The career of many professional athletes is not long lasting, especially those which require being at the peak of physical fitness to keep on top of their game and ahead of the rest. The time comes, all too soon for some, when going out of the game gracefully is the logical thing to do, leaving [...]
Last year around this time, Detroit Lions’ RB Jahvid Best suffered yet another concussion. It is his fourth concussion diagnosis dating back to his senior year at Cal. It was enough of an issue that some teams took him off of their draft boars completely. Not the Lions though, they took him in the first [...]
We often wonder if Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib has his shoes tied properly. Because he does so many things wrong, he can’t possibly do even the smallest things correctly. His last misstep was an accusation that he fired a gun at his sister’s boyfriend (those charges were dropped). Now, he’s testing positive for [...]
A recent OTR poll has revealed some stunning statistics in this year’s 2012 election, much of it standing in sharp contrast to previous 2012 elections. In many key swing states, Governor Mitt Romney has gained significant points among registered voters who aren’t likely to vote. He’s now trailing President Barack Obama by just one point, [...]
Many Philadelphia 76ers fans must have thought that August 9th was April 1st. That’s the day when the Sixers not only shipped out Andre Iguodala as many had hoped, but they also acquired one of the best centers in the entire league in Andrew Bynum. Sure, he comes with a bit of baggage, gets hurt [...]
The Chicago Bears have been playing well as of late. Their offense is looking better and better, even if everyone isn’t happy with his or her role. Well, maybe Devin Hester will have finally “earned” some more playing time since rookie WR Alshon Jeffery broke his hand on Sunday. Initial reports were that he would [...]
Yep, this sucks. You waited on San Diego Chargers RB Ryan Mathews in your fantasy draft. He’d be great value in the third or even fourth round. He’s the bellcow in San Diego, but with is busted collarbone, he’s slipping. So you jumped on him and stashed him for a couple weeks! Now, you get [...]
This comes right from the Twitter account of Los Angeles Times Lakers blogger Mark Medina. I don’t really know how Metta World Peace said this or if he was laughing when he said it, but with him you never know. Apparently, someone asked Metta World Peace if newly acquired guard Steve Nash was the smartest [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have an incredibly young team that is loaded with up-and-coming stars. One of their bright spots last year was a guy they drafted in the 2011 NHL Draft and who played right away. Not even old enough to drink, Sean Couturier proved immediately that he belonged in the league. However, he’s still [...]
Dutch-born Greg Halman, an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners in 2010 and 2011, was stabbed to death Monday in Rotterndam. His younger brother was arrested in connection with the crime. “A 24-year-old died this morning in a stabbing and we have arrested the 22-year-old brother of the victim,” a police spokesman told Rueters. Halman played [...]
According to Jim Gardner of ABC 6 News, JoePa’s time at Penn State has come to an abrupt end. Penn State Board of Trustees announces that Joe Paterno will not coach another game. Assistant coach Tom Bradley is interim coach. President Graham Spanier has resigned. Penn State Provost, Rodney Erickson has been named interim President. [...]
Joe Frazier is in his most important fight – against advanced liver cancer. Leslie Wolff, Frazier’s manager for seven years, says the former heavyweight champ was diagnosed four or five weeks ago and is currently in hospice. Frazier’s illness was first reported by the New York Post. Unfortunately, sources close to the 67-year-old boxer say [...]
Kansas City lost to the Baltimore Ravens 30-7 in Sunday’s wild-card round, officially ending their season. Next up for the Chiefs is finding a replacement for Florida-bound Charlie Weis, and according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Chiefs are “strongly considering” Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy It’s not the first time McCoy’s name has been [...]
A gunman opened fire outside of a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, yesterday killing six people and wounding 14 others. Today it has been revealed that one of the victims was 9-year old Christina-Taylor Green, granddaughter of Phillies senior advisor and former manager Dallas Green. Her father, John, is a scout for the Dodgers. [...]
Wow! This story took a strange turn. We just mentioned that Junior Seau was arrested for domestic violence early this morning. It turns out that after being released he drove his SUV off a cliff in Carlsbad, CA. Seau survived the crash but did sustain injuries. Based on these pictures of the crash from TMZ [...]
Former NFL and USC football great Junior Seau was arrested early this morning in San Diego. The incident allegedly occurred against his live-in girlfriend, but there is no word on her condition. Seau was booked into the Vista Detention Facility and released around 3:20 AM. Photo Caption: The Junior Seau Foundation aims to “educate and [...]
The rumors heated up last night and it seems that the deal is finally done. Randy Moss is now a Minnesota Viking. The Patriots were not going to resign Moss at the end of the year so they wanted to get as much as they could right now. What thy ended up with is a [...]
I guess all good things must come to an end. Tonight the Phillies lost 5-2 to the Mets ending an 11-game winning streak. This little fan was a bit too preoccupied to notice. No, she wasn’t eating some Chickie & Pete’s Crab fries. Wasn’t a Schmitter either. It was a good ‘ol fashioned boogie. As [...]
Well, that didn’t take long. After just one play in Friday night’s preseason game against Kansas City, Eagles WR DeSean Jackson left the game with an upper back injury. Photo Caption: DeSean shows us how many times you need to hit him before his back gives out. Safety Eric Berry popped Jackson, whose previous back [...]
Terrell Owens took to Twitter to write, “Hoping 2 b a Bengal w/in the 24hrs!!” And according to a source familiar with the situation, T.O. will sign with the Bengals tomorrow when he heads to Georgetown for training camp. According to the AP, The Bengals were his first choice, giving him a chance to team [...]
There was a pretty scary moment during the fourth inning of the Giants game tonight when outfielder Eugenio Velez was struck in the head by a foul line drive into the dugout. Velez was standing with his teammates when Pat Burrell sliced a fastball towards the visitor’s benches causing players to scatter and knocking Velez [...]
Georgia athletic director Damon Evans was arrested in Atlanta last Wednesday after being pulled over by a state trooper for driving erratically. In the car with Evans was 28-year-old Courtney Fuhrmann, who is not his wife. Or daughter. She is “just a friend.” And she must be a pretty good friend because when she decided [...]
The FIFA World Cup will begin this Friday and the OTR newsroom is getting ramped up. Since Americans are finally showing some interest in soccer, ESPN has stepped up its plan for this year’s broadcast. It’s about time. All 64 matches will be broadcast live with any games on ESPN or ESPN 2 also being [...]
This has been a rough year for Philadelphia sports fans. Their already tarnished reputation only got worse after a little tix for tricks issue, some tasering, and the now infamous projectile vomiting incident. So when this video of a child drinking beer at a baseball game surfaced, it wasn’t hard to beleive it happened in [...]
The Flyers and Blackhawks may be battling it out in Chicago, but there was another important game for the City of Brotherly Love tonight. Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay retired 27 batters, earning him a perfect game. Halladay was coming off a rough game against the Red Sox where he gave up seven runs in [...]
