Despite the New York Giants losing a 31-28 heartbreaker to the Dallas Cowboys, Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s 43 yard touchdown catch is cause to celebrate. With Beckham using just his thumb and two fingers, he made what many are calling the catch the greatest catch ever. With New York football not generating much for fans to talk about, Beckham’s catch is a welcome distraction. The catch happened during…
by Jeff Lightsy Jr. Kansas Freshman Center Joel Embiid has suffered a stress fracture in his right foot according to ESPN. Embiid is one of the top prospects in the 2014 NBA draft and before the injury was a sure fire top 3 pick. Now, with this injury his draft stock is set to fall. The surgery date for the fracture is set for this Friday. Reports have stated that…
BY: John “Hennry” Harris We have all seen or heard about the the relationship status known as “its complicated”. Detroit Pistons point guard Brandon Jennings, 24, can definitely attest to this status as it concerns his fiancée and ex-video vixen Tae Heckard. According to DailyMail.com, NBA star Brandon Jennings’ wedding plans have to be put on hold after it has been revealed that he must first wait until his fiancée has…
by Dr. Boyce Watkins I grew up loving the sport of football. I used to dream that one day, if I worked hard enough, I’d have a chance to run with the greats of the NFL. After all, I was the second fastest kid in my class, I watched every game every Sunday, and I was able to run over the other kids in my neighborhood when we played in…
By: Stephanie Allen-Gobert Trying to turn a wrong into a right, forbes.com is reporting NBA great Magic Johnson is reporting that he is ‘absolutely interested’ in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald Sterling. At this point, there is no indication that Sterling wants to sell the Clippers. Making a swift decision is not an easy move for the NBA, which is bound to act in accordance with its constitution…
BY: John “Hennry” Harris Indiana Pacers leading scorer Paul George has had an exceptionally trying few weeks. He has been allegedly “catfished” by a gay man and sent him pictures of his, well … you know, on the eve of the playoffs, teammates Lance Stephenson and Evan Turner got into a well-publicized fight, Roy Hibbert was benched for the 2nd-half of a game after he was caught watching King of…
by Jeff Lightsy Jr. After news broke early Saturday morning about the racist comments Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling made to his girlfriend, the nation was outraged. Many people across America had comments and opinions of their own over the situation. One celeb made sure Donald Sterling heard him loud and clear. That man goes by the name of Snoop Dogg. READ MORE via BOSS Sports | Snoop Dogg’s…
The Los Angeles Clippers held a silent protest against owner Donald Sterling prior to Game 4 of a first-round playoff series against the Warriors on Sunday amid a controversy that has enveloped Sterling regarding racist comments he allegedly made in an audio recording. Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the entire Clippers team took off their jackets and placed them at mid-court during warm-ups, revealing team t-shirts that had been turned inside…
It turns out that the Harrison (Andrew and Aaron) twins didn’t decide to graciously give another year of free labor to The University of Kentucky. Actually, they were not good enough to get to the NBA. According to USA Today sports, these two young men were not ready for the next step. *I feel kind of bad for the Harrisons. They wanted to be pros right now so badly; the…
Reported By Liku Zelleke Ramarley Graham was 18-years-old when he was shot and killed by an NYPD police officer in his home in the Bronx in February of 2012. He had run into his home with police officers in pursuit who said they had witnessed Graham participate in a drug deal. The officers, in plainclothes, had suspected that he also had a gun in his waistband. It was later found…
Reported By Liku Zelleke In 2010, former Oklahoma State player Darrell Williams had been accused, and then convicted, of sexually assaulting two women at an off-campus party. He was convicted on two accounts of rape by instrumentation and one count of sexual battery. Although he was not sentenced to any jail time he was ordered to register as a sex offender. On Tuesday, 22nd of April 2014, an Oklahoma court…
Reported By Liku Zelleke In recent years, the cruelty of solitary confinement has been one of the most debated topics. Activists against the form of imprisonment argue that it constitutes cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners that does more harm than good, akin to torture. Now, filmmaker Dan Edge has made a new documentary about solitary confinement. One thing that egged him on was the murder of Tom Clements, the…
by Jeff Lightsy Jr. University of New Mexico Junior running back Crusoe Gongbay has been suspended indefinitely by the football program at his university. The suspension comes after Gongbay was arrested and charged with the rape of a woman. Along with Gongbay, two other men have also been charged. The three men are facing two counts of second-degree criminal sexual penetration and one count of kidnapping. READ MORE via BOSS…
Violence is not a good thing, most of the time. But violence can be a proper response in situations where someone needs to be protected. This video is going viral and it shows a man on a bus who might have had too much to drink or smoke that day. Or, he might just be crazy. Whatever he had going on led to this man verbally assaulting an elderly couple,…
Mike Tyson has a new lease on life and a new respect for the IRS now that he’s paid off a substantial chunk of his tax debt. What he doesn’t have, however, are regrets for the lavish spending that landed him in a financial hole in the first place. Tyson has had his share of tax troubles after filing bankruptcy in 2005, but says the IRS has been good to him….