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Scott Sizemore's Wife Says She "Might Go Barf" In MLB's First Twitter Meltdown Of The Season
Poor Scott Sizemore. The A's third baseman showed up for the team's first full-squad workout of the spring today, and in the first hour he hurt his knee during fielding drills. The news was tweeted almost immediately by several news outlets, but San Francisco Chronicle beat reporter Susan Slusser's...
Holy Moly Expectations Are Lowly In Washington
Your morning roundup for Feb. 25. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
ESPN's Bio For Serge Ibaka Does Not Know Which African Country He's From
Serge Ibaka is great! He had a triple-double (14 points, 15 rebounds, 11 blocks) last night in the Thunder's 124-118 overtime win over the Nuggets. But the Worldwide Leader, reader Morgan writes in, is shortchanging Ibaka's around-the-world origin....
Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed
Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody....
CBS Fires The Guy Who Reported Joe Paterno's Death Before It Happened
Adam Jacobi: "In the end, CBS had to let me go for the Paterno story going out the way it did, and I understand completely. Thanks, everyone, for reading." [via]...
ESPN.com Solemnly Observes Joe Paterno's Funeral By Crashing A Jeep Through His Casket
That is all. [NESW]...
Here's Video And A Transcript Of Nike Chairman Phil Knight's Vehement Defense Of Joe Paterno
At today's public memorial for Joe Paterno, Nike's Phil Knight called Joe Paterno his "hero" and launched a counterattack against Penn State for the manner in which the university fired its head football coach. Here's the video (from BTN) and the broadcast transcript (unedited) from Knight's eulo...
You Have No Idea Whether Greg Jennings Really Fumbled Or Not, So Shut Up Already
Here's the definitive camera angle on the play from yesterday's Packers-Giants game that everyone is so twisted out of shape about. Greg Jennings is on his way to the ground, and the ball is a fraction of a second from being wrenched out of his grasp, and you can clearly see—what? Unless I missed th...
Turns Out That African Fellow Running A Gold-For-Sale Scam Was Dikembe Mutombo
WHO WANTS TO SEX BUY $10 MILLION WORTH OF CONFLICT MINERALS FROM MUTOMBO?...
Insane Mountain Bike Announcing Theater: "How Does Danny Hart Sit Down With Balls That Big?!" Edition
Some people really like competitive mountain biking. Some people watch competitive mountain biking on television. Some die-hards even go and watch it in person. The two whack jobs doing play-by-play, or whatever you call it in mountain biking, for this particular event, however, do all of the abov...
This Guy Died This Year: Clarence Clemons, Big Sideman
When Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died this year at 69 after a stroke, a lot of the remembrances, including Hickey's in this very webspace, cued up his solo in "Jungleland." "Jungleland" is a great song, one of Bruce's best, filled with lyrical drama and e...
LaMichael James Rides Space Mountain Roller Coaster, Looks Completely Terrified
Your morning roundup for Dec. 28, the day we learned they're onto us. Photo courtesy Kegs 'N Eggs, via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Recalling The Time Bennie Blades Pulled A Bazooka Out Of His Car Trunk To Settle A Fight
Here's a nice, terrifying memory from Lomas Brown—the former NFL player who now says things on ESPN for money—regarding his former Detroit teammate Bennie Blades. Brown told Dan Le Batard and Le Batard's father today that Blades was the "craziest teammate" he ever had, and then shared this special...
Jared Allen Told Ray Edwards, "I'm Going To Punch You Square In Your Wiener, Dude" Before Punching Him Square In The Wiener
Maybe you've seen the video circulating this week that shows Minnesota's Jared Allen punching Atlanta's Ray Edwards directly in the crotch during the Falcons' 24-14 win in Week 12. If not, here it is, and here's Allen's frank explanation of the incident from today's episode of PFT Live:...
Teens' Dispute Over Mickey Mantle Card Leads To Fork Stabbing
A 17-year-old boy from central Pennsylvania faces "assault and harassment charges after jamming the fork into a fellow teen's arm while they fought over a Mickey Mantle baseball card." Hardcore, kids. What's wrong with a simple noogie? [AP]...
Spokesperson: The NFL Has No Policy On Urination
NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello told New York's Daily News the league has no policy regarding players urinating on the sidelines, an issue that drew headlines Sunday as CBS cameras caught Chargers kicker Nick Novak relieving himself late in San Diego's loss to the Denver Broncos....
Tonight On 60 Minutes, CBS Investigates How Kickers Pee On The Sidelines
When nature calls, you have to answer—even as your game's about to head to overtime, as Chargers kicker Nick Novak learned late in San Diego's matchup today with Denver. CBS just happened to choose that moment to discuss Novak's, er, exploits, and caught him in the most private of moments. [CBS]...
Grady Sizemore Will Stay in Cleveland, John Baker’s Psyched To Be A Padre, And Other Rumblings From The Hot Fucking Stove
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!...
Aussie With World's Largest Collection Of Antoine Walker Memorabilia May Also Have World's Only Collection Of Antoine Walker Memorabilia
Matt Clarke from Australia calls himself the "biggest Walker fan in the world." (He's referring to former NBA/current Idaho Stampede player Antoine Walker, in case you don't share his passion.) We will not attempt to disprove that claim. If anyone else on this galaxy happens to own Walker's Timberwo...
If You Have A Hard-On For Baseball-As-Talisman, The Bill Buckner Ball Is Up For Sale
As if I needed to tell you, today is the 25th anniversary of Darryl Strawberry's second inning, one-out walk against Roger Clemens in game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Oh, you didn't realize that? Maybe you're not that big of a baseball fan after all....