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Think Pink
Desperate times often call for desperate measures, and the cash-strapped, debt-addled, tzatziki-scented nation of Greece is no exception. According to the Globe and Mail, Greece is currently enjoying...
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MMA Crossfire – UFC 146: dos Santos vs Mir predictions
UFC heavyweight champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos makes his first title defense against challenger and former champ Frank Mir shortly at the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. dos Santos won the title...
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After The Crossfire – UFC 146: dos Santos vs Mir – UPDATED
Junior dos Santos defended his UFC heavyweight title Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with a convincing knockout win over challenger Frank Mir at UFC 146. The valiant Mir...
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After The Crossfire – The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale
Everybody’s got a story in the UFC. But no one’s is shining brighter than Michael Chiesa’s – at least for the moment. He did it for Dad. Chiesa completed a Rocky story by choking out fellow Team Faber...
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MMA Crossfire – Anderson “The Spider” Silva turns venomous on UFC 148...
Anderson Silva has heard enough from Chael Sonnen. Tired of two years of taunting from Sonnen, the normally respectful defending UFC middleweight champion shocked many on today’s UFC 148 conference...
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Top contender Robbie Lawler needs win over Matt Brown to ensure title shot at...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. — Robbie Lawler believes he’s ready for another shot at the UFC welterweight championship he let slip through his hands four months ago. A number of fighters in...
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After ‘rookie mistakes’ Manziel vows to focus on football
BEREA, Ohio — Like reading a blitz, Johnny Manziel knew the questions about his off-field wildness were coming. So the Browns quarterback struck first. “At the end of the day,” Manziel said, “I’ve made...
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More mature Derrick Rose returns from knee injury as U.S. basketball team...
LAS VEGAS — Derrick Rose says he feels old. The 25-year-old point guard’s rigorous play on Monday during the U.S. basketball team’s first practice dictated otherwise. “I was joking with Kyle Korver, I...
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Michele Roberts elected NBAPA head, becomes first woman to lead a male sports...
LAS VEGAS — The National Basketball Players Association has elected Michele Roberts as executive director, making her the first woman to lead a North American pro sports union. Roberts received 32 of...
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NBPA elects Michele Roberts, making her first woman to lead a male sports...
Michele Roberts has watched basketball for as long as she can remember. It was an easy choice growing up in a home with one TV and two older brothers. When she saw an interview last year with an NBA...
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Star of ‘Pawn Stars’ TV show plans shopping plaza near famous Las Vegas shop...
By Michelle Rindels LAS VEGAS -- The long parade of tourists who regularly stop by the downtown Las Vegas shop featured on the History Channel reality show “Pawn Stars” could soon have something better...
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Anderson Silva says injured leg is at 95 per cent, will be 100 per cent for...
TORONTO — Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva says his injured leg is at 95 per cent and improving. And the Brazilian MMA star promised it will be 100 per cent when he makes his comeback...
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Skin cancer rates spike after generation of sunbathing, tanning beds
By Anne Flaherty WASHINGTON — Stop sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds, the acting U.S. surgeon general warned in a report released Tuesday that cites an alarming 200 per cent jump in deadly...
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Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier get into a brawl at UFC 178 conference
LAS VEGAS — Light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones and challenger Daniel (DC) Cormier scuffled Monday at a news conference to publicize their UFC 178 showdown, falling off stage after coming to...
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Veteran UFC lightweight Mark Bocek retires, leaves on a winning note
By Neil Davidson Veteran Canadian lightweight Mark Bocek, who used to school the UFC’s ownership in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, has retired from mixed martial arts fighting. The 32-year-old from Woodbrige,...
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‘Drained’ Durant withdraws from reeling U.S. national team
Kevin Durant withdrew Thursday from the U.S. national team, the biggest loss yet for a weakening American squad that will go to Spain without the leading scorer on its last two gold medal winners. The...
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O’Bannon prepares to keep fighting as college sports ponders ramification of...
By Tim Dahlberg LAS VEGAS — Ed O’Bannon knows it’s not over, far from it. He’s ready for the appeals, and welcomes a challenge to the ruling that could change big-time college sports forever. After...
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UFC champion Jon Jones injures leg; title fight with Daniel Cormier moved to...
LAS VEGAS — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has injured his leg, forcing the postponement of his title fight with Daniel Cormier to Jan. 3. The UFC announced the move Tuesday. Jones (20-1) was...
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DeMarcus Cousins injures right knee during Team USA practice session
CHICAGO — Team USA is hoping for the best after watching another player get helped off the court with an injury. Sacramento Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins hurt his right knee when he got tangled with...
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Sacramento Kings make Toronto-born Sim Bhullar first player of Indian descent...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sim Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to sign a contract with an NBA team Friday, inking a deal to join the Sacramento Kings in training camp. Terms of the contract...
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