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Notre Dame tight end Will Yeatman, who was involved in the Sept. 21st underage drinking parking lot scuffle with Golic's kid, was booted from team for year. His dad is upset: "Will had a .02 (blood-alcohol content at the party)," Dennis Yeatman said. "The other charges were dropped. There's never be...
This Is Where You Talk About Tim Wakefield Soft-Tossing The Red Sox Back In It
Even though the Red Sox are in all too familiar territory, most sports-related "experts" think their potential to stage another comeback this year is highly unlikely. This pervasive negativity is due in most part to Tim Wakefield having the unfortunate role of stopper this time around. Wakefield, as...
Break Out Your Fashionable Drinking Pants
Deadspin readers in New York City who like beer, rooftops, bloggers and German things are encouraged to attend a truly magical New Yorkish evening at Gawker HQ's official rooftop in a model-infested section of SoHo. The event is called "Gawktoberfest" ( personally, I prefer "Guten-Blog", but I have ...
Clinton Portis would make an excellent defense attorney. First he defends Michael Vick, now Pacman Jones: "I really think that situation man probably was blown out of proportion, I really do....Bodyguard or no bodyguard, if you're around somebody constantly, tempers gonna flare. As men you exchange ...
How 'Bout Them Cowboys?
The NFL trade deadline is just 45 minutes away, and, yes, most of the time, the blockbuster deals usually involve special teams players and future draft picks and kicking tees, but this one could be somewhat intriguing. And one team that might look a whole lot different going into this weekend than ...
The Magic Hour returns...kind of: "Basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson has joined ESPN as a studio analyst for NBA coverage on ESPN and ABC this season.Johnson, a five-time NBA champion, three-time MVP and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, will primarily work with Stuart Scott, Mi...
Does Haunting Cherepanov Video Reveal Negligence?
Yesterday's story about the tragic death Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov has taken a more disturbing turn now that amateur video (available after the jump, watch if necessary) of the final minutes of his life has been revealed. The official medical report lists his death as chronic ischemia, a co...
Dan Shaughnessy gives Boston fans a reality check: "Where did the mojo go? Instead of waxing poetic about our teams, suddenly our teams are getting waxed.We were kings of the world, universally hated by sports fans across the land. Life was a nonstop sequence of banner hoistings and ring celebration...
Phils' GM Pat Gillick now a hot commodity and the Yankees' should snag him: " But Cashman should still find a way to work with Gillick. Because the skills that define Gillick's career - skills that should lead him to the Hall of Fame - are traits the Yankees can use even on a consultant basis." [NY ...
Morning Blogdome: Pete Rose Will Pick Apart Your Flaws If You Don't Buy an Autograph
• Charlie Hustle's post-career popularity continues to soar: A fan with a speech impediment reveals his run-in with baseball's all-time hits leader at a memorabilia show: " I told him how much I used to love to get up Saturday mornings with my sister to watch 'The Baseball Bunch,'" said Scornerston,...
Matt Stairs Enters the Pantheon of Philadelphia's Portly Sports Heroes
When the Philllies added journeyman hitter Matt Stairs to their roster August 30th, it was a move that barely registered on most people's radar. Another left-handed bat off the bench seemed like something the Phillies didn't need — even though Geoff Jenkins was recovering from an injury — but with e...
Rays take Game three, 9-1, lead series, 2-1. "The result is surprising enough, but the atmosphere at the park today may have been more stunning. There was little noise, buzz, or energy. It felt like a July game. The stands were probably half-full by the end. Not surprising given the score, but would...
Giants Fear Dreaded Bone Lady Trap Game
I'll put some of the inevitable gloom-and-doom reports of the Red Sox/Rays game after it's over should the score hold up — still 5-0 Rays, Sox fans booing — but let's not forget there's also a Monday Night Football game this evening between the NFC East leading New York Giants and the still-waiting-...
Tragic Death of Rangers Prospect May Have Been Accidently Caused by Jaromir Jagr?
The details are starting to come in about the death of New York Rangers hockey prospect, 19-year-old Alexei Cherepanov. The initial reports had him suffering a cardiac arrest while sitting on the bench at a game in Moscow, but the story is getting even more random and tragic. Puck Daddy has been all...
John Madden Getting Sick of Riding Old Bones Across Country in a Bus to Cover Crappy Games
The Washington Post has just reported that NFL broadcasting stalwart John Madden will miss his first week blabbering about football for the first time in 476 games. He's not gravely ill and not planning on retiring soon either, so the Frank Caliendo suicide watch is also put off indefinitely. No, th...
Memo to Adam Jones from Stephen A. Smith: You're Making All Black People Look Bad
Since the NBA season hasn't officially begun and the WWL has finally found out he's not as viable a sports star as they once hoped, Stephen A. Smith's visibility on ESPN has been limited. But last week Smith went into full-on ALL CAPS-mode while biding his time in the on-air personality purgatory kn...