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Buddy Nix Steps Down As Bills GM
After three seasons as Bills GM, Buddy Nix is out. This move was expected, but maybe not so soon....
Jack Butler, The Former Steelers Defensive Great, Has Died At 85
Jack Butler, who was a star defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the '50s and who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer, has died. He was 85....
Here's Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien Doing An Impression Of His Mother
Bill O'Brien just concluded a stand-up routine coaches' caravan tour around Pennsylvania. Yesterday, he addressed whether he said "fuckers" or "fighters" on live TV after the Nittany Lions' season-ending win against Wisconsin. Turns out even his mother thought it might not have been "fighters."...
Luol Deng Lost 15 Pounds While He Was In The Hospital
Yesterday, Luol Deng returned to the Chicago Bulls' practice facility for the first time since being laid up in the hospital due to complications from a spinal tap procedure. It sounds like he had a pretty awful time while he was there....
Sidney Crosby Blasts Through Two Defenders For Filthy Breakaway Goal
This play didn't begin as a breakaway. When Sidney Crosby got the puck at center ice, Thomas Hickey was in his way, with Lubomir Visnovsky closing in on Crosby's right. Plenty of room....
Body and Soul
Speaking of Palookaville, here's one of the most famous scenes in movie history. Just so happens that it involves boxing. By the way, Rod Steiger, who was an incorrigible ham, is incredible in this scene. Understated. His performance in the whole movie is beautiful. ...
Nate Robinson Dribbles Through Chris Bosh's Legs
It wasn't all bad for the Bulls, en route to a loss that wasn't nearly as close as the 115-78 score suggests. At least Nate Robinson did this!...
This Bicycle Kick From Thierry Henry Was A Game-Winner
This goal came off a corner kick in the 88th minute to put the New York Red Bulls up 2-0 on the Montreal Impact....
Billy Bush Was Kicked Out Of The Rangers Locker Room Tonight
Billy Bush is a thing with a face that is on television. A Current Affair, or something like that. Anyway, he was apparently at the Rangers game this evening—a game the Rangers won 4-3, tying the series at two games apiece—and pissed off a bunch of the local scribes when he brought the circus to the...
Taj Gibson Goes On F-Bomb Tirade After Game 2 Ejection
Game 2 between the Heat and Bulls was a real snoozer until early in the fourth quarter when referee Scott Foster and the Bulls decided no one wanted to hang around to see the rest of the game play out....
The Double Life Of A Gay Dodger
Originally published in the October 1982 issue of Inside Sports....
Rob Ford In A Maple Leafs Jersey Posing With The Hamburglar?
Rob Ford in a Maple Leafs jersey posing with the Hamburglar....
Ronde Barber Retires
Buccaneers DB Ronde Barber is officially calling it a career, saying "I've had a better run than I ever could've dreamed of having." With the retirements of Barber, Ray Lewis, and Donald Driver, the oldest non-special teamer left in the NFL is Charlie Batch, and if he can't catch on, London Fletcher...
Texas Tech Coach Kliff Kingsbury's Hashtag Game Is So On Point
Kliff Kingsbury continues to be the swaggiest swag bro to ever coach Division I college football. When he's not swaggin' all around the practice field with his players, he's leaving them cheeky notes with valuable fitness tips. Also, hashtags. ...
What Does Grant Hill Think Of Derrick Rose's Critics?
Originally published in Bloomberg View....
Kris Letang Cross-Checked A Linesman. That's A Suspension...Right?
Between Eric Gryba getting two games for a borderline hit that resulted in injury, and nobody from this Sens-Habs mess being punished, NHL playoff discipline seems even more "spin the wheel" than usual. But shoving an official would seem pretty clear-cut, no?...
Cuba Libre
Check out "Kids Not Poor in Spirit," a story about pickup baseball in Havana written by Bonnie DeSimone for the Chicago Tribune back in 1998:...
Trouble in Mind
Here's one fuh yah: "You Gore Girl!" Joe Miller's 2002 story for The Pitch on running with bulls in Spain: ...
Here Is Kyle Turris's OT Goal That Lifted The Senators Over The Habs
Kyle Turris scored 2:32 into overtime to win the game for the Ottawa Senators, who beat the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, to take a commanding 3-1 lead NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinals....