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Drunk Angels Fan Tries To Climb Fence At Postgame Show, Fails
C'mon, son. Have some pride. ...
Yasiel Puig Is The Inspiration Behind A New Grindcore Band
OK, so I'm not sure if you can really call these guys a band, as they have only released one 48-second song so far. Still, the members of Puig Destroyer are big fans of Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig, and they aren't afraid to express their appreciation of his skills as loudly and proudly as possible. ...
Dwight Howard Will Voice A Turkey In A Movie About...Turkeys
The film is called Free Birds. Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler and Colm Meaney, who will clearly voice the Asshole Turkey, are in it. Dwight Howard will voice a character named Cold Turkey. Do you get it?...
Why Don't We Let Injured Athletes Use PEDs?
Reliever Ryan Madson missed all of 2012 after Tommy John surgery, but signed with the Angels expecting to be healthy to begin the season. It hasn't happened, and he doesn't seem much closer. So he wonders, "If HGH were legal..."...
This MLB-In-Australia Thing Is Really Happening
It was just a glimmering possibility back in October, but it's real now—the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will open the 2014 season next March with a two-game series at Australia's Sydney Cricket Grounds (above). Yes, those Dodgers and Diamondbacks. It'll be the first-ever regular-season game played in ...
Yasiel Puig Takes Fastball To Face, Stays In Game, Sparks Huge Brawl
Dodgers superman Yasiel Puig continues to impress, and his latest feat is taking a fastball to the face and managing to get up and take his base—something that eventually led to a big fight....
The Dodgers And Yankees Need New Mascots
Old-Timer's day at Dodger Stadium is like a who's who of Dodgers royalty and people who are named Billy Crystal and Larry King....
Patrick Kane Finally Scores A Goal The Kings Can't Come Back From
The final goal of Patrick Kane's hat trick sent the Chicago Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals and he needed an extra period and a half to do it thanks to Mike Richards....
Even <em>Jeopardy!</em> is Mocking Dwight Howard These Days
I'll take Low-Hanging Fruit for $800, Alex....
Yasiel Puig Does It Again, Goes Opposite Field For Grand Slam
Yasiel Puig has played in four Major League Baseball games. He has made three curtain calls already....
Fight Breaks Out In Pricey Seats At Blackhawks-Kings Game
A fight broke out at a hockey game? That's not surprising. That it happened in the stands—and in seats that likely cost more than you or I could ever imagine affording—is....
Mark Grant Likes To Crush Dodger Dogs, Dick Enberg Is A Sly Perv
Two women wearing hot dog hats caught the lens of the Fox Sports San Diego camera during the fifth inning of the Yasiel Puig Show and why not? Ladies wearing phalluses Dodger Dogs on their heads at a baseball game is as American as apple pie. ...
Yasiel Puig Clubs Two Homers In Second MLB Game
Yasiel Puig is not fucking around. After wowing everyone with his cannon of an arm in his major league debut, the rookie decided to show off his skills with the bat last night in his second game with the Dodgers....
Gentlemanly Angels Fan Runs Away, Allows Flying Bat To Just Miss Woman
This has kind of become a thing in recent years, hasn't it? A man and a woman are seated next to each other at a baseball park. They are enjoying themselves, relaxing to the game's gentle rhythms, when all of a—HOLYSHITIT'SCOMINGRIGHTATUSRUNFORYOURLIVES!...
Lost and Found
Here's "Resurrecting The Champ," J.R. Moehringer's classic 1997 takeout piece for the Los Angeles Times. How about this for a lede?...
Deacon Jones Is Forever Terrifying
What is there to say about the late Deacon Jones, who coined the term "sack," who had one of the best nicknames in all of sports (the "Secretary of Defense"), and who remains among the most fearsome pass rushers to ever play football? Lots, actually. (See here, here, and here.) But we'd rather just ...
Yasiel Puig Made Quite An Impression In His MLB Debut
22-year-old Cuban defector Yasiel Puig made his debut for the Dodgers last night, and what a debut it was. His entry in the box score—two singles in four at-bats—may not look very impressive, but the rocket he threw from the right-field warning track to first base for a game-ending double play certa...
Dwight Howard Loses Free-Throw Contest To Troll Columnist's Daughter
OK, Howard was shooting with his left hand, so this doesn't really count. In fact, the biggest takeaway from this contest isn't that Dwight Howard is a bad free-throw shooter, but that T.J. Simers is and will always be the worst....
Man, The Los Angeles Clippers Just Can't Catch A Break
One of these days the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will get the respect they deserve. ...