NBA Great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Rare Cancer
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 @ 07:50AM - 1 comment
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been privately battling a rare form of leukemia for nearly a year, but the Los Angeles Lakers legend says his long-term prognosis is very good and he expects to continue living a normal, healthy life.
The 62-year-old NBA Hall of Famer and father of five revealed Monday that he has a condition called Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia -- a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that produces cancerous blood cells.
VIDEO: Watch Elizabeth Lambert, The Dirtiest Player In Women's Soccer
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 @ 07:24AM - 12 comments
Pittsburgh Steelers tough man Hines Ward recently won a peer-conducted poll giving him the title of "dirtiest player in the NFL," but the 6-foot, 204-pound wide receiver looks like a choir boy next to New Mexico University women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert.
Lambert's aggressive, dirty play was displayed on ESPN's national stage during her team's 1-0 loss Thursday night to Brigham Young University, and the results -- unlike her -- weren't pretty.
BREAKING NEWS: Rio To Host 2016 Summer Games
Posted on Oct 02, 2009 @ 11:39AM - 5 comments
Ending months of international suspension, the International Olympic Committee officials announced Friday 12:55pm EST that Rio de Janeiro will host 2016 Summer Olympics.
In a crushing blow to President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, their hometown of Chicago was the first of the four finalist cities to be eliminated earlier Friday. Even Oprah Winfrey went to Copenhagen to personally lobby on behalf of Chicago, where her talk show is set.
Toyko was also eliminated earlier Friday – leaving only Rio and Madrid in the running.
EA Sports Posts Up On The Top Spot With NBA Live 10
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 @ 03:11PM - Add a comment
Basketball season is just more than a month away, but you can get a jump on the squeaks and bounces with NBA Live 10, the tenth installment in the EA series every bit big and bad as its cover boy, Orlando Magic big man Dwight Howard.
"It’s an honor to be named as the cover athlete for NBA LIVE 10," Howard, who led his team to the NBA Finals last season, said of the game that bears his likeness.
NFL’s Plaxico Burress Sentenced To Two Years, Taken Into Custody
Posted on Sep 22, 2009 @ 10:44AM - Add a comment
NFL All-Pro wide receiver Plaxico Burress Tuesday was sentenced to, and began serving, two years of imprisonment in connection with the incident in which he shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub last November.
He had pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon last month.
Burress, a former wide out for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, was accompanied to the New York court session by his wife, son and father. His attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said of the sentencing was "a tragic day for a decent man."
9 Weirdest Sports In The World
Posted on Aug 10, 2009 @ 06:16AM - 1 comment
Imagine Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier slugging it out for a round in one of history’s greatest boxing matches and then when the bell rings sitting down for a game of chess. Preposterous? Ok, maybe. But we would have loved to see it and you wouldn’t have to make up the rules as you go because Chess Boxing is a real sport.
Sure you can make a case that most sports are downright odd when stripped to their essence (smack a ball with a stick; throw a ball through a hoop) but RadarOnline.com decided to find the weirdest sports in the world and came up with the following nine.
Erin Andrews: Brains and Beauty
Posted on Jul 21, 2009 @ 08:43PM - 1 comment
Erin Andrews combines brains and beauty as she works for ESPN.
VIDEO: Terrell Owens Unsure Of Reason Behind Fallout With Tony Romo
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 @ 05:00AM - Add a comment
Terrell Owens Thursday told Jimmy Kimmel he got along with the Cowboys' signal caller Tony Romo during his three-year stint with the team.
He said he didn't know the cause of friction between the two, which culminated this off-season.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: ESPY Stars Challenge Shaq and Carmelo Anthony to a Duel
Posted on Jul 16, 2009 @ 11:35AM - Add a comment
From Michael Phelps to Condoleeza Rice, from Kobe Bryant to Kendra, it was a star-studded night in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the taping of the 2009 ESPY Awards.
See photos of stars arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles
And only RadarOnline.com’s special correspondent, former Miss USA Rachel Smith, asked the questions you want answered.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: NFL Star says Tony Romo & Jessica Simpson Recipe For Disaster
Posted on Jul 16, 2009 @ 07:39AM - Add a comment
The red carpet at the ESPY Awards at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night was sizzling, and the hottest topic was the superstar breakup of the Ken & Barbies of the NFL, Dallas Quarterback Tony Romo and sexy siren Jessica Simpson.
See photos of stars arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Michael Phelps Making A Splash on Dancing With The Stars?
Posted on Jul 16, 2009 @ 07:03AM - Add a comment
Which athlete will dance their way onto our TVs screens next season?
That’s what RadarOnline.com’s special correspondent, former Miss USA Rachel Smith, asked at the 2009 ESPY Awards taping Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
See photos of stars arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles
