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Larry Brown Is Interviewing (Not Politicking) For A Job With SMU
Remember back in the distant past of March when Larry Brown said he wasn't "politicking for a job" while he was politicking for a job? It worked! According to Andy Katz, Larry Brown is interviewing with SMU today. Marquette assistant coach Tony Benford will also meet with the school today....
Bryan Stow And His Son Participate In Ceremonial First Pitch At San Francisco Giants Home Opener
Bryan Stow continues on his path to recovery following a vicious beating at Dodger Stadium that left him in a coma resulting in severe brain damage. The San Francisco Giants had hoped he would be able to attend Opening Day, but he remains in a care facility....
This Resizing Of The Batter's Box Sponsored By <em>The Three Stooges</em>
Yesterday's White Sox home opener against the Tigers was delayed when Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera noticed the batter's boxes weren't in the right place, leading to the above display of buffoonery. Cabrera's at-bat (which came after consecutive Jake Peaky strikeouts) was pushed back nearly nine m...
There's A New Dunk Of The Year Candidate, And It's This Durant-To-Westbrook Alley-Oop
Okay, so we're getting a bit repetitive. First this was the dunk of the year, then this was in the running too. Yeah, yeah, they're all great dunks, and so is this one, from the second quarter of tonight's Thunder-Kings tussle in Oklahoma City. What's it got going for it? Well, it's a lob, and wh...
Boston Fans, Boston Arena Conspire To Bludgeon Boston Bruin
Chris Kelly scored the winner and only goal of the game 78 seconds into overtime, and the Bruins swarmed him on the end boards. While celebrating, the nearby fans pounded the glass so hard that a panel came free, braining an unsuspecting David Krejci....
10-Foot Alligator Makes For One Heck Of A Water Hazard
The RBC Heritage (formerly the Heritage Classic) is going down in Hilton Head, and this being South Carolina, most of nature is trying to kill you. Brian Gay's third shot on the par-5 15th avoided the water hazard, but the water hazard came up to meet him, in the form of a 10-foot alligator....
Charles Barkley Warns The NBA Could Rig The Lottery To Give The Nets Anthony Davis
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: Charles likes to start conspiracy theories....
Flyers Defenseman Says He Hid His Concussion To Keep His Job
Marc-Andre Bourdon played in the minors for more than three years before finally making his debut with the Philadelphia Flyers last November, when the 22-year-old defenseman was finally called-up. At the time, reports the Philadelphia Daily News, Bourdon says he "was told to pack enough clothes for ...
A Reporter Got Fired For Announcing His New Job In An NBA-Style Press Release
Reporter Khristopher J. Brooks told Jim Romenesko, "I'm a really big NBA fan and whenever an NBA team acquires a new player there's always a press release announcing it. I'd look at those releases and think, ‘The organization is really proud.'"...
A Prayer For Jacques Plante's Busted Schnoz
Let's let Jacques Plante's Hockey Hall of Fame biography tell this one:...
Don't Buy These Untested Products Promising "Concussion Relief In A Bottle"
We can't definitively say that Brain Armor or Neuro-Impact Concussion Response Formula won't help athletes recover from concussions faster. They're nutritional supplements, not medicines, so they're not subject to FDA approval or legitimate clinical trials to prove (or disprove) their claims. But in...
Lucky Gore: WWE Wins With A Real Punch And Accidental Blood
On last night's WWE Raw, something happened that's fairly unusual in the world of wrestling: one guy hit another guy....
Maple Leafs Ownership Apologizes To Fans For Yet Another Shitty Season
The Panthers, winners of the Southeast, released a video taking shots at all the critics who said they weren't going to be a good hockey team. (They're not a good hockey team, but whatever.) But Florida's playoff appearance means something in the bigger picture: the Toronto Maple Leafs are now the o...
Bristolmetrics: Brittney Griner Got More Mentions On <em>SportsCenter</em> Than Any Kentucky Wildcat
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke....
Baylor Hoops Teams Were Really Big On The Illegal Text Messages
Stop me if you've heard this before, but a school that quickly rose to athletic prominence is now facing punishment for a myriad of recruiting violations. This time it's the Bears of Baylor, who were found by an NCAA probe to have racked up nearly 2,000 impermissible phone calls and text messages to...
Tim Tebow's Sermon On The Hill
If there were any doubt about Tim Tebow's portrayal in the press as the living embodiment of Jesus Christ, this write up of a question and answer session Tebow gave this afternoon is the final nail in palm. Maybe it's deliberately tongue in cheek, but forgive me if I have my doubts....
A Boat Race Between Oxford And Cambridge Was Interrupted By A Swimmer
For you troglodytes not in the know, Oxford and Cambridge hold an annual boat race and call it "Boat Race." This year was the 158th racing of Boat Race. Unfortunately, Boat Race was interrupted by a smiling man in a wetsuit who dove in the river "Thames at the Surrey bend stage of the race, with ar...
Warren Sapp Is Broke
TMZ has the exclusive on QB-Killa's bankruptcy, and it's grisly. Sapp owes $6.7 million to his creditors—nearly a million of that to the IRS—and only has $6.45 million on hand. Among that $6.45 million are some distinctly Sapp-y assets:...
John Tortorella Is Pissed Off At Pittsburgh And "Their Two Whining Stars"
Late in last night's Penguins win, defenseman Brooks Orpik laid a knee-on-knee hit on the Rangers' Derek Stepan. Stepan was able to leave the ice under his own power, but Torts was not a happy man after the game....
Better Know An Umpire: Brian Gorman
Welcome to Better Know An Umpire, an effort to educate ourselves on the human elements who have ultimate decision-making power over some 2,500 Major League Baseball games a year....