NBA Commissioner David Stern’s scheduling of back-to-back home playoff games for the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder series seemed like a death sentence. Although LA LA Land residents have heartedly disagreed, Mr. Stern had no choice but to schedule the Lakers ... Read More

After Floyd "Money" Mayweather's crowd-pleasing Cinco de Mayo victory over 154lb champion Miguel Cotto, fans and sportswriters have been calling for a clash between Mayweather and Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao, the other top pound-for-pound fighter of the world. The problem with this fight happening, however, is everything. The fighters have yet to come to terms on purse splits, drug testing, location, glove size, and promotional control. Read More

In our third of six NFL Draft first round recaps, we take a quick analyses of picks made by the Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, and New York Jets. Similar to our two previous draft analyses, some of these picks were great and some picks were just plain puzzling. With that, here is our third 2012 1st round NFL Draft analysis, enjoy! Read More

The Los Angeles Lakers hit 41 of 42 free throws and avoided falling behind 0-3 in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 99-96 victory in Game 3 on Friday.  Given the fact that no team ... Read More

With game 3 scheduled to drop the puck at 1 p.m. EST and the series tied at one, here are three things to watch for in game three of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers. Read More

At the age of 34, Kerry Wood has decided to hang up his cleats and end a 13 year career after landing on the disabled list over a dozen times."My body wasn’t bouncing back this year. I felt like I was putting guys in the ‘pen in situations they didn’t need to be in. I definitely didn't want to go out with my last inning being me throwing my glove in the seats,” Wood said.  Read More

Yeremiah Bell has found his new NFL home. A league source tells PFT’s Mike Florio that Bell has signed with the New York Jets on a one-year, $1.4 million contract. The deal includes a $200,000 signing bonus, a $1.1 million fully guaranteed ... Read More

Calvin Johnson, otherwise known as Megatron, not only has the skills on the football field but also the baseball diamond Read More

My head continues to spin as I've been tossing and turning over who is the real big three of the NBA? There have been impostors like the Washington Wizards who had Antwan Jamison, Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas. Now there’s others that have emerged Miami’s Dwayne Wade, Lebron James, and Chris Bosh. Don’t forget about the Boston Celtics Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. How about diving back into history with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy.  Read More

Today we’re taking a look at eleven players who, I believe, are currently being undervalued in the marketplace. Should these following stock prices hold steady until August, I’m betting that you’ll find some excellent draft day value in a few ... Read More

In 1992 the Duke Blue Devils returned four starters from their National Championship team the year prior. 1991 was the first National Championship in the schools’ now illustrious basketball history and with the majority of their stars still in place, the Blue Devils and their fans had high expectations for an encore. Led by point guard Bobby Hurley, forward Grant Hill, and center Christian Laettner, the Blue Devils entered March Madness with an impressive 28-2 record and the Nations’ No. 1 seed. Read More

It has been a rough couple of years for Chargers tight end Antonio Gates. He missed six games in 2010 and three games, along with parts of others, last year because of a foot injury. He’s still been productive — 17 touchdown catches — but his presence in the lineup has been missed for the last two seasons. Gates has been very positive recently about the progress the injury has been making and it seems to be showing at Chargers workouts. Coach Norv Turner is certainly a believer. Turner raved about Gates’ condition on Thursday and said that he is showing few signs of the injury that slowed him so much. Read More

Tampa Bay's PK Connor Barth, who was given the franchise tag earlier in the offseason, agreed on Thursday to a four-year contract with the Buccaneers. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the deal is worth $13.2 million and includes $4 million guaranteed. Set to enter his fifth season in the NFL, Barth has emerged as one of the league’s best kickers. He has hit 83.9 percent of his field goals in his career and has never missed an extra point. In 2011, Barth made 26-of-28 field goals, an accuracy of 92.9 percent. It ranked as the best accuracy rate of any kicker last season who didn't play his home games in a dome. Read More

New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker has signed his franchise tender and is in the fold for the 2012 season, but that doesn’t mean he’s satisfied with the way negotiations on a long-term contract have gone.In fact, Welker says the Patriots are now offering him less money than the two-year, $16 million, fully guaranteed deal they offered during the 2011 season. “There have been talks, but nothing that’s brightened anything at all,” Welker said, via the Boston Herald. “It’s actually gotten worse.” Read More

In NFL Network’s annual ranking of the Top 100 players in the league, as voted on by a poll of active players, Falcons receiver Roddy White has dropped from No. 24 to No. 65. He’s not happy about that. White said on NFL Network Wednesday night that he is glad his fellow players still consider him one of the 100 best of his peers, but he isn’t happy that he dropped so far. “I’m just happy to be on this list, but not where I’m at,” White said. “I’m not happy with where I’m at on the list. I am happy to be on the list.” Read More