blog Page 17 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Who Is Ready To Hear From Tom Brady?
• Charity: Jose Calderon is the master of the free throw stripe. [MyHogTown]...

In London, The Weights Lift You!
• Who much can you bench?: A gym in London allows members to bench press humans. So does a club in Vegas, but you have to pay extra for it. [Sports Rubbish]...

Let's Ask The Tattooed Fighter On MySpace What He Thinks Of Obama
• Fascinating: You know, that guy who legally changed his name to War Machine makes some good points. Although...assassinating all current and future presidents might be a tad extreme. [With Leather]...

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You
You know this movie is coming if the Cardinals win the Super Bowl. Of course my version would star Ben Affleck and feature Robert Downey Jr. as Jesus. [Fanster]...

Presidential Smack Talk With Kevin Johnson
Terrible: With two million people at the inauguration you have to figure at least one of them would be a Steeler fan. [Mondesi's House]...

David and Victoria Show Off Their New Uniforms
Get Bent: No wonder the Beckham's careers are suffering. It's a lot of hard work to be this damn sexy. [Sports Crackle Pop]...

Change We Can Link To
Barack Hussein Obama will become the 44th President of the United States at noon today. How are bloggers and journalists desperately trying to turn this into a sports story?...

Something Is With You And It Ain't The Force
• Yes, that's a Colts' stormtrooper: Star Wars nerds and sports nerds. Together forever, amen. [Galactic Binder]...

Illiterate Republicans For Obama
• Good timing: Former Reagan drug czar Dexter Manley switches his allegiance to Obama. Just in time for a seat at the inauguration! [DC Sports Blog]...

This Sign Is The Unkindest Cut Of All
This Steelers fan not only knows his franchise history, but he understands how to deliver a crushing insult (sign on far left of photo). Devastating. [Flickr]...

Not What Eagles Fans Want To See This Morning
The boys at the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation had an important bulletin for eastbound motorists on the Pennsylvania Turnpike this morning. Some commuters were not amused. [Philly Edge]...

George Clooney's Big Red Machine
• Man crushes: George Clooney loves him some aging Cincinnati baseball players. [700WLW]...

The NFC Championship Live Blog, Done Right (Not With Tagged Posts)
Will it be the desert dwellers or the East coast fellers? Which nine-win team reigns supreme? This and much more Iron Chef-style prose to follow in the live blog, aprez le jump....

If Your New Commemorative Mets' Patch Doesn't Arrive In 30 Minutes, It's Free
Stephen Colbert reviews the new commemorative Mets' patch. "It's perfect. Notice the way the patch mirrors its fans, by not wanting to actually say it's for the Mets." [The 700 Level]...

The AFC Championship Game As Imagined By An Eight-Year-Old Boy
Yes, this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette graphic sums up Sunday's AFC Championship game matchup perfectly (WTF?). Time to worry: That Raven looks totally unaffected by the deadly eye beams. [Best Week Ever]...

The Fat White Guy Cometh
Robert Lunn, a former defensive tackle for the University of Connecticut, has one thing he won't miss about playing college ball: The Piss Test. [Thoughts From A Fat White Guy]...

Pittsnogle Lives In A Trailer, Teaches Middle School, Still Wants To Go Pro
• Nobody puts Pittsnogle in the corner: The former West Virginia tattooed big man still has professional basketball dreams. [The Big Lead via NYT]...

The Proper Way To Drink The Pain Away
• Drink up: Choose your NFL team, choose your beer. You can boo Joe Flacco, but don't you dare bad mouth the Natty Boh. [Modern Spectator]...

Mrs. Warner Is On Line One
• Look who's back: How Brenda Warner is really the one running the NFL. Ha, bet you forgot about her, didn't you? [IDYFT]...

A Fitting Tribute To Florida Football
• Give her five minutes and you'll be better for it: I cannot think of a better way to honor Tim Tebow and the national champion Gators than with an interpretive pole dance. [FirePerno]...