Larry Brown Sports
Brown Bag it, Baby
The negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao about a potential fight are just becoming comical now. Floyd began baiting Manny over Twitter last week and he’s so desperate for the fight to take place before he goes to jail, …
There is no athlete or former athlete in the world who loves attention more than Shaquille O’Neal. Everything the four-time NBA champion does seems like it is for show. Whether it’s writing an obnoxious book or announcing his retirement …
Yuri Wright is one of the top-rated cornerback recruits in the country, but he’s turned off several colleges with a series of offensive tweets that got him expelled from his high school. Wright’s tweets began in July and continued to …
Most coaches would pretend that a regular season game against one of their former superstars is just another game on the schedule. But that’s not how it is for George Karl. Karl rarely hides what he is feeling, so it should come as no surprise …
Forgive me for not respecting Barack Obama as a sports fan. He is the Commander in Chief of the United States of America, so in a certain sense I respect him for that. But as we have seen recently on more than one occasion, sports and politics …
Before Darren Clarke won the British Open last July, the remainder of his career did not look very promising. In fact, Clarke’s manager admitted weeks later that Darren desperately needed to win the tournament after a series of failed …
All student sections have their own quirky little traditions. At the University of Connecticut, they have the U-C-O-N-N chant after a timeout is taken whenever the Huskies go on a run. That may not sound all that clever, but when you mix in the …
With just under two months to go until the NBA trade deadline, Dwight Howard’s future is still a complete mystery. One thing that is safe to assume is that every team would like to have Howard in their front court. Or would they? Between …
In a locker room that features guys who are never shy about speaking their mind like Justin Tuck and Brandon Jacobs, Antrel Rolle has somehow emerged as the voice of the New York Giants over the past couple of months. Although I can’t stand …
If you have not the name Bernard Tomic by now, it’s time to educate yourself. Tomic is a tennis player. As those of you who have been following the Australian Open have learned, he’s a very good one. He has advanced to the fourth round of …
Nothing brings a community together quite like a local team making a run. Considering it’s Friday and there are only four teams remaining in the Super Bowl hunt, I’m sure there are plenty of people wearing their Niners, Giants, Patriots, …
Aren’t the perks of an athlete-athlete relationship just fantastic? Actually, I have no idea. I’m just a sports blogger. My fiancee is a psychologist, which could either come in handy or lead to my inevitable demise later in life. …
Is there any doubt remaining that Jim Harbaugh was the right man for the job in San Francisco? This is only Harbaugh’s first season leading the Niners, and he has already taken them from NFC laughing stock to NFC Championship game. He knows …
We can stop worrying now. I know everyone was extremely concerned when we informed you early Thursday morning that Dez Bryant was reportedly involved in an altercation with rapper Lil’ Wayne and his entourage. Rumor had it Weezy’s boys …
You ever see the multi-million dollar price tag on some of those enormous mansions and wonder who in the world can afford them? Well fittingly, one $8.5 million mansion in LA is going from one entertainer to another. LA Clippers point guard Chris …
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and safety Ed Reed made light of what appeared to be potential conflict within the team by staging a fake fight before practice Thursday. According to the Ravens’ website, Flacco and Reed pretended to get into an …
