And They Said It Could Never Happen

The Cubs got a jump on teams looking for starting pitching now and in the future by acquiring Jose Quintana from the crosstown White Sox for top prospects Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease plus two other Minor Leaguers.

Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the deal was not…

Let The Madness Begin

Floyd Mayweather Jr. reached into a backpack and held out a $100 million check for the crowd of 11,000 fight fans to see.
“Let me show you what a $100 million fighter looks like,” he said.
Conor McGregor interrupted from his stool behind the podium: “That’s to the…

Detroit Couldn't Stop Sucking, So I Retired

Former Lions receiver Calvin Johnson has hinted before that the team’s inability to contend for a Super Bowl played a role in his retirement following the 2015 season, along with injuries.

Last week, he took it a step further.

Johnson, in Italy last week for the Italian Bowl XXXVII…

Judge Put On A Show at The Home Run Derby

It’s not true that Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has a pet ox named Babe. It might be true, however, that he has the strength of a thousand men.

In the year of the home run, the rookie who has hit the most homers and the season’s longest captured…

Dude's Gonna Get Himself Killed

Todd Marinovich, the man who was groomed to play quarterback from birth by his father and who flamed out of the NFL and slid into the throes of addiction, is returning to football. At the age of 48. Seriously.

Via the Palm Springs Desert Sun, Marinovich announced Friday that he…