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This Weekend In Sports: Heat vs. Grizzlies and World Baseball Classic Begins
A marquee NBA matchup and the start of an international baseball tournament highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Eruzione Jersey Sells For Almost $660K; Schilling Bloody Sock Fetches Just $92,612
The jersey that Mike Eruzione, the captain of the 1980 U.S. hockey team, wore when the Americans upset the Russians at Lake Placid, NY 33 years ago sold for $657,250 on Saturday night. The 'USA' emblazoned sweater was the centerpiece of an auction conducted by Heritage Auctions in New York City...
UFC 157 Report: Ronda Rousey Wins First Women’s UFC Fight
Ronda Rousey made Liz Carmouche submitvia an arm bar late in the first round and won the UFC women’s bantamweight title at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday night. The match was the first-ever UFC women’s fight.
Rousey rallied for the win after surviving a near-submission when Carmouche had her in a rear naked choke hold earlier in the round...
Rams RB Terrance Ganaway Working at Jimmy John’s This Off-season
The NFL Players' Association may want to use the case of Terrance Ganaway next time the collective bargaining agreement is up for renewal.
This Weekend in Sports: Daytona 500 and UFC 157
NASCAR and mixed martial arts command the spotlight in the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Rays Manager Joe Maddon — “I Told My Players to ‘Look Hot'”
From his hipster glasses to his Belichick hoodie to his themed t-shirts, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is a bit of a sports fashion plate. (That's him in gnome form, at left.) In years past, the unconventional Maddon has asked his players to embrace fashion themes on road trips: dress like nerds, don wigs or wear plaid jackets, etc...
Mariners’ Prospect Nick Franklin Eating 6,500 Calories a Day to Fatten Up
Ever since Alex Rodriguez left for Texas in 2001, the Seattle Mariners have been a little thin at shortstop. Nick Franklin is trying to change that.
MLB Has No Arbitration Hearings For the First Time Ever
All 133 arbitration-eligible Major League Baseball players settled on contracts with their respective teams this off-season. It's the first time since arbitration began in 1974 that no player who filed went to an arbitration hearing.
Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Darren O'Day was the last of the 133 MLB players who filed for arbitration Jan...
Josh Hamilton Says Texas Rangers Fans Are Spoiled
Hopefully, Josh Hamilton is planning on flying into Texas next time he plays there, because his bridges into Dallas-Fort Worth may now be burned. The former Texas Rangers outfielder, who signed a five-year $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this off-season, told a Dallas-Fort Worth TV station that the DFW metropolitan area is "not a true baseball town...
Gary Payton, Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond Named Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists
A trio of 1990s basketball greats were among 12 finalists named for possible election into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.
Jerry Buss, L.A. Lakers Owner, Dead At 80
Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 80.
A child of the Great Depression, Buss defined the bootstrap mentality of his generation. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wyoming, achieving his doctorate in physical chemistry at USC in 1957...
Billy Hunter Voted Out As Head Of NBA Players’ Union
NBA players unanimously voted to remove executive director Billy Hunter as head of their union on Saturday. Player support for Hunter waned after an independent report last month indicated that he could have misused NBPA funds, engaged in nepotism and had his contract renewed in 2010 without following proper union rules...