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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Olympic Figure Skater Alexa Knierim On Preparing For Winter Games With Brandon Frazier, Skittles

Team USA figure skater Alexa Knierim is preparing to take to the ice with her partner Brandon Frazier during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and hopes to take their game to the next level.

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Ex MLB Player Sergio Mitre Sentenced To 40-60 Years In Jail For Killing Partner’s Infant Daughter

Former MLB pitcher Sergio Mitre is going to jail for a long time—40 to 60 years, to be exact—after he was convicted of raping and murdering his ex-partner’s infant daughter. Mitre was convicted of femicide…

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Bears Great Dick Butkus Joins – & Owns Twitter

Remember those vaunted Chicago Bears defenses from the mid-to-late 20th century? I bet you thought those guys are all dead. Well, they’re (mostly) still alive. And one of the franchise’s all-time greats—Hall of Fame linebacker…

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Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes Formally Charged With 12 Misdemeanors

New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes was formally charged with domestic violence, resisting arrest and battery against a police officer stemming from his Los Angeles arrest last summer. Hayes’ total charge count is 12 misdemeanors, including three…

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Antonio Brown Trolls Bucs After Playoff Loss

Troll, troll, troll your boat. Like a jilted ex-lover, Antonio Brown just can’t seem to get over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers—despite the three-week gap since they last spoke. The mercurial wide receiver clearly still has…

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Grayson Allen Suspended One Game For Fracturing Alex Caruso’s Wrist

The NBA Sunday suspended Milwaukee’s Grayson Allen for one game for Friday’s flagrant 2 foul on Alex Caruso that fractured the wrist of the Chicago guard. Allen, who was ejected from the Bucks’ 94-90 victory over the Bulls after receiving the…

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What Does The Future Hold For Aaron Rodgers? It’s A ‘Beautiful Mystery’

A “beautiful mystery” has hung over the Green Bay Packers franchise since Aaron Rodgers used the term to describe his future with the team about a year ago. In addition to the mystery of losing to Jimmy…

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Is Tom Brady’s Playing Career Over?

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter the offseason earlier than they would have liked, they face another harsh reality: the possibility of Tom Brady’s career ending with their season. Team sources and some close to Brady all…

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Patrick Mahomes: NFL OT Rule ‘Kind Of Stinks’ – Even Though It Helped Him

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said the NFL’s oft-loathed overtime rule, which helped propel the team Sunday evening to the AFC Championship game, “kind of stinks.” In an exciting Divisional Round tilt that’s already being…

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Paul Millsap Wants Out Of Brooklyn – Nets Concur

Paul Millsap wants out of Brooklyn, and the Nets appear ready to placate the forward, as the two sides have agreed to find the four-time All-Star a team where he’ll have more playing time. The…

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MLBPA To Present League With Counter Proposal

The Major League Baseball Players Association plans to make an in-person labor proposal to MLB on Monday to counter the league’s offer, which came last week and left much to be desired. Should the new…

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September Petco Park Deaths Ruled Suicide & Homicide, Family Disputes Decision

San Diego police have concluded that Raquel Wilkins died by suicide when she fell from the third deck at Petco Park last September, which also killed her two-year-old son, Denzel Browning-Wilkins. The pair were pronounced…

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Russell Westbrook ‘Disappointed’ By Benching; Determined To “Figure S**t Out”

Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook told ESPN that he was disappointed with his fourth-quarter benching in Wednesday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers, but that he remains confident he will “figure s— out and do what’s best for…

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Is Mike Tyson Fighting Jake Paul? This Is The First Tyson Is Hearing Of It

Mike Tyson just put a pin in any hopes the public had of seeing a fight between the “Baddest Man on the Planet” and YouTube-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul. “This is new to me,” Tyson tweeted on…

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Lusia Harris, Only Woman Drafted By An NBA Team, Dies At 66

The Queen is dead! Lusia Harris, the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and the subject of the 2021 film The Queen of Basketball, died Tuesday. Harris, who scored the first…

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