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Did Mike Trout Lose The Gold Glove Because His Corner Outfielders Were Too Good?
The Gold Gloves were handed out this week, and without Derek Jeter as a finalist, we were prepared for a controversy-free awards. We were wrong. Mike Trout, the statistical darling who’s totally going to lose the MVP to Miguel Cabrera, couldn’t even get named his league’s best center fielder, losing...
When He Was A Player, The Marlins' New Manager Did Basically Everything Naked
Mike Redmond is the new administrative face of the failed Marlins. He got that job presumably because he's a reliable, steadfast leader. A grit guy. A scrapper. A serious fellow, unlike Ozzie, that putz....
The Baltimore Ravens Accidentally Sent Their Gameplan To Dennis Pitta, A 60-Year-Old Professor
Dennis Pitta is a tight end for the Baltimore Ravens. Dennis Pitta is also a professor at the University of Baltimore. Stay with me, now. There are two different Dennis Pittas in Baltimore, one more famous than the other, and because of this, Professor Pitta gets a lot of unintended correspondence,...
James Harden And Jeremy Lin Are Free And Really Fun To Watch
Prior to this season, James Harden and Jeremy Lin were two players who'd never had the chance to write their own stories. In New York, Lin was pressed into service as both a humble standard-bearer and a basketball messiah, one whose actual abilities were obscured by the phenomenon he created. In Okl...
Mike Redmond Is The Marlins' New Manager
Which no-hit catcher was going to get this offseason's first managerial job? Mike Matheny got his last year. Would it be Brad Ausmus, the Ivy Leaguer who delighted the Red Sox? Sal Fasano, who won Eastern League manager of the year in 2011? Nah, it's gonna be Mike Redmond, Heyman reports....
The Bill Simmons Problem, In Two Paragraphs
Here, from Grantland, is a passage of astute and passionate basketball analysis by Bill Simmons, about the breakup of the Oklahoma City Thunder:...
Bristolmetrics: Even John Kruk's Hindsight Is Terrible
This a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
Jerry Sandusky Arrives At Prison
He will not have a cellmate and will be subject to heightened supervision and an escort when not in his cell. He will get an hour of individual exercise five days a week and three showers a week....
Whatever You Do, Don't Watch Thursday Night Football Tomorrow
This-the first year in which the NFL (and its subsidiary network, the NFL Network) has "graciously" "offered" us a full year of Thursday Night Football-has been a strange year for Thursday Night Football. Namely: the games were good matchups. Let's recall them quickly:...
There Is Something Fishy About Eric Gordon's Knee Injury
Earlier today, the New Orleans Hornets announced that all-star shooting guard Eric Gordon will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. Gordon has been dealing with pain in his right knee since having arthroscopic surgery on it back in February. Knees can be fickle, and the announcement that Gordon w...
Barry Melrose's Twitter Feed Is A Depressing Barometer Of The NHL Lockout
With the NHL in the middle of another lockout, ESPN analyst/hockey man/mullet person Barry Melrose has been occasionally chronicling his thoughts on Twitter the past several weeks. In that time, we've seen hockey's only voice on the Worldwide Leader slowly lose his hopes for an NHL season. ...
"The Impact On Science Will Be Terrible": Sandy's Effect On NYU Hospital Is Worse Than You Think
An executive at another New York City hospital, who asked to remain anonymous, just shared with us the following:...
Things We Cannot Endorse: This Gary Bettman Shooting Range Target
I am every bit as frustrated about the lockout as you are. I am a hockey fan, and also I would rather suck on an antifreeze lollipop than write about escrow payments. But I'm also a pussy coastal liberal and am slightly uncomfortable with people pointing guns at even a caricature of another person, ...
Report: Tomorrow's Knicks-Nets Season Opener Has Been Canceled
A few minutes ago The New York Times' Richard Sandomir sent the following tweet:...
Here's The First Clip Of Metta World Peace's Lifetime Movie
Ron Artest IS Metta World Peace IS Garlin Fincher, a veteran detective trading the mean streets of Atlanta for the wilds of Afghanistan. His reasons are his own, his methods unorthodox, but he always gets his man....
Kevin Garnett Straight Up Ignored Ray Allen When He Came Over To Say Hi
We knew Ray Allen's departure from Boston was something less than amicable. Allen dropped hints about how he had been forced out of Boston, meanwhile Doc Rivers made it known that Allen refused to return any of his or Danny Ainge's phone calls. What should have been a pure business decision (Allen w...
A $7,500 Charitable Donation Could Get You A Pitching Lesson With R.A. Dickey
Want to learn how to throw a knuckleball from presumptive Cy Young Award-winner R.A. Dickey? Of course you do! And now you have a once-in-a-lifetime chance. All it will cost you is several thousand dollars to charity. Here's what you get:...
The Time Steve Nash Showed Up For Opening Night Wearing A Bow Tie And Sweater
Steve Nash is going to dress how he want to dress. You got a problem with that? You better not, even if he is wearing a salmon (?) sweater and bow tie....
The Miami Heat's Championship Rings Are Pretty Insane
That's 14-karat white and yellow gold and a total of 219 diamonds on each one. The 2006 ring only had 159 diamonds, so a nice upgrade, really, if 159 weren't enough for you....
