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Being billed as the Super Bowl of boxing, the illustrious Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight is a guarantee to set the record for most pay-per-view buys in history and should surpass the previous high by a wide margin. Yahoo!’s Kevin Iole …
Perhaps the only one happier than the Miami Dolphins about the team selecting DeVante Parker in the NFL draft is the wide receiver’s mother. The Dolphins chose Parker No. 14 overall on Thursday, making him the third wide receiver selected in …
Cardale Jones had Ohio State fans hyperventilating for a few minutes on Friday after pulling a Twitter prank. Jones, who took over as starting quarterback of the Buckeyes for the Big Ten Championship game and led the team to the national …
There is going to be a crowded backfield in St. Louis, and it sounds like Zac Stacy doesn’t want to be a part of it. The Rams drafted Todd Gurley with the No. 10 pick in the first round of this year’s draft, making it two years in a row …
Marcus Mariota is about to become one of the most popular athletes in the state of Tennessee, but we have a warning for the interested women: Hands off — he’s taken. Mariota, who dated high school sweetheart Nicole Watase even at Oregon, …
Todd Gurley has come a long way in his career. He suffered a season-ending torn ACL injury in November, less than a month after he was investigated and suspended for an autographs scandal. There were probably plenty of times where he felt the world …
Bruce Irvin did not appreciate a slight from Ross Tucker and let the NFL analyst hear it over Twitter. Tucker, who played offensive line for seven seasons in the NFL and has written for SI and ESPN, provided some analysis on Twitter by saying that …
The Washington Redskins selected offensive tackle Brandon Scherff from Iowa fifth overall in the draft Thursday as part of an overall plan to run the ball more next season. ESPN analyst Jon Gruden loved the pick and said this was part of his …
The Tennessee Titans selected Marcus Mariota No. 2 overall in the NFL draft Thursday, and there is one person who is NOT at all happy about it. Well, two if you count Chip Kelly. Zach Mettenberger, who was a sixth-round pick by the Titans last year …
Roger Goodell had several months to prepare for the NFL draft, yet he still somehow managed to mispronounce Marcus Mariota’s name when the Tennessee Titans selected the quarterback second overall on Thursday night. Goodell misspoke and …
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is well known for his acting roles outside of his Hall of Fame basketball career, and one of his most notable gigs was playing Murdock in the classic comedy “Airplane!” Though Kareem is tied to the movie, he actually …
Carmelo Anthony returned to his hometown of Baltimore to march with protesters and investigate the environment in the wake of the Freddie Gray social movement. “This is my community. It’s not only my community, it’s everybody’s community. It’s …
Jameis Winston is not in Chicago for the NFL Draft, but he decided to bring the hoopla with him to Alabama. Winston, widely expected to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, turned his draft party into a full-fledged celebrity event, …
The recent dominance and run of success for John Calipari at Kentucky helped push Billy Donovan to the NBA, according to a report. Donovan, 49, coached at Florida from 1996 through 2015 before accepting the head coaching job with the Oklahoma City …
There is little question that the Rajon Rondo trade was a failure for the Dallas Mavericks, and the latest report confirms how bad things got between the point guard and the team. Dallas Morning News Mavericks reporter Eddie Sefko says Rondo did not …
