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Would You Like To Hear Bob Costas Perform Some Ludacris Lyrics?
Of course you would....
Tuesday Night Fights: In Which A Bieber Wannabe Gets Slapped Around In The Street
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: the aptly named, "Street Fight." Tonight's commentator: Deadspin commenter and degenerate boxing fan Iron Mike Gallego. (Coming next week: a roller derby powerhouse exa...
Jagr Old
Via James Duthie, a photo from the vaults. 1998. Jaromir Jagr was already a nine-year NHL veteran. The young man on the left, 10 years old, is the nephew of Dan Kesa, then Jagr's Pittsburgh teammate. His name is Milan Lucic....
Meet Steve Alford, UCLA's Future Former Basketball Coach
Few people have perfected the art of professional escape like Steve Alford, the newly former New Mexico coach who is now the future former coach of UCLA. Nine days after getting drummed out of the NCAA tournament by Haaarvaaard and two days before his 10-year, $20 million contract with the Lobos was...
She Don't Use Jelly, She Uses Tim Tebow And Dwyane Wade And LeBron Jam
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Referee Bill Kennedy Takes An Elbow To The Face
This happened right off the tip-off of tonight's Bucks-Bobcats game. Larry Sanders won the jump ball cleanly and on his way down, his elbow/forearm makes solid contact with Bill Kennedy's face....
Danny Boyle Mesmerizes Himself. <em>Trance</em>, Reviewed.
For director Danny Boyle, anything worth doing is worth overdoing. With each genre of movie he makes, you get the sense that he wants to be sure it's the most demonstrative of its kind ever. Trainspotting was the druggiest movie ever. 28 Days Later was the zombie-iest movie ever. Slumdog Millionaire...
This Super-Slow-Motion Clip Of Chris Bosh Celebrating His Game-Winner Is Unsettling
The NBA has been deploying the Phantom camera, which captures high definition game action in extreme slow motion, for a while now. It's use has led to the creation of some beautiful and visually arresting highlights. This is not one of those highlights....
UCLA Has Its First New Basketball Coach In 11 Years: The Architect Of New Mexico's Loss To Harvard
Steve Alford, a well-known name in basketball since he was a coach's favorite on the Hoosiers teams of the mid-80s, has signed on to replace Ben Howland at UCLA. As pointed out in Andy Katz's report, Alford's new contract with UCLA means breaking an almost equally new contract with New Mexico, where...
Pat Riley Thinks Danny Ainge Should "Shut The Fuck Up And Manage His Own Team"
Yesterday, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said that it was "almost embarrassing" that LeBron James had complained about a few hard fouls he received during Wednesday's Heat-Bulls game. Heat president Pat Riley did not take kindly to Ainge expressing his opinion, and he just i...
The Eight Most Groan-Worthy Lines In <em>GI Joe: Retaliation</em>
GI Joe: Retaliation is pretty bad. You don't need me to tell you that. It's not completely horrible: There's a cool sequence involving ninjas fighting each other during an avalanche, one special effects scene has London blowing up real awesome-like, and The Rock continues to be the one consistent ac...
Tony Romo Gets All The Money
NFL.com reports that the Cowboys have locked up Tony Romo as their quarterback for the foreseeable future, signing him to a six-year deal worth $108 million. We all know NFL contracts are dirty lies, and the only thing that matters is guaranteed money. Romo gets $55 million guaranteed. Holy balls....
Donovan McNabb Is Mad About Tony Romo's New Contract
Donovan McNabb, for the record, has nine career playoff wins. But seven losses. And the last of those losses, in January 2010, happened to come against the Dallas Cowboys. It was Tony Romo's only playoff win....
30 Paragraphs About 30 MLB Teams From The Baseball Prospectus Crew
The following is excerpted from the team chapters and player profiles of the perpetually splendid Baseball Prospectus. You can buy the book now. And be sure to head over to the BP site this weekend for free access to their content. Projected records via BP's playoff odds report....
Westboro Baptist Will Picket The Final Four
Westboro Baptist, that group of awful people with colorful signs who are really concerned about who you're having sex with, have announced on the "Picket Schedule" section of their website that they'll be heading to Atlanta for next weekend's Final Four. ...
Jeff Green Hugged His Heart Surgeon After Making Game-Winning Layup
Here's a wonderful picture of Jeff Green, moments after sinking a game-winning layup at the end of last night's Cavs-Celtics game, giving a big hug to Dr. Lars Svensson. Dr. Svensson is the man who performed open heart surgery on Green to fix an aortic aneurysm over a year ago, saving Green's life a...
Tuesday Night Fights: In Which A Philly Cop Breaks Down A Street Fight
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Philly fight on lippincott st: Precious n Neesh." Tonight's commentator: An active-duty Philadelphia police officer, who's returning to TNF. (Coming next week: TBA.)...
The Red Sox's Sellout Streak Is In Danger, So They're Lowering Beer Prices
For the first time in a few years, reason to cheer in Boston. Five-dollar beers! ...
Bruins Assistant Coach Tosses Something Over His Head, Lands In Fan's Beer
Bruins Assistant coach Geoff Ward just sank one of the most incredible over-the-head shots you'll ever see....