By The Whistle on August 6, 2011
According to reports, including one by Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports via twitter, Cortland Finnegan has walked out on Tennessee Titans training camp. Finnegan, a one-time Pro Bowl and All-Pro selection, is in the final year of a four-year contract and is believed to be seeking both an extension and a raise. A similar situation [...]
Posted in Football | Tagged Chris Johnson, Cortland Finnegan, Jason Cole, NFL, Tennessee Titans
By The Whistle on June 21, 2011
Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na, and John Isner will all be featured in televised Championships action on Day 2 of Wimbledon 2011, in addition to the conclusion of multiple matches held off by rain on Day 1.
Match results from Day 2 of Wimbledon 2011, where the first round [...]
Posted in Tennis | Tagged Arantxa Parra Santonja, Caroline Wozniacki, Mikhail Kukushkin, Roger Federer, wimbledon
By The Whistle on August 20, 2009
A female runner accused of being a man tonight took gold in the 800m World Athletics Championship.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, had to take a gender test after doubts were raised about her sex.
But despite the furore, she easily took gold in the final in Berlin.
The teenage sensation has sparked controversy over her strikingly muscular [...]
Posted in Track & Field | Tagged athlethics south africa, caster semenya, iaaf, nick davis, south africa
By The Whistle on August 3, 2009
Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on weapons charges stemming from an incident last November in which Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a New York nightclub, prosecutors announced Monday.
Burress, 31, was indicted on two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon and [...]
Posted in NFL | Tagged Antonio Pierce, New York City, New York Giants, Plaxico Burress, Roberth Morgenthau
By The Whistle on July 29, 2009
The difficulties that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has in trying to sign Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko can be traced back to one prevailing attitude among his management team.
“The UFC won’t be able to control the whole world,” said Vadim Finkelstein, the president of Emelianenko’s main promoter, M-1 Global.
This afternoon’s press conference with Emelianenko and M-1 [...]
Posted in UFC | Tagged Fedor Emelianenko, M-1, M-1 Global Challenge, MMA, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vadim Finkelstein
By The Whistle on July 28, 2009
Barring an unexpected change in plans by General Motors, it appears that the 51st Buick Open this week at Grand Blanc, Mich., will be the last under the Buick sponsorship umbrella. According to a source who requested anonymity because the person is not authorized to speak about the sponsorship agreement, Buick’s parent company, General Motors, [...]
Posted in Golf | Tagged buick, buick invitational torrey pines golf course, buick open, general motors, gm, Golf, grand blanc, michigan, pete ternes, pga tour, tim finchem, ty votaw, warwick hills golf and country club
By The Whistle on July 28, 2009
The white puff of smoke emerged from the FINA Bureau on Tuesday and swimming’s governing body immediately proclaimed at the world championships that the sport was “evolving.”
Never mind the matter of an undefined “transition” period, a continued time of uncertainty roiling the sport. New regulations were approved to limit the size of swimsuits and the [...]
Posted in Swimming
