LOS ANGELES (AP)—After just one relaxing week in Montana, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson decided he can handle another season of the NBA grind. The two-time defending champions locked up their most important free agent of the summer Thursday when Jackson announced he’ll return next season, putting off retirement for […]
One month after drawing worldwide headlines for wearing a now-infamous Moulin Rouge outfit at the French Open, the American tennis star debuted a Tina Turner-inspired white, fringed tennis skirt in her first-round victory at Wimbledon on Monday afternoon. The dress is part of Williams’ clothing line “EleVen”, which is named in […]
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP)—Every time Tiger Woods hits a spectator with a ball, he tries to make it up to them by giving them an autographed golf glove. Tiger Woods finished tied for 19th at the tournament, his worst finish since 2002 at the Memorial. (Click photo for more images) (Amy Sancetta/AP Photo) […]
As we all know, the Lakers are a storied franchise. Literally, there are stories about them, several in book form. And in their storied history, they’ve had many storied players who also have had books written about them. George Mikan, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Elden Campbell, Shaquille O’Neal(notes) — […]
Last week we reported on the outrage from some corners of sports fandom over a Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews(notes) sweater being placed on the Michael Jordan statue in front of United Center for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But the most outrageous thing we witnessed was the audacity in taking the Man On Whom […]
Busted Racquet Sun May 23, 2010 6:04 pm EDT Venus Williams wears a racy dress in French Open debut By Chris Chase Follow Yahoo! Sports’ tennis blog, Busted Racquet, on Twitter and Facebook. If things don’t go well for Venus Williams at the French Open perhaps she can find some work […]
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Dressed in his Sunday red shirt, Tiger Woods bowed his head and sat in silence in front of his locker. He was supposed to be on the ninth hole at The Players Championship. In another stunning twist for someone whose life used to […]
I tried to tell the Oneida Correctional Facility football team not to give this guy a huge contract, but they didn’t listen to me. They went ahead and gave him the record deal — 200 cigarettes, 50 commissary stamps, 15 sticks of beef jerky, and three (probably) hepatitis-free tattoos, for two seasons. […]
LAS VEGAS – Boxing wouldn’t be boxing without fighters talking smack before major events, but Floyd Mayweather took it to the next level in the run-up to the year’s biggest letdown, telling an outright lie and an absolute truth in the same breath. “I am the past, the present and the future […]
There are a lot of things that Dwight Howard and I have in common. I guess the most notable is that we both have gigantic biceps that stretch the sleeves of our closet full of Ed Hardy t-shirts. Other than that, we both like smiling, playing basketball and saying hello to […]
It was a travesty, nearly anyone of substance in boxing agrees, that Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to win a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He was so much more gifted than the rest of the field that it was almost insulting to pull a bronze medal over his head […]
