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There is only a month left in baseball’s regular season and the Texas Rangers lead the Angels by 2.5 games in the AL West. Texas took three of four from the Angels in Anaheim last week and the teams meet again for a three-game weekend series. …
We weren’t joking when we said John Fox was messing with fire by demoting Tim Tebow to third string on the Broncos’ quarterback depth chart. If this isn’t a sign from above, I don’t know what is. During Broncos practice …
Jim Hendry was fired last week after serving as the Cubs’ GM since 2002. Chicago had a mixture of success and failure under Hendry. In nine full seasons with Hendry as GM, the Cubs reached the playoffs three times and finished with a winning …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has avoided appearing for court-ordered depositions in the defamation suit raised by Manny Pacquiao the last few months. Making matters worse is that Pacquiao’s team argued Floyd chose to party instead of getting deposed. …
The Boston Bruins have been celebrated for their Stanley Cup win over the Vancouver Canucks. They ran up a $156K bar tab at a club, most of which was on the house. Each of the players have had their day with the Stanley Cup (although Nathan …
The new pastime for NFL pundits has clearly become picking on Tim Tebow. A few weeks ago ESPN’s Merril Hoge criticized Tebow, leading to LeBron James of all people firing off some pro-Tebow tweets. On Wednesday, USA Today passed along criticism …
Nevin Shapiro is the former Miami booster who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme. Shapiro has been portrayed as a popular figure in South Beach who lived the high life while partying with athletes and …
Earlier this week we told you about Angel Pagan who almost missed an at-bat because he was handling business in the can. He’s not the only athlete who’s responded to the call of nature mid-game. Colorado Rapids midfielder Sanna Nyassi was …
Joe Thomas signed a seven-year $84 million contract extension with the Browns Monday, a move that will likely keep him in Cleveland most of his career. Since being drafted in 2007, he has made the Pro Bowl every year and has been named All-Pro twice. …
Several LSU football players allegedly were part of a fight outside a bar near campus early Friday morning. The fight sent four people to the hospital, and our friends at Busted Coverage shared a picture of a man allegedly bloodied in the fight. Now …
LeBron James is one of the most image-conscious players in the NBA. He’s the same guy who panicked after getting dunked on around by Jordan Crawford two summers ago, collaborating with Nike to get the video confiscated. That was pretty absurd. …
Think about all the times in sports you’ve heard an athlete or coach say it’s “not about the money” when the opposite is true. For Angels pitcher Jered Weaver, that statement actually applies. Weaver signed a five-year $85 …
Mike Stanton may be the least known, least celebrated young star in baseball. The 21-year-old is second in the National League with 30 home runs and already has 52 for his career. It’s not just the quantity of home runs he’s hitting …
John Fox is messing with fire. The Broncos coach announced Monday that Kyle Orton is officially the team’s starting quarterback. Two days earlier he had Brady Quinn play with the second team offense in a preseason game against the Bills. …
Pablo Sandoval does not have a wax figure but that doesn’t mean he can’t look like one. The Giants had a day off Monday and Kung Fu Panda decided to get a makeover. He asked his twitter followers for haircut suggestions and opted for corn …
The Titans ended their practice Monday with some of your garden variety rookie hazing. According to John Glennon of The Tennessean, they did dizzy bat races with a twist. “Players paired off in twos – facing one another – and were told to run …
