It’s a sad day for Yankee fans. Bob Sheppard, the team’s longtime PA man, is dead at 99 years of age. Sheppard, whose authoritative voice earned him the nickname “The Voice of God”, worked at Yankee Stadium from 1951 to 2007. Over the course of his career, he announced more than 4,500 baseball games.  He [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has written a scathing “open letter” to the team’s fans, addressing LeBron James‘ decision to leave the team and sign with the Miami Heat. In the letter, Gilbert rips James a new one, calling him “narcissistic” and calling the move a “cowardly [...]

ESPN’s Chris Broussard has tweeted  that all signs point to LeBron James signing with the Miami Heat tonight. Here is his tweet: Let’s just say that if Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James do all end up playing for the Heat, it will be a super-team unlike any we’ve seen in the past twenty [...]

Watch in horror as a Texas Rangers fan falls from the second deck onto the people below. There doesn’t seem to be a shot of the actual fall, although you can check out the reaction of the umpire and other players. Apparently, this guy is OK and responsive, although he is in the hospital. Video [...]

Former Oakland Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell has been arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance in Alabama.  He was arrested on Monday for having codeine syrup in his possession. Russell, 24, was arrested as part of an undercover sting operation, says Mobile County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Lori Myles. She wouldn’t say what led to [...]

Looks like Jessica Simpson is finally ready to move on.  Her new fling would appear to be former San Francisco 49ers tight end Eric Johnson. Johnson last played for the New Orleans Saints in 2008 and split up with his wife earlier this year.  The couple filed for divorce back in February. Simpson and Johnson [...]

Damon Evans, AD at University of Georgia, has been arrested on DUI charges. Just prior to midnight on Wednesday, a Georgia state trooper pulled Evans over as he was driving his 2009 BMW. Evans was arrested and charged with DUI and failure to maintain his lane. He was taken to Atlanta’s city jail. It is [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins couldn’t hang on to Sergei Gonchar, nor could they offer Paul Martin the money he wanted. What they did manage to do, however, was sign one of the most underrated defense players available today as they signed Zbynek Michalek to a 5-year, $20 million deal. It’s a great deal for both Michalek [...]

The 2-year-old son of former Eagles QB Randall Cunningham is dead after drowning in an apparent hot tub accident. A woman at the home with several other children found the boy’s body at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon and attempted unsuccessfully to revive him. The boy was pronounced dead at St. Rose Dominican Hospital [...]

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is set to marry Oakland Raiders quarterback and former Baltimore Ravens backup QB Kyle Boller on Friday. The wedding will take place at the Grand Del Mar Hotel in San Diego. If you’re a football betting man, I wouldn’t count on this one lasting very long. Prejean made headlines last [...]