These must be trying times for sports enthusiasts. As if the rising cost of peanuts wasn’t bad enough, there is plenty of talk about how coaches are offering bounties to free your team of its star players. And, here I thought, bounties went out with the covered wagons and Larry King. Apparently, Gregg Williams has a lot of questions to answer, outside of those pertaining to the...

Believe it or not, the latest criticism of LeBron James has centered around his unselfishness. With the ball in his hands and the Eastern Conference trailing by a basket during the final seconds of the All-Star game, LeBron chose to pass to teammate Dwyane Wade rather than take the last shot with Kobe Bryant defending him. Against the Jazz last weekend in the same situation, he again...

If Peyton Manning is going to make a decision on his playing future based on a billboard, it would appear the Dolphins and Cardinals are two top contenders to sign the four-time NFL MVP. The photo you see above was taken in Arizona, where a mattress company is doing its part to try to convince Peyton to venture out to the desert. A few weeks ago before it was even clear if Manning...

The Wizards are without question one of the worst teams in the NBA. Through 37 games this season, they have won back-to-back games only once. In order to have an 8-29 record, tons of things have to go wrong. After suffering a 20-point loss to the Warriors on Monday night, John Wall expressed his opinion about one of the reasons for the Wizards’ failure. “We lost the game before...

The soon-to-be most sought-after free agent in NFL history is officially on the market. Now that the Colts have officially given Peyton Manning his release, several teams around the league are undoubtedly crunching numbers and shuffling their rosters to try to make room for the Hall of Famer. One potential landing destination for Manning is Arizona, and defensive tackle Darnell...

Who said the Lingerie Football League wouldn’t last? Not only is it here to stay for the foreseeable future, but the LFL could be going global. The league currently consists of 12 teams in the United States and six more in Canada. Australia is scheduled to hold an all-star game tour this summer featuring 32 players from the LFL. In addition, an Australian website is reporting that...

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said the team sent a tape to the league to illustrate how teams are being overly physical with rookie point guard Ricky Rubio.

A Liga de Quito soccer fan from Ecuador died earlier this week from brain trauma during a match. The fan, 26-year-old Christian Calvache, reportedly suffered a “severe head injury” after an Emelec fan punched him in the head and he fell, hitting his head on the grandstand seats. According to a translation of the story from Terra.com, the victim’s brother says Calvache was punched...

Dirk Nowitzki was pretty pumped after making a sweet baseline jumper from behind the basket against the Knicks Tuesday. After nailing the shot to put the Mavs up 88-78 with 2:27 left, Dirk celebrated by high-fiving some of the fans sitting courtside. Dirk was seriously stoked and went a bit overboard on his high fiving, to the point where he nearly took a young fan’s arm off...

Kevin Love is putting up monster numbers this season and has led the resurgent Timberwolves to just a game out of playoff position. And now his accomplishments are being rewarded with the high honor of having an octopus named after him. Yes, Love has officially made it in the NBA. With the Mall of America in Minneapolis set to add an octopus to its aquarium, Love will be on hand...

In the least surprising news of the offseason, Chris Mortensen reported that the Colts would release longtime franchise quarterback Peyton Manning. Mortensen says Peyton was informed of the decision Monday night. Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay will officially announce the move in a joint press conference Wednesday. The decision makes plenty of sense: Peyton is turning 36 years...

Former LSU women’s soccer goalie Mo Isom is noted around the LSU campus for her “Meaux Vs.” YouTube series where she takes on the likes of other Tigers athletes such as Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne in a string of athletic competitions. Now, she might be known for an entirely different reason: She’s trying out to be a kicker on the school’s football team. The Tigers...

After Monday’s nail-biting loss to the Thunder, Jason Kidd felt it appropriate to voice his displeasure about the Mavericks not receiving the officiating advantage that defending champions are evidently entitled to. OKC received 23 more trips to the foul line than Dallas, including two from a questionable foul call that gave the Thunder the lead for good with 46 seconds left in...

A San Antonio couple showed their Spurs pride by naming their newborn twin baby sons Duncan and Parker after two of the team’s biggest stars. Jon Paul and Crystal Dennison met when the two worked together at Spurs game in 2007. When they found out they were going to have children, they decided a Spurs tribute was in order. Paul and Dennison chose to name their children Duncan...

Kobe Bryant’s nickname is the “Black Mamba,” and he’s known as a killer on the court. After having a few different masks made for him this week, it’s no surprise he picked the black one for the Lakers-Pistons game Tuesday night. According to the Lakers blog, Kobe had three new masks made in Detroit by the maker of Richard Hamilton’s masks. He tried them on at the team’s...

Andy Roddick played in a charity tennis match against Roger Federer at MSG Monday night and seemed to entertain the crowd. One person who likely didn’t have as good of a time was the ballgirl who was nearly nailed by a flying racquet. After a long point with Federer that ended with a failed between-the-legs shot, Roddick threw his racquet towards the net and it nearly hit the...

Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke entered a radio interview Tuesday thinking he was just going to promote the You Can Play Project started by his son that aims to end homophobia in hockey, but things did not end well. Burke started off talking about the campaign, then talked a bit about the Leafs before responding to Don Cherry’s charge that the Leafs don’t like players from Ontario...

The biggest evidence against the Saints in the NFL’s bounty investigation may have come directly from the Saints. According to Peter King, during the 2010 NFC Championship Game between the Saints and Vikings, an on-field microphone directed toward the sideline caught an unidentified defender saying, “Pay me my money!” after injuring quarterback Brett Favre’s ankle. Favre...

Here’s a developing story that should surprise absolutely no one: Randy Moss can still bring it. Moss is 35 years old and a year removed from football, but you would be hard-pressed to find any legitimate evidence that his skills have diminished. Attitude issues have plagued Randy throughout his entire career, but when he wants to compete he can be almost impossible to stop. Moss...

Long before Jeremy Lin became an NBA sensation, he was undrafted and hoping for a chance to impress a team. The Mavericks gave him that chance by inviting him to play on their summer league squad. Mavs GM Donnie Nelson saw star potential in Lin. “He said they had developed point guards like (Steve) Nash and (J.J.) Barea. And he was like ‘I feel like you have similarities. You...

Former 49ers legend Jerry Rice believes Alex Smith did a good job leading San Francisco to the NFC Championship Game last season, but he thinks the team should go after Peyton Manning if the ex-MVP becomes available. “I think you go for it,” Rice said Tuesday. “A guy of that talent, you’ve got everything in place. You’ve got a defense that smacks you in the mouth. You...

Only Cubs fans truly know how this commercial makes Cubs fan feel. Correct me if I’m wrong, but my best guess is it brings out extremely mixed emotions. On one hand, the creators of the ad did a tremendous job of making it seem authentic. You really get the impression that this is what the streets of Chicago would look like if the Cubs broke their 104-year World Series drought...

MLB Fan Cave finalists have to do a ton to prove that they are baseball’s biggest fan. These guys and gals show off their hundreds of hats, t-shirts, and crazy tattoos just for a chance to take home the honors. As if that wasn’t hard enough work, Troy Tulowitzki and the Rockies had to go and screw with finalist Shaun Kippins. As you saw in the video above, Tulowitzki was talking...

Neon uniforms? I must have missed the memo, but it sounds like some of the Big East and Big 12 Tournament games are scheduled to turn into a black light party at some point. How else would you explain these neon uniforms? According to the Baylor athletics website, the uniforms you see above will be worn by Baylor during the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The Bears are one of three college teams that will wear the bright adidas uniforms, with Louisville and Cincinnati also set to rock them during the Big East Tournament.

With the Olympics Games taking place every two years for some athletes and every four years for others depending on their sport, it is important that Olympians take any and all precautions to remain healthy during, before and after competition. If an illness caused an athlete to have to miss an event, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would be squandered. But how careful is too careful...