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After their failed efforts to steal our guns and open our borders, we now have another example of an increasingly bubbled and out-of-touch mainstream media failing to move the public-opinion needle: a new poll shows that after more than a

NBA legend Michael Jordan doesn’t understand why current NBA superstars LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki lobby for a shortened NBA regular season from its current 82-game schedule. “I love both of those guy,” Jordan remarked, but added that when he

With the first six weeks of the NFL season in the books, smart fantasy team owners are looking toward the playoffs. Week 7 is set to kick off tonight when the New England Patriots host the New York Jets at

The South has superior football for three reasons–obesity, poverty, and pride–Colin Cowherd told his national ESPN Radio audience on Wednesday. He referred to a piece this week in the Huffington Post, “How can two tiny states dominate in college football?,”

It has been a long journey from accusations of sexual misconduct to a hearing for Florida State University quarterback Jameis Wilson and the trek still isn’t over. It has been so long, in fact, that Winston’s lawyer now charges that

Unemployed, facing a new mouth to feed, and burdened with two house payments, I made the perfectly defensible decision, at least in the eyes of boxing die-hards, to spend $50 to order the Roy Jones-Joe Calzaghe pay-per view six years

A sports memorabilia authentication company has certified over 900 autographed sports items by Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston. However, according to FSU coach Jimbo Fisher, Winston denied that he received any money for the autographs.  Fisher says that he

The National Football League finally wants to bring a franchise back to Los Angeles, but the San Diego Chargers are fighting the move by citing the “economic harm” it will cause them. On Thursday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said

Week 6 is upon us. Last week’s action brought us marquee performances from Peyton Manning (479 yds, 4 TDs, 2 INT) and Russell Wilson (323 combined yds, 3 TDs, 0 INT), as well as outstanding play from Austin Davis (375

Katy Perry has agreed to play the Super Bowl halftime show according to numerous reports.  The event takes place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 1.  “I would be honored, of course,” Perry told ESPN’s GameDay

Seattle, Washington, was one vote away from getting its own National Hockey League team when the Phoenix Coyotes almost fled Arizona, reports say. Only one vote in favor of a new arena cast 15 months ago by the City Council

The 2014-2015 NHL season starts Wednesday on Rivalry Night with a game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. It is the perfect beginning for what should be another exciting season. The NHL implemented a few rule changes,

ESPN confirms that they have hired Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson as a men’s college basketball analyst for the cable network. Robinson was fired from his head basketball coaching job in Oregon State in May with three more years remaining

LeBron James wants $17 million for his Miami manse. He wants a lot more from the NBA. The league’s marquee talent warns NBA owners not to cry poor in the next round of collective bargaining. That “will not fly with

The NBA is expected to announce on Monday that they have reached a nine-year television contract with ESPN and TNT worth a staggering $24 billion. NBA to announce $24 billion/9 year deal w/ ESPN and TNT on Monday. Annual average

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Bo Wallace threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, and No. 11 Mississippi rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to stun No. 3 Alabama 23-17 on Saturday. It was a methodical,

We’re officially one quarter of the way through the NFL season. And what a season it has been. With all the off-field legal drama and injuries to key players through the first four weeks, fantasy rankings charts and stat leaderboards

An Ohio State student who ran onto the field during a Buckeyes football game now faces losing his full-ride scholarship over the stunt. Engineering student Anthony J. Wunder, 21, ran out onto the field in the second quarter of the

There apparently is not a huge market for boring numbers geeks and their stats, stats, stats, stats, stats, and data, data, data, data, data.  When ESPN nabbed Nate Silver from the New York Times, political elites and those in the

Police in Baltimore arrested Michael Phelps for a DUI on Tuesday at 1:40 a.m. According to multiple reports and confirmed by the Maryland Transportation Authority, police clocked the 29-year-old Olympic swimming marvel driving 84 mph inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel

On Monday Night Football, referees penalized Husain Abdullah for sliding on his knees in the end zone. By Tuesday morning, the excessive celebration penalty became a punished-for-praying flag.  The Kansas City Chiefs safety glided on two knees in the end

If you have any interest in the NFL, and the Ray Rice/what-did-Roger-Goodell-know-and-when-did-he-know-it case, then you have probably heard ESPN contributor Bill Simmons’s f-bomb-laced rant on the topic. Simmons, who edits the sports and entertainment website Grantland and comments on the

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist led a discussion about ESPN podcaster Bill Simmons recent suspension over comments he made regarding NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, calling him a liar for suggestion he was

In one of his recent podcasts, ESPN regular and the editor-in-chief of Grantland Bill Simmons ranted against the NFL chief Roger Goodell, calling him a liar for his suggestion in a press conference last week that he was unaware of

This week a gambler from Kingman, Arizona correctly picked the winners of all 15 Sunday and Monday NFL games, winning $57,935 off of a $5 bet. The Arizona gambler, who asked to be identified only as “Rex,” took his big

Week 3 in the NFL saw little of the off-field controversy of the previous weeks. Instead, football fans were treated to some fantastic on-field performances from unexpected players: filling in for the injured Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins delivered a

NFL fans don’t agree with Eric Holder, Keith Olbermann, and Hillary Clinton on the Washington Redskins. A Sports Illustrated/Marketing & Research Resources poll of 500 NFL fans found that 79 percent of them do not consider the nickname of Washington’s

Ray Lewis, owner of a missing white coat, proclaimed Sunday: “There’s some things you can cover up and then there’s some things you can’t.” In what played as an awkward moment, Lewis, the former star linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens

Brandon Marshall implored journalists in a dramatic press conference on Thursday to let the “process play itself out” and to “gather all the facts before…playing judge and jury” on embattled NFL players. The Chicago Bears wide receiver took the podium at

Few Americans agree with ESPN’s Keith Olbermann and the National Organization for Women that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should resign. An NBC/Marist poll found that just 29 percent of Americans surveyed believe the commissioner should leave his post because of

What a Week 2 in the NFL. From on-field injuries to off-field indictments, this week’s player rankings are missing quite a few marquee names. Jamaal Charles and Vernon Davis were both bit by the injury bug last week; Charles suffered

On Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) called on the Minnesota Vikings to suspend Vikings running back Adrian Peterson as the league investigates two possible cases of child abuse involving Peterson.  The Vikings had reinstated Peterson, who is facing felony

Richard Sherman can dish it out. Can he take it?  After Keenan Allen caught five balls for sixty yards while covered by the shutdown corner in San Diego’s 30-21 upset of Seattle, Chargers receivers observed that Sherman isn’t superman–or even

On ESPN’s “SportsCenter” earlier this week, espnW columnist Kate Fagan argued that the big picture in the controversy surrounding former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s domestic violence allegations. According Fagan, the problem needs to be tackled at the so-called

A bevy of Baltimore fans stood up for Ray Rice, protesting what they perceive as an unfair additional suspension and his release from the team after the video of him punching his then-fiancee went public, at Thursday night’s Ravens-Steelers game

Caroline Wozniacki opened up about the abrupt ending to her relationship with Rory McIlroy, admitting that the world’s number-one golfer breaking up with her over a ten-minute phone call rather than in person left her “shocked.” “I thought at least