Let’s make this as simple as possible: The NBA has absolutely no reason — at least not a good one — to increase the minimum age for entry to the draft. Such a move would be completely arbitrary and totally unnecessary, causing needless harm and financial distress to NBA-ready 19-year-olds who want to begin their…

Maybe Muhammad Ali wanted to be on that golf cart Wednesday night. Maybe he wanted to hear a crowd’s cheers one more time. Maybe he actually feels a real strong connection to Miami, where he beat Sonny Liston in 1964 and where the Marlins opened their brand-new stadium Wednesday. If that’s the case, if “the…

Baylor University’s women’s basketball team just completed a dream season, blowing out Notre Dame to win the national title Tuesday and finish with a 40-0 record. As she’s been throughout the season for the Lady Bears, star center Brittney Griner was dominant. She won the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award, complementing the Player of the…

Considering the Charlotte Bobcats’ status as one of the NBA’s laughingstocks — currently on a seven-game losing streak and in possession of the league’s worst record — fans were probably heartened by a recent report involving team owner Michael Jordan. Arguably the NBA’s all-time greatest player but a lousy owner, Jordan reportedly is considering selling…

Prior to last year, just two freshmen had ever left Duke University for the NBA draft during coach Mike Krzyzewski’s long tenure. Now, in his 32nd season at the school, Krzyzewski has lost freshman players in back-to-back years: The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 pick in 2011, and Austin Rivers entered…

Magic Johnson’s famous smile was plastered on the faces of Los Angeles Dodgers fans everywhere on Wednesday. Their beleagured team has finally changed hands, and Johnson’s ownership group is taking over. “It’s great not only for the Dodgers but for the city,” fan Charlie Alvarez told the Los Angeles Times. “Now that Magic is with…

Just like that — 932 days since winning an official PGA Tour event — Tiger Woods is back. Just like that — two weeks after withdrawing on the 12th hole of a tournament and limping off — he resembles his old self again. And just like that — seven years since his last victory in…

The NFL came down hard on the New Orleans Saints for their illegal bounty program, suspending coach Sean Peyton for the upcoming season, fining the team $500,000 and snatching two second-round draft picks. The league is weighing the penalties for players such as Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who reportedly offered $10,000 to any teammate who…

The Denver Broncos just sent their country mouse — quarterback Tim Tebow — to the Big Apple. They threw Little Red Riding Tim to the Big Bad Wolves. They traded the NFL’s biggest choirboy to the league’s rowdiest, most dysfunctional band, the New York Jets. Just when we thought “Tebowmania” couldn’t get any crazier, it…

I graduated from Howard University, which competes against Norfolk State University in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Doesn’t matter. Friends of mine graduated from other MEAC schools, such as Hampton, Florida A&M, Morgan State and Bethune-Cookman. Irrelevant. I also have friends who attended schools in the Southwestern Athletic Conference — the other Division I league that…