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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Tuesday's 2016 election over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, with the result being announced early Wednesday by CNN, and the sports world reacted to the news.  Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade did not seem pleased with the results: Neither did Oklahoma City Thunder big man Enes Kanter: DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings used a single emoji to sum up his thoughts: New York Knicks big man Joakim Noah was similarly pithy with his message: Former quarterback Joe Theismann reacted to the result: Former Major League Baseball player Vernon Wells asked his Twitter followers to "Pray for our country and our leadership" ...

The National Football League is planning to donate at least $300,000 to the ongoing relief efforts following Hurricane Matthew, which caused extensive damage along the East Coast of the United States as well as areas of the Caribbean.  The league announced the NFL Foundation pledge Friday on its official website. It stated the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and UNICEF will all receive donations as part of the contribution. Other efforts from around the league were also highlighted in the announcement, including Pierre Garcon and Ricky Jean Francois of the Washington Redskins, both of Haitian descent, traveling to Haiti to deliver medical ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mornings are usually pretty quiet on Carnahan Quad, the open field separating the Missouri School of Law and the Trulaske College of Business. Monday morning, the tiger statue at the south end of the quad watched as a crowd of hundreds roared. They wanted action, and answers. Saturday, players on the Mizzou football team announced via Twitter that they were standing in solidarity with graduate student Jonathan Butler and his hunger strike against UM System President Tim Wolfe. The team would not be participating in any football-related activities until Butler was able to eat again. Sunday, head coach Gary Pinkel tweeted ...

For most of us, traveling anywhere beyond a few miles is almost guaranteed to be an absolute nightmare, at least after a certain age. That age obviously isn’t fixed, but ultimately the world keeps delivering body blows until everyone is a miserable shell of their former selves. Even the most enthusiastic travelers will eventually be worn down by traffic jams, know-nothing cab drivers, tarmac delays, crying babies, lost luggage and the seemingly endless number of horrible people employed by the airline industry. That’s to say nothing about the cost associated with all of that, which is always a concern when money is definitely ...

Female athletics have risen to the forefront lately with the United States women's soccer team winning a World Cup and Serena Williams putting together another great run at Wimbledon.    Williams, along with many of her fellow female tennis players, discussed some of the personal and professional difficulties they have faced throughout their careers as it pertains to their body image. Speaking to Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times, Williams talked about how she struggled for a long time with how to exercise and the way she looked: I don't touch a weight, because I'm already super fit and super cut, and if ...

On Tuesday, Phil Knight announced that he will be stepping down as the chairman of Nike in 2016. That news might not have made such massive waves across the sports world if not for Sonny Vaccaro. The 75-year-old basketball impresario played a pivotal part in transforming Nike from a track shoe business run out of the trunk of Knight's Plymouth Valiant into the world's pre-eminent sports apparel brand. It was Vaccaro, the founder of the Dapper Dan Roundball Classic in his native Pittsburgh, who exposed Knight to the opportunities inherent in hoops. In 1984, Knight and Vaccaro signed Michael Jordan to his ...

Sean Conroy, a right-handed pitcher for the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs' Sonoma Stompers, made history Thursday night by becoming the first openly gay professional baseball player. According to Lisa Leff and Olga R. Rodriguez of the Associated Press, Conroy pitched a shutout, allowing three hits and striking out 11 in Sonoma's 7-0 win over the Vallejo Admirals. It also happened to be Pride Night at the ballpark. Sonoma radio broadcaster Tim Livingston noted after the final out was recorded how important this moment was for Conroy, per the AP report: "He wanted to be that guy, and coming out here and ...

Derrick Gordon, the former Massachusetts guard who became the first openly gay player to compete in a men's Division I college basketball game in November after coming out in April 2014, has opened up about his decision to transfer to Seton Hall for the 2015-16 season.   Per Matthew Stanmyre of NJ Advance Media, Gordon said that he's not going to Seton Hall as a way to make any kind of political statement about religion or politics: I mean, I'm there for basketball. All that other stuff is irrelevant to me right now. I was going in there basing my decision on how can ...

Ah, the good ol’ days, when taking your family to a game didn’t require a second mortgage and an NBA star’s dental work was not considered big news. What are the good ol’ days, exactly? You know, just…back then. Back then, before technology blew up and the Internet made sports news accessible 'round the clock. Some things in sports are just different now—for better or for worse, well, that’s a matter of opinion. The following 12 signs indicate a changing of the sports landscape. Some changes are more significant than others, but all serve as reminders that the good ol' days can’t ...

Todd Gurley's suspension last season for putting his autograph on merchandise for a dealer to sell has inspired a new bill that was passed by the Georgia Senate on Tuesday.    According to Walter C. Jones and Fletcher Page of The St. Augustine Record, the bill is designed to punish the sports dealers "who tempt college athletes to risk their eligibility" by signing merchandise:  House Bill 3 bears the same number as University of Georgia’s former star running back Todd Gurley, who had to sit out four games last season for selling his autograph to a dealer in violation of NCAA rules. According to ...