Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose journey from poverty to football stardom was dramatized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” asked a Tennessee court on Monday to formally end his legal relationship to the family that took her in, claiming she was never adopted and tricked into signing away her decision-making power so the… Continue reading Michael Oher, Featured on ‘The Blind Side,’ Says He Was Duped by Promise of Adoption
NFL Betting Sanctions Put Good ‘Integrity’ to the Test
When the NFL announced on Thursday that three players had been found to have bet on football, the punishments came down with characteristic brutality: indefinite suspensions that could only be appealed after a full season. It is the second set of gambling penalties imposed this off-season, after the league in April requested similar suspensions against… Continue reading NFL Betting Sanctions Put Good ‘Integrity’ to the Test
Once Rare, 40-Point Game Advances in WNBA
The 40-point game has disappeared from the WNBA in the last few years. This season, it’s back. Ten times this year a player has scored at least 40 points in a game, the most in a season in the league’s 27-year history. Before this year, there had been no such regular-season performances since 2018, when… Continue reading Once Rare, 40-Point Game Advances in WNBA
ChiefsAholic, Kansas City Superfan, Charged with $70,000 Bank Theft
As the main hype man for the Kansas City Chiefs, Xaviar Babudar, known to fans as ChiefsAholic, attends almost every game, home and away. Because of the huge price of football tickets, it was a high-flying lifestyle, which Mr. Babudar attributed to the successful warehouses he managed throughout the Midwest. But the money that funded… Continue reading ChiefsAholic, Kansas City Superfan, Charged with $70,000 Bank Theft
Saquon Barkley and Giants Can’t Agree on Long-Term Deal
Why It Matters: Barkley is one of the best at his position. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Barkley has been a mainstay of the Giants’ offense since the team drafted him No. 2 overall in 2018, and he gave the team an identity as it moved on from longtime quarterback Eli Manning. He was named… Continue reading Saquon Barkley and Giants Can’t Agree on Long-Term Deal
CR Roberts, Milestone Game Scoring Sensation, Dies at 87
CR Roberts, a Black running back at the University of Southern California, feared what would happen when his integrated Trojans football team traveled to the Jim Crow South to play the all-white University of Texas Longhorns in Austin in 1956. There were death threats before the game. He wondered: Would the shotgun blast from the… Continue reading CR Roberts, Milestone Game Scoring Sensation, Dies at 87
With Aaron Rodgers, Jets Enter Era of Expectation
For a brief moment Thursday, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets showed everyone what change looks like. After a few opening series during a scrimmage on the first day of Jets training camp, Rodgers fired the ball to second-year wide receiver Garrett Wilson on a quick route. Wilson hauled in the burn, stumbled briefly, then sprinted… Continue reading With Aaron Rodgers, Jets Enter Era of Expectation
NFL Fines Snyder $60 Million for Sexual Harassment and Withholding of Revenue
Daniel Snyder was fined $60 million, the largest penalty ever levied against an NFL team owner, after he was found to have had sex with a former Washington Commanders cheerleader and marketing employee. A league-sponsored investigation released Thursday found credible claims made by Tiffani Johnston, the team’s former employee, who said Snyder put his hand… Continue reading NFL Fines Snyder $60 Million for Sexual Harassment and Withholding of Revenue
NFL Approves $6 Billion Deal for Washington Commanders
The owners of 31 other NFL teams unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris, the private equity billionaire, who agreed to pay a record $6.05 billion. to Daniel Snyder, the scandal-ridden owner of the team. The figure surpasses the previous highest price paid for an American sports… Continue reading NFL Approves $6 Billion Deal for Washington Commanders
Aaron Rodgers Is Now A Jet (and A New Yorker, Too)
Sports is an incredibly transformative human phenomenon. They change people – the people who play them, the people who watch them. The pandemic has changed sports and maybe athletes, maybe Aaron Rodgers. In search of non-orthodoxy, he discovers evil and accepts it, perhaps in a scheme to exchange, destructively worshiped in search of a self… Continue reading Aaron Rodgers Is Now A Jet (and A New Yorker, Too)