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Ron Washington Once Paid A $200 MLB Fine In Pennies
We missed this on Sunday, but Hardball Talk didn't—Rangers manager Ron Washington, upset over a fairly small fine, might have found the single best CBA loophole when he mailed a box filled with 20,000 pennies to MLB headquarters. ...

Watch All Of LeBron's Made Buckets From His 61-Point Night
LeBron James played what was essentially a perfect basketball game last night. Against a top 10 NBA defense, he scored 61 points on just 33 shots, mixing in seven rebounds and five assists for good measure. If you want to see what perfection looks like, watch all of his made baskets in the video ab...

Get It Right, People: Bobby Knight Didn't Throw A <em>Folding</em> Chair
Despite being one of the most infamous coaching meltdowns in history and either the first or second thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Bobby Knight, there is one crucial aspect of The Incident With The Chair that is consistently misremembered: the type of chair he chucked across the flo...

Canada 3 Sled Flips Upside Down, Slides Across Finish Line On Its Side
The Canada 3 sled lost control coming out of turn 11 on its second run of the four-man bobsled competition, getting slightly airborn as it headed into the next turn. It then flipped and slid to the finish with the crew wedged between the sled and the ice. The whole team eventually walked away from ...

Matt Lauer Asks Bob Costas If He'll Be Taking The Red-Eye Flight Home
Bob Costas joined Matt Lauer on The Today Show this morning to discuss the buzz in Sochi and at the end of the segment, Lauer casually asked Costas how much longer he was staying in town. Lauer waited for the response and then pounced all over him. ...

Bob Costas Is Back: How Are His Eyes?
Bob Costas is back on the air tonight at NBC despite "not being 100%," and a close inspection of his wonky eye suggests he's still got a few days left to take Russian antibiotics of questionable efficacy. ...

Brazilian Bobsled Goes Airborne
Sometimes, Winter Olympians from the tropics don't give us a heartwarming (and maybe overrated) tale of overcoming adversity. Sometimes, they simply inspire wonder, as in, how did this pilot not die?...

Jamaican Bobsled Theme Song Apparently Syncs With Course Length
The Jamaica Tourist Board claims that "The Bobsled Song" will sync up with the length of the course when the Jamaican bobsleigh team does its run. The two-man event starts at 11:15 a.m., so test it out for yourself....

Track Worker Struck, Injured By Bobsled
A worker on the track at the Sanki Sliding Center was struck by a sled just before the start of two-man bobsled training, and taken away in an ambulance. Hospital officials said the worker is alive, and in a statement the IOC's president said he suffered "a broken leg and maybe a concussion." ...

Leave Bob Costas Alone!
I have had my share of fun goofing on Bob Costas over the years. He is NBC's resident nostalgia elf, and every Sunday night during football season he climbs up on his big-boy chair and arranges himself in that self-satisfied, half-canted way of his and delivers unto you, the common folk, a halftime...

Let's Watch Mary Carillo And Bob Costas Drink Vodka Together
We've been systematically ignoring NBC's "Olympic Late Night" coverage, mostly because by the time it airs the events it covers are a day old and, at the same time, there is actual live Olympics competition happening. Maybe we should be watching it more closely....

Bob Costas's Pink Eye Has Spread
Here's our original story on Bob Costas's jacked-up eye. Now, it's jacked-up eyes. Stop rubbing your eyes, Bob!...

Bobsledder Who Got Stuck In Sochi Bathroom Is Now Stuck In Elevator
Damn, Johnny Quinn just cannot catch a break. Just two days after having to Incredible Hulk his way through a bathroom door that wouldn't open, the American bobsledder has once again found himself victimized by the jankiness of the Sochi Olympic facilities. ...

U.S. Bobsledder Gets Locked In Bathroom, Destroys Door To Escape
What is going on with these Sochi bathrooms, man? Johnny Quinn, a pusher on the U.S. bobsled team, had an appearance on The Today Show this morning but before that, he had to take a shower. The door somehow locked or got jammed while he was in there so he was trapped inside the bathroom without a ph...

Here's Bob Costas Saying "Pussy Riot" Over And Over
This is Bob Costas saying "Pussy Riot" a whole bunch. Enjoy....

What's The Deal With Bob Costas's Eye?
This morning, a reader wrote in to alert us to Bob Costas's appearance on this morning's episode of the Today Show. The reader wanted to know what the hell was going on with Costas's left eye, which appeared to be all kinds of messed up. So we reached out to Costas, looking for an answer....

Let's All Watch Bob Costas Make Weird Faces For Two Minutes
Here's some fun video from the Saints-Broncos game in 2012. Bob Costas prepares to wrap up the Sunday Night Football broadcast, and apparently his face needs some warming up....

Here's Every Shot Carmelo Anthony Made In His 62-Point Night
Carmelo Anthony had the highest scoring game ever at Madison Square Garden last night and surpassed Bernard King's 60 for the franchise record of points scored in a game. Once Melo passed King (and Kobe Bryant's MSG record of 61 points) he was removed with over seven minutes remaining because the K...

Why USA Bobsled Needs Lolo Jones
Earlier this week, to the surprise of many, Lolo Jones was named to the Olympic bobsled team, despite having only been in the sport for a few years. The teammates she beat out and many independent observers believe it's a conspiracy on the part of USA Bobsled and NBC. Jones is there not because she'...