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Carolina Panthers Linebacker Thomas Davis Attempting Comeback From Third ACL Reconstruction On Same Knee
Thomas Davis injured his knee during the second game of the season. An MRI would later reveal his third ACL tear on the same knee. Despite his ultimately unsuccessful attempts to come back from ACL reconstruction on two prior occasions, Davis thinks he is going to make history....
Linsanity Reaches Its Cultural Apex With <i>Teen Wolf</i>-Inspired Song
Mark Safan, if you were unaware, was the man responsible for the song "Win In The End" that fittingly scores the final moments of the quintessentially nonsensical 1980's film Teen Wolf. As luck would have it, someone remembered all of these facts and decided to get Mark on board with a new Jeremy ...
Vancouver Canucks Fans Vandalize Church With A Graffiti Penis, Can't Spell "Canucks"
Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is a Vancouver native who is apparently hated by his hometown neighbors....
There's Linsanity In The Garden After Jeremy Lin's Steal-And-Dunk
The Knicks came back from a 12-point deficit with the help of this Jeremy Lin steal-and dunk, capping a 9-0 New York run. [ABC]...
Brighton Conceded Three Own Goals In Its FA Cup Match Today, And The Third Was A Work Of Art
Brighton actually outscored Liverpool 4-3 in today's 5th round FA Cup match at Anfield (one punctuated by this streaker). Unfortunately for Seagulls supporters, three of those goals were directed into their own net....
J.R. Smith Poses Quite The Philosophical Dilemma
On the one hand, one would have to be out of his mind to get a haircut like this on purpose. On the other hand, can one really do anything on purpose without a frontal lobe? So, which came first, the lobotomy or the haircut?...
Coming Up Next On "EPSN" News: "SportsCernter"
They're sure to discuss the unfortunate "Sink In The Amour" controversy....
There Was A Streaker At Anfield [UPDATE]
Last week we had a cat on the pitch at Anfield. Today, in the closing moments of stoppage time in Liverpool's 6-1 thrashing of Brighton, we had an honest-to-goodness streaker—clad only in sneakers and captured in his full frontal glory. [Fox Soccer]...
ESPN Once Again Shares Headline Space With "Chink"
Here, courtesy of @mforbes37, is ESPN's latest appearance in international headlines. Thanks to my pathetic unilinguality, the very thing ESPN would like me not to associate with it is the only thing I can read....
Buzz Bissinger: I Don't Have A Problem With Linsanity Jokes, Because Nobody's Calling Him A "Gook"
Noted curmudgeon Buzz Bissinger dropped by CNN this morning to offer his thoughts on Linsanity and what he implied was an overreaction to coverage of racist or stereotyped portrayals of Jeremy Lin....
ESPN Fires "Chink In The Armor" Scribe
ESPN has acted swiftly and definitively to the outrage of its own creation. The headline writer? Gone. The anchor (Max Bretos) with a similar slip of the tongue? Suspended. Thirty days. The radio guy who made the same mistake? Someone else's problem—he's not an ESPN employee. Phew. ...
Mike Tomlin: Not A Fan Of Cameras
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin dropped by Lexington yesterday to check out the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats' SEC match against Ole Miss as a guest of UK head coach John Calipari, a Pittsburgh-area native....
Does Phil Hughes Have What It Takes To Make It In New York?
It takes a certain testicular fortitude to find success in New York. Many have come to the Yankees for the fat paycheck and promise of eternal glory. Some make it, and some shrink before it. The Jury is still out on Phil Hughes, but the Yanks would be nuts to give up on him now....
Everyone But This Young Woman's Father Can Agree That <i>This</i> Is An Appropriate Jeremy Lin Pun
Your morning roundup for Feb. 19. Image via. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
<em>Saturday Night Live</em>'s Linsanity Cold Open Officially Exhausted The List Of Lin Puns
If you missed Saturday Night Live tonight (or if you live on the West Coast where it hasn't aired yet) here's the actually-okay cold open, which gives Linsanity the full treatment, with a heavy nod to last night's ESPN.com unfortunate turn of phrase. [NBC]...
David Haye Showed Up At Dereck Chisora's Post-Fight Presser, Tried To Beat Him With A Tripod
The circus that surrounded British heavyweight Dereck Chisora during his unsuccessful attempt to take the WBC title from Vitali Klitschko continued after the fight, when fellow Brit David Haye arrived to, apparently, start some shit....
We Have Our First NASCAR Wreck Of The Season
We have David Ragan to thank for opening the NASCAR season properly, with his push of Paul Menard leading to a multi-car wreck on the ninth lap of tonight's Budweiser Shootout....
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Dereck Chisora May Have A Death Wish, As He Spat Water In Wladimir Klitschko's Face Just Before Today's Fight
It's the seventh round of Dereck Chisora's WBC title challenge against Vitali Klitschko, but the most interesting action took place before the bout began. ...
Small Child Attempts To Fight Professional Hockey Player
The Chicago Blackhawks were in the middle of skating out the final 15 minutes of a 6-1 thumping of the Columbus Blue Jackets when one of the most absurd-looking fights ever broke out. You may have thought it was a child playfully climbing on an adult, but it was actually two professional hockey pl...