Shaq, Yao, Swoopes getting first shot at HoF 1:29 PM ET ESPN.com news services 0 Shares print Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal, Tom Izzo and Sheryl Swoopes are some of the top candidates for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as the Hall begins its switch to a four-year waiting period for candidacy. This is one of the new rules for the Springfield, … [Read more...]
Hear 911 operator talk Iman Shumpert through delivering his baby
Hear 911 operator talk Iman Shumpert through delivering his baby We read last Thursday about Cleveland Cavaliers swingman Iman Shumpert delivered his own daughter when his fiancee, singer Teyana Taylor, went into labor in their bathroom in an unexpected home birth that saw Shump use a pair of headphones to tie off the umbilical cord until paramedics could arrive to attend to child and … [Read more...]
J.R. Smith is cool with being called ‘Kyrie,’ under one condition
J.R. Smith is cool with being called 'Kyrie,' under one condition Kyrie Irving's return to the court after more than six months on the shelf due to a fractured left kneecap was obviously the single biggest storyline of the Cleveland Cavaliers' Sunday meeting with the Philadelphia 76ers, to the point where discussion of Kyrie's comeback played a prominent role in FOX Sports Ohio's halftime … [Read more...]
Miami Beach Bowl USF Vs. Western Kentucky – CBS Local Sports
Miami Beach Bowl USF Vs. Western Kentucky - CBS Local Sports The college football bowl season is upon us. With 40 games spread out over the next two weeks there is plenty of opportunity to add a little bonus to your holiday gift pile. Our bowl picks series will let you know who we think will come out on top against the spread. Find all our picks here.Miami Beach Bowl USF vs Western Kentucky … [Read more...]
Women rob home of Knicks player after night out
Women rob home of Knicks player after night out 1:06 AM ET ESPN.com news services 0 Shares print Knicks forward Derrick Williams was robbed of $617,000 in jewelry and a Louis Vuitton backpack at his New York City apartment early Saturday by two women, New York City police said. A New York City Police Department spokesperson said that the women came back to Williams' Manhattan … [Read more...]
BDL’s Most Interesting Power Rankings: Warriors, always
BDL's Most Interesting Power Rankings: Warriors, always Let's face it — the best and most powerful teams in the NBA don't really change from week to week. A handful of results in the middle of winter can only mean so much to a franchise's championship hopes. What does shift regularly, though, is how much interest a squad can hold over the course of a season. Every Monday, BDL's Most … [Read more...]
Watch Ian Poulter wipe out on the ski slopes (because he’s OK)
Watch Ian Poulter wipe out on the ski slopes (because he's OK) If we've said it before, we've said it a thousand times: Golfers and skis don't mix. Ian Poulter once again proven that the world's best at performing a planted motion don't prove out to be the most adept when they're flying down the slopes. Ok here is my wipeout... 😂 I've cut out the bad language. @GoPro … [Read more...]
Why Jose Mourinho is absolutely the wrong choice for Manchester United
Why Jose Mourinho is absolutely the wrong choice for Manchester United Jose Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea last week coupled with the continued bad form of Manchester United, managed by one of the Portuguese manager’s coaching mentors Louis van Gaal, has led to rampant speculation that the Red Devils will soon make a change. Mourinho has made it clear he has no […] Jose Mourinho’s sacking by … [Read more...]
Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul: Firecracker ‘just went off in my hand’
Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul: Firecracker 'just went off in my hand' Folks everywhere - on television, on social media - had something to say about Jason Pierre-Paul's July 4 accident that left his right hand severely damaged. The New York Giants defensive end was the butt of many jokes, ridiculed for costing himself millions of dollars in a contract year. But in an interview with Fox Sports' … [Read more...]
Silver denies pressing Sixers to change strategy
Silver denies pressing Sixers to change strategy 12:30 PM ET 0 Shares print In a recent podcast with FiveThirtyEight, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the struggling Philadelphia 76ers were under no pressure from him or owners to change their operations strategy, which included hiring Jerry Colangelo as an adviser earlier this month. Silver said 76ers owner Josh Harris made the … [Read more...]