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Dead Letters: "I Will Pray That GOD Will Help You Mature And Cleanse Your Mind And Mouth"
Subject: Retaking the SAT...
This High School Hockey Fight Is As Wild As Anything The Pros Do
The heartwarming scene of sportsmanship and camaraderie you see above took place toward the end of yesterday's Holy Cross-Kincardine game in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The gloves came off after a Kincardine player scored a goal in the waning seconds—Kincardine won, 4-1, so the outcome was no lo...
For Clobbering Blake Griffin, Basketball Thug Jason Smith Gets A Light Slap On The Wrist
What's the NBA penalty for deliberately knocking down a star player when he's defenseless, trying to provoke a brawl with his teammates, and then waving your arms to gloat and incite the home crowd after being ejected? Two games. File this one away for the next time David Stern gets mad about the dr...
Cops: Bobby Jenks Said He Smashed Into A Car In A Strip Club Parking Lot And Had To Get Out Of There
We told you this morning about Bobby Jenks's DUI arrest much earlier this morning. Now there are more details from Jenks's arrest report, and they do not reflect positively on the Red Sox reliever....
Abandon Your Prejudices: LeBron James And The Heat Wear Hoodies For Trayvon Martin
LeBron James sent out the above photo on Twitter today, hashtagged "#WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice." (The Miami Herald described the image as "capturing the collective sorrow of so many," which rather misses the point.)...
7 Ways <i>The Hunger Games</i>'s Bleak Future Is Exactly Like All Other Bleak Sci-Fi Futures (Except With Lenny Kravitz)
The Hunger Games finally comes out today, but already the movie's been analyzed from every angle: its potentially huge box-office numbers, why Katniss Everdeen is a female role model, whether or not it's the new Twilight, and, perhaps most importantly, whether or not Lenny Kravitz's stylist characte...
Joba Chamberlain Nearly Bled Out On The Floor Of Rebounderz
A gruesome and scary update to the story of Joba Chamberlain, who yesterday suffered an open dislocation while playing with his son at a Florida indoor trampoline arena. Via Hardball Talk,...
Darren Sharper Says The Saints' Super Bowl Season Has "A Little Bit Of A Black Mark"
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: All Bountygate, all the time....
The Spurs May Be Near The Top Of The NBA, But Their Tickets Are In The Cellar
Time for another look at the least-wanted NBA tickets of the past month. The list of teams on the discount leaderboard is mostly what you'd expect: the Nets, Kings, Jazz, and Hornets, all lottery teams if the season were to end today....
Great Moments In Bedroom Pratfalls
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Dispatches From Fans Of Three Unlikely Sweet 16 Teams
Ohio: "My alma mater is in the Sweet 16. They shouldn't be there. A 13 seed. For a school I usually describe at parties as, 'Ohio University-not the sports one, the other one'—a school once (once?) best known for the frequency and vivacity of its drunken riots—this is bordering on surreal." Read » ...
Jets Fan Who Died Last Week Had Strong Premonition That New York Would Acquire Tim Tebow
The New York Daily News brings us our strongest evidence yet that, with Tebow, we've crossed over into an entirely unfamiliar, Unsolved Mysteries-echoing realm....
How The Heck Did We Get Here? The Baylor Faithful Wander Out Of The Desert
We're running a series of dispatches from fans of unlikely Sweet 16 teams: Ohio, North Carolina State, and Baylor....
How The Hell Did We Get Here? An N.C. State Fan Warms His Championship Memories On A Hotel Hot Plate
We're running a series of dispatches from fans of unlikely Sweet 16 teams: Ohio, North Carolina State, and Baylor....
How The Hell Did We Get Here? An Ohio Fan (Sorta) On Rooting (Maybe) For His School Because Of A Hot Tub (Definitely)
We're running a series of dispatches from fans of unlikely Sweet 16 teams: Ohio, North Carolina State, and Baylor....
Rob Gronkowski's Public Relations Team's Official Response To Our Spring Break Photos And That Story About The 16-Year-Old
Rob Gronkowski's official (unsolicited) comment, presented without comment:...
Goodbye, Old Friend: The Last Oddibe McDowell Water Bill We'll Ever See Is $80.55
The Broward County department of Waste and Wastewater Services is instituting password protection for viewing and paying customers' utility bills. This could be the last Oddibe McDowell water bill we ever see. It's $80.55, including a semi-annual stormwater fee....
$15,000 Says "Brad Johnson Doesn't Finish This Game": More Tales Of Redskins Bounties
The NFL will tell you repeatedly that it's the cover-up, not the crime. That the harshness of the Saints' punishment is due to the lies and obstruction from the higher-ups, even moreso than the actual bounty program. They'll tell you this because they don't want to have to go around investigating an...
Dapper Don Draper Is Back
This Sunday, March 25, the man who makes all of us feel like a complete schlub (but in a nice, feel-goody way), is finally back to spice up the last dregs of the weekend. The two-hour premiere of Mad Men's fifth season is happening at 9/8 c on AMC....
Hey, A Jets Quarterback Controversy! Who Would've Thought?
There is no quarterback controversy, Mike Tannenbaum insisted yesterday. But here's one anyway!...