br Page 673 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

What Does Peyton Manning's "Omaha" Mean?
“Omaha” was trending on Twitter during the Broncos’ win over San Diego. Omaha, Neb.’s tourism board took notice. It was hard not to, with Peyton Manning barking the snap count directly into CBS’s parabolic microphone, and hence your living room....

The Last Of The Old Way: Larry Bird's Celtics Enter The Modern Era
Excerpted from Unfinished Business, a chronicle of the 1990-91 Boston Celtics season, now available as an e-book. The author's annotations appear throughout the story. ...

Ahmad Brooks Flew, Cam Newton Flopped, And We All Laughed
We featured Ahmad Brooks's premature escalation briefly yesterday, but it seems the moment from yesterday's 49ers-Panthers game deserves a bit more inspection. After all, there's not one but two meaningful moments here: the flight of Brooks and the flop of Newton....

Peyton Manning Just Wants A Bud Light
After advancing to the AFC Championship, Peyton Manning was confronted with questions about a report that an offseason medical exam will determine his NFL future. He's not worried about his neck. He's just worried about when he'll be able to get his hands on a cool, crisp, refreshing Anheuser-Busch ...

Watch Angry Chargers Fans Beat The Shit Out Of A Broncos Fan
A couple different videos have popped up on YouTube of a Broncos fan outside San Diego getting punched, kicked, and stomped after the Chargers' playoff loss today in Denver....

Peyton Manning Doesn't Light Up The Chargers; Broncos Win Anyway
The over/under was 55.5. This was supposed to be a nonstop shootout with two marquee quarterbacks. But Peyton Manning's touchdown factory didn't pile up points on the Chargers, instead holding just a one-possession lead at the end of a mostly mundane 24-17 game....

Your Obligatory Playoff Manningface
We have our first Manningface of 2014!...

It's Funny Because It's Bigger Than A Normal Helmet
Anything for the playoffs. What concussions? No, seriously, what concussions?...

Tom Brady Left Hanging Yet Again
It's basically tradition, now....

The Patriots Run All Over Colts, Advance To AFC Championship Game
The Patriots overwhelmed the Colts 43-22, but for a minute there it looked like Andrew Luck might actually be the next young quarterback to unseat the Patriots at home. Then LeGarrette Blount ran 73 yards and put that to rest....

Welcome Back, Percy Harvin
Percy Harvin is playing for the first time since November 17, 2013. This, a 15-yard penalty for targeting a defenseless receiver, is the first play he's been involved in. Yeah, that's his mouth guard flying out....

LeBron James Salty Over Hard Foul
With nearly nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, a steamrolling LeBron James looked to be fouled hard by Mirza Teletovic. An uneventful scrum convened under the basket. The play was reviewed and LeBron was assessed an offensive foul and Teletovic a flagrant-1. LeBron was pissed, Teletovic bemus...

Our 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014
Now that all the year-end best-of lists are finally over, it's time for some lists that look forward rather than backward. 2014 has a lot to live up to; 2013 was one of the best movie years in recent memory....

The Best Way To Have Tom Brady And Ed O'Neill Sign The Same Football
One might think that it's weird to have Tom Brady and Ed O'Neill autograph the same football, because it kind of is. But if you're going to try and pull off such a feat—hey, maybe you need a gift for your dear friend who loves the Patriots and middle-brow ABC comedies—do what reader Tom did:...

Here's An Awesome Story About Greg Maddux
Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown just posted a nice column about Greg Maddux, and it is is full of the kind of anecdotes that have always made reading columns and profiles about Maddux so damn satisfying. One in particular caught our attention:...

Watch Miami Heat Players Struggle Through Karaoke Songs
Welp, it sounds like Victor Oladipo is the outlier. In a commercial for an upcoming charity karaoke event, Shane Battier enlisted a few of his teammates to flex their vocal chords, equipped with ridiculous wigs and other props. The results were not pretty....

Ibrahimovic Scores First-Half Hat Trick, Remains Unstoppable
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is playing soccer right now. He is scoring a lot. The first came from an unfathomable flick of the foot, almost aiming back where the cross came from in order to blast in the ball with the outside of his right....


