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Bengals sign head coach Marvin Lewis to a one-year contract extension

NFL

Cincinnati, OH – Bengals have signed head coach Marvin Lewis to a one-year contract extension that will keep him with the team until the 2016 season.

NEWS: #Bengals sign head coach Marvin Lewis to a one-year contract extension, running through the 2016 season.

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) April 22, 2015

Lewis, 56, is now the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL behind New England’s B…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Successful Heart Surgery

NBA

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is recuperating after a successful quadruple coronary bypass surgery in Los Angeles just one day after his 68th birthday.

The UCLA Health Center released the following statement via the Los Angeles Lakers:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this week with cardiovascular disease, and he underwent quadruple coronary bypass…

Paul George’s Injury “Not Serious”

NBA

An MRI has confirmed that Indiana Pacers‘ Paul George suffered only a calf strain in the regular season finale against Memphis. The injury is “not serious.”

When George was carried to the locker-room by his teammates after hearing a pop in his leg, every one feared the worst. Thankfully, an MRI revealed that the injury to his left leg, which is not the leg that was horrifically broken last…

Turkey’s SuperLig suspended after Fenerbahce bus gun attack

SuperLig

Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish SuperLig authorities have decided to suspend the league for one week after Fenerbahce team bus was shot at by a gunman on Saturday, which seriously wounded the bus driver in the face.

The second-placed side were were traveling to Trabzon airport, following their 5-1 victory over Rizespor, when the shooting happened.

The driver was taken to hospital but no…