Book says Souter almost left court
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Justice David Souter contemplated resigning from the Supreme Court because he was so upset by the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, a new book says.
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Sammy Sosa&#39;s leaping ability was criticized Tuesday, but he left his feet at the right time Wednesday. Sosa&#39;s diving catch in the eighth inning Wednesday night helped
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With 1 minute 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter of last night's 106-100 Celtics victory over the Bobcats, Wally Szczerbiak went down with a sprained right ankle and did not return. Given how quickly the ankle swelled up after the veteran was helped from the court by teammates, Doc Rivers suspects the forward will not be ...
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-- Bob Knight shook hands with the opposing coach, put his head down and walked off the court. Victory No. 876, the one that tied him with legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp for second place on the career list and moved him within three of tying former North Carolina coach Dean Smith for the top...
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On the night of Jan. 25, 2006, before a capacity crowd at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, the San Antonio Spurs cruised past the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, 84-68, a game utterly unremarkable save for one item that was not known at the time: It would be the Hornets' Chris Andersen's last game for at least two years.
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Sooner or later, every professional basketball playerâs career comes to an end. For Todd MacCulloch, that day came earlier than expected.
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Did you know that Celtics rookie point guard Gabe Pruitt almost stayed at Southern Cal because of O.J.?
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Special to TheSweetScience.com, from the Pat Putnam Classic Series, this article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated.
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Sonics forward Danny Fortson was headed the wrong way when he greeted former Sonic Michael Cage before leaving KeyArena about two hours before yesterday&#39;s game.
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If ever there was a case of two people who didn&#39;t know their left feet from their right, two people who didn&#39;t know how good they had it on the basketball court, two people who, in the final analysis, got exactly what they deserved, it&#39;s the strange case
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In MADRID story headlined &quot;Tennis-Top seed Henman falls to Ljubicic in Madrid&quot; in the second paragraph please read ... broke the Briton&#39;s serve in the 10th game to claim the set... instead of ... broke the
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The same day the Houston Astros announced that pitcher Andy Pettitte would have surgery on his troublesome left elbow next week, Roger Clemens left last night&#39;s game against the Philadelphia Phillies with a strained right calf.
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Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 -- one day's salary -- for arriving late to the Cubs' regular-season finale at Wrigley Field and leaving the game early. The slugger's agent, Adam Katz , said yesterday Sosa most likely will file a grievance. Sosa arrived 70 minutes before Sunday's first pitch, and he apparently left 15 minutes after the game started without ...
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The Rutgers womenâs basketball coach said that she found comments by Isiah Thomas in a deposition for a sexual-harassment lawsuit âdisgusting.â
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ESPN announced yesterday the signing of Rick Reilly, whose contract with Sports Illustrated expires at the end of November, to write the back-page column in ESPN the Magazine and to deliver essays on âSportsCenterâ during its golf coverage.Reilly said he succumbed to ESPN after rejecting offers 5 and 10 years ago. âThe money was ridiculous,â he said in a news media conference call. âThis is an itch Iâve always wanted to scratch, to take my voice to a different place.â Despite being on TV regularly with one-minute commentaries, he said ESPN wanted him for his column. âBelieve me, with this nose, I know whatâs best for me,â he said.
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What happened to Henry Bibby at USC is that, for the first time in his basketball life, he stayed in one place too long. Fired Monday and replaced by assistant Jim Saia for the interim, Bibby
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Anaheim Angels: Center fielder Garret Anderson left the game at Texas because of a sore left knee. The Angels said Anderson irritated the patella tendon near his left knee.