A Sochi pest control company has been contracted to kill stray dogs in the city while the Olympics is going on. According to Basya Servces Director General Alexei Sorokin, the firm has been killing them for years but will ramp up their efforts during this time. Authorities have not stipulated how the dogs are going […]
Yet another study has revealed that many retired professional players of the U.S. National Football League (NFL) are suffering from brain disorders due to repeated head trauma. The study was conducted by Dr. Adam Hampshire from the Imperial College, London. They scanned the brains of 60 participants who never played American-style football and compared them […]
Expectations are that Major League Baseball (MLB) will suspend nine players on Friday. New York Yankees shortstop Alex Rodriguez will more than likely not be among them as his penalty for using performance enhancing drugs (PED) is expected to be more severe. The suspensions are the result of a scandal earlier this year where 20 […]
The Baltimore Ravens lost Dennis Pitta to injury on Saturday during day 3 at the team’s training camp. He was carted off the field with a hip fracture and more than likely will be out for the entire 2013-14 NFL season. It is a major upset for the current Super Bowl champs. The Ravens must […]
The Los Angeles Lakes face a tough next season after Dwight Howard decided not to stay with the team. The team’s roster is filled with veteran basketball players like Kobe Bryant who is still recovery from an Achilles’ tendon surgery. It’s not clear of Bryant – a five-time champion – will come back. Howard chose […]
Sean Payton, coach for the New Orleans Saints, has moonlighted as a caddie for Ryan Palmer at the Greenbrier Classic. Payton said he’s taking the week at The Greenbrier resort to relax before the start of the NFL training camp, when Payton decided to help his friend Palmer by being a caddie. Palmer’s regular PGA […]
So long as the weather allows, NASCAR will go ahead as schedule despite the horrific crash involving multiple cars – Saturday afternoon at the Daytona International Speedway that injured about 30 people. Joie Chitwood III, president of Daytona International Speedway, said he and others met with the NASCAR officials and worked late into the night […]
Both the Superdome’s engineering staff and local utility agency Entergy New Orleans were worried about the possibility of a Super Bowl blackout and had voiced their concerns to Superdome officials. Their concerns were justified, as during the Ravens-49ers game on Sunday, the game was delayed for about 35 minutes during the third quarter. The outage’s […]
On Tuesday, NFL Commission Roger Goodell upheld Will Smith and Jonathan Vilma’s suspensions and decreased the penalties for both Anthony Hargrove and Scott Fujita for their roles in the bounty scandal that rocked the New Orleans Saints. Vilma, the Saints linebacker, will remain out of the game for the whole season and Smith, defensive end […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote and released a letter to league fans recently, conveying how deeply apologetic he was for the referee holdout that finally came to a close Sept. 26. Goodell said he believes in responsibility, not excuses. He said it was a shame the agreement between the sides could not come any sooner […]