Kim Jong Un Fast Facts
Father: Kim Jong Il Mother: Ko Young Hee Marriage: Ri Sol Ju – January 8, 2014 – Dennis Rodman sings “Happy Birthday” to Kim Jong Un before he and other…
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Marshawn Lynch And Other NFL Stars Travel To Turkey To Teach Women Football
Dozens of young Turkish flag football players stretch on a field at Istanbul Technical University on March 1. ISTANBUL — At first glance, the scene of boisterous young athletes stretching…
Earl Lloyd, N.B.A.’s First Black Player, Dies at 86
Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he took the court for the Washington Capitols in October 1950, three and a half…
Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings Filmed Telling Player, ‘I’ll F*****g Kill You’
Sometimes coaches have to learn the hard way that if they don’t watch their language, somebody else will. Vanderbilt University men’s basketball coach Kevin Stallings was caught on camera profanely…
UC Berkeley Built A Parking Garage Right Where Its Students Play Field Hockey
Athletes on the women’s field hockey team at the University of California, Berkeley, are considering a lawsuit against the school for taking away their field to build a parking garage…
California May Shut Down Baseball’s Tobacco Habit
The familiar image of baseball players chewing tobacco may soon be history in California, where state lawmakers are considering outlawing tobacco use in all baseball parks to set a better…
‘Little Ballers’ Documentary Teaches Us That Black Boys Aren’t Monolithic
Different players across the NBA have something in common: they once played basketball with the AAU, aka the Amateur Athletic Union, a non-profit organization that provides sporting activities for kids…
Student Who Reported Gang Rape By Football Players Sues UNM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A woman’s lawsuit accuses the University of New Mexico of giving short shrift to her report of being raped by two football players and another man….
Video Shows Chelsea Soccer Fans in Racist Behavior
Video footage showing white fans of the English soccer club Chelsea shoving a black subway rider in Paris has revived concerns about racism in what is often labeled “the beautiful…
Italian Soccer Has Too Many ‘Colored Players,’ Revered Coach Says
Open Source By ROBERT MACKEY After watching the final match of a prestigious tournament for young soccer players in Italy on Monday, the revered former coach of Italy’s national team,…
To the Readers: Alex Rodriguez Is Forever
On Baseball By TYLER KEPNER Tents are perfect for the circus. If Alex Rodriguez had used one for his latest apology, he might as well have shown up in grease…
Arrigo Sacchi: ‘It’s not a matter of color. The problem is too many foreigners’
Italy’s former soccer coach Arrigo Sacchi has told CNN he’s been misunderstood over comments attributed to him that there were “too many black players” in the country’s youth ranks. Sacchi,…
Past N.B.A. All-Stars Recall a More Competitive Game
Among the striking sights of last year’s N.B.A. All-Star Game — the dunks, the no-look passes and the general tomfoolery — was the final score. The Eastern Conference beat the…
Deposed Little League team gears up for ‘one more battle’
Little League International announced Wednesday that it was vacating all of the Jackie Robinson West squad’s wins from last year’s tournament, including from the Great Lakes regionals and U.S. championship,…
U.S. Little League champs lose title for using ineligible players
Little League International announced Wednesday that it is vacating all of the Jackie Robinson West squad’s wins from last year’s tournament, including from the Great Lakes regionals and U.S. championship,…
Former NFL Player Marcellus Wiley: The League Didn’t Save Us From Ourselves
In a short new documentary film by Vice, former NFL player Marcellus Wiley goes into detail about his experience using what he sees as a dangerous amount of painkillers during…
Has Michael Sam Been Frozen Out Of The NFL A Year After Coming Out?
It was a year ago – the Sunday after Super Bowl XLVIII at 8pmET – that Michael Sam turned speculation into reality: One of college football’s best players, and a…
A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabric
Sports of The Times By WILLIAM C. RHODEN For the longest time, the only thing I knew about Dean Smith was his dreaded four corners offense, the system he popularized…
Football Players Charged With Attempted Rape Of Special-Education Student
Five football players from a Kirkland, Washington, high school were charged in juvenile court Friday for allegedly trying to sodomize a special-education student with a broomstick, The Seattle Times reported….
Diana Taurasi Can Rest Easy, but W.N.B.A. Can't
On Pro Basketball By HARVEY ARATON When Diana Taurasi announced recently that she would not play in the W.N.B.A. in 2015, she did not have to explain herself to Sue…
Ivory Coast strolls into AFCON final
The Elephants have twice lost the final on penalties, in 2006 and 2012, but could be on course for its first title since 1992 after a 3-1 success in Bata,…
The Super Bowl Overshadowed A Disturbing New Study Of Youth Football
NFL fans have been occupied with deflated footballs, Marshawn Lynch quotables and Russell Wilson interceptions over the past couple of weeks. So it’s excusable if they overlooked a study published…
Want to get signed to a Bundesliga club? Don’t wear headphones
It’s often said you can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps. It’s an aphorism worth remembering on arguably the most hectic day in the football…
Owners of Patriots and Seahawks Are a Study in Contrasts
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Amid the frenzy of Super Bowl media day on Tuesday, as thousands of reporters and cameras surrounded the New England Patriots coaches and players, the dapper owner…
Australian Open Intent on Leading the World in Pampering Players
MELBOURNE, Australia — For decades, professional tennis players struggled with tournament organizers to get more money and better services, and while that battle is far from over, the level of…
While NFL concussions are down, parents continue to debate football safety
As families across America prepare to watch the Super Bowl, the safety of the game remains hotly debated in households across the country. After mounting concerns about brain injuries plaguing…
Yoga for Super Bowl stars and weekend warriors
NFL players, like weekend warriors, save their biggest events for the weekends (with the exception of Monday and Thursday-night football, of course). Therefore, they need to be smart all week…
Key & Peele snag special guests for ‘East/West Bowl’ video
But for their latest video, “East/West Bowl Pro Edition,” real-life players join the lineup. Green Bay Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Leger Douzable of the New York Jets are…
Pro Sports Lockouts and Strikes Fast Facts
March 12-July 25, 2011 – The 136-day lockout, the longest work stoppage in NFL history. Timeline of NFL Lockouts & Strikes:July 3-July 15, 1968 – The NFL Players Association votes…
2 Vanderbilt Football Players Found Guilty Of Rape Charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players of raping a former student inside a dorm room. The jury deliberated for about three hours before finding…