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"Will You Be The Best There Ever Was?" Asked The Naked Woman With A Gun
In April, we brought you the real-life story of Eddie Waitkus , the ballplayer who was shot by a teenage girl. That incident is best known in its fictionalized form, in Bernard Malamud's The Natural, which we've excerpted below from the just-released collection Bernard Malamud: Novels and Stories...

Bernard Pollard Promises The Titans Will Suck Less Butt This Season
Athletes tend to fall back on weasel words to avoid saying their team isn't very good. "We didn't gel as a unit." "The breaks didn't go our way." "We weren't able to sustain momentum." Titans safety Bernard Pollard prefers to cut to the chase....

Three Kings: Tyson, Holyfield, And Hopkins Make Nice For <em>Champs</em>
Mike Tyson just couldn't let it go. "I beat him," he blurted out Saturday night at a Tribeca Film Festival panel, upon the mere mention of Buster Douglas, the underdog who knocked him out in Tokyo back in 1990. "They robbed me on the count. There's no doubt about it." ...

Fan Leans In For The Kiss; Víctor Bernárdez Is Having None Of It
Hey Muma, do you think I could get a picture? [purses lips, leans in] Too...too far? Too far. ...

Meet John Tomic, The World's Craziest Tennis Dad
John Tomic, father of Bernard Tomic, is a wacko. He fits nicely in tennis’s fine tradition of belligerent, obsessive, control-freak helicopter parents. Sometimes he yells at his son. Sometimes he head-butts his son’s hitting partner, knocking him unconscious. ...

Report: Ravens RB Bernard Pierce Robbed And Carjacked In Philadelphia
CBS 3 in Philly is reporting that Ravens running back Bernard Pierce was robbed at gunpoint and had his BMW stolen Sunday night in West Philly....

Bernard Pollard Forced To Clarify That He Does Not Intend To Literally End The Lives Of Opposing Players During Football Games
Yesterday, reporters noticed a note taped to Titans safety Bernard Pollard's locker. It read: "Goal - Super Bowl / Mission - Kill!!!" Pollard was then forced to calmly explain that sometimes, athletes exaggerate for effect:...

GQ's Look At The MBA For NFL Players Is A Portrait Of Hubris And Fear
Belly-up pro athletes are among the world's saddest washouts, in part because you can't blame them for their own gruesome collapses. It’s a surreal deal: You’re invincible as a kid, invincible as a young man, a millionaire before you know how to file your own taxes and then an undereducated, slow-mo...

At 81, Don King Is Still A Crazy Sleazeball
Inspired by former Mizzou linebacker and current boxer Ryan Coyne's acrimonious business relationship with Don King, St. Louis's River Front Times recently caught up with the American legend and Prince Hall Freemason, insofar as you can catch up with someone that refuses to talk to you. As it turns ...

Oldest Man To Win A Boxing Title Becomes Oldest Man To Win A Boxing Title (Again)
Last night, 48-year-old fighter Bernard Hopkins broke his own record set two years ago as the oldest boxer to ever win a major boxing title. He beat Tavoris Cloud, 31, in a 12-round unanimous decision for the IBF light heavyweight belt....

Bernard Pollard Has A Broken Rib For Nearly Every Patriot He Has Injured
According to the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson, Ravens safety Bernard Pollard played most of the season, including the Super Bowl, with six broken ribs....

Bernard Pollard: "What A Coincidence It Is That Somebody Always Has To Get Hurt When I'm On The Field."
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: Pollard doesn't want to injure anyway, it just kind of happens....

Terrifyingly Mean Ravens Safety Bernard Pollard Refuses To Wear Pants
That's according to the New York Times, which today published a brief profile of Bernard Pollard that may have been the result of an unpleasant encounter between Bernard Pollard and the author of the profile. Though the piece is at pains to point out that Pollard is "confident" and, according to a f...

Tennis Has A Bad Boy Again: Bernard Tomic Caught Wrestling A Dude In The Nude In A Hot Tub
Meet tennis's bad boy, Bernard Tomic! For those who don't know: Tomic is a handsome and talented 20-year old Australian who was going to have a spectacular 2012 and officially become tennis's next big thing. That absolutely did not happen. His ranking peaked bank in June at a very respectable No. 27...

Remembering When Bill Russell Played A Corrupt Judge On <em>Miami Vice</em>
I'd love to know the backstory behind this inspired bit of casting. Who is it that looks at a script calling for a corrupt Miami judge and says, "Get me Bill Russell on the phone now!" Indeed, in a second-season episode of Miami Vice, Russell makes a star turn as a crooked judge who pays off gambl...

Do Not Wear Giants Gear To An Oakland A's Game Or A Saint Bernard May Try To Bite You
Bark At The Park night in MLB stadiums is the exact opposite of Parks & Rec day: instead of the stadium being full of snotty kids, it is instead filled with a bunch of cute dogs. The evening didn't go so well for this Giants fan, though, whose attempt to cozy up with a Saint Bernard appeared to ha...

Why Bernard James Should Be Your New Favorite NBA Player
The first round of the 2012 NBA Draft was a surprisingly dramatic affair, with one NBA scout equating most all pre-draft analysis to "blowing smoke up each other's asses for weeks." But the best story, arguably, came near beginning of the second round when Florida State center Bernard James was se...

Better Dirty Than Humbled: The Lights Go Down On The Bernard Hopkins Show
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—For years, Bernard Hopkins has entered the ring for each of his fights wearing a black balaclava, only his eyes visible, arms crossed overhead in an "X" to signify his nickname, "The Executioner." Outside the ring, he's a chatty bald man with a flattened nose and kindly eyes, now...

Bernard Pollard Says The Saints' Bounty Punishment Is Just About The Dumbest Thing Ever
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: Pollard has had it up to here with Roger Goodell....
