The fight to combat police violence seems to be catching fire in the sports world. Challenging the stigma that this generation’s ball players steer clear of making any political statements, Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James joined the St. Louis Rams, Reggie Bush, and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls when he wore an “I Can’t Breathe” […]

Go on, hurl all your “throw like a girl” insults. We’ll gladly take them. Thanks to Mo’ne Davis, the 13-year-old breakout star at the 2014 Little League Series with a 70-mph fastball, girls and boys everywhere are challenging gender norms while fearlessly following their dreams. But Mo’ne can add more than inspirational figure to her resume. Mo’ne was […]

For Carmelo Anthony, ball is not life. The New York Knicks forward ditches his uniform to cover ESPN magazine. He’s on his suit-and-tie ish looking like he means business, and that’s because he does. ESPN’s Eli Saslow follows Melo off the court and into the boardroom, where he opens up about wanting to be more than just a basketball player, especially […]

Forty years ago, Muhammad Ali shocked the world. It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last, but was it the most monumental moment in Ali’s all-time monumental boxing career. On October 30th, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in front of 60,000 plus people in Zaire, Africa. It would be the second time Muhammad […]

Guys. Being a girl is so damn awesome. And not that we didn’t know that, but when we watched this Chevrolet ad featuring 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis — the first female pitcher to win a game at the Little League World Series — we seriously cried all the tears of joy. Because when she said this […]

National Football League teams are scrambling to deny allegations, brought forth by former NFL executive Jerry Angelo, that teams hid hundreds of domestic violence incidents in the past 30 years. Angelo, who was general manager of the Chicago Bears until 2011, said he regrets his role and is not proud of the “mistakes” that were […]

This will definitely bring a smile to your face. The Utah Jazz signed 5-year-old JP Gibson to their roster for a day to fulfill his ultimate wish of playing for his favorite team. Gibson was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2012. But thanks to the kind folks on the Jazz, he was given a […]

As news of Ebola hitting the United States spreads, about 1,400 U.S. troops will head to Liberia this month for a mission to curb the spread of the deadly virus. About 700 of those troops will come from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Ky. The other half will be combat engineers from […]

A high school football player from Elwood, NY, died Wednesday after colliding with an opponent during a game and sustaining a head injury. Tom Cutinella, a player for the Shoreham-Wading River High School, was pronounced dead at the hospital after he spent some time in the intensive-care unit following a surgery. The guard/linebacker was injured during the […]

A report from Frontline on the overall mental health of football players revealed that 76 of 79 deceased players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE. The brain disease is caused by constant trauma. Another study reported out of 170 football players from the league’s various levels like professional, high school, and college, 101 […]

There were tears, there were cheers, and all the feels on Thursday during New York Yankee Derek Jeter‘s final home game. From the NY Times: With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Jeter stroked the winning hit and ended his Yankee Stadium career the way he had ended so many games — with both […]

Black excellence is everywhere – even in a baseball game. The incomparable 13-year-old pitcher Mo’ne Davis quickly made history after competing with Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons team in this year’s Little League World Series. Not only was she the only girl on the team, she was just one of two girls in the entire series, and she […]