Posted in Sports News on Jan 3rd, 2009
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Former New York Giant Mark Ingram was arrested in Michigan, nearly a month after he disappeared on the day he was scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence for bank fraud and money laundering.
U.S. marshals tracked the retired wide receiver to a hotel room in Flint, Mich., after a manhunt that began when he failed [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 31st, 2008
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Basketball commentator and former hoops star Charles Barkley was arrested Wednesday in Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of drunken driving, a police spokesman said.
Barkley issued a brief statement, saying, “I am disappointed that I put myself in that situation. The Scottsdale police were fantastic. I will not comment any further as it is a legal matter.”
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 31st, 2008
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Matt Lepsis was making millions in the NFL when he locked himself in a closet and screamed for help: Please, God, help me kick this drug habit.
     According to an article by Pat Graham (Associated Press) the Denver Broncos left tackle, who called it quits after last season and enrolled in seminary, admitted he was [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 30th, 2008
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Compounding a season-ending loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys were met with angry fans outside the team’s training facility, and at least one armed with a picket sign that apparently went too far.
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Posted in Maryland, Sports News on Dec 29th, 2008
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The Baltimore Ravens charged into the postseason with a performance that typified their astonishing turnaround season.
Needing a victory to secure the final AFC wild-card berth, the Ravens built a 17-point halftime lead and never let up in a 27-7 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
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Posted in Celebrity News, Sports News on Dec 28th, 2008
Karrine Steffans, aka Superhead, took to the internet to air out a certain basketball player, who she claims smacked her ass inappropriately during a recent trip to Los Angeles.
Via her most recent video blog entitled “Under the Bus Pt. 1,” the former video vixen turned best-selling author explained that Jermaine O’Neal was in Los Angeles [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 26th, 2008
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burned down her home—and ruined all the family’s possessions—the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something.
So he helped the family move into aWhen Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally new home, just in time for Christmas.
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 24th, 2008
- A 9 mm handgun, a rifle, ammunition and clothing were confiscated during a search of the home of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, police said Wednesday.
The confiscated clothing included the sneakers and blood-stained jeans worn by Burress on November 28, when he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan night [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 24th, 2008
On top of his recent arrest for carrying an illegal firearm, suspended New York Giants player Plaxico Burress has been sued in Florida’s Broward County Circuit Court by a woman who says he rear-ended her in a May car crash and had no insurance on his nearly $140,000 Mercedes-Benz.
A document provided to the Associated Press by the [...]
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Posted in Celebrity News, Sports News on Dec 22nd, 2008
Legendary rapper Ice Cube and basketball phenom Lebron James have reportedly joined forces for the development of a one-hour drama for ABC.
According to The Plain Dealer, the forthcoming show will be based around the Cleveland Cavs star’s experiences as a black high school student playing in a small town.
It is slated to debut next fall.
For [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 11th, 2008
The Los Angeles Clippers’ star point guard, Baron Davis, has reportedly used some of his money to invest in the nightclub business.
According to USA Today, the NBA player has invested and become part owner of a Latin nightclub in Los Angeles called The Congo Room.
Davis says that he wanted to be a part of the [...]
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Posted in Law and Order, Sports News on Dec 10th, 2008
An arrest warrant has been issued for former New York Giants star Mark Ingram after he failed to report to federal prison to begin serving nearly eight years for bank fraud and money laundering.
Ingram pleaded guilty in November 2005 and was ordered to surrender to a prison in Ashland, Ky., last Friday, but he never [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 10th, 2008
CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees agreed Wednesday on the framework for a $161 million, seven-year contract, the richest for a pitcher in baseball history. The Yankees and Sabathia’s agents still need to work out all the details, a baseball official familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke [...]
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Posted in Maryland, Sports News on Dec 8th, 2008
If the Washington Redskins are fortunate, it might be another four years before they have to face the Baltimore Ravens again.
If the Redskins are lucky, maybe Ed Reed will be retired by then.
Reed set up a touchdown with an interception and scored on a 22-yard fumble return, part of a stifling effort by the Baltimore [...]
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Posted in Sports News on Dec 7th, 2008
Manny Pacquiao fought a lot bigger than he looked. Oscar De La Hoya simply looked old. Pacquiao dominated his bigger and more famous opponent from the opening bell Saturday night, giving De La Hoya a beating and closing his left eye before De La Hoya declined to come out of his corner after the eighth [...]
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