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Did MLB Rig Its Own Stupid Contest?
It is very unlikely that you weren't at least peripherally aware of MLB Network's irritating, interminable, "Face of MLB" contest, a bracket-style competition where fans voted on Twitter for a meaningless award. David Wright was announced as the winner this morning, but not after some curious voting...
Richie Incognito On Beating Up His Car: "That Was Just Me Venting."
Richie Incognito hadn't spoken to the media since taking a baseball bat to his $300,000 Ferrari, or indeed since the release of the investigation into the Miami locker room scandal. Maybe that's only because no one tried? A Phoenix TV station just showed up at his Scottsdale house and he was more th...
Hours after the Nevada State Athletic Commission banned the use of doctor-prescribed steroids, middleweight fighter/living Rob Liefeld drawing Vitor Belfort pulled out of a title fight in late May, citing his understandable desire to continue using doctor-prescribed steroids ahead of fights. [SBNati...
Darren Sharper Turns Himself In After Eighth Alleged Rape Emerges
Former NFL safety Darren Sharper spent the night in a Los Angeles jail after surrendering to police, following the issue of an arrest warrant in New Orleans for two alleged rapes that occurred in September. If you're keeping count, Sharper is now either charged with or under investigation for eight ...
Court-Storming Leads To Fight In Aftermath Of UVU-NMSU Thriller
Utah Valley stayed atop the WAC with a 66-61 overtime win tonight against New Mexico State, but it's what happened after the game that's the real news as NMSU's K.C. Ross-Miller chucked the basketball at UVU's Holton Hunsaker amidst an attempted court-storming....
Tim Thomas Makes Outstanding Save After Falling On His Ass
OK, Panthers goalie Tim Thomas deserves some crap for falling over in the first place in front of Mike Green's breakaway, but man, he recovered for an excellent save. Green's also an enabler for not aiming anywhere at the roughly 80% of open net....
Da Brat Ordered To Pay $6.4 Million For Assaulting Ex-NFL Cheerleader
Back in 2007, Shawntae Harris a.k.a. rapper Da Brat hit a nightclub hostess and former Falcons cheerleader in the face with a rum bottle in Atlanta. Harris went to prison for almost three years, but her debt hasn't been fully paid, according to a jury....
Here's Rapper Fabolous Dry Snitching On Raymond Felton's Infidelity
New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton has had a rough go of it lately. His ex-wife Ariane Raymondo-Felton filed for divorce on February 18. Six days later, she turned in a gun she said she found in her home to police. New York doesn't play that, and Felton was arrested and charged with three co...
Carl Crawford's Slide Is Still In Offseason Form
Hey, it's early. He's still got plenty of time to work out the kinks....
Was 2013 Really The Golden Age Of The Black Quarterback?
Charts excerpted from The Big Book Of Black Quarterbacks, published Feb. 6th....
David Levine: The Line King
Okay, so David Levine shares the title with Al Hirschfeld. Anyhow, case you missed it, here is a fine, if upsetting Vanity Fair profile of Levine by David Margolick....
Sydney Leroux Attempts <i>Happy Gilmore</i> Drive, Eats It
USWNT striker Sydney Leroux tried the Happy Gilmore drive earlier today and butchered what has become a driving range requirement since 1996. You should definitely watch this Vine with the volume enabled so you can hear the laughter only friends can laugh when loved ones eat it. ...
The NCAA Debated Allowing Player Names In Video Games
It is no secret that the NCAA Football game series included actual players—jersey numbers, heights, weights, hometowns, etc.—an EA Sports producer admitted it under oath, and documents show the NCAA was well aware. So why not go whole hog, put their names on the backs of jerseys in the game, and cut...
Report: Richie Incognito Beat Up His Own Ferrari
Our headline last night was that Someone Bashed Richie Incognito's Ferrari With A Baseball Bat. Technically true! Only that "someone" appears to be Incognito himself. ...
The Amazing True Story Of Victor, The Wrestling Bear
In the 2008 Will Ferrell movie Semi-Pro, which centers on a fictional ABA basketball team, there's a scene where Jackie Moon, played by Ferrell, wrestles with a grizzly bear at halftime of a game. It's an absurd, ridiculous, preposterous scene, and it was, believe it or not, based on a real promotio...
NFL Was Preparing To Move Super Bowl If Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Passed
It is a moot point now that Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoed the controversial SB 1062, but the NFL had already begun taking steps to secure a different location for next year's Super Bowl. It would have gone, in all likelihood, to Tampa....
Painted Outfield Wall Makes For A Great Optical Illusion
No, Indians outfielder Carlos Moncrief is not about to go crashing through some poor sap's kitchen while chasing down a fly ball. ...
Aaron Hernandez Moved To Isolation After Fighting Handcuffed Inmate
Aaron Hernandez will spend 30 days in a special isolation unit at a Bristol County jail, after an altercation with a fellow inmate. He will spend 23 hours a day in his cell, even taking his meals there, and will be in restraints every time he leaves....
This Kid Is A Fan Of Basically Every Sports Team Ever
There are bandwagon fans, and then there's this guy. A tipster made us aware of his existence. His rooting interest? All of the teams, everywhere. It's rather impressive, because that's a lot of money to spend on apparel....