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Rubio will play for Minnesota

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

NFLPA hosts rookies

The disbanded NFL Players Association is planning on hosting a two-day educational program for rookies at the end of June to help teach rookies about – among other things – the financial side of playing in the NFL. The event, […]

Ricky Rubio faces decision

The current NBA collective Bargaining agreement is coming to an end and it is effecting one non-player in particular. Ricky Rubio has to decided if he wants to play. Rubio, drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2009 and hasn’t signed […]