It can’t be real, but it is. There is only one team in the NFL that could manage to have a quarterback controversy in the middle of a lockout. The Washington Redskins. Okay, maybe the Seattle Seahawks, too. Right now […]
Month: May 2011
Mark Turgeon assembling popular coaching staff at Maryland
Apparently no one told Mark Turgeon that he was at Maryland, not Duke. Turgeon, who was hired May 10 as the Maryland head basketball coach, isn’t taking his job lightly. He has apparently inked two very respectable assistants in the […]
Texas, Oregon State, among Legends Classic teams
The NCAA basketball preseason is already taking shape. Texas, Vanderbilt, North Carolina State and Oregon State will headline the field for the 2011 Legends Classic. The rest of the field – eight more teams – will be announced at a […]
Looking Ahead to Game 2: Heat vs. Bulls
I was just one of a chorus of voices that thought the Heat were going to come into these Eastern Conference Finals ready, willing, and able to rip the Chicago Bulls to shreds. Chicago had a difficult time with two […]
Transgender George Washington women’s basketball player ends career early
The transgender basketball player, Kye Allums, who revealed he was out on outsports.com, will no longer play for the George Washington women’s team. The university issued a statement that Allums: “has decided that it is in his best interest to […]
Thierry Henry calls Robert Pires about playing in MLS
Aston Villa midfielder Robert Pires received an interesting phone call from New York Red Bulls’ Thierry Henry. Henry asked his former France and Arsenal teammate to join him in Major League Soccer. “Thierry has phoned me,” Pires told the Birmingham […]
Jim O’Brien hired as Emerson College men’s basketball coach
The former Boston College and Ohio State coach, Jim O’Brien, was named Emerson College’s men’s basketball coach. Division-III basketball coach isn’t always a glamorous job. But O’Brien doesn’t mind. Or can’t. The Brooklyn native has been out of college coaching […]
Cavs get first pick in 2011 NBA Draft
The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA lottery Tuesday night and with it were awarded the No. 1 overall pick in the June’s draft. Cleveland had a 2.8% chance at winning the top pick with this particular selection. The pick was […]
Mediation completed until June
The two day mediation session between the NFL and its players has come to an end without a new collective bargaining agreement. Albert Breer of the NFL Network reports that the talks have ended after two days. NFL general counsel […]
NCAA Women’s basketball posts record attendance
NCAA women’s basketball attendance for the 2010-2011 season surpassed 11 million for the fourth-consecutive season. There were also record highs were achieved in Divisions I and III. The NCAA said Tuesday that 8,127,779 people attended Division I games. That breaks […]