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This Is Why NASCAR Fans and Wall Street Journal Readers Don't Mix
The Wall Street Journal's web editors may have touched a nerve with this package about the history of NASCAR. I'm not sure Dale Earnhardt fans consider his death to be a "highlight" of racing history....
Surprise: Pete Rose Thinks Steroids Are Worse Than Gambling
Because we haven't heard from him in a while, Pete Rose would like to weigh in on baseball's steroid crisis. I'm sure his comments won't at all be self-serving. Let's see.......
Tim Brown Would Like To Clarify That Whole 'Al Davis Hates Blacks From Notre Dame' Thing
By now, you've probably heard what Tim Brown told WCNN radio in Atlanta, which was basically that Al Davis finds black athletes from Notre Dame to be a tad, oh what's the word, uppity....
A Special Balls Deep Message To The Class Of 2009
This is Balls Deep with Drew Magary. Read him at KSK. Buy his book. Follow him at Twitter. NSFW Inga after the jump....
George Karl Sides With La La
On Mavs' fan behavior: "There was a racist mentality to it. There was a fighting mentality to it. It was to the point where blows I think could have happened." [DP Radio]...
In Case You Needed More Melodrama Added To Tonight's Dallas/Denver Fiasco
It turns out NBA-TV's Melanie Collins (yes, this woman) may have received a little static from her employers. Something of the "Please don't post Facebook pictures of you licking a girl's buttcrack"-variety....
Team Peggy Disputes La La's Chain Of Events
"Sam who was also sitting in that section tells NBCDFW he saw Vasquez flick the drink and that the man sitting with Vasquez turned around and threatened to "fight all you fuckers right now." [NBCDFW]...
Candace Parker And Shelden Williams Spawn
"Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl today at 11:29am. ... The baby girl weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 20 inches in length." [TrueHoop]...
Darren Rovell Really, Really Wants To Meet This Volleyball Player
Her name is Nora Tobin and the sports business guru desperately wants an interview with her. I'm sure he just wants to discuss options trading or something. [CNBC, via AdRants]...
Yahoo's Righteous Crusade To Purify College Sports
Yahoo, as noted earlier, has another story out in its long-running series on the generous redistributive polices of the USC athletic department. I hate to go all Jason Whitlock here, but, well ......
Eli And Abby Manning Would Like To Help New Yorkers Give Birth
"Giants quarterback Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, are announcing their donation for a New York City birthing center bearing their names." [AP/ABC]...
Urban Meyer Demands Your Eternal Loyalty
Urban Meyer doesn't care how many Florida passing records you set—that was like last century!—if you want to be a Gator, then you shut your mouth and know your role....
White Lady Defends Herself Against La La's Racism Charge
There are two sides to every story and in the interest of fairness (and comedy) we will present as many as we can get our hands on when it comes to the Dallas-Denver spitting contest....
Jelena Dokic's Insane Father Has Still Got It (Insanity, That Is)
The father of Serbian tennis star Jelena Dokic once considered nuking Sydney, Australia, because his daughter preferred sun and surf to living in the Balkans. Now he only wants to murder the Australian ambassador. Progress!...
Nuggets Family Members Probably Aren't Accepting That Apology Any Time Soon
Who was that crazy lady who got ejected from the Mavericks/Nuggets game last night? Why, that was just La La Vazquez, Denver Nugget fan and entertainer extraordinaire!...
How 'Bout 'Dem Ladies Killing Their Husbands Over 'Dem Cowboys?
" An Allen woman accused of killing her husband said she stabbed him in the heart after he turned up the volume of a Dallas Cowboys game, according to media reports." [DMN]...
Mark Cuban Ready To Kiss and Make Up
Dallas managed to not get swept last night, so now every thing is rainbows and sunshine in Maverickville. It's so happy, in fact, that Mark Cuban is even initiating peace negotiations with a known thug....
Sportswriting Declared Dead. Again.
Next month's Texas Monthly has a story about the death of sportswriting. It's official: Writing about the death of sportswriting is finally dead....
Mark Cuban Had A Mother's Day Gift For Kenyon Martin's Mom
Dallas is playing what will probably be its final game of the season tonight, but all anyone really wants to know is what will go down between Mark Cuban, Kenyon Martin and Kenyon Martin's mom....
Once Again, Amazing Happened For The Celtics
The parody videos of the NBA's goose-bumping "Where Amazing Happens" videos are phenomenal (Teen Wolf, Hoosiers, etc.) And when something legitimately amazing happens, thankfully, YouTube genius AndrewB cobbled one together immediately after last night's amazingness....