A rare Honus Wagner baseball card, as shown in the photo below, was sold at Goldin Auctions in West Berlin, New Jersey this Saturday, April 6, 2013 at a whopping price of $2.1 million. This so-called “Holy Grail” card was also referred to as T206 baseball card, and was issued from 1909 to 1911. 1909 [...]
JaMarcus Russell reportedly lost 27 pounds in his effort to make a comeback in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2009 season. In March 2010, the former Oakland Raiders quarterback was rumored to have reached to 270 pounds, when he was spotted arriving at mini-camp during the offseason. JaMarcus Russell, explaining his 27 pounds [...]
Gay ex-NFL player Kwame Harris comes out exclusively via CNN interview, as shown in the video below. Harris, 31, is a retired American football offensive tackle who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL), and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Ex-NFL player [...]
Emiel Pauwels of Belgium and Ilmari Koppinen of Finland, who are both in their 90s, recently competed against each other in the 100-meter race at the 2013 Veteran Games in San Sebastian, Spain. The two athlete grandfathers wowed the crowd for their showing their stamina, as shown in the video below. Emiel Pauwels (in black [...]
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) relieves its men’s basketball coach Ben Howland. The UCLA coach was fired after 10 seasons, ending the longest term for the team’s coach since John Wooden retired in 1975. A report on the official website of UCLA Bruins on Sunday, March 24, 2013 confirmed the news. UCLA Bruins [...]
Harvard wins over New Mexico on Thursday, March 21, 2013, making a surprise win in the second round of the 2013 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) men’s basketball tournament, 68-62. This is the first time that Harvard University won the NCAA tournament. Fans celebrate after Harvard wins vs New Mexico Image Credit: NCAA video As [...]
The Miami Heat extended their win streak record to 24 after a come-from-behind victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 98-95, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Wednesday night, March 20, 2013. LeBron James Credit: NBA.com LeBron James registered his fourth triple-double of the season against his former team. He scored a game-high 25 points, [...]
Retired NBA player Adrian Dantley is now working as a school crossing guard, as shown in the video below. Dantley, 58, played 15 NBA seasons, where seven of them for Utah Jazz. He later became a Denver Nuggets assistant coach for eight seasons, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. NBA [...]
Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn are officially dating. The couple has confirmed their relationship and made the announcement on Facebook, and even posted a photo of them together, as shown in the photo below. Woods, 37, and Vonn, 28, ended the rumors, after they are being spotted together in some occasions. Lindsey Vonn and Tiger [...]
A so-called Iditarod race dog dies this Friday, March 15, 2013, after it was earlier dropped from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual long-distance sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Race officials said that Dorado, a 5-year old male dog, came from the team of Fairbanks musher Paige Drobny. A scene [...]