Kindness and Sportsmanship for a Special Needs Texas High School Student Goes Viral
By Staff Mitchell Marcus, a special needs student at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas and team manager for his high school basketball team, was given his chance to play the game he so avidly enjoys. On February 12th, Marcus donned his jersey. As the game neared its end and 90 seconds remained on [...]
When he was 19 years old, Orlando Cruz competed in the Sydney Olympics, part of a Puerto Rican boxing team that included future world champions Miguel Cotto and Ivan Calderon. Cruz had started fighting a dozen years earlier, and loved everything about life inside the ropes. He had a girlfriend in Puerto Rico and a [...]
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What you wear shouldn’t be the biggest thing on the mind of an NFL player, since you’re out there breaking your body down and fighting till the end to try to win games. But when there’s big money at stake, it becomes very important to the corporate guys who are watching your every move. Robert [...]
Continue reading …Kobe Bryant Drops 30,000 Points to Join Jordan and Select Company in NBA History
December 6, 2012 No Comment
You knew it would only be a matter of time before he did it, and now it’s done. Kobe Bryant has joined the legends of scoring by sinking the 30,000th point of his career. He did it during game against the New Orleans Hornets, which the Lakers won 103-87. The points came on a three [...]
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Just a day after the unfortunate suicide of Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs, another team is dealing with a tragedy of its own. A member of the grounds crew for the Cleveland Browns killed himself at the team facility, according to the team spokesman. The man’s body was found on Sunday morning, [...]
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Should you get custody of your grandchild right after your son killed the child’s mother and himself? That’s the question people are asking after the mother of Jovan Belcher got custody of his infant daughter. Kansas City police spokesman Darin Sapp has confirmed that Belcher’s mother has taken custody of the child after the incident [...]
Continue reading …As Universities Cut Their Student/Faculty Budgets, College Football Coaches Get a 16% Pay Raise
November 19, 2012 2 Comments
Just a few years ago (six to be exact), there were 42 college football coaches earning over a million dollars per year. Now, there are 42 earning over $2 million. Everyone is getting wealthier from college sports except for athletes and their families, who are left off the gravy train. This year, the average [...]
Continue reading …Analyst Says Reggie Bush was “Chasing a Bucket of Chicken” on Touchdown Run
November 5, 2012 15 Comments
If an analyst is watching a black athlete score a touchdown and says that he looked like he was “chasing a bucket of chicken,” would that be offensive? Terry Bradshaw has some explaining to do after saying some words that could easily get him fired from Fox Sports. But he seems apologetic, so maybe he [...]
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If there is anything to celebrate in Atlanta right now, it’s the recent surge of the falcons to prominence. The Falcons are now 8-0 after holding off the Dallas Cowboys. Falcons fans are excited about this season and think that this could be their year to reach the Super Bowl. Michael Turner gave Atlanta its [...]
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He’s been around longer than most of us can remember and ran the NBA in his own way. Now, that David Stern era is coming to an end in the NBA. He rode the Michael J Nearing the end of his announcement Thursday that he will step down as NBA commissioner in 2014 after exactly [...]
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