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Bud Selig Has Never Sent An Email In His Life
Baseball is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Robot umpires. Instant replay. The arms race of drug testing. Leading the way is our 78-year-old commissioner, Bud "Database" Selig....
The Jets Are Going To Ruin Geno Smith
So here's the pre-camp report from ESPN New York:...
This Fan Caught Four Foul Balls In One Game
The best part about this is that Greg Van Niel is not a ballhawk, that execrable subspecies who attend games solely for the purpose of collecting baseballs. Van Niel's just a regular fan, who happened to be sitting in the exact right spot to get four foul balls yesterday, all by the fifth inning....
Ilya Kovalchuk Joins The KHL, And He's Getting A Raise
Four days after Ilya Kovalchuk's shocking retirement from the Devils, he's found himself a job. As expected, Kovalchuk's deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL was made official today. Let's see how much he'll make, and then maybe we'll stop calling his NHL retirement "shocking."...
Excited Children Take Photo With Their Favorite Nashville Predators
Yesterday was Predators community day, as Preds prospects fanned out to area schools, food banks and hospitals. A good time was had by all, except perhaps these two....
Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots
Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two. These—"Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"—are not their names. The newscaster's credulous rea...
Everyone Thinks The Nets Are Up To Some Shady Shit
Yesterday, Andrei Kirilenko opted out of his 2013-14 contract with the Timberwolves ($10 million and a first-round playoff exit) in order to sign with the Nets ($3.1 million and a second-round playoff exit). This, naturally, leads to all sorts of questions....
The Chargers Want $700 Million In Public Money For A New Stadium
How to convince a city to buy you a brand new stadium in five easy steps, starring Chargers Chief Marketing Officer Ken Derrett:...
The Yankees Rushed Derek Jeter Back, And Look What Happened
If you'd like to throw up after reading about Derek Jeter's 1-for-4 season debut, in which he never quite got the ball out of the infield, this is the column for you:...
PNC Park Looked Terrifying Last Night
This was taken by the Chronicle's Susan Slusser, as the Pirates and A's prepared for what would be a two-hour, 50-minute rain delay....
Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From NHL
Thirty-year-old Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk will "retire" from the NHL, most likely to return to Russia and the KHL. It's a big day for CapGeek....
Three Belize Players Claim They Were Approached About Fixing USA Match
The USMNT mollywhopped Belize 6-1 on Tuesday in their opening match of Gold Cup play. That's not a surprise; the US is a much better team. But three Belize players have come forward alleging that they were approached by a man offering them money to fix the match....
Joakim Noah Scores A Soccer Goal, Loses His Mind
This is from Steve Nash's annual charity soccer match in New York last month (there's a second one in L.A. this Sunday). On a team with Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Sammy Ameobi, and Oguchi Onyewu, it fell to Joakim Noah to score the game-winning goal. No need to act like he's been there before, b...
Derek Jeter Is Back
With a heavenly choir and a rainbow stretching from Hunts Point to Riverdale, the True Yankee has returned....
Was Baseball More Fun During The Steroid Era?
That's what John Rocker said on a radio interview, and, messenger aside, he's got a point:...
Patriots’ Alfonzo Dennard Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI
Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early this morning in Lincoln, Neb. It could be worse than the usual DUI punishment for Dennard, who's projected to start for New England this season—he's still on probation for punching a cop last year....