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Dick Vitale Goes To Billy Joel Concert, Tweets Nearly Every Song Title
Sometimes Dick Vitale is just the best. Last night he went to a Billy Joel concert and live-tweeted the experience. Something you should know: Dick Vitale live-tweeting a Billy Joel concert is basically a stream of tweets with just the names of Billy Joel songs in all caps....
Bill Belichick Sat Down With Bill Cowher And Was Actually A Human Being
The Bill Belichick rehabilitation tour is almost complete. First, it comes out that he likes Christmas songs, then we learned he actually smiles (limitedly) at the press and now, he hugs people. ...
For One Great Ballplayer, Philadelphia Was A Perpetual Traffic Jam
Originally published in January 1970 in Jock magazine. The author, Bill Conlin, died on Thursday. He was 79. Conlin was a legend in his native city who wrote elegantly and hilariously about Philadelphia sports in the days before he allowed himself to become a grouchy old fud. He spent the last decad...
What The Hell Is Bill Walton Talking About?
Poor Dave Pasch. The ESPN college basketball play-by-play artist is repeatedly stuck with an increasingly unhinged Bill Walton, and last night's broadcast of the Arizona-UCLA game at Pauley Pavilion got weird again as Walton rambled on about who-knows-what....
<em>Wall Street Journal</em>: Bill Belichick Smiled Seven Times This Season
Patriots coach Bill Belichick is a mumbling, taciturn grump when it comes to speaking with media. But what about those rare instances when he doesn't look like he'd rather be anywhere else? A visibly happy Belichick is a rarely occurring natural phenomenon, like a blue moon or Halley's Comet. Fortun...
How Joe Biden's Bodyguard Helped Clemson Win Its Only National Title
On the night of Jan. 1, 1982, the Clemson Tigers, coached by Danny Ford, defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 22-15 in the Orange Bowl to win the football program's only national championship. In the third quarter of that game, sophomore safety Billy Davis returned a Nebraska punt 47 yards to the Cornh...
Bills Fans Posterize Scores Of Opposing Fans In Parking Lot
The Buffalo Bills didn't give their fans much to be excited about this year, but that didn't stop this group of rad dudes from having a blast at each home game. That's because they spent their time hanging out in the parking lot, viciously posterizing fans of opposing teams....
Bill O'Brien Told Reporter He Was Leaving Penn State A Month Ago
Bill O'Brien is now (unofficially) officially leaving Penn State for the Houston Texans. The AP reports that two sources have said O'Brien reached an agreement with Houston, "the worst team in the NFL," Tuesday night. With the news that he'll no longer be at Penn State, one reporter divulged some fi...
Reports: Texans To Hire Penn State's Bill O'Brien
According to Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen, the Texans and Bill O'Brien are working on an agreement to make Joe Paterno's replacement Gary Kubiak's replacement as well. ...
SNL Lampoons Russian Anti-Gay Laws With Billie Jean King Bit
Earlier in the week, the United States announced its delegation to Russia for the Sochi Olympics and it was pretty obviously a giant middle finger pointed at Moscow. Two openly-gay and one soon-to-be-openly-gay delegates were named to the delegation, including tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King....
Bill Simmons To Produce Movie Starring Deadspin Commenter Jon Hamm
Here's an interesting piece of news from the Hollywood Reporter:...
Bill Belichick Has A Real Soft Spot For Christmas Songs
Does Bill Belichick love Christmas songs? You bet. He loves all of them. They make him smile, because they are so full of merriment. He really likes the ones with the bells. Look how happy he is. Just thinking about Christmas songs makes him happy. ...
Bucks Fans Purchase Billboard Urging Team To Tank
Remember this: for how awful and dumb the Knicks were last night, they were still better than the Bucks. There's not a lot of short-term hope in Milwaukee, so some concerned fans have paid for a billboard that would seem to emphasize lottery balls over basketballs....
Why Didn't The Cowboys Just Run The Damn Ball?
When the pass-happy Cowboys offense works, it really works. And when it doesn't, like in yesterday's crushing come-from-ahead loss to the Packers that denied Dallas first place in the division, the failure tends toward the spectacular. The Cowboys spent an entire half with a huge lead throwing the b...
Thom Brennaman Doesn't Realize He's On TV
People dipping out of frame is always funny. Thom Brennaman reinforces this statement, and Brian Billick pulling him back in makes it even funnier....
Bill Cowher Had Fun At The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Bill Cowher was at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and he seemed delighted to be there. Now that I have your attention, we should be asking more questions about the process of how these models are picked....
The Time Junior Barnes Hit Bill Cosby In The Side Of The Face With A Slushball
It's snowing here in New York. Nothing's sticking yet but it made me think of this famous Cosby routine....
Guys Who Prank-Called Bills And Bucs GMs Won't Go To Prison
The two men who set up and recorded a conversation between then-Bills GM Buddy Nix and Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik will likely avoid prison time through an agreement with the government....