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Natalie Gulbis: Pro Golfer Defends Ex-Boyfriend Ben Roethlisberger
Posted: 27th May 2010 by Jon Star in NFL
After months of mudslinging, indecent photos, legal accusations and police reports, somebody finally came to the defense of beleaguered Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
LPGA golfer Natalie Gulbis went on record stating that Ben Roethlisberger is not the bad guy that many have portrayed him as. The LPGA starlet came to the defense of Big Ben, for once giving the Steelers quarterback a positive voice while he tries to get ...
Baseball uniforms sure have changed over the years. From the flannel material to cotton to polyester, baseball players have adorned numerous types of fabric for the sake of team unity. But it is not just the uniforms themselves that dictate a player's appearance.
Players have gone to many lengths to alter their look on the field, adding their own personal twist to their daily gameday attire. Over ...
NBA Pre-Draft Camp Starts This Week: Five Things Learned at the Camp
Posted: 20th May 2010 by Jon Star in NBA
Often overlooked by the lottery itself, the five-day long NBA Pre-Draft Camp starts this week. A few dozen of the league's top prospects will descend on Chicago for the annual workout leading up to the draft.
The event has changed over the years, but the camp still gives scouts and talent evaluators from all 30 teams a chance to size up and evaluate players whose names they may call ...
The Boston Celtics opened a 2-0 series lead over the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals last night, yet what made headlines after the game was not the game itself but Paul Pierce's Twitter account.
Hours after the game, a post went up on Pierce's account that not only gave his opinion on the status of the series, but made Pierce look like a sore winner.
Pierce and his ...
An explosive fastball alone can get a pitcher to the big leagues and wow scouts, players, coaches and fans along the way. In the history of the game, there is a long line of guys who lit up radar guns with their popping fastball that looks like nothing but a blur to the untrained eye.
However, despite all the hard throwers in the game's history, there are 10 pitchers ...
It's only natural in sports. Among a clubhouse of athletes with egos clashing and pressure running high, there is going to be a bad apple or two. How that individual checks his attitude and/or that attitude is managed by his coaching staff can go a long way to deciding whether or not his attitude will poison the clubhouse atmosphere.
It's more uncommon in baseball than the other four major ...
It has been a long, illustrious career for Kobe Bryant. Arguably the world's best player, Bryant has played in the postseason every season of his career except for one (2004-2005). Throughout all that time, Bryant has regularly wowed us with not only the consistency of his high-level performance but individual moments that have defined his greatness.
With seemingly countless playoff series, there were many moments from which to ...
College basketball starts staying for their senior season has gone the way of the dinosaurs. That means that the board for the upcoming 2010 NBA Draft will be loaded with talented underclassmen. Underclassmen have dominated the draft for the last decade and the trend doesn't change this year.
There are underclassmen of varying experience, size and tool sets who will hear their name announced on June 24th. ...
The 2010 NBA Playoffs continue on Wednesday night but only one of the four series hits the floor tonight. The San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns take center stage tonight in Game 2 of their series. The Spurs will look to even the series when they hit the hardwood at U.S. Airways Center.
The Spurs dropped Game 1 which was a running affair just like the ...
The Denver Broncos now famously went out on a limb when they traded up to select Tim Tebow with the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. However, Tebow's selection also opened up a very interesting quarterback battle on the Broncos' roster including former first round pick Brady Quinn.
With the arrival of Tebow, the Broncos now house three quarterbacks with legitimate expectations of playing time at this level. ...