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David Robinson Was Victimized By One Of The Great Videobombs Of All Time
NBA Hall-Of-Famer David Robinson decided to take in today's Kansas State-Texas game, but even at 7'1" his view could be blocked by an old woman who stood up when he was sitting. [ESPN]...
Digger Phelps Is Tired Of Kentucky Fans' Bullshit; Kentucky Fans Tell Him To Go To Hell
Kentucky basketball fans have invaded Nashville in an attempt to overwhelm Vanderbilt fans ahead of today's matchup between the Wildcats and Commodores, one which ESPN chose as its College GameDay site of the week. (They're not-so-cleverly calling it "Occupy Memorial.")...
Bill Murray Is Wearing A Ghillie Suit And Punting Footballs At The Pebble Beach Pro-Am
I'd urge anyone watching this to try not to make sense of it. Bill Murray (paired with D.A. Points) is competing today at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in a ghillie suit, what appear to be gardening gloves, and at one point he punted a football into the crowd. It's all so ludicrously surreal you may wi...
Jerry Sandusky's Wife Nearly Ran Down A Reporter With Her Car, And It Was All Caught On Camera
Yesterday, on the eve of Jerry Sandusky's latest court hearing, Courtney Brennan of Pittsburgh's WPXI-TV was taping a report in front of the Sanduskys' house. It starts off looking like your standard TV news story: An earnest Brennan ready to give an overview of neighbors' complaints to police a...
Someone Shot Creepy Video Of Jerry Sandusky Throwing Biscuits To His Dog
Ol' Jerry gave his own Checkers speech earlier today in front of the Centre County (Pa.) Courthouse. "Now I can't take our dog on my deck and throw out biscuits to him," he said. That's because people were apparently filming him taking his dog on his deck and throwing biscuits out to it. You can wa...
Jerry Sandusky Just Wants To Walk His Dog [UPDATE]
The latest hearing in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case was held this morning in Bellefonte, Pa., to hash out a number of pre-trial issues. We'll have more this afternoon, but so far it's worth passing along this much: Because neighbors have complained Sandusky has been watching children at ...
Dana White Is "Beyond Disappointed" That Nick Diaz Tested Positive For Pot...Again
Disappointed, yes. Surprised? Hardly. Nick Diaz loves him some weed, and the Nevada State Athletic Commission has busted him for it again. In 2007, his amazing gogoplata win over Takanori Gomi in Las Vegas was bumped down to a "No-Contest" after Diaz tested positive for marijuana. Later that year, D...
Jordan Jefferson Still Wonders Why LSU Didn't Call Some Different Plays In The BCS Title Game
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: Bubble screen! Bubble screen! Bubble screen!...
Three Men Have Now Accused Wisconsin's Former Associate AD Of Sexual Misconduct
John Chadima had resigned in early January, and a subsequent report said it was because he allegedly grabbed the crotch of a subordinate during the football team's Rose Bowl trip. The subordinate, who turned out to be a student, did not wish to press charges, and neither did another accuser who cam...
Rodney Harrison Is An Idiot. Let Rob Gronkowski Dance!
You may have seen this video of Pats tight end Rob Gronkowski and tackle Matt Light, fresh off of losing the Super Bowl, doing what I would be probably be doing if I just lost the biggest game of my life: getting shitfaced, dancing shirtless, and trying to get laid. But of course, Rodney Harrison do...
The Dallas Mavericks' "Secret Weapon": Cryotherapy
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: Jason Kidd goes cold....
A Fair-And-Balanced Look At What Fox Called “The Greatest Live Premier League Match In US Television History”
From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at [email protected]. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than...
Fax Machine Follies On Signing Day
We don't talk about national signing day much around these parts, unless there are pert coed rumps involved. Because the rest of it is pretty much all about fax machines. And no one likes or cares about fax machines, except office workers and rapt college football fans. Listen to Josh Levin, on this...
Jerry Sandusky's Neighbors Say He's Been Watching Children From His Back Porch
The complaints have prompted prosecutors to argue for a revision of Sandusky's bail conditions; they filed court papers today arguing he shouldn't be allowed outside except for medical reasons. Yes, Jerry Sandusky lives next to an elementary school. [AP]...
Hey, Michigan: Illinois Will Show You Their Athletic Director's Contract If You Show Them Yours
We like to request records from public universities from time to time. We also like to request the requests made to these universities, which lets us know who's snooping around where. Mainly, it's reporters. Occasionally, though, one of our meta-requests reveals some high-level intercollegiate inani...
Childbirth Is A Precious Rite Of Passage, If You Enjoy Agony, Terror, And Flying Jets Of Blood
When it comes to the Birthing Experience, I'd like to focus on the end, the summing up of everything, when the doctor in the delivery room turned to me and held up the gore-smeared, still-pulsing umbilical cord and asked if I would like to cut it....
"Was That A Sasquatch?” The Misery Of Watching Canadian Super Bowl Ads
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
You Have Four Days Remaining To Bid On This Leather-Bound & Autographed Copy Of Jerry Sandusky's Book
There are apparently only 250 leather-bound copies of Touched by Jerry Sandusky (and Kip Richeal) in existence, and this one's autographed by Sandusky, Matt Millen, Greg Buttle, Kyle Brady, Lance Mehl, Ed O'Neil and Jack Ham. It comes complete with a certificate of authenticity, which I'm guessing ...
Hot In Super Bowl Commercials: Car Commercials Starring People Who Kill People With Their Cars!
What's the difference between nostalgia and remembering stuff? Hey, there's Matthew Broderick selling Hondas. It looks like fun to ride around with Matthew Broderick in a car. Unless he's in Northern Ireland and he's in the wrong lane and he kills you, like he killed Margaret Doherty and Anna Gallag...