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Chelsea Defender Ashley Cole Issues Apology

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole was last night  arrested and issued with a fixed penalty notice (an on-the-spot fine) of £80 for conduct that police officers felt was 'drunk and disorderly'. Cole wa... Continue

Created by The insider Mar 5, 2009 at 2:21pm. Last updated by The insider Mar 5.

A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats

Ask the most hard-core baseball fan about John C. Odom and most likely you’ll get a blank stare. Yet millions of people have heard of the slender right-hander. He was “Bat Man” or “Bat Guy” or “Ba... Continue

Created by The insider Mar 5, 2009 at 2:14pm. Last updated by The insider Mar 5.

Convicted Fred Lane killer to leave jail

Is this all you get for murder? Forget the fact that Fred Lane was an NFL player, he was a person. Is six years in jail enough punishment for murdering someone... anyone? There are statistics tha... Continue

Created by The insider Mar 3, 2009 at 11:43am. Last updated by The insider Mar 3.

UConn's Calhoun is keeping the money

University of Connecticut men's head basketball coach, Jim Calhoun was asked about the seven-figure salary he pulls down from a state university in this economy. Calhoun's rant is classic and he ma... Continue

Created by The insider Mar 3, 2009 at 11:33am. Last updated by The insider Mar 3.

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Police Confirm Kazemi Bought Gun

Police confirm woman found shot to death with Steve McNair purchased a gun Thursday

Blue Jays Hold Off Yanks To Avoid Sweep

Ricky Romero extended his scoreless streak to 24 innings before Eric Hinske homered in his Yankees debut and the Toronto Blue Jays held on to beat New York 7-6 on Monday and avoid getting swept in a four-game series

More Dominant, Tiger Or Roger?

Luke Jensen, Bob Harig, and Jim Litke discuss how Roger Federer and Tiger Woods define greatness

Fisher Remembers McNair

Titans coach Jeff Fisher talks about former QB Steve McNair
 

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Baseball's "Charlie Hustle" - Pete Rose

Pete Rose recently made some comments about steroid use on the Dan Patrick Radio Show. We realize that many have no interest in hearing from Pete Rose about baseball because of his admitted gambling on the game and his Cincinnati Reds team as a player and a manager. We also kn… Continue

Posted by The insider on May 20th, 2009 at 12:53pm — No Comments (Add)

Marbury: Believe it or not, the Right Move

Photo courtesy Reuters Marbury: Believe it or not, the Right Move by Roy S. Johnson The Boston Celtics had no choice, really. When I first heard in the wind awhile back that the reigning NBA champions were loo… Continue

Posted by The insider on March 7th, 2009 at 9:08am — No Comments (Add)

Blood in the Stands

50 Cent ready to play a little baseball

This "Rap on Sports" thing is continuing. Now, in order to promote his new video game, "Blood in the Sand," 50 Cent was interviewed on ESPNews about sports issues of the day. A-Rod taking steroids... Plaxico Burress and the gun situati… Continue

Posted by Chris Wilder on February 26th, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments (Add)

Is Phelps a Toke(n)

Michael Phelps showing breath control

Michael Phelps in all his Olympic glory was photographed taking a hit of marijuana from a bong. That’s a water pipe for those of you so prudish as to not know. The incident happened last November but the picture just surfaced last week.… Continue

Posted by Chris Wilder on February 12th, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments (Add)

The Fastest Man on the Planet

photo courtesy of sanmanuelracing.com He’s called the “fastest man on the planet”, and I’m not talking about Usain Bolt. I’m talking about James “Bubba” Stewart, the 2007 AMA Supercross Champion and the 2008 AMA Motocross National Champion, and he’s black. With his father, James Sr. b… Continue

Posted by Proc on February 6th, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments (Add)

What recession?

When it comes to NBA merchandise, Kobe Bryant doesn't have to look over his shoulder, he has the most popular player jersey in the league. Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' 11-time All-Star, regained the top spot on the NBA's list, bumping 2008 No. 1 Kevin Garnett of the Boston Cel… Continue

Posted by The insider on January 28th, 2009 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Barack's Influence Must Be Rubbing Off Already

Florida State safety, Myron Rolle won a Rhodes Scholarship one day back in November and then raced to a game later that night making it in time for the second half. Just to be clear,… Continue

Posted by Chris Wilder on January 14th, 2009 at 11:12am — 2 Comments (Add)

Jim Rice Is Finally Voted Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame

He crushed baseballs for 16 Boston summers, rarely pausing to take a bow, shake a hand, or play the fool for the 6 o'clock standup. When his career was over, he hung around to teach hitting and, amazingly, wound up behind a television sports desk, offering opinions before and after Red… Continue

Posted by The insider on January 13th, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment (Add)

Many More Miles to Go

Okay this is a good one. Darius Miles who we all remember as the third overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft when the LA Clippers took him straight from high school, was waived by the Portland Trailblazers back in 2006 when it was determined that he was medically unable to play because of… Continue

Posted by Chris Wilder on January 9th, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments (Add)

The Obama Effect: Sports Still has Plenty of “Firsts” to go

By Roy S. Johnson
In the days following Barack Obama’s historic election, a friend mused that the 44th President of the United States might be the “last first,” that in breaking what might be described as the u… Continue

Posted by The insider on November 30th, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments (Add)

A Fresh Perspective on Michael Vick

We wanted to hear from an Atlanta native and Falcons fan on the case of imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick. We thought it would be important to hear a young black fan's perspective. Listen to the three minute interview. … Continue

Posted by The insider on December 11th, 2008 at 8:30am — 1 Comment (Add)

What's Fair Is Fair Unless We're Talking Sports Broadcasting

There is a segment of our culture that has done a terrible job of conveying accurate and insightful information to the public. I'm talking about sports broadcasters and reporters. As a sports fan, I have been listening to sports radio for years. I was recently listening to a sp… Continue

Posted by The insider on December 22nd, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Gary Sheffield Questions The Legitimacy of Baseball's "Hall of Fame."

The always out spoken Gary Sheffield, current Detroit Tiger and former New York Yankee, made a comment to reporters during spring training last year about the Baseball Hall of Fame. His point was very simple but one that is rarely ever raised when discussing the greats of baseball… Continue

Posted by The insider on July 4th, 2008 at 12:00am — 3 Comments (Add)

Cullen Jones Sets American Swimming Record At the Olympic Trials

Cullen Jones rocketed to an American record in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on the Fourth of July. Jones touched the wall in 21.59 seconds, lowering the old mark of 21.76 set by Gary Hall Jr. at the 2000 trials. Jones is not the first elite-level black… Continue

Posted by The insider on July 11th, 2008 at 8:30am — 3 Comments (Add)

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Black Coaches

Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith embrace after A historic Super Bowl History is made at Super Bowl XLI How soon we forget. For years, we heard little subtle attempts at justifying why we don’t have mo...

Started by The insider May. 9, 2008.

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What happened to the NBA's "rogue" referee Tim Donaghy?

Stern, Donaghy and the NBA The commissioner of the NBA, David Stern, was recently embarrassed when it was leaked that one of his elite NBA referees was embroiled in a plot together with organized...

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Started by The insider May. 9, 2008.

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Foreign athletes in baseball 1 Reply

American Past Time? Now that the current baseball season is just over a week old, this is a good time to talk about “America’s favorite pastime,” baseball. We remember the famous Saturday Night ...

Started by The insider. Last reply by Lance Williams May. 29, 2008.

 
 

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