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David Backes, Blues Captain, Flew His Plane 700 Miles To Rescue Three Stray Dogs
Via Fox 2 St. Louis, we now have the most endearing story of 2012. David Backes is a good hockey player. They don't have to do good work to stand out. But Backes is the captain of the St. Louis Blues—they're good too, mind you, with the second-highest point total in the Western Conference—and he h...
Jose Bautista Might Have Been Exaggerating When He Said He's Been Tested For PEDs 16 Times In Two Years
At a banquet in the Dominican Republic last week, Bautista said he had undergone 16 PED tests in the past two seasons—since his power binge began. Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports today that this isn't strictly true, and the actual number is "not even in the ballpark" of 16....
Columbus Blue Jackets Owner Apologizes To Fans For Having A Terrible Team
If you've ever been curious about what it's like when a never-proud franchise writes to its fans, today is your lucky day. John P. McConnell, owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets, used his spare time (thanks to the All-Star Break) to contact Columbus fans, offering a State of the Team of sorts. McCon...
The Great Duke Attendance Scam
It's not really a scam; that's a sensationalist headline. Just jumping the gun on what will spend all day being a very dumb story. Because it is about Duke, and every story about Duke eventually breaks down to the lowest common denominators of the pro-Duke and anti-Dook factions flinging feces at ea...
Blues Forward Chris Stewart Provided A Great Example Of What Constitutes "Instigating" Last Night
With debate raging about the visor corollary to the NHL's instigation penalty rule, it's beyond time to take a look at a textbook example of instigating....
Duke's 45-Game Home Winning Streak Is Over Thanks To This Florida State Buzzer-Beater
It's about the craziest (sorry, Cameronians) 15 seconds of basketball you'll get in the ACC, as Florida State's Michael Snaer connected with a buzzer-beating three-pointer to down Duke 76-73 just five seconds after the Blue Devils tied it up on an Austin Rivers layup. Credit Luke Loucks for the m...
Professional Bowler Does Thing You Usually Only See From The Very Drunk
Josh Blanchard is a rookie PBA bowler. If he manages to have a long career in pro bowling, he's unlikely to ever live this moment down, from a World Championship qualifier in Las Vegas today....
Alex Ovechkin Accused Of Spitting In Opponent's Face
A little run-in between Ovechkin and Blue Jackets winger/agitator Derek Dorsett on Saturday went mostly unnoticed: Dorsett ran Ovechkin, Ovechkin got in his face, the two received matching minors, then everybody went home to celebrate New Year's Eve. But now Dorsett is accusing Ovechkin of spittin...
Wait, Didn't Coach K Break The All-Time Wins Record Last Season?
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski earned what was advertised as his 903rd career victory in Madison Square Garden last night, setting a new NCAA record. Odd as it is to imagine the Duke/Coach K publicity machine underselling something, it's worth noting that the 74-69 win over Michigan State cou...
Was Bob Knight Drinking Iced Tea Or Beer As He Watched Coach K Break His Record?
Your morning roundup for Nov. 16, the day we learned Rebecca Black is back for more. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Penn State Students Get It Right With The "Blue Out"
A Nittany Lions football game is going to happen tomorrow, whether we're ready for it or not. It was never going to not happen, no matter how hyperbolic the calls for death penalties both literal and figurative. It would be nice if there could be more clarity to a murky situation by game day, but co...
Penn State Fans Plan "Blueout" For Saturday's Game To Protest Child Abuse
The official Penn State football Facebook page is endorsing a blueout for the Nebraska game. All fans are asked to wear blue, the color of the Blue Ribbon Campaign to raise awareness for all forms of child abuse. They will wear blue and they will cheer Paterno. This is, of course, madness, and the t...
The Trystan Magnuson Era In Toronto Begins, And Other Exciting Hot Stove Developments
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!!...
Christian Laettner Is Still Trolling The State Of Kentucky, Even In Charity Games
Christian Laettner is not particularly popular in the state of Kentucky. Indeed, it's argued he's the most hated man in the state, a characterization that reflects both Kentucky's basketball-first attitude and its long memory (it's been nearly 20 years since Laettner hit the buzzer-beater that led...
A Provocation: My Al Davis Story
The following is republished with permission from the author's blog, Bluenatic.com....
When They Came For The Trumpet Player In Section J, Blue Hens Fans Spoke Up
There’s some trouble a’brewing down in Newark, Del., home of the mighty University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens. Seems as if during Saturday night’s game against William & Mary, some university lawmen strode all the way up to Row Q of Section J to escort trumpet-tooter Matt Delaney from the premi...
An MLB Umpire Forgot The Count Last Night And Held The Game Up By Making A Phone Call (Video)
Part of Gary Cederstrom's job as a home-plate umpire is to keep track of the count for every batter, no matter what the scoreboard or any television graphic might indicate. But last night, with Adam Dunn batting with two outs and no one on in the bottom of the fourth, Cederstrom apparently got caugh...
15 Seasons Later, The Blues' Would-Be Third Jerseys Are Still The Worst Ever
It's that time of the year again, when eager NHL merchandisers and retailers prepare to unveil and release alternate jerseys. The Leafs's and Senators' third jerseys already leaked, and the reborn Jets are actually receiving praise for not making a third jersey cash-grab. Yet....
The Two Cops Who Beat Up A Maryland Student Last Year Have Been Indicted
The PG County mounties who went berserk on a Maryland student celebrating his basketball team's win over Duke last year have been charged with felony assault. Took long enough. This episode made national news and even featured an attempted cover-up, when campus surveillance video of the beating we...
Your Field Guide To The Assorted Kerfuffles Over <em>Moneyball</em>, The Movie
Moneyball, the long-delayed film adaptation of Michael Lewis's book about Paul DePodesta's TI-89 and Jeremy Brown's love handles, hits theaters next week. It's a big thing for baseball folks, because Moneyball helped bring a statistically inclined subculture to the mainstream. You'll notice this in ...