Category: Sports

Floyd Mayweather Jr. improved his undefeated record to 44-0 after an easy victory over fellow welterweight champion Robert Guerrero on May 4 in Las Vegas. Mayweather beat Guerrero (31-2-1 record) in a 117-111 decision, with a fight that contained many firsts for Mayweather despite his long career in the ring. Most importantly, it was Mayweather’s […]

(Updated 5/6/2013) LeBron James doesn’t know his ceiling. After winning his fourth MVP title, James, 28, has a chance to not only match, but exceed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record six MVP crowns. On Sunday May 5, James was awarded the KIA Most Valuable Player of the Year Award for his exploits this season. The award is […]

(April 29-May 1) Mariners Hand Orioles Second Series Loss of Season  The Baltimore Orioles lost two games on the road against the Seattle Mariners, dropping a three-game series for the first time since early April. The Orioles fell 6-2 in the opening game and struggled at the plate against Mariners pitcher Joe Saunders, formerly of […]

(April 29 to May 2) Zimmermann, Haren Lead Nats to Series Split with Braves The Washington Nationals managed to split a four-game series against the Atlanta Braves, losing the opening 2 games before salvaging the final two matchups. Young star Stephen Strasburg has never pitched well against the Braves in Atlanta, and simply didn’t look […]

ESPN said that it regrets the “distraction” caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly revealed that he was gay. Chris Broussard, who covers the NBA for ESPN, had said on the air that Collins and others in the NBA who engage in premarital sex […]

Kevin Krigger always wanted to be a jockey. He rode the arm of the sofa at his home when he was tiny, later graduating to a horse he was gifted by his grandmother. By the time he was a teenager, he had won his first race at the Randall James Racetrack in his hometown of […]

The Washington Redskins had to wait until the 51st overall pick in the second round to select their first player of the 2013 draft. They gave away their first round pick in last year’s draft trade for quarterback Robert Griffin III, a move that proved more than worthy as Griffin performed spectacularly last season. But […]

The Baltimore Orioles were simply on fire throughout the fourth week of the season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, in a home series to open the week before sweeping Oakland Athletics to close out the week. The successful week pushed the Orioles to a 15-9 overall record. O’s Soar Above Blue Jays in Series, […]

Nats Swept with Three Losses to Cardinals (April 22-April 24) As the new week started, the Washington Nationals, coming off a 2-0 loss to lose the series against the New York Mets, welcomed the team who defeated them in the National League Divisional Series last season, the St. Louis Cardinals. The three game series offered […]

Michael Jordan got married over the weekend in front of a few hundred of his family and closest friends. The Charlotte Bobcats owner exchanged vows with 35-year-old former model Yvette Prieto on Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla., Jordan’s manager Estee Portnoy told The Associated Press Sunday The wedding took place at the Episcopal Church of […]