There’s been a lot of objection to next year’s NY/NJ Super Bowl—because weather scares football players—but the NFL has a solution if there’s a crazy blizzard: Just reschedule the Super Bowl! Right now, the Super Bowl is planned for Sunday, February 2, 2014. According to the NY Times, “The National Football League has contingency plans for something that has never …
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Kidney transplant gives former NFL player Donald Jones a 2nd chance
Sore as the incision from his kidney transplant surgery might still be, Donald Jones’ outlook on life is suddenly fresh. Though Jones’ NFL career is over, what matters more to the former Buffalo Bills receiver is knowing he has a father willing to sacrifice anything — even a kidney. And that leaves Jones, who turns 26 on Tuesday, thankful for …
Read More »Two MLB player agents rumbled in the parking lot at the Winter Meetings
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, two unidentified agents got into a fight in the parking lot outside the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel this afternoon. At issue was that one of the agents apparently tried to take a client from the other.
Read More »Ex-Chief’s Jovan Belcher’s body exhumed
The family of former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who shot and killed his girlfriend before taking his own life, is having his body exhumed, the Kansas City Star reported. Family attorney Dirk Vandever told the newspaper Friday that the family hopes having Belcher’s brain examined will reveal answers as to why he shot Kasandra Perkins nine times before …
Read More »Super bowl advertizers sellout announced by Fox
New York – The commercial inventory for FOX Sports’ broadcast of Super Bowl XLVIII is officially sold out, one month earlier than last year’s game and remaining inventory for the network’s first-ever live stream is in high demand, it was announced today by Neil Mulcahy, Executive Vice President, FOX Sports Sales. Super Bowl XLVIII, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 2 at …
Read More »Lakers Security Guard Accused of Stealing Championship Rings, Reports
A security guard hired to protect valuables at the Lakers practice facility in El Segundo was arrested Tuesday for stealing two championship rings. Eddie Monterroso, 23, was arrested in front of the training facility as he was leaving work, NBC 4 reports. After searching his home in Inglewood, police found the two rings—from 2009 and 2010—as well as $20,000 in …
Read More »MLB Trade : Yankees rejected offer for Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips
Yankees rejected offer for Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips The New York Yankees have a surplus of outfielders. Brett Gardner is the outfielder with the most trade value but the Yankees are not in a rush to trade him even as general manager Brian Cashman acknowledges calls about the 30-year-old.
Read More »NFL power rankings battle : 49ers moving toward the top
Week 14 proved to be do-or-die for the New York Giants, and a defeat at the hands of the San Diego Chargers meant the postseason was no longer in the cards. The Giants didn’t play like a contender, and now the team is no longer a contender. And as a result, they plummet in the power rankings. In the NFC …
Read More »AP College Football Poll : Florida State, Auburn on top
Florida State finishes the regular season as No. 1 in The Associated Press and USA Today college football polls and Auburn has reached No. 2. The Seminoles and Tigers wrapped up spots in the final BCS championship game January 6th at the Rose Bowl by winning their conference title games Saturday night. Those become official Sunday night. Florida State received …
Read More »Caroline Berg Eriksen : ‘Wildly provocative’ post birth selfie causing grief for new mother
Even the most physically fit moms know how hard it is to shed those extra pounds post-baby. And while jaws dropped after seeing royal mom Kate Middleton bearing her sculpted abs three months after giving birth, now there’s a new mom creating backlash after posting a picture of herself on Instagram just three days after giving birth. Caroline Berg Eriksen, …
Read More »Mississippi State Mascot Injured by ESPN Cart (PHOTO)
Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 17-10 in the 86th installment of the Egg Bowl, but lost one of its most visible supporters in the process. Their mascot “Bully”, the human in the costume, not the actual dog, suffered a compound fracture after being hit my an ESPN television cart during the game. According to the school, the student underwent surgery …
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