Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, who spent this past season with the Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics, has announced he is gay.
He is the first-ever active pro athlete in US sports to come out of the closet.
4 weeks ago At times it was a pretty testy end-of-season press conference when Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black and General Manager Darcy Regier fielded questions from the media.
When you miss the playoffs two years in a row and four of the last six years, fans want answers. They want value for their ticket money, and they're just not getting it.
4 weeks ago The season is over once again for the Buffalo Sabres. The fans have left the building, the final press conference for the season has been held...so now what do they do with the ice?
The St. Paul Saints, an independent minor league baseball team with a history of wacky promotions, are fulfilling the dream of many managers: getting rid of all the umpires. During their May 11 game against the Gary SouthShore Railcats, the Saints will replace umpires with a judge and a jury. It's allegedly the f
More troubles for Billy Currington. The singer, who had a rough week as the result of being charged with making terroristic threats and abusing an elderly person, has been dumped as the pre-race entertainment at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
4 weeks ago Kevin Harvick led only three laps Saturday night at Richmond International Speedway but the last two were the most important, as he moved from seventh to first on a green-white-checkered finish and edged Clint Bowyer to the finish line to win his first Sprint Cup race of the year. Before Saturday night, Harvick had only one Top 10 finish this season.
The first day of the NFL Draft is usually filled with smooth-looking stars who keep their cool when their names are announced.
Not Justin Pugh.
Earlier this month, we mentioned that Louisville basketball head coach Rick Pitino promised his team prior to the NCAA tournament that he'd get a tattoo if they won the national championship. Well, Pitino kept his promise.
Rick Pitino said he’d get a tattoo if Louisville won the National Championship. The Cards delivered a
4 weeks ago I don't think it's too far of a stretch to say a lot of people were surprised with the Bills first round draft pick from Florida State, EJ Manuel. However, when you break down the players using only science, ESPN can brag that they called it the whole way.
4 weeks ago Will he be the franchise quarterback the Buffalo Bills have been looking for? Selecting E J Manuel in the first round certainly says a lot. The Bills selected the first quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. They were hoping he'd be there with the 16th overall pick and Manuel says he was hoping it would be the Bills who selected him.
4 weeks ago The 9th race of the Sprint Cup season is under the lights this week at the ¾ mile Richmond International – one of the oldest tracks in racing, open since 1946. It was a dirt track until they paved it in 1968. Lights were installed in 1991.
5 weeks ago Go figure. How can this Buffalo Sabres team play so well against most of the better teams in the league and play so poorly against the lower ranked teams?
For the second time this month the Sabres went into Pittsburgh and beat the Penguins. Steve Ott scored the winning goal late in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and Thomas Vanek scored his second goal of the game into an empty net for a 4-2 victory.
