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Yeah, Lance Armstrong Will Admit To Doping On <em>Oprah</em>
The New York Times recently reported that Lance Armstrong was mulling a new and bold public relations maneuver: Admitting that he'd cheated at cycling for his entire career, a fact which most sane people had assumed to be true, but which would make him look particularly sociopathic due to vigor and ...
Mark Wahlberg Shouts Out The Falcons While Possibly Being Haunted By A Demon In A Football Jersey
D-Block is a video web series that is produced by the Atlanta Falcons linebacking corps and broadcast from the team's locker room. It's wonderful. Earlier this week, D-Block somehow managed to get a shout out from Mark Wahlberg while he was promoting his latest movie, Broken City....
Pete Carroll Says The NFL Is Becoming A Mobile Quarterback's League
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: Wilson, Kaepernick, and Griffin are just the start....
The Man The Seahawks Signed To Replace Chris Clemons Hasn't Played In An NFL Game Since 2007
The Seahawks lost 31-year-old defensive end Chris Clemons to an ACL injury in Sunday night's game at Washington's green-painted dust bowl. 22-year-old rookie sack specialist Bruce Irvin will replace him in the starting lineup at the "Leo" position unique to Seattle's defense. Replacing him on the ro...
Here's How Seahawks Corner Richard Sherman Got Himself Punched In The Face On Sunday
Seahawks corner Richard Sherman is an NFL trash-talker ready-made for the internet age. He was one of the NFL's best defensive backs as a rookie in 2011, and yet he didn't register in the national consciousness until he threw a "U MAD BRO?" Tom Brady's way on Twitter in October....
Oprah Winfrey Gets The Next Chance At Asking Lance Armstrong If He Cheated At Cycling
News surfaced last week that Lance Armstrong was sorta kinda getting itchy to come clean on certain PED-related matters, and now it seems that Oprah Winfrey will get the next crack at letting the ex-seven-time Tour de France winner admit, well, anything he might feel compelled to admit. And on the o...
In Defense Of Mike Shanahan
Three months ago, the head coach of a professional football team made a terrible, terrible decision. On Sept. 30, up by a point with less than two minutes to go, Carolina's Ron Rivera decided to punt the ball away to the Atlanta Falcons, even though it was fourth-and-1, even though his team was on A...
The NBA Fined Danny Ferry $15,000 For Snitching On Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo served a one-game suspension last night, because that's what Rajon Rondo does. The incident happened in the third quarter Saturday's win over Atlanta, when referee Rodney Mott whistled Rondo for a charge. Rondo freaked out a bit and approached Mott to argue the call, bumping him ever s...
Robert Griffin III Twisted His Knee On A Dead Patch Of Sports Language
LANDOVER, Md.—After the Redskins' 24-14 playoff loss to the Seahawks, Washington's players and head coach talked about the "difference between being injured and being hurt," the importance of being there for your teammates, and how, in the words of Robert Griffin III, "you have to step up and be a m...
Dr. James Andrews For Head Coach: Seahawks-Redskins, In Five GIFs
Seattle 24, Washington 14: It's fair to debate Mike Shanahan's decision to keep a hobbled Robert Griffin III in the game today: For much of the first half, it looked like a gamble in the process of paying off, and Griffin has been so stellar for so much of this year that it's hard to imagine Kirk C...
Mike Shanahan Lied When He Said That A Doctor Cleared Robert Griffin III To Play After He Sprained His Knee In Week 14
During Washington's 31-28 victory over the the Ravens five weeks ago, Haloti Ngata brought down Robert Griffin III during the fourth quarter, leaving Griffin limping. Griffin sat out one play, then returned for four more, going 2/3 and advancing Washington to the Baltimore 16 before intentionally gr...
A Mad Genius Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fan Bought His Favorite Player's Domain Name, Will Give It Back If He Completes One Of Twelve Challenges
Paris Saint-Germain acquired the services of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan over the summer, and since his old team confirmed that he'd be heading to the Paris club, "Ibrahimovic," reports UK's Metro, has been "rumoured to be looking to strengthen his marketing ties in France." That could conceiva...
Mike Stoops Hopping Around Like An Idiot Was Oklahoma's Only Defensive Highlight In Last Night's Cotton Bowl
Heisman hero Johnny Manziel lit up the Oklahoma defense last night en route to a 41-13 thrashing of Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl last night, accumulating 516 total yards—229 of them on the ground....
Exclusive: Rick Fox Is Also Staying At Rex Ryan's Resort In The Bahamas
We've fought a nice little game of old-timey tabloid one-upsmanship with the New York Daily News this week. The NYDN broke the story on Wednesday that Rex Ryan had escaped from New York on a personal vacation. We countered with news of his whereabouts. The Daily News, for its part, dispatched a repo...
Ask Melinda Henneberger About Notre Dame's Sexual Assault Problem
Melinda Henneberger is a political writer for the Washington Post who runs the paper's She the People blog. She's also a Notre Dame alumna who has done extensive reporting for the National Catholic Reporter about the school's shameful treatment of women who have made sexual assault allegations again...
Thunder Fan Gets All Skeeved Out After Touching Kris Humphries
In case you didn't know, sweaty athletes are really sweaty, so we don't recommend reaching out to touch them as they walk by. Right around the 10-second mark of the video above, keep your eye on the woman in the blue shirt. Much like Kim Kardashian, she seems eager to get a piece of Kris Humphries...
One Of Sean Taylor's Killers Would Like To Apologize
It's been more than five years since Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and killed in his home, the victim of an armed robbery gone bad. Five men were arrested and charged in connection with his murder, but only one is currently behind bars: Venjah Hunte has made his first public statement since b...
DeAngelo Hall On The Seahawks: "They Don't Like Us And We Don't Like Them."
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: Washington and Seattle prepare to get physical....
Here's What Hannah Storm Looked Like After Her Gas Grill Exploded In Her Face
On Monday we learned why Hannah Storm had been off the air for three weeks: her propane grill blew up in her face, a "wall of fire" that burned off half her hair and left her with second degree burns on her hands, chest, and face....