Joe Johnson Cut By Nets, Cleveland is on the Clock

The woeful Brooklyn Nets have cut ties with their most expensive player.

Veteran shooting guard Joe Johnson was waived by the team Thursday after the team announced a buyout for what was left of his $24.9 million salary this season. But the 15-42 Nets did Johnson a favor…

Hugh Jackman Talks New Movie and Love of Chicago (Video)

Our favorite Australian star Hugh Jackman stopped through Chicago, with co-star Taron Egerton (of ‘Kingsman’ fame), to tell us about his new movie ‘Eddie the Eagle’ and what he loves most about Chi-City.

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E-Cigarette Explodes and Sends Man to Hospital (Video)

A Kentucky man was hospitalized after an e-cigarette battery exploded in his pocket. It happened over the weekend at a Shell Gas Station.

Surveillance video shows Josh Hamilton was standing in line, waiting to be checked out when the battery exploded.

Hamilton rushed past an employee, went outside the…

JPP Sues ESPN and Adam Schefter for Real Assh*le Move

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul filed a lawsuit Wednesday against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter for posting his medical records last summer.

The lawsuit, filed in Miami Dade County in Florida, alleges that Pierre-Paul’s privacy was violated — as was the state’s medical records statute — by the…

Down Goes No.1.....Again!

J.P. Macura got Xavier rolling with 19 points off the bench, and freshman point guard Edmond Sumner had 19 points and nine assists as fifth-ranked Xavier notched the win that had eluded it, knocking off top-ranked Villanova 90-83 on Wednesday night.

The Musketeers (25-3, 13…