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Raymond Moore, the CEO of the Indian Wells tennis tournament, has resigned from his role, one day after saying that the women’s tour “rides on the coat-tails” of the men’s game. Moore was roundly criticised after he proclaimed that women in tennis “don’t make any decisions” and are “very, very lucky”, during an interview before…
The unfortunate views on women’s tennis expressed yesterday (Mar. 20) by the CEO of the Indian Wells tennis tournament, Raymond Moore, set off a firestorm, with perhaps the most powerful response coming from Serena Williams. Speaking at a press conference ahead of this year’s Indian Wells tournament finals in California, Moore reportedly said the Women’s…
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament starts Tuesday. From then until the final on April 4, CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting will bring you every game, focusing on the buzzer beaters, the Cinderella stories, the athletes overcoming the odds. It’ll all end, as it always does, with confetti guns and net-cutting, and a video montage of…
A Female Journalist Dared to Ask Peyton Manning a Serious Question and She Was Called a “Cunt” and “Bitch” For It On Monday, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning held a PRESS conference to tell everyone what everyone already knew – that he was retiring after 18 years in the NFL. At the PRESS event was…
Yale guard Nick Victor (21) and teammates, celebrating their Saturday win against Columbia, raise 4 fingers in reference to recently expelled captain Jack Montague. (Image via Bryan R. Smith/AP) The Yale men’s basketball team, facing controversy over various public displays of support for expelled team captain Jack Montague, has signaled a continuation of that support…
AddThis Button Begin By Julie DiCaro– (CBS) If you want proof that women remain second-class citizens in the world of sports media, look no further than the revelations emerging from the Erin Andrews trial. In July 2009, a video of a naked and unsuspecting Andrews walking around her hotel room was posted online and quickly…
Mississippi State defensive lineman Chris Jones had trouble staying upright as he finished his 40 attempt today at the NFL combine, and replays revealed why: his genitals came flying out of his shorts while trying to beat five seconds. Leave it up to the wisecracking Rich Eisen to note that “these guys fall down hard…
YouTubeBill Simmons.Media superstar Bill Simmons is starting a new site called The Ringer. While Simmons and his team have talked a bit about the new site, several key details have been kept secret. Here’s a new one to add to the mix. We have learned that Simmons will partner with publishing platform Medium on his new project. Medium has…
This last October marks the ninth anniversary of Peter Norman’s passing. Most people don’t know Norman. Pictured below, Norman is perhaps “the third hero of that night in 1968,” writes Italian writer Riccardo Gazzaniga. With permission from Gazzaniga and Griot Magazine, SF Globe reprints Gazzaniga’s essay on Norman here: Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one,…
AddThis Button Begin I am sitting in Maryland’s basketball arena at 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday night and the arena clock says there are still 47 minutes before player introductions begin. That means the game will tip-off at 9:10, unless there’s some kind of delay because the football game on ESPN2–on a Tuesday night!–runs long. I’m sitting three…