bo Page 614 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Yet Another Photo Of Someone Reading At A Baseball Game
OK, so this has officially become a thing. Consider us the place to dump all of your pictures of bored baseball fans using books, gadgets, or whatever else to silently protest the fact that they were dragged to a three-and-a-half-hour-long sporting event. Send pictures to [email protected]....
Paulie Malignaggi Vs. Adrien Broner: A Master Class In Macho Posturing
Imagine being a Brooklyn kid, born and raised in Brooklyn, representing Brooklyn, wearing "Brooklyn" clothes and yapping about Brooklyn! your whole life. And finally they build a big world-class stadium in Brooklyn, and you, the Brooklyn kid, get to headline a night of boxing there, and when you ge...
Bet a Million
I once had dinner with Vic Ziegel and asked him to name the most literate sports writer. And he laughed at me, laughed at the idea that someone working on deadline would stop to consider what they were doing literate. ...
Angels Fans Are Not Paying Attention
OK, what the hell has gotten into baseball fans this year? Nationals fans are treating their stadium like a public library, Phillies fans are going to games with an entire arsenal of Apple products, and now we've got a handful of Angels fans doing what they can to distract themselves from the action...
What Boxing Writing Can Teach Us About Everything
Excerpted from his essay for A New Literary History of America, check out this piece by Carlo Rotella:...
Game 6 Could Come Down To The Skating Wounded
They say the NHL playoffs are a battle of attrition, and the Blackhawks and Bruins, the last two teams remaining, remained remarkably unscathed until the finals. But a close, hard-fought series that's already required 20 periods over five games is taking its toll, and each team may or may not be wit...
Report: Clippers And Celtics Finally Agree On Deal For Doc Rivers
According to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers and Celtics have agreed in principle on a deal that will send Doc Rivers to Los Angeles. Wojnarowski is also reporting that Rivers has agreed to a three-year, $21 million contract with LA. ...
Victor Martinez Makes No-Look, Backwards Flip To Record Out At First
Victor Martinez, making just his fourth start at first base this year, made a nice-enough play diving to his left to prevent an extra-base hit to the speedy Jacoby Ellsbury in the sixth inning of a close game against the Red Sox....
Reporter's Field Report: "Fuck Me, I Can't Even Fucking Talk"
Lindsay Nadrich of Fox's Spokane, Washington affiliate got a little tongue-tied during a live shoot on strawberry picking and got frustrated with herself. She also apparently forgot she was doing a live shoot.* ...
Tuukka Rask Does Everything He Can, But Chicago Wins Game 5
Amid the 29 credited saves he made last night, Tuukka Rask made three or four exceptional saves and single-handedly kept the Bruins in the game all night, making the always-intense final minutes of the game possible. Once pulled for a man-advantage with less than a minute in the game, Rask had barel...
Broner On Win Over Malignaggi: "I Left With His Belt And His Girl"
Adrien Broner carried on his pre-fight shit-talking throughout the fight and into the post-fight interview after winning a split decision against Paulie Malignaggi in the Barclays Arena Saturday night....
Miami Heat Nation Encompasses More Than Brats, Ghouls, And Idiots
When the Miami Heat won its only LeBronless title, in 2006, I was living outside Fort Lauderdale. My building fees included basic cable, which was enough to get just about every Heat game and virtually nothing else worth watching. My girlfriend at the time could tolerate basketball well enough — bet...
A Win Is A Win, But The Blackhawks Have Been Fortunate.
Three out of the four Stanley Cup Finals games have been decided in overtime. The other one was decided by two goals. The Bruins and Blackhawks both have loads of talent, but good fortune's also played a part....
Golfer Celebrates A Nice Shot By Picking His Nose
Golfer Charley Hoffman struck gold after hitting this shot just next to the hole at the Travelers Championship. He apparently struck gold in his nose, too....
Flimsy Report: Rajon Rondo Swore At Doc Rivers, Almost Fought Him
Considering all the missing details in this anecdote from Sheridan Hoops, this story regarding Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo and head coach Doc Rivers should be taken with a shaker of salt....
Congratulations To Chris Bosh, Two-Time NBA Champion
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Bitter and Beat by the Heat
Eliot Asinof is most famous for writing Eight Men Out. (He is less famous for once being married to Marlon Brando’s sister.) Asinof played minor league ball in the Phillies system for three years before World War II. His first book Man on Spikes was published in 1955 and to my mind is one of the bes...
Drake Tries To Get Into Heat Locker Room, Is Coldly Turned Away
This is your moment, anti-Drake America. Look upon his wounded expression and understand that it won't get any better than this. Savor it....
Twins Ballboy Makes Nifty Leaping Catch
As the announcers watched the replay of this, one of them said, "You've got to have some skills to be a ballboy." So what skills are required of the ballboys (or ballgirls!) who work along the foul lines? Let's list 'em:...