According to league officials, Rajon Rondo did not commit a flagrant foul against Brad Miller.
The league office has ruled that the referees made the right call when they did not give a flagrant foul to the Boston guard after he hit Chicago’s Miller in the mouth with two seconds remaining in Game 5 of the [...]
Posted on April 30, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
With a little help from Chauncey Billups, Denver Nuggets star can finally take the playoff monkey off his back.
After five straight first-round flame-outs, Melo led the Nuggets to their first playoff series win since 1994. They’ll face the Dallas Mavericks in the second round.
Behind Anthony’s 34 points and the floor leadership of Chauncey Billups the [...]
Posted on April 30, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
According to the New York Daily News, Selena Roberts’ book “A-Rod”, contains more details about Alex Rodriguez and his steroid use.
The book alleges Rodriguez did not stop using steroids when he came to the Yankees and he might have been using as far back as high school.
Roberts was the first to break the story about [...]
Posted on April 30, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.
The New York Jets released Brett Favre from the reserve-retired list. That makes the quarterback a free agent if he decides to again come out of retirement.
However, Favre’s agent Bus Cook reaffirmed that the veteran quarterback has no plans to end his retirement now that the New York Jets have released him.
I think we have [...]
Posted on April 29, 2009 in theFootballcategory.
According to the NBA league office, both Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo are under review.
Vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson along with other league officials are reviewing two plays; Howard swinging his elbow at Philadelphia’s Samuel Dalembert, and Rondo whacking Chicago’s Brad Miller in the mouth.
If the league adheres strictly to its rule book, [...]
Posted on April 29, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
According to Micheal Vick defense team, the former NFL quarterback will be released from federal prison camp in Leavenworth, Kan., to serve out the rest of his sentence in home confinement on May 20.
Vick will serve out his home confinement period in a five-bedroom home in Hampton, Va., where he will live with his fiancee [...]
Posted on April 29, 2009 in theFootballcategory.
After their selections in this weekend NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders have left many experts scratching their heads.
With the seventh overall pick in the first round, the Raiders took wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey from the University of Maryland. Who?
This was, to say the least, a curious pick. Especially with Michael Crabtree and Jeremy Maclin still [...]
Posted on April 28, 2009 in theFootballcategory.
After an MRI confirmed he has a strained left hamstring, Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon is listed as day-to-day.
Gordon was hurt in the second quarter Sunday, then sent Game 4 into a second overtime with a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left.
The Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 121-118, tying the series 2-2 with Game 5 in [...]
Posted on April 28, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.
Capitals forward Donald Brashear was suspended by the NHL for a total of six games. Five games for what the league called a “blind-side hit” on Rangers center Blair Betts and one more for contact with Colton Orr in pregame warm-ups before game six of the series.
With the series ties three games a piece, Brashear [...]
Posted on April 28, 2009 in theOthercategory.
Cleveland’s LeBron James scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Cavaliers past the Detroit Pistons 79-68, to take the series to 3-0.
Now that the Cavaliers have a commanding lead in the series, this one is all but over. Cleveland came in as a heavy favorite and is doing what [...]
Posted on April 25, 2009 in theBasketballcategory.