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Here's Video Of Manhattan's Game-Winning Buzzer Beater Over Marist
While you were watching St. John's drag Duke's ass all over MSG, the Manhattan Jaspers beat the Marist Red Foxes by one in Poughkeepsie. On a more-than-halfcourt shot. At the buzzer. Here's the boxscore. (H/T Iracane)...

Your Day Of Basketball Open Thread
The Miami Heat visit(s) Oklahoma City at 1 p.m. while the Celtics face the Lakers, around 3:30 p.m. At the college level, a nation lines up in support of the St. John's Red Storm....

These Newborns May Never Have A Chance To Develop Their Own Identities
The staff of St. Clair Hospital's Family Birth Center has taken to wrapping all newborns in gold Terrible Towels this week. Something about the professional team that may not play next season being in a big game next week....

O.J. Mayo Blames Gas Station Energy Drink For Positive Drug Test
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Aaron Rodgers Thinks Less Of Injured Packers Who Don't Stand By Their 53 Men
Aaron Rodgers will play in the Super Bowl next weekend. But this weekend, he was asked his thoughts on injured Packers who chose not to stay in town to, you know, support the side enough to warrant team-photo inclusion....

And Here's Some Nut-Punching Video From Last Night's Celtics/Suns Game
Looks like Kevin Garnett not only hit Channing Frye in the "groin" last night (about 0:57 in), but the play itself led to a subsequent nut-punching debate in the booth. It also brought an ejection. But no, wasn't a foul....

Your 1985 College Basketball Open Thread
There are four Top 25 showdowns today: Louisville at UConn, Georgetown at Villanova, Minnesota at Purdue and Missouri at Texas....

Crossdressing MMA Fighter Tells Estranged Wife She Can "Keep His Dresses"
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Jimmer Fredette Contains Multitudes
A brief list of comparisons people on the Internet have made in regard to America's new boyfriend, Jimmer Fredette....

Get Your Art On: Judging The Paintings Of The Super Bowl Bet
Art museums in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee have made what's become an annual bet: a loan of one their more famous pieces to the Super Bowl winning city. This gives us a chance to critique small-town art museum collections....

See? Not All Footballers Are Cheating, Diving BLAH, BLAH, BLAHs
This bloody lovely bit of sportsmanship happened last Saturday when Havant & Waterlooville were playing Boreham Wood in the Blue Square South....

Titans Owner Bud Adams Didn't Seem To Know He Lost $8 Million In A Team/Coach Divorce
Right after the Tennessee Titans confirmed, via one-sentence press release, that it had parted ways with coach Jeff Fisher after 16 seasons, the news seemed to surprise Bud Adams. When a reporter from The Tennessean called, he said ......

The Confessions Of A Former Adolescent Puck Tease
In 1999, Katie Baker was a thoroughly self-possessed, hockey-loving 18-year-old headed for Harvard. Or so the older men she met online — and offline — believed....

The Most Unlikely Basket You'll See All Day, Unless Hasheem Thabeet Gets Garbage Time Minutes
Is this planned? Probably not planned. But if I'm the kid making this inbounds pass, I'm telling everyone this went off exactly the way it was drawn up....

A Former UConn Football Player Puts Robert Burton In His Place
Booster Robert Burton made some news yesterday thanks to the obnoxious letter he sent to UConn's athletic director, Jeff Hathaway, explaining why he will no longer donate money to the school's football program. Robert Lunn, a former UConn player, responds....

Last Night's Winner: Hit A Crucial Three? That's A Nut Shot
Florida and Georgia played an excellent double-OT game last night. But if you want a recap, go to the AP. If you want video of a player getting towel-whipped in the groin by his own teammate, you've come to the right place....

Lionel Messi Shouldn't Have Wished His Mami A Happy Birthday
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Will Hill Would Like Everyone To Know He "Does Not Go Harder Than A Russian," Shit In Airports, Etc.
Will Hill, the ex-Gator who's taking his boob-massaging talents to the NFL, went to the airwaves to deny authorship of his Twitter feed, which was lovingly annotated by Spencer Hall of EDSBS last week. Sadly, Hill claims he was hacked....

To Clarify, Scot Pollard <em>Doesn't</em> Want Kids To Do Drugs
Lost Lettermen is an online college sports magazine featuring an athlete database and first-person stories from former players. Today: Scot Pollard was the bizarro Nancy Reagan....

When Kim Kardashian Sits Courtside, Fans Look To The Backside
This photo from yesterday's Nets game comes courtesy of those wonderful gif-happy gents at The Basketball Jones (happy belated birthday to them, btw). It's like these fellas have never seen a person with Steatopygia before....