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Michelle Beadle, Matthew Barnaby Stricken By Bristol Love Virus
Michelle Beadle, oft regarded as the "most beloved ESPN personality in history" by, like, two or three people who work there has been in a serious relationship with Worldwide Leading hockey analyst and former pesky shit-stirrer, Matthew Barnaby, reports The Big Lead....

Shit-Stirring Writer, Coach's Mom Both Pick Temple For The Final Four
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: a couple of folks have high hopes for Fran Dunphy's team....

Jubilant Nets Fan Does Not Know What To Do With His Hands
The Nets beat the Celtics in Newark last night, 88-79. Deron Williams had 16 points and 9 assists and was 4-for-6 from three-point range as New Jersey won its fifth straight game, and no fan was more enthusiastic about it than this young Polo-shirted man....

Ryan Kesler Makes A Habit Of The Interview Bomb In Various States Of Undress
Last week we posted a video of Kesler's first interview bomb, when he wandered behind Raffi Torres shirtless and eating a slice of pizza. Turns out he's been doing it a lot lately, with various props. Kesler told the Vancouver Sun that it started as "a joke with my buddies back home" that he calls...

Healthy Scratch Sean Avery Thinks You Would Look Great In A $5,450 (Now $1,499) Suit
On Friday, Gilt Groupe, which sells your rich friends discounted designer clothes, listed a special sale—"Avery's Rules: Hockey Star Sean Avery Dresses the Modern Power Player." On Saturday, Avery was a healthy scratch against the Sharks. Coincidence? Almost certainly....

It's Good For MLS When You Boo Landon Donovan
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: American fans are catching up to their European brethren when it comes to vitriol....

A Love Song For Kane And Toews That May Have You Questioning Your Own Masculinity
Via Crossing Broad comes this video mash note to the Blackhawks' two dreamboats. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews exchange long, knowing glances with each other and...you. All set to the dulcet strains of Katy Perry....

Sergio Martinez, The Celtic War, And An Evening In Foxwoods With The Boxing Scumbags
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Foxwoods Resort and Casino is an abomination that rises incongruously from the empty woods in Connecticut as if to challenge all accepted notions of urban planning, and, indeed, logic. It also has good fights....

Meet Tim Lincecum, Fashion Icon
Your morning roundup for March 14, the day Rebecca Black beat out Unblinking Cricket Fan for Next Big Internet Meme....

<em>MLB 11 The Show</em> is Still The Finest in the Field
I've seen the big leagues, son. I've squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain't there right now. I'm down here chewing on grass, pitching… [Kotaku] ...

Nebraska-Omaha Wrestlers Win National Title, Lose Program
On Saturday, the University of Nebraska-Omaha won its third straight Division II national wrestling championship. A few hours later, the wrestling coach was notified the program would like cease to exist on account of UNO moving up to D-1. Football's gone, too....

Costumed Man Gets Publicly Shamed For Messing With Canadian Dance Team
Your morning roundup for March 13, the day Villanova probably gets the tournament bid it in no way deserves....

MLS Wants To Give The Mets Owners A Team, For Some Unfathomable Reason
Grant Wahl of SI chatted with MLS commissioner Don Garber on Thursday, and New York's most beloved and comically destitute real estate barons came up in conversation....

Color Guy Bares His Soul After San Diego State's Game-Winning Layup
Marty Fletcher has always been a Gay guy. Watch him tell you all about it while footage of San Diego State's D.J Gay's game-winning layup against UNLV is replayed during CBS's post-game wrap-up. Next up up for Gay guy: SDSU vs. BYU for the Mountain West title....

The Yankees Were Last On Cliff Lee's Wish List
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: this makes the Rangers feel better, I guess?...

Blake Griffin Did The Impossible And Sold Out A Nets Game
Blake Griffin has impressed us all this year. He has dunked a lot, sometimes over cars, more often over humans, and it's been fun to watch. This may trump it all, though: Blake Griffin sold out a home game for the New Jersey Nets. He can retire now....

Dolan Decides One Year At .500 Atones For Past Decade, Knicks Prices Up 49 Percent Next Year
So, you probably hear a lot of grousing from Phil Mushnick, et. al about how expensive it is to take a family of four to a game, buy some frankfurters and not hear the gangster hip hop music. But high prices happen when you have a popular product with limited supply in a big, wealthy market. We get ...

<em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> Encourages Fans To Throw Batteries At Boston's J.D. Drew
Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe picked up on a curious editor's note in the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 6. It read:...

Tim Lincecum's Doppelgänger Will Give You The Ride Of Your Life For One Million Dollars
Your morning roundup for March 11, day two of "junta rules."...

Snoop From "The Wire" Got Arrested In Operation Usual Suspects
Federal, state and city authorities hit Baltimore yesterday, charging 63 people with drug stuff after "acting on intelligence that started flowing in about the Latrobe Homes-based organization." Those cuffed include Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, arrested on heroin-related and aiding and abetting charge...