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Report: Dwight Howard Wanted The Lakers To Phase Out Kobe Bryant
So, take this with a grain of salt as you would any other sourced report, but it jibes with public comments from both players as well as common sense: ESPN claims that a big reason Dwight Howard left the Lakers was because he didn't want to play with Kobe Bryant for another five years....

Anna Benson Was Upset About Kris “Fucking My Friends In My House”
From a jailhouse interview with the Post:...

Manny Ramirez Hit His First Home Run Since Returning To America
Manny Ramirez homered last night for the Round Rock Express, the Rangers' AAA club. It's his first since coming stateside after conquering Taiwan. It was nowhere near as fun as any of his EDA Rhinos dingers....

Police: Chad Gaudin Groped A Woman On A Gurney In An ER
Giants reliever Chad Gaudin is charged with one count of open and gross lewdness, after an incident at a Las Vegas emergency room way back in January. It's a bizarre story that has somehow been kept quiet for six months....


David Booth Is Studying Theology At Oxford This Offseason
When last we checked in with the Canucks winger, he had freed the Kootenays from the terrible reign of the Goatbeast. Booth's offseason activities this year swing to the other end of the spectrum—that of the mind and of the soul....

Redskins Survey Fans On Team Name, Favorite Marketing Buzzwords
The Redskins appear poised to be competitive for the first time in a long while. But aside from the obvious (PUT RG3 EVERYWHERE), rebranding a franchise is a long and complicated process. Frank Luntz focus groups and fake Indian chiefs were just the beginning. Now the team is polling fans, and some ...

Do NFL Front Offices Have A Thug Problem?
It emerged last night that Tom Heckert—Broncos director of pro personnel and former Browns GM—was arrested last month on DUI charges. This comes days after Matt Russell, Denver's director of player personnel, was arrested for his own alleged DUI. Russell crashed into two different cars, one of them ...

Chris Wondolowski Scores A Hat Trick With A Misspelled Jersey
The USMNT rolled Belize 6-1 in its Gold Cup opener, thanks to a hell of a first half from Chris Wondolowski. That's W-O-N-D-O-lowski. Just the two Ws. And the three goals: ...

Justin Bieber And The Stanley Cup, Just A Couple Of Swaggy Bros
Blackhawks marketing director Peter Hassen tweeted out this photo of the Biebs, in Chicago to play the United Center, and the Stanley Cup. You may commence being pissed off....

Hear Kris Benson's 911 Call After Anna Benson Showed Up With A Gun
Sometimes it seems that few sports marriages end well. But precious few end as badly as that of Kris and Anna Benson, divorcing after 14 years (their next court date was scheduled for September). On Sunday night, Anna showed up at Kris's house armed to the teeth, allegedly demanding money. We now ha...

The Browns Will Hold A Wiener Dog Race
That's the sausage-shaped nugget dropped into this article on the ways the Cleveland game day experience will be changing this season....

The Season In NBA Bench Celebrations
Well, this is fantastic. The NBA has put together a compilation of the year's best examples of benches losing their minds....

Danny Tartabull Is Los Angeles's Most Wanted Deadbeat Dad
According to the L.A. County Child Support Services Department, the former ballplayer owes more than a quarter-million dollars in child support payments for his two sons....

Barcelona President Escapes Media By Hiding In Women's Bathroom
Sandro Rosell really did not feel like answering questions about David Villa. [Dirty Tackle]...

What Did Police Find In Aaron Hernandez's Home?
Yesterday, a judge ordered the unsealing of search warrants and affidavits in the case of Aaron Hernandez. Neither the prosecution nor the defense objected, so at 2 p.m. today the material—156 pages of it—was handed out to media at the courtroom. ...

MLS Threatens Fans: No More "You Suck, Asshole" Chants
Within the last couple of weeks, a number of MLS supporters' groups have received letters from their teams' front offices. Important letters. Letters threatening sanctions if the fans don't eliminate what's apparently a major issue in MLS: The ever-present "You Suck, Asshole" chants....
