NBAWho are the top five NBA draft prospects? Who are the top five NBA draft prospects? Updated May 22, 2013 4:14 PM ET Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery, won by the Cleveland Cavaliers, set the order for the June 27 draft. But it didn’t create any more clarity about who will go No. 1. For now, here’s how…
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Copyright ImageClick to View Kamran Jebreili/AP Tiger Woods was not amused by Sergio Garcia’s racially-tinged joke Tuesday and issued a response through his Twitter account making his feelings about the incident known. The comment that was made wasn’t silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate…
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Sports-Canada.Network 2013 NBA Draft order May 21, 2013 10:05 PM NEW YORK – Following are the results from the 2013 NBA Draft lottery conducted Tuesday at the Disney/ABC Times Square Studio. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had a 15.6 percent chance of obtaining the first selection, will have the first…
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006, file photo, former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle attends a driver's meeting for the Bodine Bobsled Challenge at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Authorities in North Carolina said Thursday, May 16, 2013, that Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. Photo: Mark Goldman
NASCARUpdated May 16, 2013 10:30 PM ET Dick Trickle, a former NASCAR driver whose larger-than-life personality and penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation’s small tracks, died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. He was 71…
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David Beckham announced his retirement from professional football on Thursday, after a memorable career in which he won league titles in four different countries and played at three World Cups. Here, AFP Sports looks at how the world has reacted to news of his retirement, which will come into effect…
More bad news for former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson. A warrant has been issued for his arrest in South Florida. The state attorney’s office confirmed Thursday that a Broward circuit judge issued a warrant May 7 against the former NFL star for failing to report to his probation officer.
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Johnson received a year of probation last September after pleading no contest to a domestic violence charge involving his former wife, reality star Evelyn Lozada.
The six-time Pro Bowl player was arrested in August after Lozada said he head-butted her during an argument. She quickly filed for divorce, which was finalized days before his conviction. They only had been married since July 4.
The AP contributed to this report.
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Former Detroit receiver Titus Young, who was released by the Lions in February, was arrested Friday night for the third time in less than a week. According to reports, Young was arrested in San Clemente, Calif., on Friday on felony counts of burglary and assault on a police officer and a misdemeanor…
Tiger Woods shook off a double bogey at the 14th hole and held on to win the US PGA Tour Players Championship, setting another career milestone in the process. Woods, who had a share of the lead with Sergio Garcia and David Lingmerth after completing the weather-disrupted third round on Sunday morning…
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NBAUpdated May 6, 2013 2:49 AM ET MIAMI (AP) LeBron James was at his best this season, and the voters tasked with selecting the NBA’s Most Valuable Player took notice. Every voter except one, that is. The NBA still does not have a unanimous MVP, though no one has come closer than James did this season…
San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors Game 4: Is It Over For the Warriors? (via http://www.bookieblitz.com)
San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors Game 4: Is It Over For the Warriors? The NBA playoffs have provided a very entertaining series featuring the San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors. Many experts knew this would be a fun series to watch as our prediction called for a hard fought seven…
‘Chunky’ cheerio? Nope, booted blogger (via Pilot Tribune)
By now, unless you live in a cave that is located underneath another cave, you’ve heard all the hoopla over Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleader Kelsey Williams. A CBS blogger has apparently been canned for calling the cheerleader “chunky” in an online article, which questioned whether Kelsey has too…
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MIAMI — Nate Robinson scored 27 points, Jimmy Butler added 21 points and 14 rebounds while playing every second for the third straight game, and the Chicago Bulls stunned the Miami Heat 93-86 on Monday night to take Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Trailing 86-83 with 2 minutes…
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Updated May 5, 2013 1:45 AM ET Floyd Mayweather (43-0; 26 KOs) vs. Robert Guerrero (31-1-1; 18 KOs) Round 1: Mayweather comes out looking to counter, Guerrero looking to get in close. He’s standing in the middle with Guerrero, which is odd, but he’s fighting at distance. Guerrero into the clinch…
Mayweather, Guerrero square off in title fight (via The Courier)
LAS VEGAS ? He claims to be more mature now, chastened by a stint in jail and eager to be just as much a businessman as a fighter. Indeed, Floyd Mayweather Jr. acted almost statesmanlike earlier this week when Robert Guerrero’s father began screaming that he was a woman beater who would finally get…
NBA veteran center Jason Collins comes out as gay (via The Herald Bulletin)
WASHINGTON — With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of the four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website, Collins…
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Today’s News: Our Take – Former Lakers Coach Phil Jackson Reveals He Had Prostate Cancer in 2011 Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson reveals in his new book Eleven Rings that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011, according to the Orange County Register. In the memoir, Jackson says…
After being with the New York Jets one season, Tim Tebow has been released. The Jets confirmed the news in a press release early Monday.
On April 15, Tim Tebow was working out at the Jets’ practice facility. (Mel Evans / AP)
“We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow,” coach Rex Ryan said. “Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this off season. We wish him the best moving forward.”
Tebow was informed early Monday morning in a face-to-face meeting at the team’s facility with Ryan and general manager John Idzik, according to the Washington Post.
On Friday, the Jets made it clear that they were going in another direction by taking West Virginia’s Geno Smith in the second round of the NFL draft. He was the sixth QB on their roster (along with Greg McElroy, David Garrard and Matt Simms).
The NFL quaterback, speaking in Fort Worth on Sunday night, was asked about his future and said that he is “a member of the New York Jets.” He said that, the Star-Telegram’s Charean Williams reported, with a smile.
