In what should have been an evening of celebration at the Ballpark at Arlington, the night ended on a very tragic note. A Texas Rangers fan fell 20 feet from the stands in the second inning while trying to catch a ball thrown to him by Rangers left fielder Josh Hamilton. The man was reported [...]
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A few years ago, former Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl was looking like one of the rising stars in the college basketball coaching world. As of today, he is jobless. Under Pearl, the Volunteers were improving every year. Outstanding recruiting classes were arriving in Knoxville. Tennessee was becoming known for men’s basketball as well [...]
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Yet again, troubled Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley has been cited for marijuana possession. This time his transgressions also included a speeding violation. According to Minnesota’s KARE 11, Beasley was pulled over at 3 am in Minnetonka, Minnesota on June 26th, for going 84 in a 65-miles [...]
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According to several reports this morning, former San Diego Chargers fullback Lorenzo Neal was arrested on July 4th outside of Fresno, California. KSFN Fresno reported that Neal ran off of the road and struck a pole. No one was hurt in the accident as Neal was the only person in the car–there was no passenger– [...]
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According to this tweet from CNBC’s Darren Rovell, and several other reports, Charlotte Bobcats guard Kemba Walker has become the first person in the 2011 NBA Draft class to ink an endorsement deal with a major player: @darrenrovell darren rovell Breaking News: Under Armour has signed Kemba Walker to a multi-year deal. 1st ’11 NBA [...]
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Bring up the word “secession” as part of a conversation in Texas, and you’ll get some pretty amusing responses. Some people in the state still subscribe to the notion that Texas never truly became a part of the United States and therefore should secede and exist as a stand-alone nation with its own rules [...]
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News is surfacing this morning that Tiger Woods will sit out of this summer’s British Open due to lingering injury issues. Woods reiterated on his website that: “As I stated at the AT&T National, I am only going to come back when I’m 100 percent ready. I do not want to risk further injury. That’s [...]
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According to an announcement this morning, the Dallas Cowboys have tentatively scheduled a training camp to take place at San Antonio’s Alamodome on July 29th through August 13th. With the NFL lockout in full stride, does Jerry Jones know something we don’t know? Is he confident that the lockout will end soon? At a minimum, [...]
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Being named as your sport’s best player by writers, pundits, coaches or even fans is a great honor for a professional athlete. An even greater honor, is being named the best player in your game by your peers. Professional athletes are a small fraternity who judge each other on the sports world’s most important qualities: [...]
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