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Really Tall Pitcher Hopes To Evolve From Open-Heart Surgery Patient To Novelty Story To Pro
Barry University pitcher Frank Szczepanik is 7-foot-2, which is four inches taller than the man he grew up idolizing, Randy Johnson. The novelty aspect has been covered a bunch lately, but the interesting aside is that, while in high school in Linden, NJ, he underwent open-heart surgery because of ...
Here's Video Of White Guys On Skates Rapping For Charity
Here are several members of the Cincinnati Cyclones organization performing "I'm On The 'Clones," which is not only billed as an awareness-builder for volunteer-group Hockey Players for Kids (HP4K), but it's the "first official music video in team history."...
Blake Griffin Dunks Over A Car, And Other Tales From The Slam Dunk Contest
The NBA All Star Slam Dunk Contest was tremendously gimmicky this year. Blake Griffin dunked over a car, JaVale McGee dunked two balls at once, Serge Ibaka dunked from the free throw line, and a child actor pretended to lose his toy for the good of a dunk. It was great....
It's Daytona 500 Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
On Aug. 31, 1996, I drove my Toyota Corolla onto the infield of Darlington Raceway. It was an import, driven by a guy from the North, but I done didn't care. From all accounts, the Southern 500 was a grand time in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. All accounts were correct....
The Ten Greatest Daytona 500 Crashes Ever
Just watching the Daytona 500 today for the crashes? Yeah, so are we. So, in honor of today's race, let's take a look at the ten greatest crashes at the "Super Bowl of NASCAR." [Jalopnik]...
Cyclist Finishes Third Despite 8-Inch Calf Splinter
After a "spectacular crash" at the Manchester Velodrome track, Malayasian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang had an 8-inch splinter of Siberian pine running calf-to-shin, or vice versa. (Fine, it's technically a 7.87401575-inch splinter. Metrics.)...
College Hockey Player Scores 195-Foot Shorthanded Goal
The University of Denver Pioneers men's hockey team had been on a two-game losing streak, but were up 2-1 less than five minutes into the second period. That's when freshman Dave Makowski fired a wrist shot from next to his goalkeeper. It traveled the length of the ice and went past Michigan Tech'...
Blake Griffin Interrupted The Crenshaw Choir To Jump Over A Kia
Your morning roundup for Feb. 20, the day autistic children surpass problem gamblers once and for all....
Let Three-Sport Town Los Angeles Eat Its Dunk Contest
Everybody already damn well knows that Blake Griffin is going to do something sight-bending in tonight's All-Star Weekend dunk contest. (Compulsive-gambler aside: "Field" is a solid bet, anyway). Whether that's reason enough to watch is up for you to decide. Here's the official contest site on whi...
We Are All Dave McKenna XVI
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 the way of the Quagga. Today, old-head Frank DeFord chimes in with an NPR segment titled, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Owner." He reserves the end...
Chelsea Won't Be Winning The FA Cup, Either
Rough season at Stamford Bridge for the Chelsea Football Club. The Blues are sitting in fifth place in the EPL after winning the league last year. Then came today, when it looked like they had a decent shot to advance to the fifth round of the F.A. Cup after taking a 1-0 lead halfway into extra ti...
Your Riverdanced College Basketball Open Thread
In tonight's premier Top 25 showdown, Utah State travels to Saint Mary's in a game that will settle, once and for all, who's truly the No. 23 team....
Zamboni Fumes Sicken 28 College Hockey Players
On Thursday night, Curry College faced off against Johnson & Wales University at the Rhode Island Sports Center. When the victorious Curry Colonels got back to campus after the game, some players didn't feel all that well. Turns out 28 of them needed hospital treatment for toxic nitrous-dioxide exp...
Horny Aussie-Football Agent Revives The St Kilda Schoolgirl Scandal
The St. Kilda Schoolgirl Affair is back in the news! You catch up on the extensive back-story here....
Watch As The Value Of Several NFL Prospects Plummets
An ABC affiliate in Atlanta aired a piece about Tom Shaw, one of those fitness types who gets NFL prospects "bigger, stronger and faster" in advance of Draft Day....
Justin Bieber Is More Valuable Than Scottie Pippen On The Basketball Court, Too
Your morning roundup for Feb. 19, the day Wisconsin edges closer to Cairo of the Heartland....
Cassy Herkelman Is The Bigger Person In The 112-Pound Weight Class
This week, a God-fearin' home-schooled young man named Joel Northrup refused to face Cassy Herkelman in the ring because his faith doesn't allow men wrasslin' ladies. In a statement issued by his host school (because public high school athletic departments in Iowa have public relations experts?), No...
This Is The Fourth Annual "Hockey Weekend Across America," Assuming It Actually Exists
While the NBA is off celebrating its All-Star Weekend, which CNN calls "Black Thanksgiving," the NHL and USA Hockey are collaborating on their own star-studded weekend tribute to their game. And by stars, they mean Eddie Cahill, Ken Baker, and Ashlan Gorse. And by tribute, they mean, uh, something? ...
We Are All Dave McKenna XV
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 poof, vamoose, son of a bitch. Today: Snyder might be a little SLAPP-happy....
Kornheiser Takes To Talk Radio To Blast Web's Lack Of Craft And Nuance
Tony Kornheiser, some guy who hosts a TV show and a radio show (on Dan Snyder's WTEM!), thinks that blogging and tweeting "so, so diminish the craft and nuance of writing." Well, that's rich....