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Cleveland Browns fans are ready for 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel to take over for Brian Hoyer, who has struggled mightily after a hot start, according to "USA Today." Browns head coach Mike Pettine named Hoyer the starter of the rookie Manziel at the start of the season. Manziel was already one of the most famous and popular football players in the country after an illustrious career at Texas A&M earned him the nickname "Johnny Football." But Hoyer performed well, leading the Browns to a 6-3 start before the wheels began to fall apart. Cleveland is now 1-3 in its last four games, and ESPN reports that Hoyer has led the Browns to just one touchdown drive in his last 29 series. With pressure mounting to make a change, Pettine stuck with Hoyer Sunday, Dec. 7, against the Indianapolis Colts. He went just 14 for 31 for 140 yards, throwing two interceptions. The game was only close because Cleveland's defense put up 14 points. Read More »
San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner earned World Series MVP honors after allowing one earned run in 21 Fall Classic innings, an accomplishment that sparked another prestigious honor Monday, Dec. 8. On Monday, Bumgarner was named "Sports Illustrated's" Sportsman of the Year for his efforts, beating out a crowded field of candidates that included Michael Sam and Kansas City Royals fans. Sam came out as the first publicly gay football player in February. And Bumgarner was the only thing standing between Royals fans enjoying a World Series title they had been waiting 29 years for. He clinched Game 7 of the World Series with five innings of shutdown relief, pitching on just three days's rest. Read More »
The Major League Baseball offseason is a cold and lonely time. Thankfully, we have Yasiel Puig's reckless party-themed Instagram account to keep us busy, offering a window to a life we can live carelessly, vicariously through. Read More »
Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard, San Diego Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers, former New York Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells, NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and former Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina are all celebrating sports birthdays today, Dec. 8. Here's what you need to know about this special crop on their special day. Read More »
The shocking, eye-catching, sure-to-get-PETA-pissed garment that is basically just a dead fox folded up. "Those are actual feet," one reporter noted when seeing the paws dangling above Miller's ears. "Actual feet, yeah." Miller replied. "They let me bring it back, so I'm wearing it." Read More »
The live TV camera caught Justin TImberlake, a Memphis native and minority owner of the Grizzlies, in the act of pretending to be a camera man at the game against the Miami Heat last Sunday. Getting caught didn't stop him from goofing off. Instead, the singer-actor went all owner-director, scanning, mouthing commands and hilariously breaking the fourth wall. Read More »
Alabama was named the No.1 seed in the first College Football Playoff Sunday, Dec. 7, after the Crimson Tide spent Saturday defeating No. 16 Missouri 42-13 in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. The win gave No.1 Alabama its 24th conference title and assures the Crimson Tide will make this year's inaugural College Football Playoff. Read More »
In the second high-profile instance of professional athletes making political statements in support of the protests occurring in St. Louis, Missouri, and New York City, Chicago Bulls star guard Derrick Rose etched his position on the side of support for late New Yorker Eric Garner by wearing a shirt that read "I Can't Breathe" during warm-ups before Saturday, Dec. 6's game against the Golden State Warriors. Garner died in July in a police chokehold while he was being arrested. A grand jury decided not to indict the police officer in the incident, inspiring protests around the country that echo those for Michael Brown, the 18-year-old young black man who was killed by a police officer this summer in Ferguson, Missouri. "I Can't Breathe" alludes to Garner's last words, which were captured on video. ESPN reported that earlier this week NBA legend Magic Johnson said athletes need to participate in social movements. Read More »
NJIT has only won 76 games since entering Division I. A big part of that was the 51-game losing streak the team went on from February 2007 to January 2009, after jumping up a division. That's almost two straight years of losing. For comparison, the Philadelphia 76ers last week narrowly missed making NBA history after starting the season 0-17. The 76ers hadn't won a game in 231 days. At one point, NJIT was going on two years. Read More »
Sony Playstation made a splash this weekend when it announced one of the most polarizing and popular players in baseball, 23-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, will grace the cover of MLB The Show 2015. Read More »
Mississippi State was a favorite to claim a spot in the College Football Playoffs for most of the year, but the Rebels' 31-17 loss to Ole Miss last weekend knocked them out of contention. That means Alabama has to win Saturday to assure the SEC a spot in the exclusive four-team playoff, which is entering its first year as the replacement to the much-maligned BCS system. Read More »
Werth was pulled over on Route 193 on July 6, and later that day went 0-for-3 against the Chicago Cubs, according to the Washingtonian.The offense also results in Werth losing his license for six months. Read More »
It was always promised that Kyrie Irving would be a star. In the basketball world, nothing says you're a star more than having your own shoe line. Read More »
