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Sergio Martinez, The Celtic War, And An Evening In Foxwoods With The Boxing Scumbags
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Foxwoods Resort and Casino is an abomination that rises incongruously from the empty woods in Connecticut as if to challenge all accepted notions of urban planning, and, indeed, logic. It also has good fights....
Lakers Blogger From Japan Offers Disaster Updates, Perspective
Don Landrigan, who blogs about the L.A. Lakers at With-Malice.com, lives with his family on the southernmost of Japan's main islands. What that means is he's not in the heart of earthquake-and-tsunami disaster zone, but his take on the subsequent devastation doesn't match what he calls "half-crazed...
Dolan Decides One Year At .500 Atones For Past Decade, Knicks Prices Up 49 Percent Next Year
So, you probably hear a lot of grousing from Phil Mushnick, et. al about how expensive it is to take a family of four to a game, buy some frankfurters and not hear the gangster hip hop music. But high prices happen when you have a popular product with limited supply in a big, wealthy market. We get ...
Bleacher Report Uses Japan Earthquake As Excuse For Sports Slideshow
"Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: The Worst Natural Disasters in Sports History." Seriously....
Boom Goes The Student Sportscaster Didn't Much Appreciate All Of Yesterday's Attention
You saw the unfortunate University of Hartford student-run TV station's America East basketball report yesterday, right? If not, please do....
This Game-Winning Chris Stewart Goal Made An Announcer Say "Holy Jumpin'!"
Chris Stewart's second goal of the night lifted the St. Louis Blues over Columbus in overtime last night, 4-3. It was Stewart's ninth goal in 11 games with the Blues, and it was a nice one. Holy jumpin', it was nice....
Here's A Beautiful Animation Of Gareth Bale's Play Against Inter Milan
An animator named Richard Swarbrick made this tribute to Tottenham's Gareth Bale, the 21 year-old star of Spurs. The video uses Bale's highlights from two matches against Inter Milan this season — the first, a 4-3 loss on October 20 in which Bale scored a hat trick in the second half, and the seco...
Big Alabama Fan Catfish Strother Thinks An Auburn Supporter Might Could've Poisoned His Oak Tree
Your morning roundup for March 10, the day that a big-and-wide guy gets called to task for playing fast-and-loose with his words....
Boom Goes The Student Sportscast: America East Report Is Uncomfortable, Hilarious
There is a lot going on in this America East basketball report from the University of Hartford's student-run TV station — so much, even, that tipster Christopher declares it "the next boom goes the dynamite." There's no instant catchphrase in this 30-minute segment (we've cut it down to the real h...
Giant Sculpture Of Muhammad Ali Made From Punching Bags
Three years ago, Muhammad Ali and his wife, Lonnie, approached artist (and baseball junkie) Michael Kalish to create an original sculpture. The result is what you see here, a two-story installation with 1,300 punching bags suspended from a steel frame....
Tom Brady Dance Party!
Today, footage emerged of a be-ponytailed Tom Brady being getting his goofy white guy on in the streets of Rio. But I don't think the few seconds were enough to really capture the essence of dancin' Tom. Consider this our contribution to the institution of sports journalism....
Front Row At The Spurs Game Is Awesome Until Ron Artest Spills Coffee In Your Face
This Spurs fan, identified only as "Bob," sure picked the wrong Spurs game to sit court-side for free in a white Oxford! Bob, to his credit, was very understanding about the coffee-in-face situation, even when Lisa Salters attempted to one-up him with yet another harrowing tale of gravity in the s...
Wade And LeBron Pretend They're Invisible After Another Crushing Loss
Your morning roundup for March 7, the day the Times informed us that Hollywood stars are "insulated from the consequences of their bad behavior."...
Bart Scott Now Owns The Rights To The Phrase "Can't Wait!"
Sal Paolantonio interviewed Bart Scott back in January, after the Jets defeated the Patriots, 28-21 in the AFC semifinals. As the ESPN YouTube video would have us believe, Scott "literally [flew] over" to Paolantonio, talked about nosebleeds and believing for a bit, and ended his shining moment wi...
What These New Patrick Kane Photos Tell Us About Fame And The Perils Of Drinking Beer Through A Straw In Public
These are previously unseen photos of Patrick Kane and a pair of fellow Blackhawks celebrating with the Stanley Cup last summer. To be clear, there is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating the greatest accomplishment in the sport, and they can't be criticized (except perhaps for drinking Bud Lig...
The First Look At The Mustachioed Mopper From Texas
Your morning roundup for March 1, the day Charlie Sheen rode a mercury surfboard on the media tsunami....
It's A Laugh Riot When A Child Drives A Golf Ball Straight Into Commentator's Genitals
As he prepared to stand before some preteens at the Dallas-area J. Erik Jonsson Community School, CBS golf reporter (and former pro) David Feherty noted that "I still have my dignity."...
What Some Heavyweight Boxing Champions Do In Prison
From our random trivia department: Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, wasn't merely a master of the sweet science. He also knew a thing or two about the physical sciences....
One Thing I Think I Think: Peter King Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Management Stooges
First there was that epic profile of Roger Goodell, which was 6,000 words of Peter King trying to stuff some brains and character into an empty suit. Then there was this item the other day. I know it's CBA season, and I can only imagine how difficult and disorienting it must be for football writers ...