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The 2013 All-Star Ballots are in and Lebron James is leading the Eastern Conference. Check out the other players who were chosen to start alongside…
The 2013 NBA All-Star ballots are in and Kobe Bryant leads the votes for the 15th consecutive time. Check out the other players who were…
CHICAGO- The tip that led to the revelation that one of the most widely recounted U.S. sports narratives of the past year was a hoax came to the editors of an online sports blog as many of their news tips do: an unsolicited email. That email led Deadspin.com assignment editor Timothy Burke on the hunt […]
The Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax story continues to take amazing twists and turns. It’s a story that popular sports blog, Deadspin, broke online, it took off like wildfire, got picked up by mass-media and has continued to take shape, hour by hour. Black Sports Online has unearthed a clip of Manti Te’o claiming his girlfriend […]
Happy birthday to The Champ! Muhammad Ali celebrates his 71st birthday today, and although it’s sure to be much quieter than his 70th birthday festivities, it’s surely no less of a call for celebration. The legendary boxer, who debuted as Cassius Clay, whose body seemed to “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” […]
Manti Te’o’s ‘dead girlfriend’ tweeted last night, in the wake of revelations that she didn’t exist in the first place. Apparently, the myths and truths of this story will be address later today. Yesterday, Deadspin broke a story detailing how the story of Manti Te’o’s girlfriend who died of leukemia was a complete falsehood. The […]
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o said Wednesday he was the victim of a “sick joke” that resulted in the creation of an inspirational story that had him overcoming the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend as the team marched toward the BCS National Championship Game. Te’o released a statement and Notre Dame held a news […]
ESPN anchor Stuart Scott has announced that his cancer has returned. On Monday evening, he wrote on Twitter: “Blessed by prayers..I’m back in the Fight. C reared its head again. Chemo evry 2 wks but I’ll still work, still work out..still #LIVESTRONG” Amid tweets of sympathy from followers, including Robert Griffin III and Jason Taylor, […]
Ray Lewis’ path to the Hall of Fame is pretty clear. All he has to do is actually be eligible and retire. That will come but not anytime soon because Lewis’ Ravens are in the midst of a Super Bowl push and the New England Patriots are the only team left that can stop them […]
Coach Bruce Arians stepped up BIG time for the Indianapolis Colts this year and the football world has definitely taken notice. Some have even suggested the offensive coordinator who became interim coach while Chuck Pagano underwent treatment for leukemia should be named ‘Coach Of The Year’ by the NFL. Arians led the young Colts team […]
Junior Seau was living with a degenerative brain disease caused by the brutal shots to the head he took during his NFL career, this according to a new study … and Seau’s family believes the condition drove him to suicide. The National Institutes of Health released the findings of the study scientists did on Seau’s brain […]
Here’s a pretty good way to turn a minor citation into a trip to jail. Rolando McClain, an Oakland Raiders linebacker whose career has been mostly a major disappointment since he was the team’s 2010 first-round pick, was pulled over Tuesday because the window tint on his car was too dark. Annoying, for sure. But, […]