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Photos: Marlins Park Is Satisfyingly Empty
Well, what do you know? It turns out Jeffrey Loria and David Samson were lying when they said the Marlins needed a new ballpark to draw. Maybe they need a new owner....
Bird-Flipping Red Sox Fan Is Less Than Impressed By Chris Davis's Homer
The Red Sox are surprising fans and pundits with their quick start in the AL East, though the Orioles cut into that lead thanks in part to a ninth inning Chris Davis homer that sparked a five run rally. Davis's performance so far this season has been impressive—to everyone but Boston fans, at least....
Cubs Prospect Jorge Soler Attacked The Opposing Dugout With A Bat Tonight
Details are still scarce, but apparently one of Chicago's top prospects, Jorge Soler, was ejected from the Daytona Cubs game against the Clearwater Threshers tonight when he charged the Threshers dugout with a bat after exchanging some words with Daytona's second baseman. ...
Benlands. Terrence Malick's <em>To The Wonder</em>, With A Silent Affleck, Reviewed.
1. You can make all the jokes you want about Terrence Malick's movies, particularly these last two later-era ones, whose interest in normal movie things like "plots" and "stories" and "coherent narratives" is minimal at best, but they knock my socks off. I know that both The Tree of Life and now To ...
FIU's Beach Towel Court Is A Reality
We knew this was coming, and we had originally anticipated that the final design of FIU's beach-themed court would be a bit more traditional than the proposed designs that were tweeted out by then-coach Richard Pitino. Not so. FIU has gone full Margaritaville on us. ...
The judge who let Penn State's lawyer into the grand jury room says whether that decision should spoil the criminal case against the three university administrators accused of covering for Jerry Sandusky is not his call. Also, the trials for those three administrators probably won't take place until...
The Zombie Invasion Has Begun, And They Are Targeting San Francisco
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UConn's Geno Auriemma went ahead and won his eighth national title last night, with a 93-60 rout over Louisville. He now matches former Tennessee coach (and longtime rival) Pat Summitt in NCAA titles ("that puts you in a category with the greatest women's basketball coach that's ever lived," he said...
A "Roller Derby Powerhouse" Breaks Down A Chicago Fast-Food Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Chicago Wrigleyville Bacci Brawl." Tonight's commentator: Jamie Ramsay aka Varla Vendetta of the Windy City Rollers. (Coming next week: Steve "ESPO" Powers breaks down an arts-related...
Adam Schefter Won't Take A Vacation
Adam Schefter explained some of his robotic reportorial tendencies today:...
Kornheiser's Eyes Grew Wide When He Saw Pernetti's Big Package
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Penn State Athletics Donations Dropped After Sandusky, But Football Giving Quintupled
It's hard to quantify the effect the Jerry Sandusky cover-up and resultant NCAA penalties had on Penn State. School pride bounced back from the body blow with a circle-the-wagons mentality. Recruiting took a hit, though far from the disaster some predicted. But with the release of an athletic depart...
Central Figure In Selena Roberts's Nothingburger Auburn Story Pleads Guilty
Mike McNeil, the central figure in Selena Roberts's much-bruited story about the University of Auburn football program, has pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery. He will serve at least three years in prison, nothing like the 21-years-to-life sentence he'd faced on the original charges. That brings...
Steelers Player Tweets Really Dumb Photo
Last October, Steelers nose tackle Alameda Ta'amu got wasted and decided to play bumper cars with several parked vehicles on Pittsburgh's South Side. Thursday, Ta'amu was sentenced to just 18 months' probation for it all. Last night, Ta'amu's friend tweeted the photo you see here, and Ta'amu re-twee...
A Scary Minor League Hockey Injury Led To This Blood-Covered Skate
This skate belongs to Eric Wellwood of the Adirondack Phantoms, the Flyers' AHL affiliate, who hurt himself during a game yesterday afternoon. The blood is his own, and the injury—a severed tendon in his right leg, just above the ankle—was of his own doing....
Man Shot With Arrow At Gentleman's Club
A security guard at the Ball Gentleman’s Club in Knoxville, Tennessee suffered only minor injuries after he was reportedly shot with an arrow. ...
<em>Saturday Night Live</em> Took On The Mike Rice Video Tonight
Tonight's Saturday Night Live unleashed this parody just as the Michigan-Syracuse game was coming to its ugly end, so the Mike Rice-savvy audience out there may have missed it....
