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4 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
When baseball's brightest star met a dark fate at Niagara. His name was Ed Delahanty. He can be found in the echoes of the baseball greats, in Cooperstown, New York as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Delahanty was one of the best players of the 19th century. Yes, 19th century. He was born in 1867 and played in the major leagues for 16 seasons before a tragic and untimely death at the young age of 35.
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4 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
The women's league has never been more popular. Or more talented. The WNBA has the greatest female hoopers on the planet competing against one another on a nightly basis. From the likes of Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings, Maya Moore, Sheryl Swoopes, and Sue Bird, to the next generation of stars in A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, and Caitlin Clark, the list of talented players who have graced the WNBA can go on and on.
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5 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
Two of the biggest alpha males in the history of sports almost came to blows at a dinner party. Iron Mike versus His Airness. In 1988, Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan were allegedly very nearly involved in a scuffle with one another at a dinner party. Tyson and Jordan were in Chicago at a birthday party for NFL player Richard Dent when the interaction went down. Tyson's co-manager Ryan Holloway detailed the scene in 2014 book Taming the Beast: The Untold Story of Team Tyson.
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6 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
It's a war of words. And that's usually the case when Stephen A. Smith is involved. Except this time, Smith issued the rare apology on what came out of his mouth earlier this week when it came to comparing Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia with former disgraced owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling.
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6 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
It ended up being a match made in heaven. Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski. The stoic no nonsense head coach and the goofy tight end who loved to party. Who would have thought? The pair ended up winning three Super Bowl rings together during their time in New England, but it wasn't all Lombardi Trophies and roses at first.
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6 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
Be careful who you trust. For Hall of Famer and Texas Ranger legend, Adrián Beltré, he unfortunately had to learn the hard way when he became a victim of fraud in the late 2000s. Over 12 years ago, a Texas financier by the name of Robert Allen Stanford was convicted of fraud, where he operated a near $8 billion Ponzi scheme, scamming people, specifically professional baseball players, out of millions. Stanford was found guilty and is currently serving a 110-year federal prison sentence.
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6 days ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
Everyone knows Peyton Manning. The number one overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft, who went on to have a Hall of Fame career and is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Everyone knows Manning. But what about the guy that was drafted right behind him? Ryan Leaf. The San Diego Chargers selected Leaf out of Washington State with the second overall pick. And that's about as close as Manning and Leaf would ever be in their careers again.
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1 week ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
There will only ever be one Lee Corso. College football Saturdays didn't start until Corso put a mascot head on and heard the cheers (or boos) from the thousands of students and onlookers behind him. For 30 years, the coach turned sports TV icon has donned a mascot head at the end of every College Gameday on ESPN before kickoffs across America. And on August 30, he will do it one last time.
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1 week ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
The waxed handlebar mustache is as recognizable as the moon. Rollie Fingers is arguably the greatest relief pitcher that the sport of baseball has ever seenHe was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992, after a rather uncomfortable wait. But he made it in all the same. However, there was a moment in time where the three-time World Series champion with the Oakland A's, seven-time All-Star and AL MVP and Cy Young winner with the Milwaukee Brewers, found himself filing for bankruptcy.
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1 week ago | 
talksport.com | Jack Savage
There weren't many better pairings than the two Americans. Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula haven't played doubles together since the 2024 Paris Olympics, and don't expect a reunion any time soon. While Gauff and Pegula formed a successful partnership, having won three WTA 1000 women’s doubles trophies and finished second at the 2022 French Open, they have seemed content with going their separate ways. Their last Grand Slam tournament was Wimbledon in June last year.
