Thursday afternoon Miami’s football program announced it received a $4.2 million gift. The donation will help fund scholarships and is the largest donation ever made to the team. The kicker? It came 35 years after it was promised. The donation […]
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Former NHL player, Wade Belak, found dead in Toronto
Former NHL player, Wade Belak, who retired in March after playing with five different NHL teams during his 15 year career, was found dead in his in Toronto. Toronto police are investigating the cause of death, according to Canadian Press. […]
Montreal Impact forward arrested on shoplifting charges
Montreal Impact forward Mignane Diouf was arrested Sunday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, accused of shoplifting a $600 pair of headphones. Airport spokesman, Patrick Hogan, told reporters that Diouf was apprehended for allegedly trying to steal headphones from a […]
NFL, NFLPA discuss HGH testing
The NFL and the NFL Players Association will discuss HGH testing during a conference call Wednesday. The NFL wants to implement testing immediately while the NFLPA’s executive board wants to ensure player safety and privacy. As of now, the two […]
Texas A&M plans to leave Big 12
Texas A&M has told the Big 12 Conference it plans to leave the league by July 2012 if it is accepted by another conference. “After much thought and consideration, and pursuant to the action of the (Texas A&M University System) […]
Cincinnati Bengals RB Cedric Benson begins serving jail time
The Bengals No. 1 running back, Cedric Benson, won’t be playing for the first regular season matchup. In fact, the powerful seventh-year pro won’t even be on the sidelines. He’ll be in a jail cell. Not exactly the way the […]
Stasburg’s official MLB start date announced
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson confirmed to reporters that young gun, Stephen Strasburg, will make his 2011 debut for the Nationals on Sept. 6. If everything goes according to play during his rehab start for Double-A Harrisburg on Thursday, he’ll […]
Seattle Seahawks and Cincinnati Bengals complete trade
The Seattle Seahawks traded former first-round pick Kelly Jennings to the Cincinnati Bengals for defensive tackle Clinton McDonald. More to come…
Texas Longhorns’ Gilbert named starting quarterback
After a disappointing 2010, Garrett Gilbert start camp prepared to turn things around for the Texas Longhorns. And now he’ll get his chance. He was named the starting quarterback for 2011. Gilbert was announced as the Longhorns’ starter Monday, the […]
Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Budmayr out indefintely
Reports are swelling out of Camp Randall about backup quarterback Jon Budmayr’s elbow. It’s big news. The quarterback will be out indefinitely while the team tried to uncover the reson behind his swollen elbow. That means Joe Brennan is now […]