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Islanders Player Too Modest To Let Bird Flap In The Wind
This poor guy. A teammate in the back of this John Tavares interview poked his head around the wall of the showers and saw nothing but cameras rolling. Apparently in the nude and unwilling to strut his stuff for all the viewers tuning in for Islanders pre-season post-game coverage, he popped back ...
Man United Fan Marries Into City Family, Trolls Them With Great Toast
This groom is giving what appears to be (and actually might be, in the end) a very heartfelt toast about an important person in his life that is "no longer with us." When he asks his new family—who are apparently all Manchester City supporters—to stand and toast this influential person, he pulls th...
Former NFL Player Whose House Was Trashed By Teens Is A Bit Crazy
The saga of Brian Holloway, a former NFL lineman who had his house broken into and trashed by partying teenagers last week, refuses to end. After setting up a website to shame the teens who destroyed his house, Holloway found himself threatened with legal action by parents of the partying teenagers...
A Scene From A Bill Belichick Press Conference
Getting injury information out of Bill Belichick is like pulling teeth. Today was especially excruciating....
Mary McCarthy on Salinger's Closed Circut
Who you callin' a phony? From her 1962 Harper's review of J.D Salinger's Frany and Zooey, here's Mary McCarthy:...
The Gamer According To Tom Boswell
"Baseball has a name for the player who, in the eyes of his peers, is well attuned to the demands of his discipline; he is called 'a gamer.' The gamer does not drool, or pant, before the cry of 'Play ball.' Quite the opposite. He is the player, like George Brett or Pete Rose, who is neither too inte...
The New <em>SportsCenter</em> Commercial You're Going To See Everywhere
It's been a rough stretch for ESPN and SportsCenter. Ratings for ESPN's flagship show have been sagging, bringing in about 828,000 viewers this year, down from about 1 million last year. Primetime ratings for ESPN and ESPN2 have seen declines too. ESPN's gotten really defensive about it, especially...
The NFC East Is The Worst Division In Football
Before the season, the NFC East was tapped as one of the most wide-open, unpredictable divisions. That assessment may still hold true—with the possible exception of the Cowboys, the NFC East is a Superfund site, its four constituents 1-7 outside the division....
Appreciating Larry Merchant's Newspaper Career
Earlier this year Stan Hochman paid tribute to Larry Merchant, who was a great sports editor at the Philly Daily News and a terrific columnist before he turned to TV:...
Play To The Whistle, Sheldon: Your Week 3 Late Games Roundup
Jets 27, Bills 20: The first battle of AFC East rookie QBs was must-see TV, in that it was extraordinarily ugly. New York was flagged for 20 penalties, breaking a team record for most penalties in a game. (The NFL record was 22; oh, so close!) The Jets took a 20-6 lead in the third quarter, and some...
Hey, Look, The Patriots' Rookie Receivers Actually Played Pretty Well
After poor performances from New England's rookie WRs Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins through two weeks, some reactionary writers did what they did best: They flipped the hell out....
Metallica Performs "Enter Sandman" At Yankee Stadium For Mo Rivera
In a pregame ceremony, Metallica performed "Enter Sandman" to honor Mariano Rivera as he walked onto the field from the bullpen. Rivera's final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium will be Thursday, but the Yankees retired his number today....
Tyrann Mathieu Returns To Louisiana, Gets First NFL Interception
The Cardinals still trail the Saints, but the Honey Badger came home, and he picked off Drew Brees. ...
Dominic Oduro Celebrates Goal By Eating Pizza
Columbus Crew's Dominic Oduro incorporated pizza into his creative goal celebration after scoring against the Chicago Fire by eating a slice then giving the rest to a fan. Delicious....
Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 3 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com. ...
Parents Threaten To Sue Guy Whose House Their Degenerate Kids Trashed
You'll recall Brian Holloway, the former New England Patriots lineman whose vacation home in upstate New York was broken into, urinated on and generally destroyed by partying teenagers. The party became a story because Holloway publicly shamed the 200-300 idiot kids who posted pictures and tweets ca...