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Curt Schilling fought the Law–and the Law lost. ESPN has strangely suspended baseball commentator Keith Law from Twitter after he ridiculed critics of evolution, including the former pitcher, on his account. The network contends that the timeout has nothing–“absolutely nothing,”

The Buffalo Bills still plan on playing this Sunday. New York’s Governor says the game would “jeopardize public safety.” The Buffalo area endured three-to-six feet of snow in recent days. The storms left eight dead and hundreds of motorists stranded.

On Wednesday, Adam Silver, the commissioner of the NBA, handed out a 24-game unpaid suspension to Charlotte Hornets small forward Jeffery Taylor for an incident in September for which Taylor pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence assault. Last month a

A road trip for a women’s basketball team in New York turned into a nightmare when the team bus became stranded in the snow in Western New York on Monday. Ultimately, the storm stranded the team for 26 hours. The

After Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was criticized for possibly being paid to sign nearly one thousand items for an autograph dealer, it turns out the validity of the items are in question because an authentication service concedes no one

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) crashed NFL games on Sunday to search for narcotics. The DEA questioned team medical staff and inspected bags in an effort to determine whether teams illegally distribute drugs to players. The San Francisco 49ers and

On Sunday, federal drug agents raided National Football League medical staff from the Seattle Seahawks to the San Francisco 49ers in the search for illicit drugs. For literally decades, players have talked about the ease of obtaining illicit performance-enhancing drugs

Hefty tax breaks enjoyed by sports franchise owners allows for the new Los Angeles Clippers proprietor Steve Ballmer to save about 50% of his recent purchase price. Ballmer bought the Clippers after Donald Sterling was relieved of his duties in

NFL Week 11 arrives with tonight’s matchup between AFC East division rivals Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in Miami at 8:25 ET. Another week, another six-touchdown performance. This time, it was Aaron Rodgers who roasted NFC North division rival Chicago

On a day when ESPN’s Outside the Lines exposed more than two-dozen cases since 2000 of NFL players guilty of domestic violence not missing a down in the league, the four-letter network earlier this week hired retired cage fighter Chael

On Thursday NBA players’ union executive director Michele Roberts made waves with new criticism of the NBA’s salary cap despite a long-time agreement on the policy between players and owners. During her wide-ranging criticism of the league with ESPN, Roberts

The College Football Playoff Committee released its rankings Tuesday night. Mississippi St. remains atop the rankings, Oregon jumped ahead of Florida State into second, FSU drops to third after numerous unimpressive wins, and TCU–not Alabama–jumps into fourth after Auburn’s loss

You can get very hungry throwing for 332 yards and two touchdowns.  Mark Sanchez satiated that hunger by devouring two cheesesteaks, one each from legendary Philadelphia eateries Pat’s and Geno’s. Making his first start since December 20, 2012, Sanchez led

WNBA star Brittney Griner chronicled the bizarre knife attack on her and a teammate last week in Shenyang, China, in a conversation with ESPNw.  A Chinese man chased Griner, who plays on the Beijing Great Wall team, on a team

Even as he defiantly moves to unilaterally grant legal status to millions of people inside the U.S. illegally, President Obama’s State Department is making sure that such special favors are not meant for everyone. The State Department’s unexplained refusal to

A Muslim teammate of LeBron James calls reports that he skipped the national anthem at Wednesday’s game “a big misunderstanding” after initially telling reporters he bowed out for religious reasons.  “It’s because of my religion,” Dion Waiters told Cleveland.com of

On Wednesday, comedian Arte Lange made a career-altering decision to go off on a sexually explicit Twitter tirade about what he wants to do to ESPN reporter Cari Champion. The tweets got him banned from ESPN and fired from his

Ray Rice’s appeal of his indefinite suspension got a boost on Thursday as Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome testified that on June 16 he heard Rice tell NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that Rice had struck his then-fiancée, Janay. Newsome’s

Jameis Winston’s lawyer named his accuser in a November 4 tweet. The social-media posting remains on David Cornwell’s account despite public outcry. The tweet juxtaposed the quick approach of the November 17 school disciplinary hearing faced by the Seminoles quarterback

Week 10 NFL action is here, kicking off with Thursday’s matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati at 8:25 ET. Make sure you’ve got Bengals running back Jeremy Hill in your lineup. Those who read last

Until racially-tinged Twitter jokes aimed at ESPN First Take host Cari Champion caused an uproar,comedian Artie Lange was scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s @Midnight. He will now be sitting home Thursday night. Lange tweeted a sexual fantasy involving himself as

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has reached a plea deal in his child abuse case, ESPN reports. The agreement puts a reckless assault misdemeanor charge on the running back’s record. The charge to which Peterson pleads guilty makes no

Bernard Hopkins insists that the media doesn’t cover his late-career accomplishments “because I’m black.” He’s half right–but for the wrong reasons. The 49-year-old light-heavyweight titlist told ESPN that if he were white with an ethnic surname, “I’d be on every

Two clubs made new managerial hires public on Monday, and the men who were hired have resumes as different as can be imagined. Joe Maddon, the former manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, is the new manager of the Chicago

Protestors, some dressed in traditional Native American garb, descended upon the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday to denounce the nickname of Washington’s NFL team. The people wearing horned helmets and wielding giant mallets showed up in Minneapolis to cheer

ESPN spotlighted the relationship between Auburn wide receiver Sammie Coates and 12-year-old leukemia patient Kenzie Ray on Saturday’s “GameDay.”   Ray met Coates in a chance encounter when she was a guest of the Auburn Majorettes and have been close friends

Friday on CNN’s “This Hour With Berman and Michaela,” a panel discussing Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) comments at a rally for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo hammered the “idiot,” congressman. Rangel said Thursday night, “Everything we believe in, everything we

Despite a heartwarming Nike commercial celebrating the return of LeBron James to Cleveland that aired in the arena prior to the Cavaliers opening game against the New York Knicks, the Cavs lost the game, 95-90, as James played miserably in

Bye week blues have arrived in NFL Week 9. Six teams, each with at least one top player, are not playing this week (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans). I’m only going to

Jose Canseco blew off the middle finger of his left hand Tuesday afternoon while cleaning his handgun at home. The former Oakland Athletics slugger was taken to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where doctors said that no matter what

Detroit Red Wings Hall of Fame hockey legend Gordie Howe, 86, has suffered a serious stroke, paralyzing part of the right side of his body and inhibiting his ability to speak normally. ESPN has reported that Howe is recovering at

Sunday witnessed a tale of three NFL celebrations thoroughly denigrated on Monday.  Buffalo Bills receiver Sammy Watkins appeared on his way to an 89-yard touchdown after catching a Kyle Orton pass. But the rookie transformed six points into a mere

ESPN’s Rod Gilmore played at Stanford and earned a law degree at Cal–and he is the one guy the selection committee should completely ignore when they announce their first college playoff seeds Tuesday. Gilmore seems to be one of those

After sadistically mocking audio of Bristol Palin reporting an assault to the police, CNN’s Carol Costello issued only a terse statement of apology through CNN. She said nothing in the way of an apology on the same airwaves she used

CNN morning anchor Carol Costello will apparently face no disciplinary action after telling viewers to “enjoy” audio of Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter, Bristol, reporting a harrowing assault to authorities. After issuing a short statement through CNN in which she apologized,

Week 8 is here. This week’s action kicks off tonight with a key divisional matchup between the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers. But first, a recap of last week’s top performers. Week 7 featured a pair of record-breaking