Nickey Maxwell Van Exel, the son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday for a murder in Texas. The younger Van Exel was found guilty of murdering his friend Bradley Bassey Eyo. The Dallas jury took slightly more than two hours to convict Van Exel Thursday […]
The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Diego, blames the NFL for its “acts or omissions” that hid the dangers of […]
Manti Te’o might have briefly lied about Lennay Kekua after discovering in early December that his former girlfriend didn’t exist, but the pain he felt on Sept. 12 when he was told Kekua had died of cancer was real, the All-American told Katie Couric. “What I went through was real. The feelings, the pain, the […]
Serena Williams’ dominating run at the majors is over. American teenager Sloane Stephens is headed to the semifinals of the Australian Open. Williams hurt her back in the eighth game of the second set, hampering her serve. She had treatment and recovered well enough to give herself a shot at winning the match, but the […]
Last year it was Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bündchen ranting after the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLVI loss to the New York Giants, but the wife of wide receiver Wes Welker may have topped her comments in trashing Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis following Sunday’s AFC Championship. Anna Burns Welker took to Facebook to bash the future […]
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has been selected to play in the 2013 Pro Bowl, which will take place on Sunday, January 27 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Luck replaces New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady who cannot participate due to injury. As the No. 1 overall selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, Luck […]
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has voluntarily met with police in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team’s playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers last weekend, his attorney said Saturday. “Michael fully cooperated with the inspectors and will continue to do so throughout this investigation,” the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday, ESPN columnist Jemele Hill revealed media members are not immune from criticism themselves. Hill posted a letter she received from ‘some guy’ after several appearances on “The Herd” with ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd last year. The letter is filled with racist language directed at Hill. In addition to her role as columnist for ESPN.com, Hill appears on a variety of […]
