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Waxing Off Writer Scrooged By New England SportsNet
So it seems that one of our Waxing Off writers got into hot water with Comcast New England over something she wrote for us. You fired Cameron! You bastards!...
Crimson Tide Suspends Top Tackle
Alabama's All-World tackle Andre Smith has been suspended and will not play in the Sugar Bowl. Ironically, he plans to work out his frustrations by eating an entire bowl of sugar. [Tide Corner]...
The New York Jets Would Like To Hear More About This Slapping Idea
• Awwwwkward: It's really not helping your team when you earn a red card for slapping another player. Especially when the slapee is your own captain. [Unprofessional Foul]...
Sal Paolantonio has some inside information
Or he's a witch. Listen to his eerily accurate predictions for yesterday's games. [950 ESPN]...
The Year In ... Parents Gone Wild
So, the next few days will be chock full of end-of-year retrospectives. We'll do our own as well. Today: Parents gone wild....
Do Not Taunt Chris Paul
This tale of fandom gone wrong—independently confirmed by Pacers beat writer Mike Wells—is an excellent reason to make Chris Paul your new favorite player....
The Worst Bowl Game In The World
As you're reading this, North Carolina State and Rutgers are playing at what has to be the absolute lowest level of collegiate football— a website-sponsored bowl game in Birmingham, Alabama, on a Monday afternoon....
What do you think Natalie Gulbis' Twitter would read like?
"Monica Seles arrives to the boat! yeah! everyone is here now i will send pictures tomorrow!" Exactly. [Natalie Gulbis Twitter]...
Dead Rangers Prospect Was Doping
Was the story of Alexei Cherepanov, the 19-year-old hockey phenom who died earlier this year in Moscow, not sad enough? Because Russian officials have some new depressing details they'd like to pile on....
A Long Winter In Bloomington
Indiana blows a 21-point lead at home, loses to the 5-6 Lipscomb Bisons. That sentence doesn't make me as gleeful as it probably should. [AP/Yahoo]...
The Year In...Dushdom
So, the next few days will be chock full of end-of-year retrospectives. We'll do our own as well. Today: Dushbag central....
SHOTY Final Four: Buzz Bissinger Vs. Erin Andrews
Welcome back, everybody. Some of you worked last Friday, some of you still aren't back at work today. But whatever, it's SHOTY time, time to wake up, people....
Singletary Gets The Job, A 69-Yard Field Goal Try, And What's The Deal With Brady's Knee?
Notes from the final week of the NFL regular season, this week with no Brett Favre ......
Athletic Trainer Did More Than Tape Ankles, Apparently
Did your high school athletic trainer look like this? Mine neither. In fact my school didn't have a full-time trainer, which meant no blow jobs. It's different for Tustin High athletes....
It Only Takes One
Kevin Laue, the one-armed basketball player inspires armless everywhere. [NYT]...
Browns Can Crennel, Are Then Rebuffed By Cowher (Update)
He was 24-40 in four seasons as head coach of the Browns and more importantly, 0-8 against the Steelers. Which means that your next NFL head coach to win an extended vacation is Romeo Crennel....
Detroit's Rod Marinelli Receives Least Surprising Firing Ever
The Detroit Lions are... undefeated. They lost all 16 games in impressive fashion this year, and even though coach Rod Marinelli says he's ready to lose 16 more, he has officially been let go....
And Your Next Head Coach To Clean Out His Locker Will Be ... Eric Mangini
OK everyone, act surprised. Not only did Chad Pennington knock the Jets out of the playoffs, but he appears to have scuttled its head coach as well. Mangini, gone!...
It's Sorgi Time
I'll take this one Peyton. Week 17 belongs to Jim Sorgi. Not even Smokey Robinson's Miracles could be a more reliable backup. [Daily Snowman]...
The Cowboys Have Fallen And They Can't Get Up
As the Eagles celebrated a few doors away, Tony Romo was discovering that no amount of soap and water could wash away the smell of yet another December failure. He even collapsed in the shower while trying....