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Steve Kerr Unloads On NBA Owners, Calls Dan Gilbert A Baby
After three seasons as the personnel guy in Phoenix, Steve Kerr returned to TV because he wasn't very good at GMing. But he has opinions about the league blocking a Chris Paul-to-Lakers deal. They are refreshingly angry and candid and probably assure that Kerr will be staying on the media side for a...

Why Albert Pujols Really Doesn't Care About The Money
Infographics: we have them! Click to enlarge. Turns out that by moving to a state with one of the highest income tax rates in the nation, Albert Pujols has a legitimate claim to not worrying about the extra "$3 or $4 million a year" he's getting from the Angels. Meanwhile, the zero state income tax ...

Aborted Chris Paul Trade Cannot Be Appealed, Because It Was Technically The Hornets Who Backed Out
Despite Dell Demps nominally having full authority to make player moves, it was pressure from other owners (and therefore the owners of the Hornets) that killed the Chris Paul deal last night. So this was never a completed trade vetoed by the league—for litigation purposes, this was a trade that one...

Here's The Newspaper Ad Albert Pujols Took Out To Thank St. Louis Fans
It's become almost expected for itinerant athletes to go the newspaper ad route when leaving town, and at this point free agency might be the only thing keeping print media alive. Pujols took out a full-page ad on C10 of today's Post-Dispatch fondly reminiscing on his time in St. Louis, but the typi...

Lamar Odom Has A Sad
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: the transcript of Odom's on-air near-breakdown is genuinely heartbreaking....

Chris Paul Will Reportedly Not Go To The Lakers In A Three-Team Trade
NBA owners have reportedly pressured the league to kill the three-way deal. [RealGM.com]...

Chris Paul Will Reportedly Go To The Lakers In A Three-Team Trade
The NBA lockout officially ended this evening, when the players and owners ratified the new CBA in Manhattan, and everything else has already fallen back into place: The Clippers signed Caron Butler to a $24 million deal, the Knicks lost out on an opportunity to sign a great point guard, and the Lak...

A Little Pujols Math To Infuriate Cardinals Fans
In 2009, Albert Pujols said this:...

Which Group Of St. Louis Residents Is Bidding Albert Pujols Good Riddance? Classical Music Fans
Cardinals fans are reacting strongly to today's news of his departure for Anaheim, leading to surreal images like guards surrounding the statue of him outside his St. Louis restaurant....

Report: Albert Pujols To Sign With The Angels
Tim Brown of Yahoo appears to have had it first, as you can see above, but Buster Olney's sources are telling him the same thing. Bob Nightengale of USA Today says it's for 10 years and $250 million. Somebody check on Leitch to make sure he's OK. [Yahoo]...

ShortCenter: Coming To You Live From The Los Angeles Lakers' Dreamscape
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

Tommy Lasorda Needs To Be "In The Right Fuckin' Frame Of Mind" To Do Something
Here you can see a lively and virile Tommy Lasorda chewing out some hapless camera crew for wasting his time with a bunch of amateur mistakes, no doubt. It's as if none of these guys have ever worked on TV before, the fuckin' assholes....

Does The NFL Really Want A Team In Los Angeles?
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....

Watch Ex-Canadian Football Greats Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca Brawl As Only Old Guys Can: With Canes
As you can see, ex-CFL stars Kapp and Mosca came to blows during an alumni luncheon during Grey Cup Weekend. The scuffle occurred when, for some reason, highlights were shown from a championship game where Kapp Mosca made a controversial hit on Mosca's Kapp's teammate, Willie Fleming, forcing him ...

This Will Answer Any Questions You Might Have About Changing One's Name To Metta World Peace
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: the former Ron Artest is still getting his new credit cards....

The Baltimore Orioles' Depressing GM Search, And Their Even More Depressing New GM
Jonathan Bernhardt has a post up about Dan Duquette and the Orioles' new union, and all the attendant doom. A snippet: "Dan Duquette has walked into the worst job in baseball with a smile. And why not? He literally has nowhere better to be." Now get to reading the whole thing. [Et tu, Mr. Destructo?...

If Anyone In Sports Had To Get HIV, Magic Johnson Is Glad It Was Him
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: Magic says his wife hit him—in a good way—when he told her the news....

What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer
On Saturday, Juan Manuel Marquez will step into the ring for a third time against Manny Pacquiao. This time around, Marquez—who's moving up in weight for the fight—has a new physique. He has retained the services of Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning coach who has been working with Jamai...

Matt Barnes And I Would Like To Clarify That Neither Of Us Are Dating Eva Longoria
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: we would like to categorically deny these pernicious, unfounded rumors....

In New Book, Shaq Explains How Kobe's Sexual Assault Charges Destroyed The Lakers
Shaq Uncut: My Story, the Diesel's new autobiography written with noted Around the Horn personage Jackie MacMullan, comes out November 15 and it dropped on our desk today. There's some juicy stuff in there, most obviously about the beef between Shaq and Kobe. We had always known that the feud took a...