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I Spent All Day Trying To Figure Out If These Are Lou Gehrig's Balls
Reader Mike wrote in to ask, "Did Sports Illustrated publish a picture of Lou Gehrig with his balls visible?" because those are the kind of questions we get. Your answer, Mike: I don't know. But it's not for a lack of research....

CWS Fan Flips Off ESPN Camera, Then Gets Karate Chopped In The Face
While the world was watching LeBron & Co. repeat as NBA champions, there was another championship at stake on another Disney/ABC network: a College World Series elimination game between in-state rivals UNC and North Carolina State. Not everyone attending that game in Omaha, it seems, went home happ...

Somebody Sent An Edible Arrangement To Aaron Hernandez's House
So says WCVB's John Atwater, who reports from the scene:...


ESPN Cutting Off Bill Simmons Calls For A <em>Sopranos</em> Parody
Last night's curious incident in which Bill Simmons's thoughts on "The Decision" went off into the ether led us (and many commenters) to draw comparisons to the final episode of The Sopranos....

Ex-Sabres Coach Joins Team That Ruined Everything For Sabres
Fun sports town, Buffalo, isn't it? Its football team—which has never won a Super Bowl—keeps trying to run off to Toronto, and its hockey team—which has never won a Stanley Cup—hit rock bottom earlier this year....

LeBron James Won Game 7 In The Best Possible Way
Out of the 37 points poured in by LeBron James during last night's Game 7, the most meaningful were the two he scored in the clip above. With his team up by two and the game clock running under 30 seconds, James got himself a pick near the top of the key, recognized that his defender was cheating i...


Remember Former 49ers RB Glen Coffee? He's An Army Paratrooper Now.
Glen Coffee's single year as a 49er may qualify as one of the strangest NFL careers. The summer after a promising 2009 rookie year, in which the third-round pick out of Alabama filled in nicely for an injured Frank Gore, Coffee up and quit. God didn't want him to play football, he said in brief and ...

LeBron And Dwyane Wade Celebrated By Eating Pizza On Stage With Drake
He might have failed to get into the Heat locker room, but Drake was able to connect with the champs a bit later for a modest little celebration at Story in South Beach. Bottles were popped. People danced. There was pizza....

Bitter and Beat by the Heat
Eliot Asinof is most famous for writing Eight Men Out. (He is less famous for once being married to Marlon Brando’s sister.) Asinof played minor league ball in the Phillies system for three years before World War II. His first book Man on Spikes was published in 1955 and to my mind is one of the bes...


"Nautical Negro"
Over at WNYC here's Stephen Nessen on the black surfing scene that's taking over in the Rockaways:...

Drake Tries To Get Into Heat Locker Room, Is Coldly Turned Away
This is your moment, anti-Drake America. Look upon his wounded expression and understand that it won't get any better than this. Savor it....

Let's Relive Bill Russell Yawning In Super Slow Motion
When your career includes 11 NBA championships, two NCAA championships, an Olympic gold medal, five NBA MVP trophies, and getting confused for Morgan Freeman, we imagine pretty much anything basketball-related might bore you to tears. ...

Reports: Warrant Issued For Aaron Hernandez's Arrest
Multiple stations in Boston are reporting that an arrest warrant has been issued for Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez. According to the station, Hernandez will be charged with obstruction of justice, which could be just a precursor to more serious charges....

Miami ABC Affiliate Reports "Game 7 Loss"
They must have left the game early....

ESPN Cuts Off Bill Simmons Just As He's About To Address "The Decision"
As of this writing, ESPN has not returned to Simmons....
