Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin confused the San Francisco Giants baseball team with the New York Giants football team this morning when congratulating them on their championship win.

“I want to congratulate the New York Giants on their hard-fought victory to win the Stanley Cup for the first time,” Palin told the Los Angeles Times. “It shows kids that if you work hard you can accomplish anything.... Read More →

Michigan State will start its third-string quarterback against the University of Michigan this Saturday, claiming it doesn’t need starter Connor Cook to win this week’s rivalry game against the floundering Wolverines.

According to multiple reports out of East Lansing, true freshman Michael Hartley will be under center on Saturday. Hartley, a two-star recruit out of Alpena, was the fifth-stringer until last week when he was promoted after several impressive practices.... Read More →

Las Vegas casinos have opened bets on who will be the next National Football League player to be arrested.

According to a report on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” most major sports betting desks in the city have begun taking “sports crime” bets in a move to generate extra revenue and get younger fans involved in betting.... Read More →

The University of Michigan signed football Coach Brady Hoke to a new seven-year contract this morning.

According to local reports, the new deal will take effect at the end of this season, meaning Hoke will coach the Wolverines though the year 2021. In a campus press conference Michigan athletic director David Brandon explained the surprising move.... Read More →

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell donated $150 to a New York City battered women's shelter today.

The generous move follows a few rough weeks of controversies concerning physical abuse by National Football League players toward women and children. The league has seen several of its stars arrested on domestic violence charges, and is facing criticism it hasn't done enough to punish the players.... Read More →

The National Football League plans to give players cash bonuses if they stay out of trouble with the law.

In a press conference this morning, NFL representatives said the new “Social Responsibility Club” will set up a series of milestones that will be paid out to players for a clean police record.... Read More →

Nazis in Argentina can’t decide who to root for in the World Cup Finals as Germany takes on their adopted homeland.

The Daily Currant’s own Gwyneth McCarthy documented the sentiment going into the World Cup Final as she traveled through Corrientes, Argentina where the production crew noticed very distinct German music coming from a small basement pub.... Read More →

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has fired an intern who forgot to pay off Germany before yesterday’s World Cup semi-final.

According to a report in Brasilia’s O Camapu newspaper, Rousseff intended to send a $200 million wire transfer to certain members of the German Football Association but due to a technical error at one of Brazil’s state-owned banks, the payment was never made.... Read More →

A new poll published today found a majority of Americans believe that Belgium is a beer company rather than a country.

The TDC Opinion Research survey was designed to probe American attitudes towards the small European nation, which the U.S. will face in the World Cup tournament next Tuesday.... Read More →

LA Clippers merchandise is flying off the shelves in Alabama and several other Southern states in the wake of controversial comments by longtime owner Donald Sterling.

TMZ released a video Friday of Sterling, 81, telling his girlfriend not to be seen in public with black people at Clippers games.... Read More →

The NCAA decided today that all of its senior executives will go without paychecks for four years in a sign of solidarity with the student-athletes they regulate.

Beginning on the first of next month. 74 existing employees of the Indianapolis-based college athletics organization, including its president Mark Emmert, will be stop being paid and work exclusively on a voluntary basis. Any new employee will have to go four years before being compensated. ... Read More →

North Korea announced today that its leader Kim Jung-Un has a perfect NCAA tournament bracket going into the third round of the prestigious collegiate basketball competition.

According to a report by state-owned KCTV news, Arizona’s crushing victory over Gonzaga last night means Kim has accurately predicted every member of the Sweet Sixteen. The 31-year-old dictator is believed to be the only person in the world to have achieved this feat.... Read More →