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Your Early Leader For Hustle Play Of 2013 Is This Peruvian Goalkeeper's Two Miracle Saves
Peru's football fortunes have rarely mirrored those of South American counterpart countries. They haven't qualified for the World Cup since 1982, and their U-20 youth squad has never gotten the nod for inclusion in that division's world championship. That could change with a strong performance in ...

This Is What Curt Schilling Is Reduced To
Monday's Baseball Hall of Fame non-announcement brought out all the experts, veterans, and failed video game magnates to provide inane opinions about the day's news. One such failed video game magnate was Curt Schilling, who dropped by Baseball Tonight in his finest Christmas Vacation-themed finery...

UK-Vandy Refs Blow Shot Clock Violation Call, Hand Game To Kentucky, Baffle And Confuse A Senile-Sounding Bob Knight
Poor officiating continues to be the story of this college basketball season, as SEC refs swallowed the whistle on a clear Kentucky shot clock violation late in the Wildcats' bout against Vanderbilt in Nashville tonight and allowed UK to march home to Lexington with a 60-58 win....

MLB.com Sells An NBA Headband For Cheaper Than NBA.com Does
Reader Zachary had a desire for an NBA logo headband, because he's cool like that. He looked it up at the NBA Store, and found it for $7.99. Then he found it at the MLB Shop, and it's a dollar cheaper. Why? We don't know. Why does MLB.com sell NBA stuff? We don't know....

Injured Christian Ponder Couldn't Throw The Ball Farther Than 10 Yards
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: But then, Joe Webb couldn't really either....

He Could Always Steal: Remembering Kenny Lofton's College Basketball Career
Republished from The Classical, which is currently in the midst of Kenny Lofton Week....

I Was Wayne Gretzky's (Hungover) Linemate: An NHL Journeyman Picks The Wrong Night To Drink
To say I was a Wayne Gretzky fan as a child would be like saying that my brother has a small gap in his teeth. The Oilers were my team and Wayne was my idol. When Chris and I played hockey in the basement, I was always Gretzky and he was always Mike Bossy. Two of the most creative offensive forwards...

Here's An Old Photo Of Dan Marino Doing Yoga With Some Really Hairy Guy Who's Only Wearing A Speedo
Yeah. We had the same reaction. All we know about this photo is that it was taken in April 1994. There's no unseeing it now, so you know you're going to click here to get the full effect. Just so much going on in this image. Like, what's with those heat lamps?...

Greg Oden Will Try Another Comeback, And The Heat Are Interested
Greg Oden is the NBA's Greek tragedy—a body outwardly designed for basketball dominance, but with an internal structure woefully insufficient for the task. Oden hasn't played since his patella attempted to escape in 2009, and underwent his third microfracture surgery on his knees in February. He's b...

Save The Black Quarterback
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....

Kill The HOF Character Clause, For The Sake Of The Writers
Originally published in Bloomberg View....

Tracy McGrady Threatens To Leave China, Gets Suspended For Calling Refs "Three Blind Mice"
Why is Tracy McGrady still just 33 years old, when he should totally be in his late 40s? The second act of T-Mac's career is taking place in China, where last we heard, he was getting into fights and getting diarrhea and just generally not having a good time. Wednesday's game, where McGrady's Qingda...

<em>Lincoln</em> Hogs: Grierson & Leitch's Rapid Reaction To Today's Oscar Nominations
The Oscar nominations just came out, announced by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. There were surprises and oddities and the usual silliness. Also, now we know that Lincoln is going to win everything. Here are our quickest thoughts....

"Shit!": A Surprised And Adorable Kenneth Faried Reacts To His Own Dominance
Kenneth Faried had a monster game for the Nuggets last night, scoring 19 points and pulling down 19 rebounds in 36 minutes of action. After the game, a visibly exhausted Faried (playing like a rebound-hungry maniac will do that to you) took some time to give a postgame interview. At the 50-second ...

Sammy Sosa Has The Best Pinterest Page Ever
I can't even. This is amazing. Sammy Sosa is making an effort to get his name back out there, and that includes joining social media. He set up a Twitter account in October (it's confirmed as him), and a few weeks ago joined photo sharing site/social network for middle-aged women Pinterest. So forge...

The St. Joseph's Halftime Show Featured A Dunk Crew Who Couldn't Dunk
It was a big game for St. Joe's. Kicking off the conference schedule, hosting No. 14 Butler. The university knew it would need halftime entertainment commensurate with the occasion. They got some guys throwing up botched dunk after botched dunk....

The Jaguars Have Fired Mike Mularkey
The Jaguars' Mike Mularkey—who was the NFL's interim least-interesting head coach after Pat Shurmur's firing on Black Monday—finally got the axe today. Jacksonville had spent the days immediately after the season's end hunting for a new general manager, and they hired Atlanta's David Caldwell on Tue...

Jon Heyman Just Can't Make Up His Mind About Barry Bonds And The Hall Of Fame
In April of 2011, baseball writer Jon Heyman wrote a column titled, "Why Barry Bonds Belongs In The Hall" for SI.com. The piece laid out a surprisingly well reasoned argument for why Bonds should not be excluded from the Hall of Fame, despite his being surrounded by allegations of steroid use....

NBA Ref Explains Why He's Making The Lakers And Spurs Stand Around: "I'm Stalling For Commercial Time."
The Lakers lost. Yes, again. That's not news, but this fourth-quarter conference, between Mike D'Antoni, Gregg Popovich, and referee Bill Kennedy, is one of the best things we've seen in a while....

Who Was On The Ballots Of The Hall Of Fame Voters Refusing To Go Public?
For just the second time, the Baseball Writers' Association of America has given its voters the option of having their Hall of Fame ballots made public. Of the 569 voters who cast ballots, only 108 chose to reveal who they voted for. (Of course, many more discussed their selections in their own colu...