Seven years ago, former Los Angeles Clippers head coachKim Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the ensuing aftermath will change the way you feel about several NBA types significantly. Up until Tuesday afternoon, the only functional knowledge I had of former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Kim Hughes was that he was, in fact, a […]
No matter what NFL players may be doing in the offseason, the ongoing labor negotiations are never far from their minds. Even stars like Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson have strong feelings on the issues being debated by NFL players and team owners, who are fighting over how to divide the league’s estimated $9.3 billion in revenue. […]
Fourteen years ago Wednesday, the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Christopher Wallace) was murdered in Los Angeles after the Soul Train Music Awards. It was a massive loss for the music community, not only because Biggie was and still is one of the greatest rappers of all time, but because he was the kind of creative force […]
Follow Yahoo! Sports’ Devil Ball Golf on Facebook and Twitter at @jaybusbee. Good news for Tiger Woods: He’s finally getting his own place! On his blog Monday, Woods broke the news that he’ll soon be moving into his new Jupiter, Fla., home, which you might be able to spot in the photograph above. As previous reports have indicated, the home […]
I walked into the 2011 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference thinking I needed to be quick on the draw with a graphing calculator and had to know my way around a scatter plot to keep up with the next-lev chatter whizzing past my ample Irish melon. At Friday’s first session, though, I quickly found out […]
It’s safe to say the Miami Heat took Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls harder than some of their noted fair-weather fans. According to Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, several Miami players were reduced to tears following the team’s 87-86 loss to the Bulls. The defeat marked their third close loss to Chicago this season, and it tops […]
Hours after she dazzled the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars party, Serena Williams was in a Los Angeles hospital receiving emergency treatment for a blood clot in her lungs. People magazine was the first to report that Serena suffered a pulmonary embolism last week and was seeing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the problem. It […]
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NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith has a problem with the owners’ demand for an additional $1 billion a year of the revenue at a time owners admit they are making money. By Smith’s estimation, it’s a decision that could cost the players $7 billion. However, there is a solution: Smith and the players […]
Fans whose Super Bowl plans were altered by seating problems at Super Bowl XLV have filed a lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones. The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices. The Dallas News reports that the plantiffs are seeking $5 million from the NFL. Up to 1,000 fans may join the […]
Last Saturday afternoon (the same day he received the AP Comeback Player of the Year award),Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick(notes) was given the key to the city of Dallas by Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, an action that caused an uproar among local animal-rights groups … and the actual mayor of the city, Tom Leppert. “The […]
[Video: Catch the Big Game ads you missed] Early in Super Bowl XLV, FOX cut to a shot of a star-studded luxury box at Cowboys Stadium that polarized living rooms across the country. Former President George W. Bush was with his wife Laura, a development likely appreciated by Republicans and scorned by Democrats. Though we’re […]
