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Eli Manning and the New York Giants are finalizing a contract extension that could keep the quarterback with the G-Men for another four years. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport has the details on the deal: Sources: #Giants & QB Eli Manning are …
The president of Real Madrid has his eyes set on some big goals. Specifically, Florentino Perez would like to get his team into the NBA. “I would love to have Real Madrid play in the NBA,” Perez said in a radio interview via ABC Spain. …
The Philadelphia Phillies announced on Thursday that the contract of Ruben Amaro Jr. would not be renewed in a move long awaited by frustrated fans. Amaro oversaw the team’s successful run from 2009-2011, but he also made several moves that …
The MGM reportedly cancelled all of their closed circuit viewing parties for Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto fight over a lack of interest. Mitch Moss, a host at ESPN 1100 in Las Vegas, reported the news over Twitter Wednesday. Per …
Metta World Peace appears to be on his way back to joining the Lakers. The free agent forward has been working out at the Lakers’ facility this summer. He continued working out with the team’s players this week, and Yahoo’s Adrian …
Joey Votto was ejected during the eighth inning of Wednesday’s Pirates-Reds game in Cincinnati for arguing a strike call, and boy did he ever lose his mind. Votto, who was 1-for-3 in the game with two strikeouts, was already ticked about a 1-1 …
The Texas Longhorns are in bad shape this season after being utterly embarrassed in their season-opening 38-3 loss to Notre Dame. Charlie Strong has already made a major change to his coaching staff in response to the defeat, as he stripped Shawn …
ESPNU host Dari Nowkhah took offense to Colin Cowherd’s shot at the network and decided to respond over Twitter. Cowherd left ESPN for FOX Sports over the summer and his show on the new network debuted Tuesday. Although Cowherd was associated …
Days before his potential retirement fight from the sport of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being accused of shady behavior regarding drug testing. Specifically, a longform piece by respected boxing writer Thomas Hauser for SB Nation accuses …
Matt Harvey found a friend in the media to defend him in his spat with the Mets over an innings limit, and it was none other than Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez. Martinez, who pitched for the Mets from 2005-2008 but struggled with injuries during his …
James Blake was slammed to the ground and handcuffed as he left his New York hotel on Wednesday by plain-clothed police officers who mistook him for an identity theft criminal. Blake was leaving the Grand Hyatt on 42nd Street in New York and heading …
Mike Tirico told an absolute gem of a story while calling Novak Djokovic’s match at the US Open on Tuesday night. All the stars were out at the tennis center in Flushing to watch Serena Williams face sister Venus in their quarterfinals match …
Odell Beckham’s best catch of the year may have come off the field. TMZ reports that the New York Giants star wide receiver is dating Amber Rose. Apparently Beckham had his eye on Rose and began pursuing her a few months ago, and the two were …
The frustration among Washington Nationals fans is so strong that manager Matt Williams was booed out of his postgame press conference on Tuesday night. The Nationals blew a 7-1 lead on the New York Mets Tuesday and lost 8-7 to fall to six games back …
Novak Djokovic remains high strung even when he is winning. During his quarterfinals match against Feliciano Lopez at the US Open on Tuesday night, cameras caught Nole yelling things to his box. This came after he dropped the second set, leading him …
Oklahoma has a prominent linebacker on its team who is unafraid to rattle opponents and speak his mind. Does that sound familiar? No, Eric Striker is not related to Brian Bosworth, but he has a few similar characteristics. The senior linebacker was …
