One of the beauties of being able to say things in this country without fear or persecution from the government is that it lets people keep going on talking and talking … and saying more ridiculous things.

That appears to be the case with Donald Sterling, the ousted Clippers owner, who took a chance at delivering an apology and turned it not only into a hollow version of one, but also used the occasion to insert his foot even more deeply into his mouth.

He apparently couldn't help himself during an interview with Anderson Cooper when the subject came to Magic Johnson. Sterling took a bad situation and made it even worse.

analytics The NHL will test out new player tracking technology next year that will produce a lot of interesting data, theglobeandmail.com reports.

happy to be here Teddy Bridgewater told The Dan Patrick Show that he is happy to be a Viking, and he didn't want to get picked by Cleveland.