Category: Sports

New details have come to light about the sexual assault case swirling around Ben Roethlisberger. According to reports, the 20-year-old woman who accused Roethlisberger, 28, of sexual assault told investigators that she feared the NFL quarterback’s temper the night they met, March 5, in Milledgeville, Ga. “I noticed throughout the night he kind of had […]

It’s hard to imagine anyone more excited than the South African team as the 19th World Cup kicked off on their home turf on June 11 at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. The joy could be seen in the eyes of each South African team player that walked out of the tunnel, singing in harmony […]

The movie, A-Team premieres today, but it was the Celtics’ “B-Team” that starred on Thursday night. Boston reserves Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Nate Robinson provided the scoring while Rasheed Wallace and Tony Allen added the defense to help the Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 96-89 in Game Four of the NBA Finals and […]

Sandwiched between reserve forward Lamar Odom’s revival and Derek Fisher’s clutch shooting in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 91-84 win was Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum, hobbling to the bench in the third quarter. In game three of the NBA finals, Bynum reinjured his already faulty right knee twice in the quarter, reducing him to […]

Tiger Woods may have returned to the PGA Tour, but his game still hasn’t fully recovered to dominant form. Woods competed for the first time in nearly a month last weekend at the Memorial Golf Tournament, but instead of ripping competition like he’s done throughout most of his career, he finished in 19th place at […]

The crowd wasn’t nearly as thick, the players not nearly as explosive but it was still the playground to be at if you were a Washington, D.C. local on Monday. June 7 marked the first day of the new season of the District’s 29-year summer streetball classic, the Goodman League. Buried in the heart of […]

If you like defensive battles, than you were in heaven watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals Tuesday night, June 8. The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics stripped, swatted and often pounded on each other with physical fouls for 48 minutes of regulation time at the TD Garden in Boston last night. But it […]

A month ago, Major League pitching legend Curt Schilling told ESPN that Stephen Strasburg would “immediately potentially be the best pitcher in the game.” What seemed like hyperbole at the time became reality on June 8 as Strasburg put on one of the best debut performances in Major League Baseball history. “I can’t put it […]

The Boston Celtics evened their series with the Los Angeles Lakers after a 103-94 victory on Sunday night, courtesy of a dominant performance from their backcourt. Highlighted by Ray Allen’s endless three-point parade and Rajon Rondo’s triple double, the Celtics’ starting guards combined for 51 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists and connected on 9-of-12 shooting […]

The Baltimore Orioles recently fired team manager Dave Trembley and named third base coach Juan Samuel as the club’s new interim manager and second Black team manager in franchise history. Samuel, 49, has no experience managing a full team on the Major League level, but with the Orioles currently ranked as the worth team in […]

With the FIFA World Cup scheduled to begin June 11, every nation participating will be fighting to claim the title as the best football (soccer) team in the world. Some countries are obvious favorites to win it all, such as Brazil, Spain and even England. But what isn’t so obvious to most fans planning to […]

Professional soccer, or football as it’s known worldwide, may not be very popular in the U.S. but there’s no denying the sport’s international acclaim. That’s why excitement is building around the globe as the 19th World Cup, scheduled to begin June 11 in South Africa, quickly approaches. But organizers in South Africa said they hope […]