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Here's The Worst Late Hit You'll See This Year In College Football
Hope you're proud, Longhorns fans....
The Red Sox's Best Reliever Once Aspired To Be A Gym Teacher
Koji Uehara was, by any measure, the Red Sox's best relief pitcher this season. Indeed, only two Boston starters accumulated a higher WAR than Uehara, who finished the regular season with a 1.09 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched—mostly as the third-string closer after injuries to Joel Hanrahan and Andrew...
A Very Important Picture Of Matt Millen Wearing Overalls
Via Matt Clapp/Sharapova's Thigh....
Man Rich Thanks To College Athletics Blasts Paying College Athletes
Paying college athletes is "the most idiotic suggestion of all time," according to Jim Boeheim, who was paid $1.8 million last year, making him the highest-paid employee at Syracuse University....
Kobe Bryant Goes Somewhere To Do Something
From Inside the Lakers:...
All The MLB Pundits Made Dreadful Picks This Year
Republished with permission from PunditTracker....
Rick Pitino Radio Interview Comes To A Hilarious, Premature End
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has a new book to promote, so he's been doing a handful of radio interviews. Given his past failure as the head coach of the Boston Celtics, he probably should have crossed the Toucher and Rich show in Boston off his list....
Here's Michael Jordan Schooling O.J. Mayo: "Better Scream For Mama!"
When O.J. Mayo was a high school phenom, he made the mistake of shit-talking Michael Jordan at one of Jordan's summer camps. Jordan was a few years north of 40 and well into his (permanent) retirement, but because he's Michael Jordan, he wasn't about to let such insolence from some young buck stand....
Thomas Greiss' Goalie Mask Features Some Sort Of Demonic Creature
What's with NHL goalies getting so dark lately? First there was Steve Mason putting zombie patriots on his mask, and now Coyotes goalie Thomas Greiss has unveiled his new mask, which looks like it was inspired by your goth nephew Mitch's deviantART page. ...
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Sued Over The One True Thing He Told Manti Te'o
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who masterminded the hoax behind Manti Te'o's fake dead girlfriend, is being sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by a friend who claims he suffered brain damage after a March 2012 auto accident while riding in a car driven by Tuiasosopo....
30 Paragraphs About 30 Teams: A Thinking Fan's Guide To The NHL Season
The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the excellent Hockey Prospectus 2013-2014, by the authors of Hockey Prospectus. Buy the PDF for $14.95 or order the printed book from Amazon....
The Braves Are Leaving Their Highest-Paid Player Off The Playoff Roster
Braves second baseman Dan Uggla made $13 million this season, more money than any of his teammates did. That seems like a pretty OK deal for a second baseman that can hit 22 home runs in 448 at-bats. Except that Dan Uggla also sucks, and now he sucks bad enough to be left off the Braves' roster for ...
Come Chat With America's Cup-Winning Skipper Jimmy Spithill
We're joined in the office by Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, who led a historic comeback from seven races down to win the America's Cup. He'll be in the comments below, so ask him anything about boats, boating, being an Australian representing a "Team USA" and other boat-related questions....
Rasheed Wallace's Media Day Photo Looks Like It Was An Accident
Yesterday we saw Brian Scalabrine's media day photo, complete with black eye. Today in big-men-turned-assistant-coach photography: Pistons assistant Rasheed Wallace, doing his best impression of a guy who randomly wandered into a Sears portrait studio while looking for the DVD section....
Cops Say Dallas Latos Case Is Closed; Dallas Latos Is Not Happy
Pittsburgh police just held a press conference to address last night's alleged assault of Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, at last night's Reds-Pirates game. @CBSPittsburgh live-tweeted the presser, and received a few responses from Dallas Latos, who isn't too happy about how...
Pouya Dianat's Gorgeous Baseball Photography
Slide on over to the New York Times and enjoy this slideshow of Pouya Dianat's beautiful photography. ...
Dallas Latos Attacked By Pirates Fan At PNC Park
Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, was at PNC Park for tonight's Reds-Pirates game. Around 10:45 p.m., Latos tweeted that she had been attacked by a Pirates fan and punched in the head multiple times. Judging from Latos's account, the police at PNC Park handled the case of the...
Brandon Bass Has The Time Of His Life Learning How To Swim
The Boston Celtics' Brandon Bass doesn't know how to swim, so he's learning how in a class filled with students roughly as tall as his legs in. Adorable....
WNBA Finals Games Kicked Out Of Philips Arena For Disney On Ice
The Atlanta Dream has to play its Finals home games at the Arena at Gwinnett Center, about a half hour outside of Atlanta, because Philips Arena is hosting Disney on Ice. ...