with an INSTA GRADE. The difference: let’s also grade the firing part as well. Why should only hirings get graded? Onward.Note: I’m not factoring buyouts here. You’re prob… - 52 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:02am -
The former No. 1 pick is suffering from an unusual injury that’s ruined his once fantastic jump shot, and the start to his career. A surgeon explains what’s happening to Fultz, and why. After a two-year stretch of confusion, frustration, internet conspiracies, and unpredictability, Markelle Ful… - 53 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:01am -
Baseball and gambling used to be mortal enemies. Here’s how they fell in love. The mayor of Las Vegas attended the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in 2004 with a showgirl on each arm and an Elvis impersonator behind him. This is not an exaggeration. Oscar Goodman was a former mob lawyer who… - 54 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:00am -
The New York Giants have a small chance to make the playoffs, but Odell Beckham’s behavior may be leading to new tension. They need a ton of help, but with four wins in their last five games the New York Giants are 5-8 with a chance to make the playoffs. Wide receiver Odell Beckham missed […]Te… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:55am -
Ice Cold Takes is a weekly humor column covering what is trending in the NHL. The official hockey column of the Seattle Kraken. There are a lot of names being tossed around for the NHL’s new Seattle Franchise but if it isn’t the Kraken, they’ll be making a huge mistake. The short (kind of long… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:30am -
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis recently admitted Jon Gruden is the de facto leader of the Raiders. Did Gruden get too much power too soon? Kanye West once stated that “no one man should have all that power.” It’s become evident that the Oakland Raiders missed that memo. The Oakland Raiders s… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:26am -
The sequel to the 2016 Marvel blockbuster Doctor Strange won’t hit theaters until 2021, but maybe the five-year gap between the first and second films is a positive and not a negative. When it was announced that Benedict Cumberbatch would play Stephen Strange in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, ev… - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:11am -
Joe Kelly is leaving Boston to return to Los Angeles, and that should be in everybody’s best interest. Even though the 2018 season saw a brief rise in popularity for Joe Kelly among Boston Red Sox fans (mostly due to an intense Fenway Park brawl with Tyler Austin, who was with the New York Yankees… - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 8:04am -
The CW just concluded its epic three-show crossover between The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl as the heroes of the Arrowverse came together for their annual team-up event. This year’s crossover between the Fastest Man alive, the Emerald Archer and the Girl of Steel became the CW’s most epic event… - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 7:51am -
Eagles QB Carson Wentz has been dealing with back issues all season, and after undergoing a battery of tests earlier this week, he apparently has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebrae. ESPN’s Adam Schefter got the scoop, and the injury seems like it will probably keep him out at least this wee… - 7 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:47am -
The Raiders have just one home game left in Oakland this year, Christmas Eve against the Broncos. The Raiders will begin play in their new domed Las Vegas Stadium in the 2020 season. And in between? Uhhhhhhhh...Read more... - 21 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:33am -
A rumbling gut is probably enough to inform you that stadium concessions stands can really mess you up, but now you can check your gastrointestinal intuition against an ESPN survey of health violations at pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey venues.Read more... - 31 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:23am -
Last week, the Warriors traveled to Milwaukee and avenged their early-season loss to the Bucks with ease, dispatching one of their possible Finals opponents without ever having to do to much. They clearly made a point of putting the Bucks in their place—increasingly rickety Andre Iguodala played 2… - 46 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:08am -
On this morning’s First Take, the ESPN show for people who really should have slept in, Stephen A. Smith broke down tonight’s Chargers-Chiefs throwdown by reminding us to keep an eye on Spencer Ware (out with a foot injury), Hunter Henry (out since May with a torn ACL), and Derrick Johnson (no l… - 1 hour ago 13 Dec 18, 9:39am -
In a profile of Steph Curry published earlier this week, Marcus Thompson II, a writer for The Athletic, described a scene between Curry and rapper Mistah F.A.B. in which the two were “laughing [...] about a certain tranny sex tape.” After facing backlash over the use of the slur, The Athletic ch… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 9:01am -
Mara Åkesson found struggles and some loneliness as an LGBTQ athlete in Sweden, and she’s sharing her story to help others. When I was a young girl, I dated boys. That’s just what you did as a young girl. But when I was 13, I started to feel something different, like I wanted to be dating othe… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 9:03am -
Eric Radford is a three-time Olympic medalist. Now he’s turning his talents to writing music for the piano. Eric Radford, the three-time Olympic medalist figure skater, is embarking on a new career that pursues another of his life’s passions: music. Radford has released a new single, written by… - 1 day ago 12 Dec 18, 8:37am -
Bennett Sherr battled a rare orthopedic disease while coming to grips with being gay, and found empowerment on the mat. It was a flyer tacked to the cafeteria bulletin board in middle school that introduced me to scholastic wrestling.I was shocked to discover that as a sport, wrestling did not invo… - 2 days ago 11 Dec 18, 10:28pm -
Here’s our weekly fantasy football starting lineup of NFL players who have expressed support for LGBT equality. With no openly gay players in the league, we formed a fantasy team from players who have shown their support for LGBT issues in interviews with Outsports and other media.Here are our s… - 2 days ago 11 Dec 18, 10:20pm -
Reid said she wants to use her golf platform to work with people who support her, and to inspire others. Mel Reid, a golfer on the LPGA Tour, has come out publicly as gay. The 31-year-old English golfer said she has found acceptance in her sport.“The Tour is a very welcoming community and it’s… - 2 days ago 11 Dec 18, 10:01am -
LGBTQ College Roundup: Mount Union’s Jason Hadley makes return to racing. ALLIANCE, Ohio — Mount Union senior Jason Hadley took the lead early in the race, but in Laps 3 and 4, he felt his energy disappear.Freshman teammate Jack Fortner came up on Hadley the final lap of the five-lap 1,000-mete… - 2 days ago 11 Dec 18, 12:33am -
Steve Kerr expressed his frustration with his team after yesterday’s 113-93 home loss to the Raptors. In a game that had no Kawhi Leonard, the Raptors took care of business again after defeating the Warriors in an overtime nail-biter a few weeks ago. The season series stands at 2-0 in what many f… - 47 mins ago 13 Dec 18, 10:08am -
The Houston Rockets have expressed interest in acquiring the Lakers’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in a potential multi-team trade, reports The Athletic’s Shams Charania. In return, the Lakers would receive Trevor Ariza from the Suns as part of a four-team trade scenario. Caldwell-Pope, 25, has t… - 1 hour ago 13 Dec 18, 9:39am -
The school year is well under way, and I’m back teaching at New Mexico State University. But I can’t stop thinking about my summer in Chicago. And Marshall High School. And Shawn Harrington. As a boy, I attended Chicago public schools for 11 years, and then stayed put for college. Chicago is al… - 2 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 9:05am -
The debut of the Under Armour Curry 6 headlines an incredible night of NBA kicks.The post NBA Kicks of the Night appeared first on SLAMonline. - 3 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 7:33am -
The New York Knicks and guard Allonzo Trier have agreed to a two-year deal, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic. To create roster space, the team is expected to release Ron Baker. The New York Knicks and two-way guard Allonzo Trier have agreed to a two-year deal, per league sources on @TheAthlet… - 4 hours ago 13 Dec 18, 7:18am -
Celtics 130 (17-10), Wizards 125 (11-17) Kyrie Irving put on a show in Washington. Bradley Beal was able to force overtime, but that’s when Uncle Drew went to work, scoring 12 of his 37 points. He hit two incredibly clutch shots that made sure Boston would walk out with the win. Kyrie Irving was… - 13 hours ago 12 Dec 18, 9:59pm -