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Kevin Durant Played in an Intramural Flag Football Game at Oklahoma State [VIDEO]
Some Oklahoma State fraternity members got a welcome surprise to their flag football roster on Monday night when Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant showed up for the game.
Durant tweeted on Monday saying, “This lockout is really boring. Anybody playing flag football in OKC. I need to run around or something!”
Shaq Reveals That He Once Threatened to Kill Kobe Bryant in New Book, ‘Shaq Uncut: My Story’
The Shaquille O’Neal-Kobe Bryant rift in Los Angeles is well documented, but now The Big Diesel explains how heated it really got between the two men in a new book ‘Shaq Uncut: My Story.’
‘Field of Dreams’ Property in Iowa Sold, Will Be Preserved
The baseball diamond immortalized in the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ is being sold, but it will remain intact, thanks to Go the Distance Baseball LLC, which will turn the Dyersville, Iowa, property into a baseball and softball complex.
St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa Retires After Winning World Series
Just days after earning his third career World Series title, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Monday that he is retiring.
He managed for 33 seasons, with stints with the White Sox and Athletics before joining the Cardinals in 1996. La Russa, 67, is third all-time in post-season wins and third in regular season wins.
Baseball Fan Wins $375,000 on Cardinals’ World Series Title Run
One man celebrated along with the St Louis Cardinals this weekend after their World Series win made him more than $300K richer.
Texas A&M Basketball Coach Billy Kennedy Announces He Has Parkinson’s Disease
New Texas A&M basketball coach Billy Kennedy revealed on Thursday that he has an early stage of Parkinson’s disease, and he hopes to return to the court in the fall.
“At this time, I am heeding the advice of my doctors and addressing the disease and its symptoms. We have begun a long-term treatment plan and recovery. My doctors are encouraged and are telling me I will be able to come back s
Terrell Owens Gets an Offer — From an Arena Football League Team
Terrell Owens is so desperate to get back to football that, trying to make an impression on an NFL team, he held a televised workout on Tuesday.
While no NFL teams bit, Owens did get one offer: from the Arena Football League’s Chicago Rush, at $400 per week.
Red Sox Pitcher John Lackey to Miss All of 2012 After Tommy John Surgery
After a mediocre year with the Red Sox, John Lackey will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair his elbow that will sideline him for all of the 2012 season.
Lackey disappointed Sox fans in his second year with the team posting a 12-12 record with a 6.41 ERA.
Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein Says Farewell to Boston in Newspaper Editorial
As the Boston Red Sox are expected to name Ben Cherington their next general manager on Thursday, the man who used to occupy that position, Theo Epstein, gave his final farewell to the team’s fans on Tuesday morning in a letter in the Boston Globe.
He reminisced on his lifelong love for the Sox and how happy he was to see the team win twice during his reign.
NBA Set to Cancel Another Two Weeks of Season Due to Lockout
Having already axed the first two weeks of the basketball season due to a standoff with players, NBA officials will announce that another two weeks will be canceled, according to the New York Daily News.
That’s another 102 games off the schedule, and will keep the season from starting any earlier than Nov. 28.