Category: Sports

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 […]

Many expected it to be more of a fight, but the Los Angeles Lakers were able to cruise to a 102-89 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on June 3 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Los Angeles dominated on offense in the series opener, shooting 48 percent […]

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 […]

The summer of 2010 was already outfitted with headline names for the NBA’s free agency period but now there’s another to add to the pot. The Phoenix Suns’ Amar’e Stoudemire announced over the weekend that he’s likely to opt out of his contract and join an already impressive list of superstar free agents. “I’m friends […]

The Lakers and Celtics are set to tip off this Thursday for the 12th time in NBA Finals history. Boston owns the edge in the series with a 9-2 record and the Celtics fully expect to extend that mark by one more at the conclusion of the title round. But Kobe Bryant and the rest […]

The summer of 2010 will change the NBA landscape, and four of the league’s biggest stars plan to meet this offseason to determine what that landscape will look like. Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade told The Chicago Tribune recently that he expects to have a roundtable discussion with Cleveland superstar LeBron James as well as […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest nailed a game-winning shot to redeem himself from a poor performance and save his team’s victory in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. But he needed no redemption in Game 6 on May 29, as the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns, 111-103, to advance to the NBA Finals […]

From Rajon Rondo to Paul Pierce to Ray Allen, members of the Boston Celtics have taken turns providing the Orlando Magic with all kinds of problems in the Eastern Conference Finals. But it was the seldom-used Nate Robinson that was the key to Boston’s 96-84 win in Game 6, a victory which closed out the […]

Los Angeles star Ron Artest found his shot in the final minute of the Los Angeles’ 103-101 victory against the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 27. Los Angeles held a 101-98 lead with less than a minute in the game and plenty of time on […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Zach Randolph has been tied to drug charges after one of his friends was stopped in Indianapolis driving a truck owned by the NBA player that contained marijuana, the Associated Press reported. According to the AP, court documents say Arthur Boyd, 32, was arrested on May 11 during a routine traffic stop […]