A season with Peyton Manning can do wonders for a wide receiver’s career. That first year with Manning and the Denver Broncos has apparently raised the profile of Emmanuel Sanders off the field as well. Sanders inked a one-year endorsement deal with global communications company Centu... Read More
It was a monumental moment for ex-NBA stars Hakeem Olajuwon and Dikembe Mutombo to help bring American pro basketball into Africa. The legends made appearances that headlined the league’s first exhibition game on the continent this past Saturday. Olajuwon and Mutombo even surprised th... Read More
Ten Microsoft stores across the country celebrated the release of Windows 10 with special meet and greets last week. A trio from the recent World Cup champion U.S. women’s national team helped graced a few of the events. Abby Wambach turned up at the store in Garden City, New York, Me... Read More
The Sacramento Kings are following the lead of one of the NBA’s most successful franchises. On the heels of the San Antonio Spurs hiring Becky Hammon last year as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, the Kings are also diving into the pool of women’s basketball legends... Read More
It was a stunning announcement earlier this offseason when San Francisco 49ers rookie Chris Borland revealed he was retiring from the NFL. However, Borland kicked off a wave of players saying goodbye to the sidelines prematurely while citing concern for future debilitating injuries. Now, he... Read More
C.J. McCollum has sought to make a quick impact on the greater Portland community during his two NBA seasons. This week, the Blazers guard held his youth basketball camp in the area at ClubSport. For three days, McCollum took great interest in training the 80 or so campers on hand. He... Read More
Maurice Clarett’s new life mission off the football field has been about impacting lives. Clarett got the opportunity a few weeks ago to speak to the Xavier Basketball program as part of head coach Chris Mack’s Fortune 15 series. Mack has brought in several speakers since last y... Read More
Former LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown is known to at least play some role in making Shaquille O’Neal a Hall of Fame player. Brown shared stories about O’Neal and others from over 30 years in coaching as the featured speaker at the Montana Coaches Association clinic on Wednesd... Read More
With the recent success of Becky Hammon as a head coach in the NBA’s Summer League, the discussion about women coaching in male professional sports has been a huge talking point. The Arizona Cardinals advanced those discussions on Monday by hiring Jen Welter as the first-known female coa... Read More