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Soccer Player Who Killed Fluffy, Defenseless Owl May Get Jail Time
Luis Moreno, the defender for Deportivo Pereira of Colombia's Primara A who kicked an opposing club's pet owl off the field on Sunday, could get up to three months of jail time for the incident. The owl was treated for traumatic stress at Zoosalud veterinary clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia, but die...
Rick Barry: The Original Charles Barkley
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Barry was the original cranky bastard behind the announcers' desk....
The Buzz Bissinger-Mark Cuban Twitter Fight, Transcribed And Animated
If you haven't read Buzz Bissinger's column for the Daily Beast about white fans and race in the NBA, you might want to. It's become quite the talked-about piece, mainly because Mark Cuban called out Bissinger about it on Twitter. There's nothing much original in the column. It's more or less the ...
The Emotional Cost Of Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scout Cookies are a very, very personal baked good. Name one other food that is so tied into our childhood psyche; name one other food about which we obsess primarily to its exclusivity. You can't. I just tried to think of how I could get my hands on some Samoas (my personal favorite) if I real...
Look, That Greg Anthony Retweet About Getting "Fucked In The Ass Or The Throat" Was Spam, OK?
It's gone now, but ESPN's Greg Anthony apparently had an interesting retweet this morning:...
How Roger Ebert And Charlie Sheen Will Help You Overcome Your Fear Of Death
Let's get right to your letters. I'm full of tiger blood....
Front Row At The Rodeo Is Awesome Until An Angry Bull Jumps Into Your Lap
This 2,000-pound bull ditched his rider, cleared a five-foot barrier fence, and jumped into the stands at a rodeo fundraiser in Williamston, N.C. on Saturday, Feb 19. An older couple was taken to the hospital for minor injuries, but no one was seriously hurt — including the bull, who was brought o...
Requiem For FanHouse: The Fantasy Sports Girls Mutiny
FanHouse ceased to exist as an independent identity today, being swallowed up by the Sporting News. After many years of excellent work and one of the more talented writing staffs ever assembled, we thought we'd recall the site's finest moment: when some higher-up decided sex sells, and the writers r...
Fame And The Perils Of Drinking Beer Through A Straw In Public: A New Round Of Kaner Photos, Analyzed
We have some previously unseen photos of Patrick Kane and a couple of fellow Blackhawks celebrating with the Stanley Cup last summer. There is nothing wrong with any of this, except for maybe their choice of beer (Bud Light) and their method of consuming it (straw). In fact, the most significant thi...
Band Geeks Break Out Rage Against The Machine, Are Cooler Than You
For the final home game of the year, the George Mason pep band busted out their "Killing In The Name Of"/"Bulls On Parade" medley. I bet the woodwinds got so much tail that night. [via DC Sports Bog]...
There Is A Pau Gasol Impersonator For Hire At A Bargain $600 Per Hour
We give you Michael Fanter, a guy who has kind of made a name for himself by kind of looking like Pau Gasol....
What These New Patrick Kane Photos Tell Us About Fame And The Perils Of Drinking Beer Through A Straw In Public
These are previously unseen photos of Patrick Kane and a pair of fellow Blackhawks celebrating with the Stanley Cup last summer. To be clear, there is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating the greatest accomplishment in the sport, and they can't be criticized (except perhaps for drinking Bud Lig...
Woman rushing to watch NASCAR on TV crashes into storefront
A woman rushing home to watch this past weekend's Nascar race on TV crashed her Chevy S-10 Blazer into a store window. Apparently you can't bump-draft a building. What, too soon? [Jalopnik]...
Here's Derrick Rose Going Between The Legs To Joakim Noah
This is one of Rose's nine assists in Chicago's 105-77 drubbing of the Wizards last night. It's also, you'll notice, a one-year Calipari point guard schooling a younger one-year Calipari point guard, John Wall, in the NBA fast break. Rose finished with 21 and 9; Wall had 9 and 10....
The First Look At The Mustachioed Mopper From Texas
Your morning roundup for March 1, the day Charlie Sheen rode a mercury surfboard on the media tsunami....
Jay Mariotti Is Getting A Tan, Designer Clothes, And A Fairly Mean Mug In Beverly Hills
From reader Jon in Beverly Hills, who caught Mariotti at a crosswalk earlier today:...
Is The London Olympic Logo A Zionist Conspiracy, Or Is It Just Lisa Simpson Giving Bart A Blowjob?
There are two dominant conspiracies behind the London Olympics logo, which, if you ask Iranians and Simpsons enthusiasts, is trying suspiciously hard to be just ugly blocky numbers spelling out the year "2012." The Lisa Simpson and "Zion" theories, as well as a swastika interpretation, emerged whe...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXV
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit goes out the window like Blanket Jackson. Today: an excerpt from a recent post in Legal As She Is Spoke, a New York Law School blog, which calls Sn...
Newark Is The Only City That Can Make An Athlete Happy To Move To Utah
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Devin Harris is glad to be out of Jersey....
Reporter With Giant Balls Breaks Up Street Fight
Gonzo journalism at its finest, as Seattle reporter Shomari Stone stumbles across the beginning of a fight on Seattle's waterfront as he's filming his standup. Stone jumps in and stops the fight, something that pansy Murrow never would have done....