Tweet Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police announced Thursday morning. Henry suffered severe head injuries after falling out of the rear end of a truck Wednesday afternoon, and remained on life support before finally succumbing to his injuries at 6:36 a.m. ET Thursday morning at [...]
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TweetBy Diana Fasanella An Australian pastor and Tiger Woods fanatical fan has disbanded a church he set up in 1996 in praise of sports icon. John Ziegler said the First Church of Tiger Woods is being dissolved because of the golfer’s recent transgressions and “personal sins,” ABC reports. The church had its own “Prayer for [...]
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Tweet Disgraced track star Marion Jones, who went from gold medals to orange jumpsuits during the course of the decade, is looking to make a comeback. But it’s not in the sport you might think. Released from prison last year after serving a six month sentence for lying about her doping use, the five-time Olympic [...]
Continue reading …TweetBy BRENT KALLESTAD, Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)—Bobby Bowden will end his 44-year coaching career after Florida State plays in a bowl game. Bowden will retire as the second winningest coach in major-college football behind Penn State’s Joe Paterno. The 80-year-old Bowden has won 388 games at Samford, West Virginia and Florida State, where [...]
Continue reading …TweetBy Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Charles Woodson wants to be known as more than a football player. Donating $2 million to the new University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital gives him a chance to do that. The school announced Woodson’s gift on Thanksgiving before he played for the Green Bay [...]
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Tweet Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:31 am EST By Chris Chase Serena Williams was fined a record amount for her infamous U.S. Open tirade three months ago and has been placed on an unprecedented two-year probationary period at Grand Slam events. She will have to pay an $82,500 fine and avoid a “major offense” at [...]
Continue reading …Tweet SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Notre Dame fired coach Charlie Weis on Monday after a string of disappointing seasons that was capped by an agonizing four-game losing streak. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced the decision, saying in a news release: “We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet [...]
Continue reading …TweetBy TERESA M. WALKER, AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—On rubbery legs, Titans coach Jeff Fisher summed up what everyone just saw. “You guys don’t mind if I sit down and do this do you? OK. WOW! What a great finish!” Fisher said as he slumped behind the podium. “We’ve had some finishes around here, [...]
Continue reading …TweetBy Associated Press November 29, 2009 3:51 pm WINDERMERE, Florida — Tiger Woods canceled another meeting with state troopers on Sunday, the third straight time he’s done so. He posted a statement on his Web site that said the accident was his fault, but failed to address the lingering questions about the crash that [...]
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TweetBy Associated Press November 10, 2009 11:15 am NEW YORK — Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday. The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said [...]
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