Allen Iverson Leaves Grizzlies: When Allen Iverson signed a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies this offseason, you just had a feeling it wouldn't end well. If most reports from Saturday night are true, you were right.

posted by BornIcon to basketball at 08:37 AM - 47 comments

Larry Johnson Released by the Kansas City Chiefs: With or without a ruling by the special master, the Chiefs will release Larry Johnson.

The Chiefs and Larry Johnson are in the middle of a case to determine whether or not the Chiefs have to pay Johnson this year's installment of his signing bonus. The Chiefs are contending that Larry violated his contract when he was suspended for one game in 2008.

posted by BornIcon to football at 12:09 PM - 14 comments

Suspension ends season for Oklahoma State's Dez Bryant: Bryant was suspended by Oklahoma State Oct. 7 after admittedly lying to NCAA officials about the details of a meeting with former NFL star Deion Sanders. The NCAA informed OSU that the suspension will last a calendar year and keep Bryant out through September 2010

posted by BornIcon to football at 11:25 AM - 25 comments

Mike Tyson Gets Emotional During Oprah Interview -- Talks Career, Controversies and More: During his first appearance on Oprah's daytime talkshow, the former heavyweight champ got emotional, as he spoke about the controversies that plagued him throughout his career.

posted by BornIcon to boxing at 07:08 AM - 2 comments

Young Fan Gets Back Ryan Howard's 200th Career Home Run Ball: Back in July, when the Phillies' Ryan Howard hit his 200th career home run, it was noteworthy because he achieved the milestone in fewer games than anyone in major league history.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 01:34 PM - 26 comments

Browns agree to send Edwards to Jets: The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets on Wednesday morning, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

posted by BornIcon to football at 08:45 AM - 28 comments

A Moving Tribute: Angels Celebrate Playoff Berth with Nick Adenhart: Traditionally, when a Major League Baseball team secures a playoff spot, they have a party in the clubhouse where they spray champagne and beer all over the place. On Monday night, the Angels won the American League West and clinched a playoff berth. While celebrating in the clubhouse, the Angels grabbed the jersey of the late Nick Adenhart and began pouring champagne on it.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 01:04 PM - 16 comments

Arkansas player ends game with noble gesture: Thamail Morgan took the kickoff and headed up the field. He was at the 20 ... 30 ... 40 He had been avoiding, dodging or just simply running through tacklers on the way. Football always had come easily for Morgan. This game was no different. By the time he hit midfield, only open space was ahead of him. The two-time Arkansas all-state selection was headed for a touchdown. 40 ... 30 ... 20 He glanced at the clock and saw the final seconds ticking away. He realized his team, Cave City, was on the way to a victory over Yellville-Summit, comfortably ahead, 34-16. He also realized two other things: This wasn't an ordinary game. And he wasn't the same Thamail Morgan. When he reached the 2, he stopped. He took a few steps back and took a knee at the 5-yard line.

posted by BornIcon to football at 06:28 AM - 25 comments

Giants prospect Villalona charged with murder: A top prospect for the San Francisco Giants was charged with murder in the death of a 25-year-old man last weekend at a bar in his Caribbean homeland. Angel Villalona, who received a club-record $2.1 million bonus when he was signed by the Giants in 2006, wore a bulletproof vest Monday to his hearing at a court in the city of La Romana. He pleaded innocent to the murder charge.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 07:06 AM - 0 comments

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Earns Unanimous Decision Over Juan Manuel Marquez: Despite a 21-month layoff, Floyd Mayweather Jr. earned a unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden, improving his perfect record to 40-0 as he fights back from retirement.

posted by BornIcon to boxing at 10:11 AM - 3 comments

Meet the guy who makes more per hole than Tiger Woods: Tiger Woods has played 1,044 holes of golf this season and has earned $9.7 million, or approximately $9,300 per hole. Jason Hargett laughs at that figure. Laughs, I say!

posted by BornIcon to golf at 01:24 PM - 13 comments

Embattled track star Caster Semenya gets new coach, new look: It's been a week of change for Caster Semenya, the South African runner at the center of a gender controversy at last month's world track championships.

posted by BornIcon to other at 08:38 AM - 5 comments

NFL commissioner Goodell says Michael Vick is eligible to play in 3rd game of regular season: Goodell met with Vick for 45 minutes Thursday before announcing his decision. Vick, recently signed by the Eagles, played in last week's exhibition game and was expected to play against the New York Jets on Thursday night.

posted by BornIcon to football at 04:57 PM - 21 comments

High School Football Star Saves 22 lives from Armed Student: Tuesday morning began just like any other morning for football star Kaleb Eulls. Eulls and his three younger sisters were among 22 passengers on a school bus bound for Yazoo County High School until a 14-year old female student boarded the bus armed with a .380 semi-automatic handgun threatening to shoot and ordering the bus driver to pull over.

posted by BornIcon to football at 02:37 PM - 11 comments

Dodgers acquire Jim Thome and John Garland: It'll be old home week when Jim Thome joins Manny Ramirez on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their reunion was set up when the Dodgers acquired the slugging first baseman from the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. Also joining the Dodgers' lineup is right-hander Jon Garland(notes), who came over from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The deals were announced in the top of the eighth inning of the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game, with both trades completed before the midnight EDT deadline required for postseason eligibility.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 09:47 AM - 6 comments

Wrestling Champ Free On Bail In Pittsburgh But Can't Go Home: In an exclusive interview Wednesday, Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling champion Kurt Angle said his live-in girlfriend got him arrested on an alleged violation of a protection-from-abuse order after the two had broken up.

posted by BornIcon to olympics at 07:56 AM - 26 comments

The Devil Is Still In Josh Hamilton: Josh Hamilton claims he's been sober since October 2005. Since then he's rejuvenated his career, saved his marriage, devoted himself to Jesus, and become America's flawed, homer-derby hero. Last winter, while he was alone in Tempe, Arizona, Hambone kinda slipped.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 09:17 AM - 33 comments

Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on 2003 Doping List: Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results.

posted by BornIcon to baseball at 01:11 PM - 113 comments

Brock Lesnar batters Frank Mir: Brock Lesnar, the former World Wrestling Entertainment fighter and current UFC heavyweight champion, battered Frank Mir in a second-round knockout to set aside a festering year of bitterness. As Arash Markazi writes in Sports Illustrated, Lesnar's post-fight antics were the greatest heel move outside of professional wrestling.

posted by BornIcon to other at 09:56 AM - 20 comments

Arturo Gatti Found Dead At Age 37: Foul play suspected in Gatti's death: Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.

posted by BornIcon to boxing at 07:32 AM - 1 comment

China's Yao Ming linked with a move to Cleveland Cavaliers : Chinese basketball fans are hoping Yao Ming will join LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers after reports that a Hong Kong-based company is set to take a minority share in the NBA franchise.

posted by BornIcon to basketball at 11:46 AM - 6 comments

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco is trying his hand at mixed martial arts: 7'2" South Korean Hong Man Choi is his first opponent.

posted by BornIcon to other at 02:13 PM - 9 comments

Manning makes MVP case in playoff clincher: If, like many Americans, you don't get the NFL Network or weren't tuned in Thursday night, you missed a couple of special moments.

posted by BornIcon to football at 06:28 AM - 1 comment

Lesnar proves size does matter: Despite it coming just weeks after Bernard Hopkins proved that a 45-year-old combat athlete doesn't have to turn into primordial paste in the ring, returning UFC champion Randy Couture -- as much an MMA institution as the cage itself -- failed in his attempt to write yet another storybook epilogue to a peerless career.

posted by BornIcon to other at 01:25 PM - 21 comments

Mark Cuban Accused of Insider Trading: Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, was charged Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading.

posted by BornIcon to basketball at 12:10 PM - 31 comments