The NFL owners and “players association” have issued a joint statement regarding their not-so-secret meetings in Chicago: “The parties met pursuant to court mediation. Owners and players were engaged in confidential discussions before Chief Magistrate Judge Boylan. The court has […]
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka will miss the remainder of the 2011 season. Matsuzaka will undergo Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow sometime next week. The procedure will be performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum. The injury could […]
NFL owners held a meeting in Chicago on Wednesday to discuss the league’s on-going labor dispute. Commisioner Roger Goodell and league owners met to formulate a negotiating plan as the lockout reaches its 80th day. However the surprise of the […]
Division II might be growing, and if so, so is the Pacific West Conference. The PWC will Azusa Pacific, Fresno Pacific, Holy Names and Point Loma Nazarene starting in the 2012-13 athletic season. For now, the four California schools will […]
The Pac-10 (now Pac-12) has always been a classy league. Outside of USC, it is, on average, the least penalized of the BCS conferences. Considerably less than the SEC and Big 10. It’s not to say rhe schools of the […]
Ricky Rubio has ended his two-year “holdout” with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he will play for the team starting next season. Rubio wasn’t the typical holdout, his reason for not signing with the Timberwolves surrounded his current contract with a team […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]