Los Angeles (AFP) – Former NBA player Lamar Odom was released from a Las Vegas hospital after showing signs of improvement following his drug-fuelled binge in a Nevada brothel, a report said. E! Online entertainment news website said Odom, who…
James Dolan says ex-Knicks exec lied in successful sexual harrassment suit
Never one to gauge public opinion with much accuracy, New York Knicks owner James Dolan courted controversy in May when he named Isiah Thomas as president of basketball operations for the WNBA‘s New York Liberty. Knicks fans can be forgiven…
How the NBA’s fashion game has evolved in the 10 years since the 2005 dress code
Ten years ago on Oct. 17, 2005, NBA players received a surprising memo from then-commissioner David Stern. A league-wide dress code was going into effect. No more baggy jeans. No fitted baseball caps. No XXXL white T-shirts. No Timberland boots.…
Gennady Golovkin defeats David Lemieux, unifies middleweight titles
Gennady Golovkin delivered yet another big drama show, and another one-sided one, as he knocked out David Lemieux in the eighth round to unify middleweight world titles Saturday night before a raucous, sold-out crowd of 20,548 at Madison Square Garden.
U.S. Am champion Bryson DeChambeau leaving SMU men’s golf team
Reigning U.S. Amateur and NCAA men’s golf champion Bryson DeChambeau is leaving the Southern Methodist University golf team. “To best prepare myself for the next six months of competition and future events, I felt it was appropriate to make this…
What Liverpool can expect from Jurgen Klopp, the new King of the Kop
When he arrived for his introductory press conference, the media compared Klopp's popularity to Jose Mourinho arriving at Chelsea in 2004. Rodgers is a young player whom we selected as one of our top sleepers this fall, and he showed…
Tony Parker: I want to play 20 seasons with the Spurs
Tony Parker has watched old rivals Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, Chauncey Billups and Jason Kidd end their playing careers in recent years. Parker, however, isn’t eying his own retirement party anytime soon. “The Spurs know I want to play until…
Stats show Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin is the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League
The French midfielder has gone from being a bit-part fringe player to one of the most vital cogs in Arsene Wenger’s machine. And the 24-year-old has become a fan favourite among the Emirates faithful, with many claiming he is now the best…
Lexi Thompson closes with 3 under for win in South Korea
Yaya Toure says Lionel Messi is the best footballer he’s ever played alongside, saying the Barcelona star can back up his prematch jests to embarrass opponents. Manchester City midfielder Toure played alongside Messi at the Camp Nou from 2007-2010. He…
Four-Ball: PGA Tour winners getting younger and younger
Welcome, Mets and Cubs fans, to the league championship series to which no one outside Kansas City and Canada has been paying attention. I mean, really, was anyone shocked that the Cubs lost in the NLCS and failed to reach…
