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Who Wants To Sex The Tim Tebow?: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
Today, Football spanned the globe. At least if you still subscribe to Eurocentrism. Lots of fun stuff to discuss down below. ...
Neftali Feliz's Ninth Inning Last Night Was Freaky And Amazing
The top of the ninth in last night's "World" Series game, which the Rangers won (2-1, evening the series at 1-1), reminded us how easily 67-year-old .199 career hitter Tony La Russa kneecaps his raw talent. In this particular case, La Russa pulled overpowering strikeout-happy closer Jason Motte (8.3...
Soccer Player Apparently Stabbed In Eyeball After Soft Slap To Neck
The business of cataloging awful (and sometimes admirable) injury performances in soccer games is an important one, and we do not take it lightly. Also not apparently taken lightly: Incidental contact to Lille's Aurélien Chedjou's neck. The contact somehow automatically transported to the Cameroon...
This Is Shaq Speaking Out Against Anti-Gay Bullies
First, Michael Irvin appeared on the cover of Out magazine this summer and acknowledged how he's come to accept his gay older brother. Now, here's Shaq teaming up with the folks from GLAAD to lend his own voice to the issue. Progress. [SLAM]...
Mr. Congeniality Bill Belichick Has Some Thoughts On The Postgame Coach Handshake
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: Bill says it's all the media's fault....
Watch Jim Harbaugh And Jim Schwartz Almost Fight
This pretty much speaks for itself. Harbaugh pulled the ol' Lift Up My Shirt In Exultant Victory And Exuberantly Slap Five With My Opponent. Schwartz wasn't feeling it....
Meet Tim Tebow And Tony Dungy's Christian Sensei
Tomorrow's New York Times has a short story on Nathan Whitaker, who is presumably among the most successful people in the football-media nexus, and presumably unbeknownst to you....
The Many Faces Of Bomani Jones
Paul Finebaum doing what Paul Finebaum does was too much for the Outside The Lines panel to mentally handle. Most notably, it transformed mild-mannered Bomani Jones into a cartoon character. We've screengrabbed some of his more expressive countenances, so that history will never forget....
A Hank Williams Jr. Discussion Turned ESPN's OTL Into <em>The Morton Downey Jr. Show</em>
I mean, I think this conversation was about Hank Williams Jr. It was less than a minute old when Paul Finebaum, an Alabama radio personality, said Dave Zirin had uttered the "single stupidest [statement] [he's] ever heard in the history of this program." After that, Bomani Jones made some hilariou...
Hope Solo And Friends Grace The Covers Of <i>ESPN The Magazine</i>'s Nudie Issue
ESPN The Magazine debuted its annual Body Issue today. Good news, aspiring suitors: Hope Solo is on one of the four covers, in some kind of warrior yoga pose—one that is, of course, intended as "a celebration and exploration of the athletic form."...
Did Buffalo Outsmart Bill Belichick?
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Dodgers Game Marred By Giants Fan Trying To Interrupt The "Don't Stop Believing Guy"
The blog "Vin Scully Is My Homeboy" started its Friday off with a post titled, "Giants fan tries to disturb 'Don't Stop Believin' Guy,'" with DSBG being somewhat of a Chavez Ravine Idol contestant who performs Journey for his fellow attendees. The horror. And at the last home game of the season, n...
Bill Belichick, Terror Of The High Seas, On Roller Skates
Your morning roundup for Sept. 23, the day we learned Einstein might have been wrong about that whole theory of relativity jazz. Photo courtesy Larry Brown Sports, via @xmasape. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Djokovic-Federer Had Nothing On Christ-Satan, Says Writer Who Is Not Joking
"The match between Djokovic and Federer in New York was quite a spectacle, but it was nothing compared to Christ's victory over sin and death and Satan. 'And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.' (Colossians 2:15) Memo to ...
A Handy Timeline Guide To The Ongoing Hack-A-Shaq Saga
A reader, who only wants credit to go to "Colin," has sent in this exhaustive guide to the Hack-A-Shaq saga that we've been dutifully (and somewhat regrettably) following for the past few weeks. We found this version—in familiar brick free-throw form (with artistic liberties taken as regards to his ...
Eli Manning Told Suzy Kolber He Was Impressed With How Big Brandon Stokley's Package Grew During The Game
Here's Eli Manning with some important postgame football talk about how wide receiver Brandon Stokley's package size changed during tonight's game. Giants won, 28-16, even though the offense didn't play too well....
Here's Video Of Bill Belichick Cursing At Derrick Mason Before Shouting, "Can You Look At The Scoreboard?"
I've already recommended that you check out A Football Life, the NFL Films documentary that followed Coach Hoodie during the 2009 season. Of the many revelations into Belichick's persona, this clip of him cursing at then-Ravens receiver Derrick Mason received the most attention as soon as the piece ...
College Football In Mississippi Has Gone To The Dogs
Your morning roundup for Sept. 16, the day we found out soda fountains could be deadly. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
We've Distilled The Most Thrilling Moments From NFL Films' Bill Belichick Documentary For You
The NFL Network will premiere A Football Life this Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. We know you've all been waiting for this ever since 2009, when Belichick became the first person ever wired for an entire season, and so we've gone ahead and put together some of the highlights for you....
MLB Physically Took FDNY And NYPD Caps From The Mets To Keep Them From Wearing Them Last Night
MLB's hopes for again being the go-to sports healing for September 11th were boned the second they realized the anniversary fell on an NFL Sunday. But they would have been hard-pressed to screw it up more than they did. The Yankees were on the road, the Nationals had a short little ceremony, and the...