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I Used to Do That With Glue
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For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress — NFL: Scouting Combine, Skill Positions [NFL Network] • In Progress — Soccer: Barcelona vs. Levante [GOL] • 2:00 — Golf: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Final (TIGER!) [NBC] • 2:00 — CBB: Syracuse at Notre Dame [CBS] • 2:30 — NBA: Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns [ABC] • 2:30 — S...
UCLA Is Quite Athletic
Oregon took the court wearing the latest in Nike's experimental uniforms, and for a while the shimmering black-on-black look appeared to work out for the visitors. However their second half lead was quickly erased by the Bruins up-tempo attack. Russell Westbrook appeared to tweak his ankle, but he c...
Best In the West
San Antonio might not have the best record in the Western Conference, but last night the defending champions reminded everyone why they're still the best. The Spurs took down the Hornets in a battle for Southwest Division supremacy behind another brilliant performance from Manu Ginobli. The Argentin...
About Last Night
What you missed while wondering when SNL's Obama character is going to be funny... • Boxing: Klitschko made Ibragimov his jab eating bitch for 12 rounds. It could have been a bit more entertaining. • NBA: Apparently the Lakers are the best team in Los Angeles. Stupid Clippers. • CBB: Tennessee is th...
Klitschko Wins An Easy Decision Over Ibragimov
It wasn't an exciting fight and it certainly won't propel him into the big money, but Wladimir Klitschko won a unanimous decision over Sultan Ibragimov. I had the fight scored as a 12 round shutout, but the judges were a bit more kind to the Russian....
The Volunteers and Tigers Are Delivering At FedEx
I'm back from the Wizards game and I'm actually in a good mood because they won. And hey, the Bobcats minus Gerald Wallace are tough! Since I've been back I've had a chance to catch up on this 1 vs. 2 matchup and frankly, it's even better than the Wizards and Bobcats. The action has been high paced ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while picking In Bruges for Best Use of Little Person in next year's Oscar pool... • Movie: Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed. This biographical documentary should be great. [HBO] • CBB: Tennessee at Memphis, this should be pretty great as well. [ESPN] • Boxing: Wladimir Klitschko ...
I'm Buying Whatever He's Selling
In other news, the real Bill Belichick is still at large....
Nick Saban Is a Dick
• Nick Saban might be full of crap, but hey, a foreword by Bill Belichick! [The Wizard of Odds] • How American is too American for Mexican soccer fans? [Macho Chip] • MJD has some words for DJ White and the Sampsonites. [Yahoo! CBBB] • Finally, some NFL off-season drug related arrests. I wonder if A...
This Ends Badly
That's just fucked up. The man you see above, Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva, is about to have his tibia and/or fibula poking through his sock. Needless to say, it's pretty brutal and because you might not want to see it, I'll just link to it after the jump, along with the non-crippling Premier League a...
The Best Rappers of the NBA
Back in 1994 a truly epic album was released to an eager public. If you aren't familiar with Immortal Record's B-Ball's Best Kept Secret then get ready for an extensive education. Over at Mental Floss they've taken it upon themselves to review the standout tracks from the All-Star lineup of NBA rapp...
Wladimir's Morning Wood
Tonight Wladimir Klitschko will square off against his best opponent to date in Sultan Ibragimov in a big first step toward unifying the heavyweight title. Vitali's little brother is widely considered to be the best heavyweight on the planet and a win tonight at Madison Square Garden would cement th...
Jon Barry Is Friendly, Scalable
Outside of basketball Jon Barry loves two things, golf and flexible cart girls. SportsbyBrooks points us in the direction of this Flickr photo set from a golf outing last summer and the subsequent after party. The ladies and the liquor appear to have been provided by the lovely gents at Jose Cuervo ...
Consider Your Bracket Busted
• In Progress — CBB: UConn at Villanova [ESPN] • 1:00 — CBB: George Mason at Ohio [ESPN2] • 2:00 — Golf: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, Semifinals [NBC] • 3:00 — CBB: Creighton at Oral Roberts [ESPN2] • 3:30 — CBB: Oregon at UCLA [ABC] • 4:00 — CBB: St. John's at Duke [CBS] • 4:00 — NFL: NF...
The Kelvin Sampson Era Is Officially Over
Kelvin Sampson and the University of Indiana have reached an agreement that will pay the coach $750,000 to get the fuck out of Bloomington. The overzealous recruiter has also agreed not to sue the school for wrongful termination. Although the Hoosiers have rid themselves of Sampson they still have a...
Yes Shaq, the Ball Looks Delicious
The Big Saguaro couldn't quite keep up with Phoenix's offensive pace, but he had his way under the boards. Shaq's four point (1-5 from the field) performance was offset by 13 defensive rebounds (14 total) and he even looked rather spry at times in his 26 minutes of play. Amare scored 28 with Grant ...
About Last Night
What you missed while serving as a seat filler on Cleveland's bench... ...
NFC Championship: Second Half
Elisha has been solid, but he hasn't done quite enough to put his team in a good position. Favre is doing Favre-like things and Mike McCarthy still refuses to run the ball. One correction from the first half, it appears that Brady Poppinga has three tackles (not the six I estimated). I guess I'm ju...
NFC Championship: First Half
Sorry for the delayed start, but we're underway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which I'm told is positively lovely this time of year. The Packers are starting with the ball and Favre comes out in a succession of naked bootlegs. Perhaps this morning's episode of the Mayne Event was actually trying to tell ...