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Levi’s Stadium to host 50th Super Bowl in 2016

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

The NFL's owners voted on Tuesday to award the 2016 Super Bowl to the Bay Area (Santa Clarita to be exact), where the San Francisco 49ers will have a new home starting next season. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the 2016 decision, the San Francisco bid committee erupted in ...

Washington Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus breaks hand punching locker

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Well, we've got another entrant on the list of dumbest sports injuries of 2013. Washington Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus broke his pitching hand while punching a locker after a terrible outing Sunday afternoon. He didn't inform Nationals officials of the injury until just before the team's game at AT&T Park ...

Don Mattingly: Los Angeles Dodgers to fire manager soon?

Monday, May 20th, 2013

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a $217 million payroll and currently sit at 17-25 and occupy last place in the National League West. They are seven games behind the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks and according to several reports, it will be a miracle if manager Don Mattingly lasts the week. The Dodgers ...

Matt Moore becomes youngest lefty to start 8-0 since 1917

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Matt Moore is making quite a name for himself early in the 2013 season. The 23-year-old lefty improved to 8-0 on Sunday as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1. In doing so, Moore became the youngest left-handed pitcher to start a season 8-0 since Babe Ruth did it ...

Video: Anze Kopitar takes puck to the face

Friday, May 17th, 2013

The Los Angeles Kings pulled off a playoff miracle on Thursday night, grabbing a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks from the jaws of defeat with two late goals. But the Kings almost didn't have their best player on the ice for the big finish, as center Anze Kopitar ...

Landon Donovan left off U.S. National Team for qualifiers

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

On Thursday afternoon the United States men's national soccer team announced its roster for its upcoming slate of five games, and Landon Donovan was left off of it. Jurgen Klinsmann's team will play two friendlies against Belgium and Germany, then jump into three important World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica, Panama and ...

NBA owners reject Sacramento Kings move to Seattle

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

While we've been covering this pretty extensively over the past few weeks and everyone knew this was coming, the NBA officially killed the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle on Wednesday. The NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the move with a 22-8 vote. Until now the NBA's relocation committee had ...