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Gary Carter Went Out With A Win
There's a great line in the New York Times obituary of Gary Carter that says he "may have led the 1986 Mets in hugging teammates."...
Fox Sports Typo Has Gary Carter Growing Up In The Great Depression
Presumably it was a typo that gave Gary Carter the birth year of 1926 in Foxsports.com's front page splash, but it's an odd typo considering it's not close to his actual birth year of 1954. An emailer suggests he was confused with professional bowler Don Carter. We wish the Kid had another 28 years ...
Gary Carter Has Died
After months of increasingly dire reports of Gary Carter's battle with brain cancer, the Hall of Fame catcher passed away today at the age of 57. The news was first reported by the Times's Richard Sandomir....
Sunshine Patriot: Chad Ochocinco Sure Looks Happy Just Five Days After Losing The Super Bowl
The fun police have been alerted, and Rodney Harrison is en route. Perhaps Ochocinco should be spending a little more time thinking about what more he could have done to help his team on Super Bowl Sunday, and a little less time smiling. [Twitter]...
A Fine Example Of The Rare Post-Goal Hockey Fight
This is the sort of thing you don't see every day, which could also be said about Scott Gomez's goal tonight. But this was fun too!...
The 2012 NFL Hall Of Fame Class Has Been Announced
As per Adam Schefter, the honorees are Jack Butler, Dermontti Dawson, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Curtis Martin and Willie Roaf. No Bill Parcells and no wide receivers....
20 Rules For Your Super Bowl Party
Originally published Jan. 29, 2009....
"Cut Back To A Wide Shot. Open The Skull": The <em>Faces Of Death</em> Guy Looks Back
John Alan Schwartz was on a California beach, trying to capture something life-affirming on camera. Or something that at least would contrast with death. He had a woman and a baby in a hot tub. This was going to be the final scene of his 1978 movie Faces of Death—a low-budget stunt project that wo...
"Somebody Fucking Go": Broadcaster Mocks Dion Phaneuf's Girly Voice When He Thinks He's In Commercial
Ray Ferraro called TSN's broadcast of Leafs/Penguins tonight, and as sometimes happens with online streams (in this case, the NHL's GameCenter Live), viewers watching during televised ad breaks were treated to a live mic. And while we've heard announcers swear before, hearing Ferraro take a stab a...
Kevin Hart, Who Lied About Being Recruited, Says He's Being Recruited
Way back in 2008, Kevin Hart, a two-star offensive lineman prospect out of Nevada, held a press conference to announce he was choosing Cal over Oregon. It turned out that none of it was true: Hart hadn't been recruited by anyone. At first he claimed that he had been scammed by someone posing as a re...
Chael Sonnen Continues To Confuse MMA With WWE
Here's Chael Sonnen after his middleweight fight tonight in Chicago during the UFC on Fox event, one in which Sonnen won a unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. It looks like Sonnen is cutting a pro wrestling promo, which I'm sure plenty of MMA fans think is just great—but personally, I'd rather...
UFC President Dana White Compares Anti-SOPA Activists To 9/11 Terrorists
Pledging to "kick the asses" of activists hacking the UFC website to protest the company's support of anti-piracy bill SOPA, Dana White compared the protestors to 9/11 terrorists and threatened "you're gonna get bin Laden'd" in an interview with The Score....
Metta World Peace Is Bored
The former Ron Artest's game is slipping. His numbers are down, and even his trademark defense isn't what it once was. Is it because he's 32 now? It is because he arrived for training camp out of shape after spending the offseason changing his name, doing stand-up, and texting his dong? Nope. World...
Blues Forward Chris Stewart Provided A Great Example Of What Constitutes "Instigating" Last Night
With debate raging about the visor corollary to the NHL's instigation penalty rule, it's beyond time to take a look at a textbook example of instigating....
Joe Paterno Now Has A Halo On State College Mural
The massive, ever-changing mural "Inspiration," located near the student book store in downtown State College, has a new addition today: a halo appearing above the head of grandfatherly Joe Paterno. This is the same mural that was altered by its artist to remove Jerry Sandusky after the sex abuse sc...
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Cubs Of Tomorrow
The Idaho Cubs, presented without comment, but with "Party Rock Anthem." [via Big League Stew]...
The Sad State Of The Modern Baseball Blooper
At Hang Up and Listen Comes Alive! here in New York last week, regular panelist Mike Pesca devoted his Afterball to a very important issue: the continued deterioration of This Week in Baseball, the Fox program that airs on Saturday afternoons during the MLB season. Once upon a time it was Bowie Ku...
Michigan State Head Coach Mark Dantonio Acts Like Michigan's Little Brother
During a panel discussion on recruiting before the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association, Mark Dantonio stoked the flames of the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry. While Michigan State sent its head coach to the event, Brady Hoke was busy being honored as a finalist for the Bear Bryant Aw...
Mike Martz Is Retiring
So reports Jason La Canfora. Martz tells the Chicago Sun-Times "It's time." Ominous. He's turning 61 in May....