One of the key lessons in life, for some people one of the hard ones to learn, is to pick your battles. When to let some things just go in pursuit of a more important, larger goal.
With that in mind, we bring you two bits of news about Royce White, the No. 16 pick of the Houston Rockets who has an anxiety disorder and does not feel the Rockets have done enough to support him…
It was certainly a surprise when the news broke late Sunday night that Mike D'Antoni had been hired by the Lakers as their new head coach. The job was believed to be Phil Jackson's if he wanted it, while a second meeting between Jackson and the Lakers appeared to be in the works, perhaps to finalize all of the details.
I guess he doesn't get a home stand to work this out.
The Lakers have fired Mike Brown, as first reported by Sam Amick of USA Today (who got it from Brown's agent) and now the Lakers have confirmed this. Brown had three years left on a guaranteed $18 million deal. To eat all that cash shows you how badly the Lakers wanted a change.
I saw this video tweeted at ESPN earlier today, and I was blown away that an 8-year-old girl was able to rack up 35 touchdowns and 1,911 yards on 232 carries during her recent youth football season. Is Sam Gordon the new Walter Payton? Check out this video and judge for yourself…
With the NFL season coming to the half-way point, I decided to do a power ranking of the 32 teams. My Bears have climbed all the way to the #2 spot, and if their Defense keeps up they could pass the Falcons for the #1 spot. Feel free to visit Sports Nation to do your own!
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin has gone bonkers the last two weeks, rushing for a combined 386 yards and five touchdowns.
After setting a team record Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, in which he scored three touchdown of 45 yards or longer, the rookie running back stopped by "NFL AM" Tuesday to discuss his play this season, his chances to win the NFL Rookie of the Year award, and of course the constant comparisons of him and Baltimore Ravens running back…
I guess someone has to be on the bottom, so why not a sweep which went head-to-head with football on three of its four nights:
The four games on Fox averaged a 7.6 rating and 12 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. The previous low was an 8.4 for the 2008 Phillies-Rays and 2010 Giants-Rangers series, which each went five games.
