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Retired basketball icon Michael Jordan bought a majority share of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, officials said Saturday. Jordan, who was already a minority owner of the team, headed a group that bought a majority share of the team from businessman Robert Johnson, Johnson said in a statement. Johnson said he has signed a “definitive agreement” […]
Philadelphia 76er’s player Allen Iverson will be taking an indefinite leave to care for his 4 year old daughter Messiah. According to the Associated Press, the Sixers announced yesterday that Iverson will not be playing the last 3 games of the West Coast wing and for the rest of the season for personal reasons: A […]
After an 8-year stretch of legal woes, former NBA player Jayson Williams was sentenced Tuesday to 5 years in prison for shooting his hired driver, Costas Christofi in 2002. Williams had a previous trial in 2004 where he was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter but was still convicted of trying to cover up the shooting. According […]
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RICHMOND, British Columbia — Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick were supposed to battle it out for gold. Mark Tuitert didn’t go along with the plan. The Dutch skater pulled off a speedskating upset of the Americans in the 1,500 meters Saturday, relegating Davis to the silver while Hedrick failed to even make the podium Saturday. […]
Tiger Woods delivered his remarks Friday before a handpicked audience that included family, close friends and members of the professional golf community. Sitting in the front row: the athlete’s mother Kultida, whom he hugged first after finishing his speech. On her right, Amy Reynolds, of Nike, cried through the speech. Kathy Battaglia, of Tiger Woods […]
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods’ first public appearance in three months already is shaping up as a national event. Tight security restricted access on the road that leads to the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, where Woods is to speak at 10 a.m. CST today for the first time since his Nov. 27 accident that […]
    HOUSTON—The New York Knicks have acquired disgruntled guard Tracy McGrady and his massive expiring contract in a three-team swap with the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press. The person spoke Thursday and requested anonymity because the deal has not been […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — We have breaking sports news this morning. The Rockets are reportedly parting ways with Tracy McGrady and two other players. Early this morning, ESPN reports the Rockets reached a deal with the Sacramento Kings. The deal will send Tracy McGrady, Carl Landry, Joey Eorsey, and a chuck of cash to the Kings. […]
      Michael Jordan, the NBA’s greatest player, wants to become a team owner. Michael Jordan is doing all he can to buy controling shares of the Charlotte Bobcats from owner Bob Johnson. “He said he’s doing his best to put himself in a position to get the team,” Brown said. “He wants it […]
Black athletes from around the world participate in the Winter Olympic Games.
