A day after Keith Olbermann called on ESPN to ban the use of “Redskins” and other prominent analysts expressed reservations about using the football team’s nickname on air, ESPN announced on Saturday that if its employees want to refer to the
Kevin Durant won an MVP award earlier this year. Now he looks to win a $285 million sneaker deal. ESPN’s Darren Rovell reports that Durant received an endorsement offer from Under Armour worth between $265 million and $285 million over
The Sports Illustrated cover jinx is real. It’s science. Mo’Ne Davis allowed three runs in 2 1/3 innings as her Philadelphia team fell to Las Vegas in the Little League World Series Wednesday night. She struck out six. Dallan Cave
NEW YORK (AP) — An easing of blackout restrictions on Major League Baseball games online could come as early as next season, according to the head of baseball’s online business. In an interview this week, Bob Bowman said he is
Mo’Ne Davis has achieved something none of her male counterparts wearing a Little League uniform ever could. The Mo’Ne Davis Sports Illustrated cover has arrived. And the magazine comes just in time to jinx the 13-year-old as she takes the
Punter Chris Kluwe has decided not to pursue a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Minnesota Vikings. Instead, he will accept a settlement that will provide an undisclosed sum of money to five gay-rights charities over the next five years. Kluwe
ESPN’s Bill Simmons may say “Washington.” ESPN’s Mike Ditka says “Redskins.” “There’s so much horse$#!+,” the Super Bowl-winning coach and player says of the nickname controversy, “it’s incredible.” In an edited audio interview with Redskins author and superfan Mike
Breitbart Sports unveils the most comprehensive database of the values of college basketball players available, allowing the reader to access all 4,250 players in Google Docs by clicking on the master scholarship table. For each team you can view the projected
BALTIMORE (AP) — Bud Selig’s successor as baseball commissioner will face a series of tests, perhaps none more difficult than whether he can keep his owners from the type of divisive public spats that fractured the sport’s leadership for much
When Oakland goes into battle with other NFL teams, Raider Nation goes with them. Coaches may rethink the wisdom of inter-team preseason practices, popular with Bill Belichick and other elite field generals, after the Raiders-Cowboys brawl on Tuesday. “The brawl
On Wednesday, AMC premieres “4th and Loud,” a reality series focusing on the Los Angeles KISS (or LA KISS, as the logo renders it), an expansion team of the resurgent Arena Football League, playing out of the Honda Center in
Over the last few days, there has been some sloppy reporting about the tragedy involving the death of 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. Saturday night, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart hit a walking Ward during a dirt-track race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park
Blame Tony Stewart for hitting what the other drivers managed to avoid. Blame Kevin Ward Jr. for deciding to become a pedestrian on a race track. Blame the speedway for using a haunted house’s lighting system. But blame the South?
ESPN host Max Kellerman’s suspension marks the third company employee to be reprimanded in the past two weeks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kellerman’s offense? He admitted on air that he struck his then-girlfriend, Erin, several years ago back in
Scott Mitchell looks like he ate Wayne Fontes. The former Detroit Lions quarterback competes on NBC’s Biggest Loser this season. He weighs in at 366 pounds, 33 pounds heavier than the largest lineman on the current Lions roster. Mitchell
Redskins owner Daniel Snyder contends that instead of engaging in superficial “chit-chat, cocktail talk” over his team’s name, there are more important issues to be addressed regarding Native Americans. Snyder told former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, co-host of
After Paul George’s gruesome injury during a FIBA scrimmage on Friday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban called on the NBA to organize its own basketball World Cup. “The [International Olympic Committee] is playing the NBA,” he told ESPN’s Marc Stein.
Stephen A. Smith has not been suspended. Of course, you’ve all heard that he has. Because normally when your boss gives you a week off, unplanned, especially after you’ve attempted to legitimize spousal battery, it’s because you’re being suspended. ESPN
On Tuesday, ESPN suspended its bombastic pundit Stephen A. Smith for a week for suggesting that women should not provoke men into beating them. “Stephen A. Smith will not appear on First Take or ESPN Radio for the next week.
An ardent New York Yankees fan, Luigi Militello, bridged the chasm between Yankees and Red Sox fans by returning a lost 2013 Red Sox World Series ring to its owner, Drew Weber, the owner of Red Sox Class A minor
On Saturday, hours after the U.S. embassy in Libya was being evacuated and a day after meeting with Central American presidents to address the border crisis, President Barack Obama golfed with ESPN “Pardon the Interruption” hosts Mike Wilbon and Tony
He can be Johnny Football. He can be the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. He can’t be both. That’s the message from Mary Kay Cabot’s lengthy report at Cleveland.com. Head coach Mike Pettine initially looked to have an open
Stephen A. Smith starts conversations for a living. On Friday’s First Take, he started a shouting match. Talking domestic violence in the wake of the NFL’s two-game suspension of Ravens running back Ray Rice, the ESPN host called abusers “wrong”
There is no going back for Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire. He is done with former “Bash Brother” Jose Canseco. McGwire told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Wednesday, “It’s too late. I don’t care to ever speak to him again…. What
Michael Sam responded to the comments of former Colts and Bucs coach Tony Dungy that he would not have drafted the openly-gay pass rusher. He’s just happy Jeff Fisher coaches the Rams. On Tuesday, the former University of Missouri defensive
Rory McIlroy admitted that his stomach was churning on Sunday when he grinded out a final round 71 to win the 143rd British Open. Some speculate that his stomach was churning even worse on Monday after celebrating his win by
ESPN reports that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who has challenged his wife Shelly’s pending sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, met with Ballmer on Monday afternoon in Los Angeles to discuss the sale. Sources
Cleveland has a hit with new quarterback Johnny Manziel. The NFL is reporting that the young player’s jersey (No. 2) has sold more during the first quarter of 2014 than any other . And Manziel hasn’t yet taken the first
Kobe Bryant reveals in a forthcoming Showtime documentary that he’s “scared” about his post-basketball future. He might have another sports career waiting for him on the diamond in retirement. The Los Angeles Lakers great homered at Richard Sherman’s softball game
What to do if you’re a Cleveland Cavaliers fan? Now that home-town hero LeBron James is returning to the team all the Lebron jerseys at the NBA store are selling out, according to bleacherreport.com. ESPN’s Darren Rovell tweeted on Saturday,
St. Louis Rams linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar and NBA free agent Donte Greene brought their talents to South Beach–their barroom-brawler talents. Their meanderings into impromptu, amateur mixed-martial arts landed them both in jail, charged with battery and disorderly conduct. Miami Beach police
Rory McIlroy won $1.66 million for winning the British Open on Sunday, but his father–along with three of his buddies–won over $340,000 for a bet they placed ten years ago on McIlroy to win the British Open by the time
On July 11 the Cleveland fans pictured watched Roberto Perez homer in his first game and learned that LeBron James would return to their city. I spent a few days this week in the city that also won the Republican
First, the 49ers moved from San Francisco digs to a new stadium in Santa Clara. Will the Oakland Raiders be moving south next? “They have to make that determination, whether they’re in a new stadium in Oakland or whether they
The NBA will become the first major American professional sport to honor teams with championships by adding recognition of a triumphant season to player jerseys. Starting in the 2014-15 season, the nineteen NBA teams that won championships will have a
Shabazz Napier, the incoming Miami Heat rookie whose selection in the 2014 NBA draft had Lebron James lauding the pick, is protesting that he was unaware of unfollowing James on his Twitter account, @ShabazzNapier, and deleting some tweets after James
“The habitual users run a serious chance of getting into severe trouble,” American League President Bobby Brown told the Chicago Tribune in 1989. “The statistics show that a person who uses the tobacco on a regular basis has a 50-times
Derek Jeter plays in his fourteenth and final All-Star Game tonight at Target Field in Minneapolis. Nike pays its respect to the retiring 20-year veteran with a moving commercial during the Midsummer Classic. Set to a stark piano soundtrack sans
NEW YORK (AP) — Even without the home team involved, the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina set a television viewership record in the United States, capping a tournament that exceeded expectations for interest on both ESPN and Univision.
Baltimore Ravens defensive back Jimmy Smith became the fifth Ravens team member to be arrested during the offseason when he was taken into custody this weekend and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. ESPN reported that Smith was helping an intoxicated
