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"I Expected Nothing Less From A Bunch Of Blithering Idiots": The Angry Emails That Helped Cost Boca Raton Its All-Star Pro Soccer Team
Last month, we shared with you the bare details of Dan Borislow's brief, messy reign as owner of magicJack, the franchise that Women's Professional Soccer elected to terminate in late October after just a single season of play in Boca Raton, Fla....
A Counterfactual History Of Tim Tebow As A Jacksonville Jaguar
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Underperforming Jacksonville Jaguars Players Soon To Face The Wrath Of Khan
On a morning that's already seen head coach Jack Del Rio fired, the Jacksonville Jaguars will also have a new owner, according to Sports Illustrated's Peter King....
A Comprehensive Timeline Of The Child Sex Abuse Allegations Against Bernie Fine
On Nov. 17, ESPN reported that two men had accused Bernie Fine, 65, an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse since 1976, of molesting them when they were children. Fine denied the allegations, and Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim angrily came to Fine's defense. Since then, another man went to Syrac...
Eight Years Later, ESPN Reports What It Knows About The Claims Against Bernie Fine
"I'm not Joe Paterno, I knew nothing," Bob Ley said on ESPN's Outside the Lines. Ley was quoting Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, who was responding to the investigation of sex-abuse claims against assistant coach Bernie Fine....
Urban Meyer's OSU Contract Includes Country Club Membership, Bonuses For Graduation Rates
Urban Meyer (who posed for photos this morning with Archie Griffin and Luke Fickell, who will stay on staff) is now officially head coach of The Ohio State University. The deal has been signed (and can be found below), and includes all kinds of fun clauses....
Brandon Jacobs Stands Behind What He Said About Giants Fans, Still Enjoying His New Nissan
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: Yes, Jacobs's " new fast-ass car" is a Nissan....
Tyler Palko Is Not The Next Kurt Warner
During Monday Night Football last week, Ron Jaworski briefly speculated that Tyler Palko was following the Kurt Warner archetype, of a guy who bumbles around for a while before finally getting his shot in the NFL. As Jaws pointed out, Kurt Warner didn't get his first NFL start until he was 28 year...
Syracuse Has Fired Bernie Fine
Bernie Fine has been "terminated, effective immediately" according to a statement released by Kevin Quinn, the senior vice president for public affairs at Syracuse University. The decision comes in the wake of new allegations surfacing against Fine as well as ESPN's report that Bernie Fine's wife, ...
"He Thinks He's Above The Law": Bernie Fine's Wife Secretly Taped On Phone, Admits "Bernie Has Issues"
Jim Boeheim may not be Joe Paterno, but things may be unraveling for him just as they did for Paterno. The wife of assistant coach Bernie Fine, Laurie Fine, allegedly had phone conversations with her husband's accuser, Bobby Davis, where she admitted she was aware of several of his transgressions. ...
Onterio McCalebb's Kickoff Return Touchdown Left This Auburn Bro Feeling Awfully Smug
Auburn's Onterio McCalebb opened the second half of the Iron Bowl by taking Alabama's kickoff to the house, but it only brought the Tigers within ten of their rivals—which makes you wonder what this bro is feeling so smug about. [CBS]...
Bobby Petrino Is A Sore Loser
Your morning roundup for Nov. 26, the day we learned that tea bags are old news. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Packers' Erik Walden Jailed Until Monday After Allegedly Assaulting Girlfriend
The Green Bay Packers completed their rout of Detroit by 3 p.m. Central yesterday, and linebacker Erik Walden got into trouble about 12 hours later....
LSU-AlabamaArkansas: And Just Like That, It's Tied At 14 Thanks To The Honey Badger
Tyrann Mathieu made his name—and his Honey Badger moniker—on defense, but it was this 92-yard punt return touchdown in the second quarter of LSU's matchup with the Arkansas Razorbacks that has been the play of the game thus far. [CBS]...
Arkansas Takes 14-0 Lead On Top-Ranked LSU Courtesy Alonzo Highsmith Jr.'s Fumble Return Touchdown
In a game proving to already be more interesting than the LSU-Alabama "game of the year" three weeks ago, the third-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks have a 14-0 lead on LSU in the second quarter courtesy this wild play, only the seventh turnover all season for the LSU Tigers. Nothing makes a man feel ol...
The Man Who Invented The End-Zone Dance
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Obama 2012 Campaign Has A Cooler Jersey Than Most NBA Teams
This thing's going to be all the rage at Lollapalooza 2032. [BarackObama.com, H/T @sports_follow]...
Chiefs Fans, Time To Bet It All On Red
Are you a Missourian inspired by the St. Louis fan who rode the Cardinals at 999/1 when all hope was lost? Maybe now's the time to throw some dough at Tyler Palko and the miracle Chiefs. (Does that roll off the tongue? Not so much.) Two games out of first in the AFC West, KC is being offered at 500/...
Astronaut Plays One-Man Baseball Game In Space
Satoshi Furukawa, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, played a one-man game of baseball at the International Space Station a few weeks ago. He only managed two outs, but to be fair, he was pitching, batting, and fielding in outer space at the time....
This Is What Edinson Cavani's First Goal Against Man City Looked Like From The Napoli Stands
Napoli beat Manchester City 2-1 today in UEFA Champions League play. Edinson Cavani scored both goals for the Italian side. He hadn't scored since late October, and his breaking of the drought put Man City in a tough spot for advancing to the knockout stage....