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So, Who Embarrasses Himself The Most In <em>Rock of Ages</em>?
The central appeal—or anti-appeal—of any Hollywood adaptation of a musical is not about the music or the choreography or the set pieces; it's about watching actors who don't usually sing, sing. One of the most fun aspects of Chicago was learning how charming and deft Richard Gere was; it was equally...
What Is The Worst Boxing Decision Of All Time?
After the Pacquiao-Bradley debacle on Saturday night, in which the stats said Pac-Man landed 94 more blows than Bradley did, Josh Levin endeavored to find the worst statistical decision in the Compubox era. The numbers in Roy Jones, Jr.'s screwjob in Seoul don't even compare to Dorsey-Paez I in Fe...
A Dead Milkman Judges This NSFW Bathroom Brawl: "Why Would A Grown Man Have A Mickey Mouse Shower Curtain?"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Oh Shit!!!! Guy gets beat tf up in shower." Tonight's commentator: Rodney Anonymous, frontman of The Dead Milkmen, marking the first time a Tuesday Night Fights review...
Harry Reid Wants The Nevada Attorney General's Office To Investigate The Judging In Pacquiao-Bradley
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has called upon his state's attorney general to launch an investigation into the judges who whiffed on the decision in Pacquiao-Bradley Saturday night....
The Judge Who Scored The Fight For Pacquiao Doesn't See What All The Fuss Is About
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Judge Jerry Roth can't believe anyone thought Pacquiao-Bradley was one-sided....
Tony Romo's Baby Is Sponsored By Starter
When the Romos released the first photo of their baby Hawkins two months ago, we couldn't help notice Tony's backwards cap. Not the fact that it was backwards; that's par for the course. But the prominently and perfectly displayed Starter logo....
How Crazy Was The Pacquaio-Bradley Decision? Bradley Had A 0.03 Percent Chance Of Being Randomly Judged The Winner.
Republished from KenPom.com....
Kenyan Schoolchildren Reenact Game 6 Of The 1986 World Series
This has been going around for a week (we saw it when Keith Law tweeted it this morning) and it is picture perfect. From "Mookie Wilson" waving Kevin Mitchell to the plate, to "Bill Robinson" jumping up and down as the ball rolls through Buckner's legs, to "Ray Knight"'s hands on the back of his h...
Dustin Brown Sums Up Joy Of Winning Stanley Cup With Big Ol' F-Bomb On Live TV
Pierre McGuire had just asked Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown whether he could have envisioned this moment several months back. And after mumbling something about never knowing what might happen and considering his words for an instant, Brown cuts right to the chase. From here on out, anyon...
Pablo Sanchez Would've Used Steroids, And Other Real-Life Projections For The Greatest Youth Baseball Player In Video Games
As every Millennial knows, Backyard Baseball is the children's computer game in which neighborhood boys and girls play pickup ball with kid-sized incarnations of everyone's favorite major leaguers. The 2001 edition, for example, featured the likes of Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds, traveling across dis...
How Judges Score A Boxing Match (And How Manny Pacquiao Got Screwed)
Manny Pacquiao got beaten by ghosts Saturday night. That's what boxing judges are. They are not necessarily former fighters, or coaches, or other knowledgeable figures. They are not necessarily anything. They are people chosen by opaque and obscure boxing commissions to decide the outcome of fights ...
Here Is A Seething Bob Costas Trying To Conduct A Post-Race Interview At The Belmont Stakes
Who won the Belmont Stakes? Who knows, it's not important. We're not degenerate gamblers, are we? This is fun, though. As Bob Neumeier attempted to kick it over to Bob Costas who was with Steve Duncker, chairman of NYRA, there was some confusion on Costas's end....
LeBron James Is Finally Good At Basketball
Now that LeBron has finally won a game people think is important, maybe we can talk about how good the guy has been. We've talked some in these parts about Rajon Rondo and his Fuck You brand of basketball. LeBron James, with that one three point shot late in the game and follow through pose, ushere...
Manny Pacquiao Was Screwed, Says Literally Everyone Associated With Shady Sport
Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley finally squared off last night after HBO's Hard Knocks for Boxing previewed the fight for us all. From the sound of it, the split decision was a monumental screw job for the Pacquiao camp. ...
Here's That Picture Of The Denver Broncos' Playbook D.J. Williams Tweeted
The guys over at Sportsgrid, via SB Nation, have the art for you. If you're unaware, D.J. WIlliams is a guy with a bad track record who tweeted the above picture of his new team-provided iPad as a message informing fans that he was studying and learning a new position. It showed some defensive form...
Tonight No One Will Remember Hockey, Not Just Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Kings have had a pretty strange post season. They have completely dominated their opponents throughout each round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and endeared themselves to an increasingly Twitterized public all the while California has no idea who they are. The Devils meanwhile, are ha...
Does ?uestlove Of The Roots Have Inside Information About Bounties In The NFL?
I'm not sure when this short little entry about Donovan McNabb was made, but in the little information section to the right (click to enlarge below) it is noted that the purpose of the blog is to serve as "a compendium of stories by @questlove, your favorite music nerd, in response to questions wri...
Whose Post-<i>SNL</i> Film Career Is Andy Samberg Most Likely To Have?
It was fitting how Andy Samberg decided to leave Saturday Night Live. His castmate Kristen Wiig's departure had been talked about for months, the anticipation heightened by her Bridesmaids success and Oscar nomination, and she was given an unprecedented sendoff on the season's final episode to refle...
Bob Kraft's New "Pal" Is A 32-Year-Old Occasional Actress
Bob Kraft's guests at Patriots games: Rush Limbaugh, Steven Tyler, Donald Trump. Bob Kraft's guest at last night's Celtics game? This lady. Ricki Noel Lander....
Here Are All Of LeBron's Unspectacular 45 Points
Watching a supercut of LeBron James's scores in last night's parquet floorwiping of the Celtics, you're struck at how rote it seems. A cold, clinical series of possessions that resembled nothing so much as a practice drill that just happened to have five green-and-white clad obstacles on the court...