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Tony Randazzo Ejected Mike Aviles From A Game That Was Already Over
When we profiled umpire Tony Randazzo last year, we noted he had an "aggressive attitude." That aggression was on display tonight in New York, as the ump blew a call with two outs in the ninth inning, tossed Mike Aviles from the game after it was already over, then taunted Indians skipper Terry Fra...
Surgical Mask-Wearing Gang Roughs Up Mourners At Chinese Hospital
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs:"Fight outside hospital in Guangdong, China." Tonight's commentator: TNF's Beijing Correspondent Anthony Tao. (Coming next week: Either a prom brawl or a jewelry store me...
Ex-ESPNer David Berson Is The Clear Successor To Take Over CBS Sports
David Berson is the new president of CBS Sports, a jump up from his previous role overseeing the difficult-to-remember-it-exists CBS Sports Network. Sean McManus will remain chairman of CBS Sports, but I've been told that his job will become increasingly figurehead-ish and Berson is going to take o...
We Say Goodbye To <em>Inside The NBA</em> With A Horrifying Image Of Chuck
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Flo Rida's Manager Was Ejected From Game In Miami
You might think that empty seat was purchased for the sole purpose of giving Flo Rida's neck a break from the burden of that enormous Jesus piece. You would be a sensible and concerned individual, but an oh-so-very-wrong one....
Boxer Urges Opponent To Fight, Is Immediately Knocked Out
This junior middleweight bout in Florida provides a nice little entry for the Be Careful What You Wish For file....
Top Recruit Says Coach Promised Him A Meeting With Michael Jackson
Da'Shawn Hand is the No. 1 ranked high school football player in the country, and he recently sat down with CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman to talk about what life as the prize of the Division I recruiting circuit has been like. It sounds like he's been meeting some pretty dumb people....
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We Got An Email From A Guy Who Claims This Is A Davis Love III Tattoo
The email, from reader Alex, reads in full:...
Oakland Fired Its P.R. Man Because Mark Davis Is His Father's Son
The Oakland Raiders fired their P.R. director, Zak Gilbert, Saturday because team owner Mark Davis did not like an article in Sports Illustrated that recapped Oakland's fourth 4-12 finish in the past 10 years. Davis felt the article reflected poorly on the way he and his late father ran the team and...
Matt Cooke's Dirty Hit Last Night Got A Fan Kicked Out Of His Band
In yesterday's NHL Eastern Conference finals game between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins, the Bruins crushed the Pens in Pittsburgh, 3-0, to take a 1-0 series lead. The biggest uproar from the night, however, may have come following a vicious, illegal hit early in the second period. ...
The Best-Kept Secret
Another sure-shot for you—David Owen's 1982 Esquire piece on the late, great Murray Kempton: ...
Don't Mess With Texas
If you've never read it, this is a treat: Gary Cartwright's classic 1968 piece for Haper's: "Confessions of a Washed-Up Sportswriter." Here we have a first-hand account of Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins, Blackie Sherrod and the legendary Forth Worth Press in the Fifties:...
Wild Deer Tries Its Hand At Horse Racing
Yep, that's a wild deer chasing down two horses this morning at Keeneland Racecourse. It looked to be closing down, but it just ran out of track. Let's get a saddle on that doe and see if we can film another Seabiscuit. ...
AS Monaco Signs Radamel Falcao. Wait...<i>What</i>?
The European transfer window isn't even open for another month, but the biggest summer signing may have already happened. French club AS Monaco, newly-promoted to Ligue 1, have bought Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Spanish side Atletico Madrid for somewhere between 45 and 60 million euros. Mo...
Taste Test: Uncrustables. What Does The Crustless PB&J Say About Us?
One of parenthood's myriad challenges, as any parent will attest, is finding the time in one's overscheduled, playdate- and tedious-errand-choked day to make weirdo peanut-butter-and-jelly-stuffed pierogi to foist upon our frightened and sobbing children. Thankfully, somebody at The J.M. Smucker Co...
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Steelers Tackle Mike Adams Hospitalized After Stabbing [UPDATE]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have just released a statement saying Mike Adams, their second-year offensive tackle, was stabbed early this morning in what looks like an attempted robbery in the city's South Side. Adams, 23, had to be hospitalized....
Map: Do You Live In IHOP America Or Waffle House America?
America might be a fast-food nation, but at least it's a rich, greasy tapestry of fast food. In-N-Out Burger is the jewel of the West Coast. Massachusetts seems to breed Dunkin' Donuts franchises the way it used to breed Kennedys. Oklahoma and Wyoming are the only states to have both Hardee's and Ca...
The Marlins Are Responsible For 40 Percent Of MLB's Attendance Drop
Today's Tom Verducci column in Sports Illustrated contains a very sad bit of information about everyone's favorite laughingstock of a franchise: the Miami Marlins....