(Akiit.com) If you understand just one thing about the uniting of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Miami, know that it’s not something you are going to see every summer, not by a long shot. Hope you enjoyed all of the suspense of “The Decision,” the hour-long prime-time ...
(Akiit.com) LeBron James will get paid what he deserves, but a lot of teams will end up spending too much on free agents who won’t help them win titles… We’re witnessing one of the most ballyhooed off-seasons in pro-sports history. Often referred to as “the Summer of LeBron,” this NBA ...
(Akiit.com) D-Train was going to be the fresh African-American face of Major League Baseball. Instead, the former pitching star has plummeted right out of the game… The saddest sports story of the summer so far happened last weekend. It wasn’t captured in big headlines, and it had nothing to do ...
(Akiit.com) The “Big Three” is now officially the “Big Four” in Boston. What was labeled the “Big Three,” in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen officially has a fourth member in Rajon Rondo. The Celtics point guard has matured in front of our very own eyes during the 2010 ...
(Akiit.com) Nearly two weeks after the Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs, owner Danny Gilbert fired head coach Mike Brown Sunday evening. The Cavaliers had until midnight on Sunday to fire Brown or pay his $4.5 million salary for next season. With Brown out the door after a ...
(Akiit.com) Start spreading the news. LeBron James could be leaving today. And the New York Knicks want to be part of it in the worst way. New York City is rolling out the red carpet for the Cleveland Cavaliers forward before his run in the 2010 NBA playoffs is even ...
(Akiit.com) From Babe Ruth to Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa has always somewhat transparently aspired to be someone he is not. Last November, the six-time Silver Slugger and one-time Major League Baseball MVP raised as many eyebrows as his long rumored, alleged steroid use ever has when he attended the Latin ...
(Akiit.com) Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor is arguably the greatest football player ever. Unfortunately, he is also one of the most troubled. Taylor was arrested Thursday morning and charged with third degree rape after allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a New York Holiday Inn. Taylor, 51, was taken ...
(Akiit.com) Michael Jordan’s takeover of the Bobcats makes him the only black majority owner of a major U.S. sports franchise… Michael Jordan, pro basketball’s greatest player, and a lackluster executive for two franchises, once said in a Nike commercial, “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. ...
(Akiit.com) Diddy (aka, Sean Combs) is in talks to purchase Crystal Palace, a struggling soccer team based in South London. It has been reported that Diddy is offering the equivalent of approximately $550 million to purchase the team, which filed for bankruptcy in January of this year. If the deal ...
(Akiit.com) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oddsmakers didn’t take long to make Tiger Woods the Masters favorite. Even his fellow competitors say they can see him trying on another green jacket. They’re expecting the Tiger of old at Augusta National. That might be because it’s the only Tiger they know. I ...
(Akiit.com) In perhaps a sign of these economically stressful times, the National Football League Players Association is clamoring for the restoration of a $123 million per-team, league-wide salary cap as the official start of the free-agent signing period dawns. Meanwhile football owners seem intent on standing idly by while costly ...