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Afternoon Blogdome: The Student Becomes The Master
• From the best: Mike Holmgren tried to call backsies on his retirement, but the Seahawks brass said "no way." Gee, I wonder where he learned that move? [Seattlest]...
Steve Nash Broken Up Over Raja Bell Trade
The Phoenix Suns pulled the trigger on a five-player deal last night, that sends Raja Bell and Boris Diaw to Charlotte in exchange for human hang glider Jason Richardson. The move gives the Bobcats some defensive help and another point guard, while it brings the Suns a new scoring threat and also ma...
Annika Sorenstam: Liar
A couple weeks ago, we cried ourselves to sleep with the knowledge that we would never see Annika Sorenstam play professional golf again. Now it turns out that we may have been deceived! That final round where she received a celebratory champagne bath—after missing the cut—was simply her final round...
Graham Harrell Snubbed By Heisman Travel Agency
Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford and The Exhalted One will be in New York City this weekend to eat fancy steaks, take one of those lame bus tours, and try hard not to mention the name "O.J. Simpson." Of course, there will be one young quarterback who won't be joining the Holy Trinity on their victory tour....
Plaxico Burress Found Guilty Of Poor Strip Club Etiquette
The NYPD continues to investigate Plaxico Burress and his activities on the night of November 28. It seems that Latin Quarter was not the only establishment graced by his sweatpants that evening....
MMA Sets New Standard For Horrific Leg Breaks (Update)
If seeing a human leg bone turned into a floppy piece of wet linguine is at all upsetting to you, you should probably just skip to another post....
Morning Blogdome: This Is What Hockey Looks Like In Iowa
• Hold the applesauce: There's a minor league hockey team called the Iowa Chops (as in pork) and their cheerleading squad is called the Baby Backs (as in Sir Mix-A-Lot)....
Chicago Blackhawks Star In A Heart-Warming Tale Of Thanksgiving Joy
I got an interesting email this morning about the Chicago Blackhawks. (Wait guys, that's not a joke!)...
ACC Rising?
The ACC is entering its sixth year since realignment. Was it worth it? That depends. Do you play football for Virginia Tech? [Sports Business Journal]...
Afternoon Blogdome: Back In My Day ...
• Red Grange weeps: Tim Tebow is the greatest college player of all time? How quickly we forget ... (And I still say there are at least a dozen guys better than both of them.) [The Big Lead]...
What You Missed At Baseball's Winter Meetings
It's seems there's only one organization on Earth that hates the Mets more than Deadspin. The New York Damn Yankees. Brian Cashman couldn't stand to give the crosstown "rivals" even one news cycle to themselves so he flew all the way across the country to sign C.C. Sabathia in the middle of the nigh...
Joe Sakic Out Three Months
And I guess those are Joe Sakic's fingers in the snow blower? [Sports Crackle Pop]...
Sonya Curry Back On American Radars
I don't understand the Sonya Curry phenomenon. (Actually, I didn't even know there was one, but apparently it's tearing up the charts.) The mother of Davidson sharpshooter Stephen Curry is an attractive 40-something teacher and a former athlete herself, but does that really make her any more interes...
Riiiiiiight
"Officials in Massachusetts say 'natural causes' were to blame for the death of a fan who stopped breathing in police custody during Boston Celtics championship celebrations. The state medical examiner announced Monday that David Woodman's death was brought on by heart arrhythmia." And maybe a drunk...
NHL Referee Needs Mouth Washed Out With Pucks
The Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh on Monday, but with no thanks to the boys in zebra stripes. The Sabres were on the short end of three different 5-on-3 situations and even got a bench minor for "abuse of officials." Although to hear Sabres goalie Ryan Miller tell it, the officials are the ones who...
Firing: Possible
Real Madrid fires coach Bernd Schuster after he publicly admits that it would be "impossible" for his team to beat rival Barcelona on Saturday. What ... was he wrong? [AP/Google]...
Morning Blogdome: Three Of These Things Are Not Like Chris Duhon
• Before I finish this song: Do you see something unusual with this picture? Like maybe an NBA star who seems out of place? [Bread City]...
Barry Melrose Is Not A Fan Of Tampa Bay
Here's something that's been stuck in my craw for a couple of weeks, because I can't quite figure it out. Barry Melrose coached in the NHL for exactly three seasons. In two of them, he missed the playoffs, which was almost impossible in the early '90s NHL. Then he spent 13 years riding an ESPN analy...
Prep Football Star Shoots Himself During Traffic Stop
Billey Joe Johnson, a 17-year-old high school running back from Mississippi, died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound during a routine traffic stop yesterday. The junior tailback from George County High School was one of the top-rated prospects in the country and reportedly had scholarship offers fro...
Afternoon Blogdome: Because The World Needs More Red Sox Merchandise
• Camouflage?: The Red Sox are getting a new logo? As long as we can all still identify which fans need a punch in the face, it's okay by me. [Sox and Dawgs]...