Category: Sports

There were a lot of Baltimore Ravens fans smiling on April 21, and it wasn’t just because the NFL draft was in less than 24 hours. These smiles were more evil than joyous, and aimed directly at the Ravens’ arch rivals after the NFL announced that Pittsburgh Steelers star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended […]

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LeBron James sat out the last week of the regular season because the Cleveland Cavaliers wanted him well rested for a possible championship playoff run. James rewarded their decision with 24 points, six rebounds and four blocks in Cleveland’s 96-83 win over the Chicago Bulls in a first-round opener on April 17 in Cleveland.   […]

Milwaukee Bucks rookie point guard Brandon Jennings made his playoff debut with a 34-point performance but couldn’t get much help from his teammates, as Milwaukee fell 102-92 to the Atlanta Hawks in a first-round opener in Atlanta on April 17.   Jennings’ one-man show thrilled the crowd for much of the night, as the slender […]

A mild tussle highlighted a low-scoring defensive game as the Boston Celtics rallied to an 85-76 win over the Miami Heat in their series opener on April 17 in Boston. Defensive adjustments, and the fans at Boston’s TD Garden, helped spur Boston back from a 14-point deficit midway through the third quarter.   With the […]

For the Los Angeles Lakers, Game 1 of their first-round match up against the Oklahoma City Thunder played out as planned as they cruised to an 87-79 win on April 18 in Los Angeles. Sophomore star Kevin Durant and the No. 8 seeded Thunder (50-32) remained competitive for four quarters, but the top-seeded Lakers (57-25) […]

Former Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan is back among the unemployed after ending a second straight NBA season by being fired.   The Washington, D.C. native was relieved from his duties as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers on April 15 after just one season on the job. Jordan was fired by the Wizards last […]

The NBA playoffs tip off Saturday and the hype has already begun over a potential matchup of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, should each team reach the finals as expected. But before Bryant and the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers get that far, they’ll have to get through a […]

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas officially began his stay at a Montgomery County, Md. halfway house on April 11, where he will be spending the next month for bringing guns into the Verizon Center last December.? He was transferred to the county’s work-release facility on Sunday after spending two days at the prison as part […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers traded star receiver Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets for a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft, according to ESPN.?The trade was made in anticipation of Holmes being suspended for four games next season after violating the NFL drug policy. The fifth-year receiver also attracted negative attention to himself after being […]

Seattle Seahawks star linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested on investigation of a domestic violence incident in Seattle on April 12, the AP reports. Hill had just agreed to a plea deal on a marijuana charge in Georgia earlier in the week. According to AP, Hill was arrested by Issaquah police and charged with assault in […]