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Warren Sapp has had an icy relationship with the University of Miami since playing football for them in the early-to-mid 90s. The former Hurricanes standout says he had gone 15 years without returning to the school until attending the team’s …
UFC 130 may have been a lackluster card Saturday evening, but there is little doubt MMA is surpassing boxing in many regards. This week we wrote that boxing lost the magic it once had and that it was surpassed by MMA. Not only does MMA put on …
Ready for the next hot thing in women’s sports? It’s not Isabelle Beisegel who qualified for the Canadian men’s golf tour, but 14-year-old female golfer Lydia Ko. Ko has already finished fourth in the New Zealand Open and she was …
Last month we told you that the Rays were planning to replace Manny Ramirez’s bobblehead day with a Super Sam Fuld cape giveaway. Fuld is in his first season with the Rays since being traded from Cubs in the Matt Garza deal. He started off the …
LBS’ coverage of the NFL lockout has somehow morphed from business discussions into the antics of Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco. First he tried to play soccer for MLS team Sporting KC, then he rode a bull in the PBR, and now he’s …
LeBron James responded to the controversial comments Scottie Pippen made on Friday with a touch of modesty. Pippen riled folks up when he said that LeBron could get to Michael Jordan’s level someday. Most fans felt the comments were ludicrous …
Former 1979 MVP winner and current Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez took aim at an organizational approach recently, saying the team demands too much of their players off-the-field during the season. Hernandez was backing up third baseman David …
The folks at EA Sports simulate the NHL season each year using their NHL 11 video game, and the video game correctly predicted a Canucks-Bruins Stanley Cup Finals. The simulations occurred in October and they also correctly predicted that the Canucks …
Isabelle Beisiegel became the first female golfer to qualify for a men’s tour when she earned the last non-exempt card for the Canadian Tour this week. Beisiegel shot a three-over 75 in the final round at Qualifying School Friday giving her a …
The Seattle Mariners are one of the hottest teams in baseball having won nine of their last 11 to get to .500 for the first time since the fourth game of the season. They’ve been winning despite second baseman Chone Figgins‘ struggles at …
Jets head coach Rex Ryan raised some eyebrows last month when he raved about free agent receiver Randy Moss, talking specifically about him as a deep threat. Rexy’s glowing review of Moss led to speculation that the Jets might be interested in …
Roger Federer is no stranger to making spectacular shots. We saw him hit this amazing between-the-legs passing shot at the ’09 U.S. Open, then do it again the next year, and reproduce it at Shanghai in October. But his trick shots aren’t …
If I were to tell you Carlos Zambrano suffered a non-baseball injury, you would probably think he did something stupid. Maybe you’d figure he got into a fight or punched a wall because he got a question wrong in a game of trivia. Baseball fans …
Former Michigan Heisman Trophy winner and current college football “analyst” Desmond Howard spoke at the Black Coaches and Administrators convention recently, and a portion of his words angered Michigan fans. In his speech, he talked …
On the eve of his long awaited fight with Tong Po, kickboxer Kurt Sloane is facing a difficult distraction. LBS has learned exclusively that Sloane’s brother Eric has been kidnapped. We have little details available regarding the kidnapping, …
A lot of my peers have gotten into slow pitch softball recently. I guess it’s just something that begins to happen in your 20s when your playing days are over. Many of us played baseball and we want to enjoy ourselves a few times a week and be …
