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NFL Is (Somewhat) Less Homophobic Than You Think
Remember that scene in Brokeback Mountain, when Jack Twist is having Thanksgiving dinner with his wife's family and they get in a big fight about being manly enough to watch football? (What? You haven't seen Brokeback? Well, it's like the Colts' season, except shorter and with 13 percent fewer au...
Leftovers: Hey, We Weren't So Bad
• You know, the U.S. Olympic team didn't do that much worse than everyone thinks. [Gelf] • Eric Gagne pulls a Greinke and leaves camp for "personal reasons." [Baseball Musings] • After 60 years, beloved Kansas broadcaster retires. (And he has more hair than Bill Self too!) [KUSports.com] • Steve McN...
Cut The Black Wire
Last night, the Pittsburgh Steelers all gathered at a Loews theater in West Homestead, Penn., to watch on the big screen the DVD of their championship season. Apparently, an Eagles fan found out about it; the whole thing was cancelled after a phoned-in bomb scare....
Someday, The Mascots Will Align And Destroy Us All
All this talk about mascots got us to thinking: What's the scariest mascot you've ever come across? (That commenter who played the Noid, that guy's got a pretty good case.)...
The Sex Boat Story Will Never Go Away. Awesome.
Is it possible to ever get tired of the Vikings sex boat story? We think it's not. We're pretty sure, actually....
Who Would Win In A Fight: Bill Simmons or Malcolm Gladwell?
After what had been a considerable hiatus, our boy Bill Simmons is cranking out his Curious Guy segments like crazy these days. We had David Stern just a week ago, and now, punching back in his weight class, he banters with "The Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell for, let's see, 5,000 words .....
Blogdome: The Return Of Muresan
• You cannot keep Georghe Muresan down. Ever. [Gheorghe: The Blog] • If Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds had a conversation about that whole dressing-in-drag business. [Red Hot Mama] • Manny Ramirez was wearing the wrong jersey to camp yesterday. [The Hater Nation] • A full recap of that USA-Poland s...
Kirilenko's Wife Lets Him Sleep With Other Women; Other Women Say, "Uh, Thanks, But No Thanks"
Meet the anti-Mrs. Doug Christie, ladies and gentlemen....
Blah Blah Labor Issues Blah Blah
Sigh. Honestly, we hate doing posts about labor woes. It's not that they're not important; they obviously are. It's just that, as fans, watching prolonged labor strife is like being in the room when everyone's talking about you like you're not there. All the issues being discussed are up for debat...
Get Along, Little Aggie
On the heels of Texas A&M's upset of Texas last night for its biggest win of the year, the Texas bloggers are getting revenge....
Jalen Rose Could Be Your Little Work Buddy
Is your daily work life more empty for its lack of constant updates on Knicks swingman Jalen Rose? Yeah, us too!...
Just Another Way To Celebrate A Duke Loss
All kinds of glee around college basketball this morning, because ding dong, Duke has lost. We always notice a bit of a buzz around this here Web world the morning after a Duke loss; the sun's a little brighter, the grass is a little greener, so on....
Ah, White People
Remember that post from earlier today, about the sports bra Bounce-O-Meter? This is the opposite of that post....
Leftovers: Manny's Finally Here
• Oh, if only we could make such news just by showing up for work. (Late, we might add.) [Sawxblog] • Al Leiter and Gary Majewski replace Billy Wagner and C.C. Sabathia on the U.S. World Baseball Classic team. Awesome. [The Steveohville Speakeasy] • The old Agassi, the one with the perm mullet, he'd...
Just Two Days To Wedding Crash At ESPN
Hey, everyone, a reminder: You only have two more days to crash the party of Mike and Mike's Marriage Madness endeavor....
OK, You Guys Freaking Rule
We are less than 24 hours into our big NCAA Tournament Preview Project, and hoo boy, have you guys come through so far. We're projecting — by "we," we mean Joe Lunardi, pretty much — 35 teams into the tournament so far ... and all 35 have been signed up for. We encourage you to check out the whole...
Bonds' Comedic Timing As Pitch Perfect As Ever
It's one thing for Barry Bonds to to dress up as Paula Abdul as a prank in spring training. (Or, more accurately, as a Media Event for his reality show.)...
Bad Dad Of The Week
Far be it from us to pass judgment on the quality of child rearing in individual sports, but for all the Jim Pierces and Marv Marinoviches of the world, we think we have a new winner in the Worst Dad contest. Though we suppose that depends on your perspective....
Blogdome: Whither A.I.?
• Yeah, we were really sad Iverson didn't make the Olympic team shortlist too. [The 700 Level] • What sports would look like if the South would have won the Civil War. [Wood On Sports] • "Fire Dolan!" doesn't have the same ring as "Fire Millen!" but we nevertheless appreciate the sentiment. [Calacan...
What's Going On With Zack Greinke?
For those of you who don't have your Google News Alerts set to "Kansas City Royals," you might not being paying close attention to a truly bizarre story involving Zack Greinke. The one-time Royals phenom, once called "the future of pitching" by Baseball Prospectus, has left the team for an unspeci...