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Milton Bradley Is Now A Convicted Wife Beater
Milton Bradley, whose 12-year MLB career was marked by his occasional outbursts at fans, reporters, and umpires, was convicted in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday of threatening and attacking his wife, from whom he is separated....
Gentlemen, Start Your Coffins
Another good one—Rick Reilly's 1986 SI tribute to the columnist Jim Murray—"King of the Sports Page":...
Yes, That's Jim Harbaugh On <em>Judge Judy</em>
Jim Harbaugh may be a master of rage, but when he attended a taping of fake justice program Judge Judy he was all smiles....
Yasiel Puig Made Quite An Impression In His MLB Debut
22-year-old Cuban defector Yasiel Puig made his debut for the Dodgers last night, and what a debut it was. His entry in the box score—two singles in four at-bats—may not look very impressive, but the rocket he threw from the right-field warning track to first base for a game-ending double play certa...
Dwyane Wade Finds His Game, With Help From The World's Best Wingman
Dwyane Wade heard it all. He heard LeBron not-so-subtly call him out after Game 5, saying he needed more help. He heard Reggie Miller call the team "the Miami Cavaliers" during Game 6. Wade responded, grumpy knee and all, with his best game of the postseason. This is how a superteam is supposed to w...
We Say Goodbye To <em>Inside The NBA</em> With A Horrifying Image Of Chuck
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Flo Rida's Manager Was Ejected From Game In Miami
You might think that empty seat was purchased for the sole purpose of giving Flo Rida's neck a break from the burden of that enormous Jesus piece. You would be a sensible and concerned individual, but an oh-so-very-wrong one....
The Miami Heat Predictably Advance To The Finals
After all the buildup and nonsense over the weekend, of course this series would end in a Miami blowout. What could have been a dramatic will the Heat be able to pull together? kind of game turned into a Miami romp over the Pacers. The Heat won 99-76 thanks to a typical LeBron James performance, an ...
Cleveland Browns Greg Little And Joe Haden Hang With Charles Ramsey
That's wide receiver Greg Little and cornerback Joe Haden of the Cleveland Browns hanging out with the man who became a national sensation and Cleveland hero when he helped deliver Amanda Berry and two others from over a decade of captivity. ...
Young Heat Fan Makes Believers Out Of Miami Crowd
This excitable scamp was just shown at Game 7 and is the spiritual and visual yin to Filomena Tobias's yang. The enthusiasm and anticipation are palpable and Miami is clearly feeding off the support; halfway through the third quarter the Heat hold a 15 point lead. He's made believers of us all. ...
Rugby Team Fined $15,000 Because Player Pissed On Field During Play
New Zealand Warriors forward Russell Packer heard nature calling and figured the green grass of a rugby field was as good a place as any to relieve himself....
Boxer Urges Opponent To Fight, Is Immediately Knocked Out
This junior middleweight bout in Florida provides a nice little entry for the Be Careful What You Wish For file....
Gregg Popovich's Yearbook Entry: "His Future Plans Include Happiness"
"Popo" played four years of basketball at the Air Force Academy, where in 1970 he earned a bachelor's degree in Soviet studies. But doesn't this tell us so much more about where the young cadet was headed in life? It's basically a droll outline for every one of his eventual encounters with sideline ...
Top Recruit Says Coach Promised Him A Meeting With Michael Jackson
Da'Shawn Hand is the No. 1 ranked high school football player in the country, and he recently sat down with CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman to talk about what life as the prize of the Division I recruiting circuit has been like. It sounds like he's been meeting some pretty dumb people....
What The Hell Is Going On With The Grizzlies' Coaching Situation?
Lost though it may have been in the relentless beatdown the Spurs delivered last week, the Memphis Grizzlies had a great season, another tremendous step forward. Under head coach Lionel Hollins, the Grizzlies' winning percentage has increased every year: from .293 in 2008-09 (he coached the last hal...
Navy Is Investigating A Rape Allegation Against Three Football Players
No charges have been filed, but according to The New York Times, the Naval Academy has confirmed the existence of an ongoing inquiry into allegations that three football players raped a female midshipman at an April 2012 off-campus party. One of the three players has had his graduation and commissio...
Dwight Howard Loses Free-Throw Contest To Troll Columnist's Daughter
OK, Howard was shooting with his left hand, so this doesn't really count. In fact, the biggest takeaway from this contest isn't that Dwight Howard is a bad free-throw shooter, but that T.J. Simers is and will always be the worst....
One Reporter's Reflections On Covering John Tortorella, Bully
Dave Lozo used to write for NHL.com. He doesn't anymore, so he's free to tell you exactly what it was like to cover the Rangers for four years under John Tortorella. Spoiler alert: scary at first, then almost pathetic....
Miracle Of Coogan's Bluff: Red Smith On The Shot Heard ‘Round The World
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we've ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith's friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional, colloquial writer whose reputation, unfortunately, has faded. But Smith endures. What is it about his wri...
College Baseball Player Takes A Slider Right To The Dick
Cal State Fullerton's Austin Kingsolver only got two plate appearances in yesterday's game against Arizona State, and he probably wishes that he could have skipped the first one. In the top of the seventh inning, Arizona State pitcher Josh McAlister let a 3-2 slider get away from him and sent the p...