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Your College Football Night Games Open Thread
In a game showcasing everything that's righteous and moral in this cold dark world, No. 17 Ohio State visits Miami (FL) at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. And in a game that will showcase opposing ends of the Top 5, Florida State hosts Oklahoma on ABC....

Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
The ranked teams playing at 3:30 or 4 p.m. (eastern) are No. 7 Wisconsin, No. 11 Nebraska (ABC/ESPN), No. 12 Oregon, No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Michigan State (NBC), No. 16 Florida (CBS) and No. 23* Texas (also ABC/ESPN)....

Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
Today's noon slate includes No. 21 Auburn heading to Death Valley for a game with Clemson (ABC), No. 18 West Virginia squaring off against Maryland (ESPNU), Pittsburgh traveling to Iowa (ESPN2) and Penn State's in Philly to play a Temple team with a fanbase riding high on delusions of probable vict...

Watch A High School Cheerleader Get Run Over By A High School Football Team
Prior to last night's San Luis Obispo/Oxnard high-school football game, one unfortunate cheerleader made the mistake of standing guard near the tunnel though which players charge onto the field....

Boise State Calls Mississippi State's Misspelling And Raises Em A Misplaced Apostrophe
Your morning roundup for Sept. 17, a day we pour one out for the late Jeffrey Jarrett. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Charles Barkley Says Michael Jordan Should Buy A Dog, Then Maybe He Wouldn't Be So Angry All The Time
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: Sir Charles also weighs in on Glen Rice's Great Alaskan Skeetout....

Rafael Nadal Was For Playing Tennis This Week Before He Was Against It
Rafa took to the microphones to decry tennis's crowded calendar: just four days ago he was in the US Open final, giving him little time to fly to Spain and prepare for today's Davis Cup match against Richard Gasquet....

You're Not As Cool During A Hookup As You Think You Are
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

"Wombshifter", And All The Other Inappropriate Things Mike Tyson Said About Glen Rice Humping Sarah Palin
If you want an intelligent take on Sarah Palin and Glen Rice, read this. If you want the take of a high school dropout working through his own sexual hang-ups, listen to Mike Tyson on ESPN Radio in Las Vegas. It's really a stunning piece of talk radio, or maybe performance art, or maybe just Tyson...

SprtsCntr: ESPN Licking Itself, Brought To You By Wendy's
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

College Football In Mississippi Has Gone To The Dogs
Your morning roundup for Sept. 16, the day we found out soda fountains could be deadly. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Watch An Agile Woman Juggle Five Balls With Her Hands And Feet
In this video that's titled "Selyna Bogino doing the 5 balls longest routine ever! XD," Italian acrobat Selyna Bogino apparently does the 5 balls longer than anybody — woman or man — has done it before....

Stories Like This Confirm That Cleveland Needs Carl Monday Now More Than Ever
"A Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy was charged today with menacing and public indecency stemming from two summer incidents in the Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation. Paul Lawrence, 32, is accused of masturbating in his car on June 12 and following two women on Aug. 29, a day he had call...

Vladimir Putin Is Manly Sportsman Of Sport
Every few months, ubermensch Vladimir Putin is strategically caught on camera engaged in the type of muscular activity that would induce brain clotting in lesser humans. Putin wrassles a bear. Putin hurls a weakling to the earth with an uchi mata. Putin shoots a whale with a crossbow (no, seriously)...

Here's An Actual Sport That Requires Nothing More Than Holding A Beer
No, really. That's it. And it's called Masskrugstemmen. "The game is far more popular in Germany, where it is played in beer halls and outdoor festivals. Contestants line up, extend one arm parallel to the ground, grip a one-liter beer, and try not to spill. Drop any brew, and you're eliminated." [...

Who Does Andre Johnson Think Is The Best WR In Football? Not Andre Johnson
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: Andre doesn't even think he's the best receiver named Johnson....

Cristiano Ronaldo Thinks He Knows Why You're Heckling Him, May Be Right
"I think that because I am rich, handsome and a great player people are envious of me. I don't have any other explanation." [Guardian]...

SprtsCntr: Picking Apart Tony Romo
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

The Indians' Shelley Duncan Made Leaping Catches At The Wall Three Straight Times Last Night
Your morning roundup for Sept. 15, the day we learned we're going to Mars. Photo via Big League Stew. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Tom Brady Wants Patriots Fans To Get Rowdy, "Lubed Up" On Sunday
Sunday's 4:15 p.m. game at Gillette Stadium is a big one for the home side. With the San Diego Chargers coming to town to face Tom Brady and the Patriots, the predictable "potential AFC Championship Game" angle is a repetitive inevitability....