Category: Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Plaxico Burress was walking up the stairs in a Manhattan nightclub three years ago when his life changed with a single gunshot. The wide receiver, now with the New York Jets, recounts that night in November 2008 when he accidentally shot himself and the 20 months he served in prison as […]

TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams is looking like her victorious self leading into the U.S. Open. In her fourth tournament since sitting out 49 weeks because of injury and illness, Williams won the Rogers Cup on Sunday, beating Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2. A foot injury and then blood clots in her lungs sidelined the 29-year-old […]

The Washington Redskins disposed of last year’s Super Bowl runners-up, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in impressive fashion with a 16-7 victory at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland Aug. 12. A large Steeler contingent was on hand, with black and gold spattered throughout the crowd. Washington managed to string a few long drives together that finally resulted […]

Former Michigan University basketball star Jimmy King was recently arrested for failing to pay child support, according to reports. According to the Associated Press, King, 38, was charged with one count of failure to pay child support and could face up to a maximum penalty of four years in prison. Fox Sports reported that the […]

The preseason is usually the least exciting part of an NFL season, but after a five-month-long lockout, fans were eager to watch anything football related. That may have led more viewers than usual to tune in and catch the Baltimore Ravens open the preseason with a 13-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, August […]

If the Washington Redskins are going to be successful this season, they need starting strong safety LaRon Landry on the field. But Landry, who was having a defensive MVP-caliber campaign last year before missing the team’s final seven games with an Achilles injury, has yet to practice so far this summer. Although he’s been sidelined, […]

It was only a few weeks ago that New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams announced his bold move to journey to Turkey in lieu of an extended National Basketball Association lockout. Now it appears the All Star may have some company overseas. Fellow stars guard Dwyane Wade, forward Chris Paul and forward Carmelo Anthony […]

National Basketball Association officials, owners and players met on Aug. 1 for the first time since the lockout began a month ago but no progress was made on reaching a new labor deal, according to reports. According to Reuters.com the meeting lasted three hours as both sides discussed the dispute over how to split the […]

NFL receiver Brandon Marshall recently announced he has borderline personality disorder, or BPD, a mental illness that the National Institute of Mental Health characterized with aggressive behavior, pervasive instability in moods, unstable social relationships and a tendency for self-harm and injury. Marshall, 27, said during a live NFL Network broadcast that BPD has negatively affected […]

The Baltimore Ravens have used the last week trying to “catch-up” on lost time, the same thing every other team has been doing since the National Football League lockout officially ended on July 25. The NFL’s five-month-long battle over financial leverage has left all 32 teams well behind schedule in preparation for what Baltimore Sun […]