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What To Do With The Bonds Ball?
If you were watching the "Today" show this morning — and we know you were — you might have seen self-promoting fashion designer Mark Ecko promoting his newest stunt: Vote 756....

Spending Sunday With ... Chris Henry?
The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy....

About Last Night
What you missed while building a fort out of tequila bottles ... • NFL: Patriots defend the honor of their cheatin' head coach. New England 31, San Diego 14. • MLB: Otherwise, the news in Boston was not so good. Yankees 4, Red Sox 3. • Golf: Tiger wins two trophies in one tournament, taking time out...

Ladies And Hooligans, Your Premier League Action ...
Notes from some of Saturday's games in the Barclays Premier League ......

Honey, I Shrunk The AL East Lead
Here we go again ... The Yankees honey mustered six runs in the eighth, immediately erasing a five-run deficit, en route to an 8-7 victory over the Sox at Fenway. Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano started the comeback with home runs off Hideki Okajima. Derek Jeter followed with an RBI single against Jo...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while editing special effects into your wedding video ... • MLB: Dodgers make their portly, drunken run at the NL wild card. • Golf: Tim Clark proves that practice is overrated. • College football: Hope you've got Steve Slaton in your NCAA fantasy pool. West Virginia 31, Maryland 14....

Point Afters Only Belong In Back Issues Of SI
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....

Boxing Just Wants To Host Keggers
Boxing's popularity might be on the wane, to say the least (among white people, anyway), but Roy Jones Jr. is not afraid to be innovative. He's searching everywhere for an untapped base of fans, and he's even willing to join a frat to do it....

Marlins-Nationals Always Brings In The Big Crowds
We know it's the middle of September, and it's still kind of hot out, and everyone's back at work and concentrating on their jobs — really! — so not many have time to just head to Dolphins Stadium and watch two lousy teams play each other. But 400 people? 400? Really?...

Steely McBeam Gets Him Some Lady Lovin'
What is it about the Pittsburgh Steelers that women find so attractive? Is it The Dreamboat that is Ben Roethlisberger? The prospect of folding and laundering extra towels? The memory of this? The answers are shrouded in mystery. But the fact is that they just do: According to a recent marketing sur...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while dropping a dime on Jimmy Two Times ... • Soccer: You tell your king that William Wallace will NOT be ruled... and nor will any Scot while I live. Scotland 1, France 0. • MLB: Aaaannd ... we're tied again. Somebody end this. Pirates 7, Brewers 4. • Tennis: Hantuchova (bless you)...


Hawaii Loves Its Haka
The Hawaii Rainbows have taken, to fire themselves up, to doing the Haka before games. The Haka is mostly famous for being the intimidating pregame ritual for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. Now the Rainbows do it, mostly because their name is the Rainbows. But the WAC is not happy about it,...

Vote Boulware! (Or Something)
When we think about NFL players of the last 10 years or so we'd imagine running for office someday, we can't say that former Ravens linebacker Peter Boulware was the first guy to come to mind. He's never had any problems in his life or anything; it's not like Michael Irvin or anything. (Or, you know...


About Last Night ...
What you missed while fighting the Crazy 88s ... • MLB: LaLaWood Fables ... Dodgers sink slowly in the West, Angels soar. It's the circle of life. • WNBA: It seems like only yesterday that you didn't care that the WNBA season had begun, and now you fail to care that the Finals are almost over. Weird...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while tightening your spokes ... • NFL: You don't come into the 'Stick talkin' your Cardinals smack. • MLB: National Cubness Index is high, as Chicago regains share of first place. • Soccer: Women's World Cup, USA 2, North Korea 2. What happened to The Terrible Shootout of Death?...

Welcoming Back The Smorgasbord
Longtime sports blog aficionados will remember the weekly Sunday Afternoon Smorgasbord, a real-time account of a full Sunday of NFL action by the great Mighty MJD. We are humbled and honored to welcome it back to the Internets, on our little site here, starting today. Take it away, MJD....