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Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie looks good; has green hair
The two thoughts expressed in the headline are unrelated. Starting with the green hair, CSN Philly talked to Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie about it Thursday (video available at that link). They call it...
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Gabby Douglas will adorn Corn Flakes boxes
Where will you see Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas next? In your grocery store cereal aisle. Douglas will appear on the cover of Corn Flakes boxes. According to Sports Business Journal,...
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Devil Ball Proving Ground: Nike’s TW ’13 golf shoe
Welcome to Devil Ball's Proving Ground, where we put the latest golf equipment through its paces. Today, we take a take Nike's TW '13 for a spin around the course. Testers -- Jonathan Wall -- Handicap:...
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Thirty-seven baseball cards found in Ohio attic fetch $473,750
Clean out your attic. Now. Just be careful about what you throw away. An auction selling 37 incredibly rare baseball cards recently found in an attic returned $473,750 on Thursday to a family in...
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Cuban judoka beats man 243 lbs. heavier
The heaviest competitor at the Olympics lost on Friday to a man who weighed 243 pounds less than him. Guam's Ricardo Blas Jr., who weighed in at 218kg (481 pounds) in the 100+ kg class in judo, won his...
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Jaromir Jagr on lockout plans, his time in Philadelphia and signing with Dallas
The Summer Olympics in London is the main event of the year. It is not a surprise that it has attracted all sorts of celebrities so far. New Dallas Star Jaromir Jagr is one of them. Just like Alex...
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Men’s 100 meters preview: Can Usain Bolt quiet the doubters and claim gold...
Ask some of track and field's most legendary sprinters who they expect to earn the title of World's Fastest Man on Sunday, and their responses may come as a surprise. It's not the man who adorns...
View ArticleU.S. women’s soccer team advances to semis with another Abby Wambach goal and...
The U.S. women's soccer team continued its leisurely cruise past the competition with a 2-0 quarterfinal win against an outmatched New Zealand side. Abby Wambach scored in the 27th minute to give her...
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Ryan Lochte’s mother clears up ‘one-night stand’ comment while Ryan calls her...
A day after unintentionally taking the media world by storm with comments about her son's dating habits, Ryan Lochte's mother, Ike, tried to qualify her classifying her son's romantic engagements as...
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Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin Del Potro in epic 19-17 third set to...
Roger Federer needed 4 hours, 26 minutes to advance to the gold-medal match at Wimbledon, surviving an epic 19-17 final set against Juan Martin Del Potro in their semifinal match at the Olympic...
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Montee Ball’s ‘unprovoked’ attack may have been provoked after all
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball insists the attack on him Wednesday morning was a random event, but now Madison, Wisc., police are having their doubts. According to the Wisconsin State Journal,...
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The Essentials: Colorado Avalanche Edition
(This month, Puck Daddy asked bloggers for every NHL team to tell us The Essentials for their franchises — everything from the defining player and trade, to the indispensable fan traditions. Here's...
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New coach was charged with assault and faced $240,000 lawsuit, yet the school...
It was supposed to be a brilliant hire, a former player who had a high profile collegiate career and had since dedicated himself to ensuring that his student athletes were as committed to their studies...
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Why isn’t trampoline an American Summer Olympics obsession?
LONDON — One of the hallmarks of American sports fandom is that we gravitate to the sports that we can relate to best, usually in a competitive sense. Most Americans, one imagines, have shot a...
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Ethiopian runner has to be taken off track in a wheelchair (PHOTO)
Steeplechase is a tough event, whether in equestrian or track and field. Ethiopian Birhan Getahun found that out the hard way during the opening rounds of the run Friday. While attempting to jump a...
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Answer Man: Andrew McCutchen talks zebra socks, dreadlocks, Cleveland Brown...
As of Friday morning, Andrew McCutchen was pretty much the best baseball player on the planet. The Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder tops the list of NL MVP candidates, leading the league in batting...
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Freak Show Friday: Info you need to succeed starts at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT
Hype is very seducing. During this time each year, everyone, including Blaine Gabbert, are in superb shape and primed to completely roll through anyone in their path. Much of the sunshine and rainbows...
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Performance Gaines: What do conditioning tests really tell you?
We're pleased and proud to announce that Travelle Gaines, who trains many of the NFL's current players and has worked with more first-round draft picks than any other trainer in the last three years,...
View ArticleAustralia’s Elizabeth Cambage becomes first woman to dunk at the Olympics
The first dunk in women's Olympic basketball history won't conjure any memories of Julius Erving or Dominique Wilkins, but it wasn't barely propelled over the rim either. Midway through the third...
View ArticleJuan Martin Del Potro broke down on Roger Federer’s shoulder after marathon...
Juan Martin Del Potro slowly walked toward Roger Federer after pushing a backhand into the bottom of the net, ending an epic 4-hour, 26-minute Olympic semifinal match, the longest three-setter in the...
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