blog Page 44 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Rough Times In Bloomington
• The Hoosiers now have one scholarship player. [Storming The Floor] • The Rays finally lose their 1,000th game. [Rays Index] • Mets fans make their peace. [Faith And Fear In Flushing] • The most grueling Royals losses. [The Worldwide Leader] • Whither Bynum? [Antwonomous] • As if you needed remindi...

Dancing Boy For Canton?
• If Michael Strahan is a Hall of Famer, why isn't Jason Taylor? [The Phinsider] • Seriously, these Finals are already causing people to lose it. [Metroville] • Cricket, croquet, same thing. [Steady Burn] • A fun Celtics rant against Sasha. [Mass Hysteria] • Things that have last 10 years that are j...

Another Reason Sports Are Better In Europe (OK, Not Really)
• A fan experiences life without ESPN. [The On-Deck Circle] • Darryl Strawberry, always helpful. [Deuce Of Davenport] • Somebody get Eddie House a babysitter already. [The Sports Scribbler] • How to get yourself to football season. [East Coast Bias] • Could Mike Mussina start the All-Star Game? [Wic...

Mark Prior, Still Broken
• At this point, we fully expect to learn that Mark Prior has just had mono for the last five years. [Tynan's Anger] • Bill Plaschke follows up on his angry email. [Machochip] • It has been nine years since Bobby Valentine wore his mustache in the dugout. [Three Idiots On Sports] • Man, are we ever ...

Making Teenage Faces
Colts Cheerleaders get their hair did. [Don Chavez]...

The Inane "Cubs Fans-White Sox Fans: Who's Hotter?" Debate Rages On
This should make for some interesting conversation at the Pants Party [The Sports Hernia]...

Tiger, Phil, The Whole Gang
• The U.S. Open pairings should make for great TV. [The Sports Point] • The dumb things people do at sporting events. [Sportscrack] • When Hillary took over the Mariners. [Enjoy The Enjoyment] • Honor Terry Porter! [Blazers Edge] • Love for the Red Wings keeps flowing in. [My Brain Says Rage] • Lake...

Barry Zito Is Luckier Than He Realizes
• Imagine if Barry Zito was pitching for the Mets right now. Yipes. [The Legend Of Cecilio Guante] • All neck fat, all the time. [Food Court Lunch] • Big scary predraft NBA numbers. [Rush The Court] • Going to Europe will confuse you about American sports. [Rumors And Rants] • Kobe can never touch J...

The Blog Show Takes One Step Closer To Critical Mass
Any sports personality who's established a serious level of online notoriety now has a must-stop to truly establish themselves as an internet mega-star: Mottram and Steinberg's "Blog Show." The Comcast D.C. mini-sodes have risen from the depths of cable access-style shlockyness to fascinating and en...

Easy On Those "Smash Hit" MMA Ratings Calls
• Was the MMA event on CBS really that much of a ratings hit? [The W] • Big Brown kicks Shawn Kemp's ass. [The Sports Point] • Syracuse is going to somehow get worse at football. [Troy Nunes ...] • Tiger Woods is not so into hockey. [You Been Blinded] • Why does anyone listen to Al Davis anymore? [T...

Sorry, Big Brown
• Why Triple Crown winners never happen. [Gowanus Baseball] • Goodbye, Travis Henry. [BroncoTalk] • Pat Tillman's mom talks to Dave Zirin. [Mr. Irrevelant] • The saga of Manny's 500th home run ball. [Machochip] • A postgraduate look at MLB parity. [Five Tool Tool] • In praise of Wright Thompson. [Ho...

Shouldn't There Be a Jail Cell In That Bathroom?
An impressive lavatory tribute to the Philadelphia Eagles. All that toilet needs now is some McNabb vomit. [The700Level]...

From Cheerleader To Puck Bunny
NHL.com wises up, hires former Texans cheerleader to...something something cheerleader. [Japers' Rink]...

What About Some NFL Fines?
• Some NFL fines that would be helpful. [NE Patriots Draft] • The flop rules will keep Coach K at Duke. [East Coast Bias] • Jemele Hill, talkin' hoops. [Hoops Addict] • Royals and animals, mating. [Royales With Cheese] • Some undrafted NBA free agents you should love. [The Grand National Championshi...

China Takes An NBA Timeout
• While China recovers from its earthquake, there will be no NBA there. [You Been Blinded] • Enough Theo Ratliff already. [Stop Playing Theo Ratliff] • Giving Clayton Kershaw a nickname. [Pyle Of List] • Remembering Drazen. [Dock Squad Sports] • Roscoe Tanner, still hanging around. [West Side Slant]...

Shalom For MVPs!
• It's unlikely, but ... two Jewish MVPs? [Jewish Journal] • Ombudsing "Around The Horn." Yipes. [Small White Ball] • How the Penguins' playoff run has been like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. [King Of Cartoons] • No more Big Monday with Gonzaga. [Storming The Floor] • Loving that Jay Bruce. [Diamond Hogge...

Lamenting The Doc In Beantown
• Can everyone agree now that this Doc Rivers thing isn't gonna work? [With Malice] • Other great pitchers debuting, from the "past." [Bus Leagues Baseball] • The sad saga of Kurt Wright. [Money Players] • A mean joke to play on poor Reggie Bush. [The Sports Point] • More on that very cool SI For Ki...

Soccer Girlfriends Are Easy
• Cristiano Ronaldo's new girlfriend does all the positions, and all you have to do is take her to parties and give her money. [Unprofessional Foul] • Mike Piazza and Jeff Garcia are twins. And yet they look nothing alike. [The Big Lead] • When skilled 12-year-old girl basketball players make the bo...

For The Spurs, It's All About Moral Victories
• How Tim Duncan successfully returns a pair of pants. [Food Court Lunch] • I wasn't expecting a sports joke here. [McSweeney's] • Mitch Williams: "Yo." [The 700 Level] • Nothing beats old timey baseball. [Walkoff Walk] • Sure, Mike Piazza can hit, but he can't slide. [Fire Joe Morgan] • Don't say y...

It's Never Too Early To Bring Out The Broom
• Lakers' fans are clearly overconfident [Busted Coverage] • Phil Mickelson and Johnny Drama will be hanging out on this season of "Entourage"[Brahsome] • Pau Gasol's "Deer Hunter" face is rather amusing. [Sports Hernia] • Christmas Tunison offers advice to those who aspire to one day get canned fro...