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Could Theo Be Returning?
All kinds of rumblings today about Theo Epstein potentially coming back as Red Sox GM, with the Boston Herald reporting that several Boston officials have been trying to talk him back into the job....

About Last Night ...
You wake up on the stove, wearing oven mitts for slippers. Don't worry, we'll fill you in on what you missed ... • NBA: Kobe records fourth straight game with 30-plus points as Lakers down Hawks. Looks like he's serious this time. • College Basketball: Due to some sort of mixup, Syracuse actually pl...

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What you missed while trying to alphabetize your shoes ... • Monday Night Football: Peyton's Colts beat Brady's Patriots to go to 8-0; CBS fires entire "60 Minutes" staff. • NBA: LeBron's 27 help Cavs keep Raptors winless. Sad, really. • NHL: Penguins not in last! Penguins not in last!...

Doing Shots With Iron Mike
Ever wonder what it would be like to get drunk with Mike Tyson? More specifically, ever think you'd have a chance to survive a round of drinks with Mike Tyson? Here's your chance....

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What you missed while perfecting your family trapeze act ... • NFL: Owens-less Eagles fall to Redskins — we bet Philly fans are really glad they hitched their wagon to his star. • NBA: Kobe's 37 leads Lakers past Nuggets, but strangely we're not that impressed. • NASCAR: Carl Edwards maneuvers movin...

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What you missed while crafting a mashed potato-levee to hold back a potentially devastating gravy flood, thus saving the peas ... • NBA: Suns spoil Lakers home opener 122-112, so now you can wear that Leandro Barbosa jersey with pride. • NBA: Well, that didn't take long. Pacers beat Heat 105-102 as ...

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What you missed while shooing Geraldo Rivera and his news crew out of your backyard with a broom ... • NBA: Kobe's jumper in OT helps Lakers win opener, so the bandwagon is ready for boarding, we suppose. • NBA: The honeymoon, which lasted about 3 hours, is over as Brown loses debut with Knicks. • N...

Tracking Down That Underground Tyson-Kimmel Video
We're very flattered, everyone, that apparently so many of you read Deadspin and not ESPN.com, but, quite frankly, we don't believe you. So many of you have requested video of the soon-to-be-legendary appearance by Mike Tyson singing "Monster Mash" with Bobby Brown on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that we a...

At Least He Wasn't Wearing That Dumb BK King Mask
Some stories, you really just have to let speak for themselves. General manager Theo Epstein evading reporters on the day he resigned by wearing a gorilla costume? That would be one of them....

About Last Night
What you missed while stuck in the Chinese finger puzzle ... • NBA: NOOCH! in first place, the way you knew it would be. • NBA: Bucks top Sixers in OT on Redd's 3-pointer. And wasn't he dressed nicely when you saw him after the game? • NHL: Islanders beat Bruins 4-3, narrowly avoiding one of those b...

The REAL Reason Theo's Gone
That guy right there isn't just Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, strikingly handsome man; he's also Dan Shaughnessy, Most Hated Man In Boston. As if Shaughnessy hadn't caused Bostonians enough pain throughout the years with his Curse business, he might very well be the man most responsible ...

Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Bob Kravitz
OK, our problem with Bob Kravitz isn't that he's a terrible writer. (He isn't.) It's that too often he phones it in. No, check that — he often doesn't even bother to phone, instead stuffing his column into the backpack of a mental patient, who then wanders in the general direction of the Indianapo...

Saying Goodbye To Theo
Well, it's a bad day for Hire Me Theo; shocking just about everybody, Theo Epstein has resigned as general manager of the Red Sox, sending just about every baseball blogger into full-fledged apoplexy this morning. (Baseball Musings typically is the most sober and rational, pointing out how much be...

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What you missed while drunkenly hitting on little costumed Spider-Man's mom ... • MNF: Pittsburgh prevails as Steelers fans come down Roethlisberger Fever (Ravens fans settle for Bird Flu). • NFL: Bengals fan pleads innocent to trespassing, other charges even though, um, the whole thing was on tape....

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What you missed while playing bingo at the retirement home ... • NFL: Bears stop Lions in OT, take over first place. No, we're not kidding. • NHL: Mike Knuble leads Flyers over Senators, 5-3 — like we had to tell you. • NASCAR: Carl Edwards wins Nextel Cup, but Tony Stewart, who finished ninth, is r...

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What you missed while dusting your girlfriend for Tom Brady's fingerprints ... • College FB: No. 3 Va. Tech routs No. 13 Boston College, will now look to conquer Miami, then the world. • NHL: Mario Lemieux — remember him? — leads Penguins to first win. • CFL: Fan boots 50-yard field goal to win $1 m...

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What you missed while federal prosecutors held you down and probed for leaks ... • World Series, Game 4: ChiSox beat Astros to win it all. And suddenly, you realize that summer is over. • NHL: Blue Jackets hand Predators first loss of season, and yes, we realize that five years ago that sentence wou...

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What you missed while addressing all those envelopes containing the indictments ... • World Series, Game 3: White Sox prevail over Astros in 14 innings in a game you turned off after 13 innings. That'll teach you. • NBA: Chris Webber looks crappy, Allen Iverson missing altogether in Sixers' exhibiti...

Mark Blount Shocks Us Again
You thought you knew Celtics roster filler Mark Blount. You thought he was just the portly guy who played just hard enough to get an ill-advised free agent contract, and then spent the rest of his time inhaling Cheetos. But nope. Turns out, according to our friends at YAYSports!, Blount is the typ...

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What you missed while translating the Bible from English to German and back to English again ... • MNF: Testaverde fumbles three times, loses his keys and forgets where he lives as Falcons clobber Jets. • NHL: Red Wings make Blue Jackets wish the strike had lasted a bit longer. • NHL: Hurricanes dea...