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Broncos Fire Josh McDaniels
So says the team's Twitter account. [@Denver_Broncos]...

Peter King Moves The Goalposts On The NFL's Favre Investigation
"[W]hat seems logical to me," Peter King thinks he thinks, "is the league was not able to connect the sordid cell-phone photos from Favre to Sterger beyond the shadow of a doubt." The NFL leads the league in evidentiary burden!...

Watch Samir Nasri’s Brilliant Performance Against Fulham Set To Music!
They say that when a door slams shut, a window pops open. Or something like that. And in this case, the door is Cesc Fabregas, and Samir Nasri is a window....

Heat Strokes, Game 21: The Meeting Is The Message
FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about....

Heat Strokes, Game 20: In Which We're Reminded That LeBron Is Not A Dick
FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about....

Ron Santo Is Dead. Aww Geez.
Cubs-Brewers, Sept. 23, 1998, in the teeth of a pennant race. Cubs up 7-5 in the bottom of the ninth. Two outs, bases full of Brewers, Geoff Jenkins at the plate. Jenkins hits a fly ball to left, to Brant Brown....

How About That Adam Johnson Goal!
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....

Your "Red Moon Rising On The Cuyahoga River" Heat-Cavs Open Thread
The third-place team in the NBA's Southeast Division is playing the third-place team in the Central. There are apparently some interesting storylines here. Discuss....

Heat Strokes, Game 19: The LeBrorschach
FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about....

Dan Gilbert Is Going To Boil Someone's Bunny
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, recording secretary of the LeBron Jersey-Burning and Chowder Society: The Cavs "have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a high-powered Midwestern law firm" to investigate whether the Heat broke tampering rules while pursuing LeBron James. [Yahoo!]...

World Cup 2018 Bid — Let The Schmoozing Commence!
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....

A Former NFLer On "Laughing" Derek Anderson And The Football Robot Blowhards
On Monday, Derek Anderson was scolded for smiling on camera during the Cardinals' loss to the 49ers, leading to his "Nothing is funny to me" tirade. Ex-NFL player Nate Jackson defends his former colleague from Jon Gruden and all the rest of the "emotionally stunted football pedants."...

The Spoiler’s Greatest Ever Barcelona XI
Last night Barcelona looked like one of the truly great football teams, which got The Spoiler to thinking: how many of them would make it into an all-time Barcelona XI?...

Heat Strokes, Games 15-18: The Meaning Of The Bump
FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about....

The 12 Best Sports Agents In The World
A ranking, courtesy of our friends at Business Insider....

Go Listen To Leitch And The FreeDarko Guys Stammer At Each Other Tomorrow
New Yorkers: Leitch is moderating a discussion with the FreeDarko authors from 7-8 p.m. tomorrow at the Strand. Drinks to follow. [NYMag.com, art by Jacob Weinstein via the FreeDarko store]...

Furious David Beckham Gets All Up In A Referee’s Grill
It's easy to forget that beneath the various lotions and products, the womanly tattoos and the feathery hairstyles, David Beckham is a warrior. A macho football maniac. Above is proof of that....

Weekend Winner: The Big East, College Sports' Honest Harlot
TCU, a school approximately 400 miles west of the Mississippi, will soon play sports in a conference called the Big East, FanHouse informs. You have to admire the Big East. It never fails to be the hardest-working lapdancer in the room....

What Objects Are We Putting In Our Rectums?
Let's have some more fun with the Sun-Sentinel's emergency room database, shall we? Here's a list of various objects that in various contexts were lodged in various rectums. Verbatim:...

Unfortunately, Not Everyone Likes Lionel Messi
With his hilarious Monkees hair cut and preposterous skills, you'd think that everyone would adore Messi. Not so this tough guy Fonz impersonator. Ouch....