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more bear-related violence

He Just Wanted To Quit Show Business And Follow The Cubs

I
n a delayed reaction that I judge to be perfectly normal after having worked on a movie with Woody Harrelson, the bear which was featured in Semi-Pro killed its trainer on Tuesday. It happened in Big Bear Lake, Calif., and was reported to Variety by sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. Hey, I'm just reporting the facts. More »

4:30 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By rickchand
3,843 views, 50 comments

wild thing

Mitch Williams Supports Youth Athletics, Is Not At All Insane

Former Phillies reliever Mitch Williams has never been one to see an injustice go unchallenged, even if that does mean being unceremoniously tossed from his 10-year-old daughter's youth league basketball game for screaming the F-word several times at a female referee. More »

2:20 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By rickchand
5,344 views, 59 comments

Over the past few years, Miami University has had some problems getting student attendance at the MAC Tournament, but their sweet new slogan is sure to pull that student crowd back! Sons of Nev (URL link button not working): http://sonsofnev.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/and-judging-by-the-attendance-you-havent/

parents gone wild

We Can Only Imagine What The Parent-Teacher Conferences Are Like

Further proof that Texas is tougher than your state: Even the first-grade teachers are bad-ass. A couple of them engaged in fisticuffs at a youth basketball game on Saturday, leaving one bloody and bruised, and the other on the lam from police. No word yet on whether either of them is hot. More »

3:30 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By rickchand
4,121 views, 47 comments

they should have pantsed them

Those Eight Percent Shooting Nights Will Get You Every Time

Just great. One round into the District 3 Class A high school boys basketball playoffs in Pennsylvania, and my brackets are already in shambles. The team I had picked to reach the finals, the York Country Day Greyhounds, lost to the Scotland Cadets 74-5 last week. Yeah, think that the Knicks' 40-point loss to the 76ers on Wednesday was bad? That was nothing. More »

4:10 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By rickchand
7,405 views, 63 comments

nba closer

Warriors Refuse To Come Out And Play

• Who Still Believes? A glaring absence of celebrity fans on Tuesday in Oakland, as the Warriors dropped to 0-4 with a 108-104 loss to the Cavaliers. My yellow "We Believe" T-shirt has only been worn once, and already is in danger of becoming obsolete. In the meantime, let's let Golden State of Mind talk about seeing LeBron in person: More »

9:14 AM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By rickchand
3,564 views, 43 comments

nba closer

The Mavericks Invite You To Eat Their Dust


Those of you constantly demanding to see Dirk Nowitzki leaning out of a car window while taking a lap at the Texas Motor Speedway can stop your letters and e-mails: Your wish has finally been granted. Of course now that I see it, I have the urge to jump in the car and take my dog for a drive. Come'n, boy! (shakes keys). It all occurred on Sunday, as Nowitzki attended a NASCAR race with, among others, Vince Vaughn. Here we have Dirk trying on a helmet and looking a bit like a frightened giraffe. Why the Dirk-NASCAR connection? I have no clue. But I do know that it inspired greatness the following evening, as Nowitzki and the Mavericks lapped the Rockets, 107-98. More »

9:15 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By rickchand
2,278 views, 31 comments

Latest by HugsFromHarold: @I_Am_Eaten_By_Wolves: a couple of years after Linbergh died I'm at a Rangers-Flyers game and the Blue Seats start chanting "Get a Porche Hextall!" Brillantly tasteless! more »

nba closer

Isiah, Knicks Manage To Stay Out Of Trouble For A Day

Ed. note: This was supposed to go up this morning, but better late than never.• Are You Going To Get In The Truck?
 First our Isiah Thomas quote of the day: "It's always good to win your home opener, and for us here in New York we struggled last year at the start of the season at home,'' Thomas said. "It's good to come out and win the first game and our fans were great tonight.'' Um, how would you know, Isiah? Until Sunday, the Knicks hadn't won a home opener in five years. But we kid Isiah. He's had a bunch of trouble recently, and on top of everything, even David Stern took a shot at the team's management skills. That's like Exxon Valdez skipper Joe Hazelwood criticizing your driving. Jamal Crawford scored 24 points — 10 in the fourth quarter — and Stephon Marbury had 17 points as New York beat Minnesota 97-93. More »

3:51 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By rickchand
2,197 views, 16 comments

Latest by Triple B: Ray Allen can hit open threes. -RapsFan1089 more »

interviews from hell

The Picturesque Word Stylings Of Darco Milicic

Sure, I took Serbian in high school — who didn't? — but it's really rusty. So let's leave it to AOL Fanhouse to translate the worst bit of this Darco Milicic tirade against the refs following Serbia's loss to Greece in the European championships. Fanhouse surmises that one of the lines is: More »

11:01 AM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By rickchand
6,313 views, 47 comments

it's like the time ge took away his microwave division

Tim "Douche" Donaghy Did It and I Called It

The now ex-NBA referee has had a really shitty week, and deservedly so. Just as I predicted Donaghy was identified as the target of the FBI's gambling investigation. While part of me feels for a guy who obviously suffers from a gambling addiction the rest of me is fucking ecstatic. The reason I kept mentioning Donaghy's name to anyone who would ask yesterday morning is because I've seen it all up close and personal. More »

4:42 PM on Sat Jul 21 2007
By Unsilent Majority
13,591 views, 15 comments

where's gilligan?

All Hail The Harlem Globetrotters!

When we were kids, we were obsessed with the Harlem Globetrotters. We went to see them at the Assembly Hall in the mid-80s, and granting for the fact that the only real entertainment we had back then was running over G.I. Joe figurines with the lawn mower, it kind of blew our minds. More »

3:15 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Leitch
5,256 views, 48 comments

fun with jeeps

Even Better, He Had His Seat Belt On


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11 foot rims

Dunk Now, While You Can, White Man

Tom Newell, son of legendary basketball big man coach Pete Newell, has a vision, and his vision would piss off the people who put together the SportsCenter highlight packages. He sees an NBA and an NCAA with 11-foot rims. More »

4:05 PM on Sun Jun 17 2007
By mjdeadspin
2,899 views, 12 comments

nbdl

Rod Benson Is A Gift That Never Stops Giving

We've discussed the comedic stylings of development league player Rod Benson before, but his newest entry, on what a professional athlete has to go through when they take a drug test, absolutely must be experienced. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Apr 20 2007
By Leitch
4,358 views, 67 comments

college

Ohio State Helps Billy Packer Celebrate His Birthday

The Buckeyes just downed the Badgers 49-48 after Ron Lewis rejected a last second 12-foot attempt by Wisconsin. This was immediately followed by the fans of the #1 team in the country rushing the court. More »

6:14 PM on Sun Feb 25 2007
By mjdeadspin
1,656 views, 13 comments

basketball

Who's Sorry Now? Naked Hi-Jinx Edition

Simply put, we can think of no more embarrassing yet hilarious opening line to a letter than this: More »

1:30 PM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By rickchand
952 views, 112 comments

american basketball association

New ABA Coach Has Cleanest Rain Gutters In His Neighborhood

We love the Dodge City Legends' motion offense; the one in which their center sets picks at the top of the key. Because it's important to keep the tallest player in the history of organized basketball as far away from the basket as you can at all times. You've probably heard of Sun Ming Ming, a native of China who, at 7-foot-9, makes Yao Ming look like Porky from the Our Gang comedies. Sun has been in the U.S. for a couple of years now and was just signed by the Maryland Nighthawks of the American Basketball Association. He isn't very athletic and has only been playing the game for five years (hello, New York Knicks!), but he's recovering quickly from recent health problems and hopes to one day play in the NBA. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By rickchand
643 views, 55 comments

Latest by Philistine: Put a body on Margo. more »

basketball

Does This Mean No Halftime Show?

And suddenly, "Malice at the Palace" seems so childishly innocent. Several police officers and fans were injured Wednesday during a huge brawl at a Serbian professional basketball game, as rival fans went at it before tipoff. The Serbs; they know how to party. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Dec 7 2006
By rickchand
716 views, 61 comments

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