Female coach takes over Coolidge football
The new high school football coach in the nation’s capital says being a woman has nothing to do with her getting the job.
Natalie Randolph was introduced Friday before cheering players and staff as the coach at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington. She is believed to be the only woman coaching a high school [...]
Jordan soon to get reins of Bobcats
The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan’s bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league’s board of governors to approve the purchase by the end of next week.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Stern said he expects the vote to pass “very easily.” Jordan will become [...]
Former NFL star, actor Merlin Olsen dies
Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen has died after a long battle with cancer, the St. Louis Rams said Thursday.
He was 69.
Known as much for his brain as his brawn, the 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive tackle also graduated summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi from Utah State University in 1962 and earned [...]
Bird & Magic – A Courtship of Rivals
Marion Jones to join WNBA’s Shock
The WNBA’s Tulsa Shock will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday to announce the signing of former track star Marion Jones.
Jones, now 34, worked out for Shock coach Nolan Richardson on Saturday.
“We’re thrilled to have her,” Richardson said, according to the Tulsa World. “In the workouts last week I saw how hard [...]
Iverson Facing Alcohol, Gambling Issues
Allen Iverson’s wife files for divorce
A week after the Philadelphia 76ers’ Allen Iverson announced he was leaving basketball for the rest of the season to be with his sick 4-year-old daughter, the star’s wife filed for divorce in Fulton County Superior Court.
In the divorce petition filed on Tuesday, Tawanna Iverson said her 8 ½-year-long marriage to the guard was “irretrievably [...]
Georgetown’s leading scorer Freeman has diabetes
Georgetown’s leading scorer Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes, leaving his status uncertain for the team’s upcoming games.
Freeman returned to practice Wednesday and Thursday after missing Monday night’s loss to West Virginia. He was also limited in Saturday’s loss to Notre Dame.
Originally thought to have a stomach virus, Freeman learned he had diabetes when [...]
Keyshia Cole & NBA Star Welcome First Baby Together
R&B singer Keyshia Cole and NBA star Daniel Gibson have reportedly welcomed in the birth of their first child together.
According to reports, the birth took place early Wednesday (March 3) morning.
Congratulations go out to singer Keyshia Cole and her fiance Daniel “Boobie” Gibson! Insiders tell me that just after 1am this morning (March 3rd), Keyshia [...]
Arenas not nervous about sentence
As he has done many times in the month of March, Gilbert Arenas took off his shirt in a building full of adoring fans.
This time, though, he was simply changing into a T-shirt with the PETA logo, not removing his Washington Wizards jersey to toss into the crowd on the way to the locker room [...]
