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Courtside Sixers Fan (Possibly) Yells Racist Slur At Jeremy Lin
As the Knicks were closing out their 82-79 win over the Sixers in Philadelphia tonight, Jeremy Lin headed over in the direction of the scorer's table and a courtside Sixers fan yelled ... something in his direction. Initial conclusions seem to point to "hey, chink". I can't make heads or tails of ...
Now That He's Retired, Hines Ward's Biggest Opponent Might Be His Brain
When Hines Ward announced his retirement Tuesday, the focus was almost entirely on his extraordinary achievements, on his emotions, on his loyalty to the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he had spent all 14 of his NFL seasons (never mind Ward's vow to play elsewhere after the Steelers announced their ...
Today In Jose Canseco Tweets As Motivational Posters: Believe
This is a feature wherein we celebrate Jose Canseco by creating motivational posters out of his actual tweets. We believe it is in this context that the world can best appreciate our favorite Bash Brother....
Manchester City's Ready To Embrace Carlos Tevez Again After His Assist Of Today's Winning Goal Against Chelsea
With a goal that delivered a mighty challenge to the soccer power structure in Manchester, Samir Nasri put City up 2-1 on Chelsea and helped produce a win that brought the squad a single point behind Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League standings....
In Order To Save Football, Roger Goodell Will Destroy It
Roger Goodell suspended Saints head coach Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season today. Of course he did. After all, what better way to get sportswriter after sportswriter to bow down in AWE of your far-reaching authority than to hand down a wildly severe punishment to someone who dares defy the com...
Let's Just Hand The Jets The BCS Trophy Right Now
How many proven winners does your team have at quarterback? Probably not as many as the Jets do. Mark Sanchez went 14-2 at USC. Backup Tim Tebow went 35-6 at Florida. Third-stringer Greg McElroy went 24-3 at Alabama. (We're excluding Drew Stanton from this sample because he is a loser, and because T...
Watch All 234 Goals Leo Messi Scored To Break The Barcelona Record
It's sometimes easy to forget how good Leo Messi is. He performs extraordinary feats with such regularity they seem routine. Messi scores. Again. Messi dribbles through five defenders and scores. Again. Messi dribbles through five defenders, is hacked mercilessly, refuses to go down, dances around...
Sean Payton Suspended One Year, Saints Lose Draft Picks In Bounty Punishment
The NFL was promising to swiftly decide the punishment for the Saints' bounty program, and they were not lying—despite the NFLPA's plea to conduct its own investigation first. Today the league ruled, and the penalties are not crippling, but they are significant. As reported near-simultaneously by A...
A TV Camera Caught A Woman Either Scratching Or Fondling Herself After Sunday's Pistons-Clippers Game
Here's a little something that may or may not be eligible for our C-Roll stash, and it comes to us from those intrepid sleaze merchants over at Busted Coverage. Keep your eye on the woman in red in the video above, which was recorded just after Sunday's Pistons-Clippers game. I'm not sure who narr...
Stephen A. Smith And Skip Bayless Are "Best Friends," And Other Horrifying Things We've Learned About "Skippy"
We learned yesterday that Skip Bayless was an Emmy nominee. O, were that where the parade of horrors ended. Instead, the New York Observer is here to torture us further, devoting a cool 2,000 words to a profile of Ol' Skippy. Here are some of the odious things you would read were you to read Thomas ...
Panthers Score Magic Physics Goal
On Sean Bergenheim's tally, the primary assist goes to the Wells Fargo Center. [The700Level]...
Here's Bob Knight Saying "Kentucky" No Fewer Than Five Times This Morning
Bob Knight said the word "Kentucky" five times this morning on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike In the Morning. Since this is, apparently, important, here's all five of his utterances. A full transcript of the relevant conversation appears below. [ESPN2]...
UMass Fans Celebrate NIT Road Win At Drexel With Middle Fingers, Surprise No One
Last night's NIT clash in Philadelphia between UMass and host Drexel turned out to be the proverbial barnburner, with the Minutemen pulling out a 72-70 victory over the Dragons. Fans who made the trip from Amherst had an especially unique way of celebrating UMass taking the lead late in the game....
Twitter's Favorite Anonymous Sportswriter Has Some Thoughts On Bobby Knight's Latest Embarrassing Debacle
Angry former basketball coach Bobby Knight, now an ESPN color analyst, will not speak the name of those loathsome Kentucky Wildcats on air. Most everyone knows this by now, but no one has been able to get Knight on the record regarding his bratty behavior. So when The Big Lead's Jason McIntrye procu...
This 1969 St. Louis Blues Hand-Drawn Media Guide Is Wonderful
We love cool old things. And while this may not be the oldest hockey relic we've come across, it's absolutely one of the coolest....
How A Career Ends: George Gervin Blew By Me, And I Knew That Was It
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Willie Wise of the 1969 national semifinalist Drake Bulldogs and the 1971 ABA champion Utah Stars....
Skip Bayless, Emmy Nominee
Did you know that sports has its very own Emmy Awards? It's perfectly fair to honor the great work being done out there in the televised sports field, with amazing technical inovation in game broadcasts and shows like Outside the Lines, E:60 and Real Sports doing real, actual journalism on par with ...
Tristan Thompson Wanted No Part Of Being On Deron Williams's Poster
Is there anything Deron Williams can't do? (Other than promise with a straight face that he'll be with the Nets next year. Or beat the Cavs last night.)...
Warriors Fans Booed Their Owner During Chris Mullin's Jersey Retirement, And It Was So Awkward I Can't Even Watch
Right, so, if you can make it through five minutes of near-constant boos for Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob, as he's attempting to honor Chris Mullin by raising his jersey to the rafters, well, you're great at suppressing your cringe reflex....
Dirk Nowitzki High-Fived Roddy Beaubois So Hard He Nearly Knocked His Head Off
Dirk was a little fired up after his running hook shot drew a foul and put the Mavs up 16 during the fourth quarter of last night's win in Denver. His enthusiasm was a bit more than teammate Roddy Beaubois was ready to handle....