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How To Stoke An In-State Rivalry
As Peter King can tell you, when you're a public figure, sometimes people poke a little fun at your family (especially if you, you know, talk about them all the time.) But Oklahoma baseball coach Sunny Golloway is probably an innocent bystander here, as much as anyone whose daughter poses in Playboy...
No One Cares About Your Fantasy Team? WRONG, WHORE!
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....
Fevered Aggies
• Be nice to coach Fran. Please. [The 12th Manchild] • What, exactly, constitutes "cheating" in the NFL? [The Sports Law Professor] • Jose Canseco is booted by the ladies. [Cake Rocks The Party] • The Chicago Cubs theme park. [Beachwood Reporter] • One ugly Browns fan. [Clevescene] • The Houston Cou...
ESPN Wisely Addresses Its HR Department
The big Harold Reynolds court case isn't coming to trial until, sheesh, 2013, but that doesn't mean that ESPN isn't arming itself against future trouble: They've got a new HR guy....
Looking Sharp, Philadelphia!
If you are watching the Eagles game this Sunday, there is nothing wrong with your television set. Donovan McNabb is still black, and those really are the Eagles uniforms....
How To Get Soccer Players To Punch You
It's a clever maneuver, if you can pull it off, but it's so infuriating to defenders that they just can't help but knock him on his arse. One coach has all but openly endorsed kicking him in the face. We're trying to think of an American sports equivalent. The best we could come up with was a footba...
This Will Not Improve Your Curveball, Jewish Or Not
As Jews prepare for their fast come sundown this Friday — it is extremely rude to show up at a Jewish friend's house Friday night and sloppily devour a pizza, so you know — we showcase one of the few pieces of Jewish sports memorabilia you'll find, and certainly the most Judaism-specific....
Adeus, Mourinho
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Isiah Can't Understand Why No One Wants To Touch Him
As the Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial — also known as The Public Implosion Of What Used To Be The NBA's Signature Franchise, Bitch — continues down its road to glory and ruin, we check in today's installment: "Who Wants To Hug Isiah?"...
Chris Henry Probably Isn't Felonious; Just Dumb
We know what suspended Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was doing on Sunday; he was watching football with our own MJD. And now we know what he doing the rest of the week; accidentally stealing rental cars....
Putting A Price On OJ
We all had a few days of respite, a few days of safety, but as everyone now knows, OJ Simpson is now back out on the streets, somehow making a $125,000 bail. (Do the Goldmans get that money if he's convicted?) Now that we realize he can be arrested for stealing his own property — if it's really his ...
Seattle Is Hooked On Phonics
Forgive us, considering this post is pretty tenuously related to sports, but ... we were in Seattle last week for sports, so maybe that counts. Maybe....
Hey, Jay: You're A Blogger Now
We, the sports fan, are lost amidst the sea of scandalous sports news. We need someone to guide us ... and not just four times a week either! We need immediate, dashed off, from-the-hip, poorly thought out reactionary prattle on the double. And we need it five times a day. Where, friends, do we look...
Welcome Back, Byron
Byron Leftwich, here showcasing his vaunted scrambling ability, has signed a two-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons. It seems like a logical destination, though we hope it doesn't affect Joey Harrington's performance having a guy breathing down his neck. You don't want to mess with a beautiful thing...
It's Open Season On Charlie Weis
The Charlie Weis / Notre Dame pile-on continues, gloriously. Some of it is justified, like criticism of how the school has handled the Demetrius Jones situation. (They're making him pay for school at Northern Illinois this year by not releasing him from his scholarship.) And some of it is really jus...
Aw, Poor Donovan
• The timing of Donovan McNabb's segment on HBO was not helpful to him. [Doberman On The Diamond] • It just can't be easy to be a Syracuse football fan right now. [Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician] • Deep inside Russell Crowe's visit to Michigan. [The M Zone] • They're a little nervous about the '...