Category: Sports

As New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush enters his fifth season in the NFL, the controversy over his involvement with an agent during college continues to haunt him. An NCAA infractions committee has already determined that Bush committed violations by taking money from an agent. The NCAA punished the University of Southern California for […]

Most American basketball fans are used to seeing athletes leave college early to chase their dream of becoming a professional athlete. But never have we seen a kid skip senior year in high school to head for the pros. That’s until California native Jeremy Tyler left San Diego High School a year early in 2009 […]

NBA legend Magic Johnson joined fellow basketball great Michael Jordan in claiming he wouldn’t have made the choice LeBron James made by linking up with superstars to win a championship. “We didn’t think about it ’cause that’s not what we were about,” Johnson told the media at Baruch College in New York, as first reported […]

After a long, frustrating summer, all things seem to be a go for embattled Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. He’s reportedly comfortable with his position on the team. His contract is fine and he’s ready to play football. Now, if only he could only pass his conditioning test. Team reports indicate that Haynesworth failed […]

One day after failing the team’s conditioning test, Baltimore Ravens second round draft pick Terrence Cody passed his physical on July 28 and is now cleared to practice. Cody failed his test twice on Tuesday and was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told reporters on Tuesday that […]

Sorry, NBA fans, but it appears as if there won’t be another star trio assembled in the league as NBA star guard Chris Paul promised last week, according to several reports. After watching LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh group up in Miami, Paul told reporters last week that he wanted to be traded […]

NFL quarterback Michael Vick is safe from any league punishment, despite being tied to a club shooting last month, NFL sources told ESPN. Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in the dogfighting case that sent both Vick and Phillips to federal jail two years ago, was shot outside the Guadalajara nightclub in Virginia Beach on June 24 […]

Not every NBA superstar is playing in Miami these days. The Team USA scrimmage on July 24 highlighted some of the best remaining young talent in the league not named Dwyane Wade, LeBron James or Chris Bosh. In a high-octane, turnover-prone track meet, basketball browsers were treated to the talents of Rudy Gay, Stephen Curry […]

Could you imagine T.O. and Ochocinco on the same team? Would there be enough passes to go around for two of the most high profile receivers in the NFL? According to Cincinnati Bengals team officials, we may soon find out. Bengals owner Mike Brown recently told reporters that the team has offered 36-year-old free-agent receiver […]

As South African pro golfer Louis Oosthuizen completed a dominating victory at the British Open on July 18, some Blacks in that country may have withheld their cheers for the White athlete—until learning that his caddie, Zack Rasego, is a Black native of their country. Oosthuizen’s win came on the same day that legendary former […]

Teaming up is apparently the new way to go in the NBA, and New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul is wasting no time designing his own group. According to reports, Paul issued a trade request to New Orleans on July 22, and listed four teams that the three-time All-Star would like to play for: […]