Category: Sports

Athletes Like Golf Champ Tiger Woods Can Come Back from Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Golf champion Tiger Woods, in 2017, said he was trying to escape pain when he was charged with driving under the influence. A toxicology report later revealed that Woods had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC in his system. A month later he entered a treatment program according to news reports. Addiction doesn’t discriminate and […]

World Class Swimmer Madisyn Cox Sues Cooper Clinic Affiliate

Madisyn Cox, a world-class competitive swimmer and former member of the U.S. National Swim Team, has filed a lawsuit against an affiliate of the well-known Dallas-based Cooper Clinic for negligently producing and selling its Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin, which was subsequently found to contain a banned substance. In March of 2018, Ms. Cox was […]

Jackie Robinson 100th Anniversary Auction Headlines Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction

The last autograph ever signed by John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson’s 1951 Dodgers jersey, Lou Gehrig’s 1925 contract and historic home run baseballs from Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez headline the Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction, from April 15, through May 11 at GoldinAuctions.com. Included in the 1,200-lot auction are a dozen lots […]

Olive Wreaths from Greece Presented for Boston Marathon Winners

On Thursday night, April 11th, the 36th Annual Wreath Ceremony, the Consul General of Greece, Stratos Efthymiou presented four olive branch wreaths to the Boston Athletic Association, which will be used to crown the winners of Monday’s 123rd running of the Boston Marathon. The wreaths are offered in the name of Stylianos Kyriakides a true […]

Las Vegas Ballpark Unveiled To Sold-Out Crowd

The Howard Hughes Corporation unveiled Las Vegas BallparkĀ®, Southern Nevada’s newest professional sports venue, at yesterday’s 2019 season opener of the Las Vegas AviatorsĀ® to a sold-out crowd of 10,000 fans. The Las Vegas Aviators, wholly owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation, is the city’s oldest professional sports team and a member of the Pacific […]

Acura Returns to Indy Car

The Meyer Shank Racing Indy car driven by Jack Harvey will feature Acura livery in this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, marking the return of Acura colors to the NTT IndyCar Series for the first time since 1994. The one-off design for the AutoNation / SiriusXM #60 entry celebrates the start of Acura’s […]

Coaches vs. Cancer Announces 2019 Awards

Two coaches and a youth basketball official are being honored by the American Cancer Society for their work to fund the fight against cancer. Penn State University head basketball coach Pat Chambers, Hickory Christian Academy’s Gary Bowne and youth basketball official Lou Levine are the winners of this year’s Champion Award, a prestigious national honor […]

Sato Reigns Supreme at Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

Takuma Sato dominated today’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver starting from the pole and leading 74 of 90 laps at Barber Motorsports Park to claim his fourth career IndyCar Series Victory. The win is the second for Honda in the opening three races of the 2019 NTT […]

Registration Opens for 2019 Great Cycle Challenge USA

70,000 cyclists are gearing up to hit the streets and bike trails across America to support the fifth annual Great Cycle Challenge USA to fight kids’ cancer. The month-long event in June benefits Children’s Cancer Research Fund and cyclists of all ages and abilities can register at GreatCycleChallenge.com. Great Cycle Challenge riders set personal mileage […]