by Joseph Nardone | Jun 8, 2015
It is amazing how a win can overshadow the use of a highly questionable strategy. Such was the case in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night in Oakland. A bounce of the ball in a different direction, a made uncontested dunk by Golden State Warrior reserve Marreese...
by Bryan Gibberman | Jun 8, 2015
All eyes are on the NBA’s championship series — the attention is more finely focused; there isn’t another series to look at on alternating days; immortality is the prize for the winner. Everything matters just a little bit more, and that’s why...
by Matt Birch | Jun 8, 2015
LeBron James absolutely dominated Game 2 of the NBA Finals. He recorded a triple-double and dropped 39 points, hauled in 16 rebounds and dished out 11 assists. James was clearly the difference-maker in the game, especially being that reigning MVP Steph Curry had his...
by Phillip Bupp | Jun 7, 2015
Amid new information about Hope Solo’s alleged domestic violence troubles coming from ESPN’s Outside the Lines, the FOX Soccer panel talked about the news in the kind of way that you have to talk about it but you don’t really want to. While...
by Phillip Bupp | Jun 7, 2015
In what is one of the worst weekend film debuts in US cinema history, the FIFA funded/pretty much propaganda film, United Passions, about the history of FIFA and the history of outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter, earned a total of $607 in Friday and Saturday box...
by Phillip Bupp | Jun 7, 2015
In what is one of the worst weekend film debuts in US cinema history, the FIFA funded/pretty much propaganda film, United Passions, about the history of FIFA and the history of outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter, earned a total of $607 in Friday and Saturday box...
by Matt Birch | Jun 7, 2015
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia had never been ejected from a game heading into Sunday’s matchup with the Angels, but even the longest streaks are made to be broken. Sabathia turned in a strong performance in the game, lasting six innings and giving up only five...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 7, 2015
The 2015 Roland Garros men’s singles final between Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka carried the weight of history. It also carried the flavors of the 2009 final between a Swiss player and a man who had beaten Rafael Nadal earlier in the tournament. In 2009, one...
by Matt Yoder | Jun 7, 2015
One of the stories we’ve been following closely the last several months is the boom of daily fantasy, especially when it comes to mainstream media involvement. That explosion of daily fantasy has led to an advertising blitzkrieg that is inescapable when...
by Joe Lucia | Jun 7, 2015
Following the horrific injury suffered by a Red Sox fan, now identified as 44-year old Tonya Carpenter, on Friday night at Fenway Park, the cries to extend the netting behind home plate at all 30 MLB ballpark are growing louder. But what we didn’t know is that...
by Joe Lucia | Jun 7, 2015
Following the horrific injury suffered by a Red Sox fan, now identified as 44-year old Tonya Carpenter, on Friday night at Fenway Park, the cries to extend the netting behind home plate at all 30 MLB ballpark are growing louder. But what we didn’t know is that...
by Jeff Pryor | Jun 6, 2015
NEW YORK CITY — Lineal middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4) returned to the ring after a year of inactivity to defend his title for the first time in facing Daniel Geale (31-3) in Brooklyn Saturday night on HBO. Cotto (above left) made a statement by...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 6, 2015
Kyrie Irving won’t play for the rest of the 2015 NBA Finals. That news came down Friday afternoon, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers roughly 48 hours to prepare how to play in his absence. No one’s going to say that this is good news for Cleveland — not...