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Rick Reilly Rips Off Rick Reilly ... Again
You have to wonder about the return on investment for Rick Reilly. ESPN pays Reilly millions to squeeze out meconium-scented goo like this piece on the Caltech basketball team. You could literally automate this kind of hackwork. And Reilly often does....
The Buzz Bissinger-Mark Cuban Twitter Fight, Transcribed And Animated
If you haven't read Buzz Bissinger's column for the Daily Beast about white fans and race in the NBA, you might want to. It's become quite the talked-about piece, mainly because Mark Cuban called out Bissinger about it on Twitter. There's nothing much original in the column. It's more or less the ...
Look, That Greg Anthony Retweet About Getting "Fucked In The Ass Or The Throat" Was Spam, OK?
It's gone now, but ESPN's Greg Anthony apparently had an interesting retweet this morning:...
There Is A Pau Gasol Impersonator For Hire At A Bargain $600 Per Hour
We give you Michael Fanter, a guy who has kind of made a name for himself by kind of looking like Pau Gasol....
Here's Derrick Rose Going Between The Legs To Joakim Noah
This is one of Rose's nine assists in Chicago's 105-77 drubbing of the Wizards last night. It's also, you'll notice, a one-year Calipari point guard schooling a younger one-year Calipari point guard, John Wall, in the NBA fast break. Rose finished with 21 and 9; Wall had 9 and 10....
The Unique Challenge Of The NHL Trade Deadline: Twitter Impostors
The deadline is minutes away, but already the NHL has seen some major movement: Brad Richards to the Leafs, Marty Reasoner to the Canucks, Dustin Penner to the Canadiens...oh wait, none of those moves actually happened. They were all reported by fake Twitter accounts impersonating hockey writers, an...
American Brutalizes Canada With Sensational Goal In Jamaica
Nathan Smith, defender from California, robbed Canada of its desire to compete and live on Sunday when he scored this incredible goal during extra time of the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 championship in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The goal broke the 450-minute shutout streak of Canadian keeper Maxime Crepeau, wh...
Wrigley Field Is Looking For A New PA Announcer, Inquire Within
Have you ever wanted to announce the lineup of a historically mediocre baseball team? Stepping up to the plate, your catcher, number 55, KOYIE HILL!...
Italian Soccer Team Takes Giant Dump All Over Sportsmanship
Yes, we know that headline sounds redundant. But check out what Lega Pro (third tier) side Foggia pulled off yesterday. Down a goal with five minutes remaining, a Foggia player went down "injured." As is customary, Gela kicked the ball out to give him a chance to recover. But Foggia rushed a throw...
Here's A Soccer Player Kicking A Defenseless Fluffy Owl In The Face
This is a clip from a Sunday match between Junior Barranquilla and Deportivo Pereira of Colombia's Primara A. The owl, which is apparently Junior's club pet, made it on to the field in the middle of play and Pereira defender Luis Moreno swiftly booted it three meters off the field. Moreno hasn't b...
Faster. Stronger. Smarter?
Da'Rel Scott ran a 4.34 40, impressive because he's 211 lbs. Stephen Paea benched 225 lbs 49 times, impressive because he's a human being. But the number most being talked about is 48: as in Alabama QB Greg McElroy's near-perfect Wonderlic score, amazing to many because he's a college football playe...
Donald Sterling Wants You To Know He Cares About Black People
Here's your morning roundup for Feb. 28, the day an ESPN cameraman may have lost a job....
Rip Hamilton Yelled At Coach John Kuester So Hard The Younger Pistons Were Mortified
Your morning roundup for Feb. 27, the day that Earth's show-business sect finally recognizes all that Queen Amidala of Naboo has done for them, and for all the rebellion....
Soccer Medic Helps Others Through The Healing Power Of Somersaults
Here he comes to save the day. That means Daniel de Sousa Araújo, medic for Brazilian soccer team Comercial-PI, is on the way. This video's from a Copa do Brasil game earlier this week. He takes the time to show off his rather-subpar gymkata moves before tending to an injured player....
Phillies Prospect Upset That Coke Charges Brought His Character Into Question
When young outfielder Tyson Gillies came to the Phillies organization via the 2009 Cliff Lee-to-Seattle trade, they probably didn't expect that cops would find him on the side of the road waving his shirt all happy-like, and cocaine in the backseat of the car in which the cop drove him home. But th...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit dissipates like any financial worry No. 23 DeAngelo Hall had when Danny Boy signed him to a six-year, $54 million deal in 2009....
The Detroit Pistons Went With A Malcontent-Free Six-Man Roster Last Night
Your morning roundup for Feb. 26, the day San Francisco starts looking for messages in the snow....
A Case Of Mistaken Snyder
We have for you this morning an amusing tale from D.C. Sports Bog about another Dan Snyder, a man who now lugs around the burden of a besmirched name:...
This Was The Day Snow Tits Evolved Into Telestrator Tits
Halfway through the second period of tonight's Detroit Red Wings/Dallas Stars game, booth talk apparently turned to penalty-box shoulder pads. The end result: Telestrator Breastuses on what appears to be Mike Ribeiro of the Stars. (H/T Ryan C.)...
Exonerated Duke Lax Player Disputes $6.5 Million Tax Bill
The federal taxman says Reade Seligmann, he of the Duke wrongful-rape-accusation scandal, owes the IRS $6,492,377 million in income tax. The income in question came from 2007, which is the same year Seligmann et al reached a settlement with the school to "eliminate the possibility of future litigat...