Jay Triano will not return as Toronto Raptors coach next season. “I have great respect for Jay Triano both as a person and as a basketball mind,” Bryan Colangelo, Raptors general manager said in a statement. “Jay deserves tremendous credit […]
Month: June 2011
Shaq retires
Shaquille O’Neal announced he plans to retire via Twitter. O’Neal Tweeted: “im retiring.” It included a link to a 16-second video in which he says, “We did it; 19 years, baby. Thank you very much. That’s why I’m telling you […]
Armstrong demands apology
Some stories are so good, I need to borrow it, verbatim, from The Associated Press. The latest development in the Lance Armstrong story is one of those times. Get this, The Associated Press is reporting: Attorneys for Lance Armstrong are […]
Nowitzki suffers torn tendon in finger
Dallas Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki suffered a torn tendon in his left finger during the Mavericks 92-84 loss to the Miami Heat in Game One of the NBA Finals. Nowitzki suffered the injury when he was called for a […]
Match-fixing investigation ends, Giuseppe Signori, arrested
It keeps getting worse for futbol. The culmination of a match-fixing sting operation led to arrests in 10 different cities in Italy. Former Lazio team captain, Giuseppe Signori, was one of 16 people arrested Wednesday for alleged involvement in match-fixing […]
FIFA elections all mucked up
It’s almost a dream come true for every soccer hater on the planet. The FIFA elections couldn’t have gone and continue to go any worse. First bribery, then scandal, and now desperation. Current FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, is reaching out […]
Rapid Reaction: Heat win game one
The Miami Heat have jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 2011 NBA Finals with a 92-84 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. While the nature of the game was completely different than the eastern conference finals, […]