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Schottenheimer Finally Walks The Plank
We'll return to our film, The Road To Dennis Green, after these messages....

Leftovers: Zook Looks About Right
• If Big Ten football coaches were like South Park characters. [Photobucket • That Dice-K beer commercial? It's causing a little bit of (dumb) trouble. [To The People] • There sure is a lot of drama with the Wizards right now. [No One Appreciates Me ...] • Tracking the Super Bowl, play by play, for ...

Get Those Pom Poms Out Of Joakim Noah's Face
There are certain things you should probably expect from a guy who would wear this. One of those might involve trying to punch a cheerleader....

LeftoverDome...
• Cubs fans rise up, wear license plates around their necks. [Foul Balls] • Baseball continues to hate on bloggers. [Bleed Cubbie Blue] • A Texans blogger puts together a roster of the worst Texans of all-time. What a thoroughly depressing exercise. [Battle Red Blog] • That dumb college football rul...

The Underrated Legs Of Rex Grossman
The good people at SomethingAwful threw together some inspired Super Bowl photoshop work. And because it's excellent and because I'm having a difficult time letting go of football, I cobbled together a few of my favorite into the above image... I hope they don't mind....

I Guess Sean Taylor Doesn't Watch A Lot Of Pro Bowls
I thought that sort of thing was illegal in Pro Bowls. Defenses aren't allowed to blitz, there are fines for things like running fast, blocking, trying hard, or expressing a desire to compete. I guess Sean Taylor didn't get the memo... he went after Brian Moorman like Moorman stole his ATV....

You Must Limber Up Before Cheering On The Flying Dutchmen
If this were happening at a powerhouse Division 1 school, it would be annoying. Since it's the Flying Dutchmen (and that might not be a misnomer, they might all actually be Dutch) of Division III Hope College, however ... I find it adorable....

Today Is Hawaiian Shirt Day
The Pro Bowl will be kicking off any minute now, and I can't wait for this dazzling affair. Conference supremacy and pride are on the line, and that's fantstic. But really, today's about sportsmanship and togetherness, because no matter what happens at the game, everyone's getting a free lei. And I ...

LeftoverDome...
• Barack Obama is the Gilbert Arenas of politics. [Dan Shanoff] • Barry Zito, dipping younger and younger. [The Big Lead] • Why European sports are plagued by racism and other such fan behavior, and why the United States isn't. As much. [In The Fray] • Amazon.com is your one-stop source for all t...

Wade Phillips Made a Hot Daughter
The Cowboys' hiring of Wade Phillips as their new head coach drew an underwhelming response from the general public. Reactions ranged from yawns to "What the?!" to "At least it's not Norv Turner." There was a distinct lack of enthusiasm or glee....

Leftovers: Could This Explain The DirectTV Move?
• What's MLB up to? They might be getting themselves ready for an Interactive IPO. [Yahoo Business] • Russell Crowe would rather not have cheerleaders around here. [FanIQ] • Bud Selig opines about everything and nothing at all. [Steroid Nation] • Daniel Snyder is buying up all the hot franchises. [G...

Will Barbaro Go To Heaven? It's Up To You
Barbaro is still dead, of course, but even so he needs your help more than ever. The Lexington Herald-Leader is asking readers to vote on whether Barbaro will go to Heaven. We have no idea why the Herald-Leader gets to decide ... sometimes religion confuses us....

Matt Simms Can Roll A Fat One (In A Slightly Different Fashion Than His Brother Can)
You might not have realized that Phil Simms actually has two football playing sons. The first is Chris Simms, of course, who was John Amaechi before it was COOL to be John Amaechi. But the second is Matt Simms, who is about to attend Louisville and has proven to be a bit of an asshead....

The Happy Underbelly Of Recruiting
On a slow news day today, we hark back again to the madness of recruiting day yesterday, not from the fans' or coaches' perspectives ... but from the players'. The grand minds at Every Day Should Be Saturday take a look at what the recruiting process means to high school kids, in a hypothetical firs...

Tony Romo Gets Back On The Horse
So it's bad enough that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo still plans on being at the Pro Bowl this weekend, after that rather unfortunate misstep that ended Bill Parcells' coaching career and brought shame upon the great Eastern Illinois University. But guess what? They're actually gonna ask him to hol...

Leftovers: Stay Sad, San Diego
• That's the end of the San Diego Surf Dawgs, at least for now. [Sign On San Diego] • Please, please somebody let Juan Gone back in MLB. [Steroid Nation] • Everybody come see Michael Irvin speak at a Las Vegas church. [Central Christian Of Las Vegas] • Juan Uribe could have himself a busy year. [Fou...

Your New 2006 Tour de France champion? Not Quite Yet, Oscar
Wait, just hold everything here. The Nation of France, postponing a major confrontation? That's odd. The air was thick with nervous anticipation (and, of course, fermented cheese) today as that country's national doping agency was expected to rule on Floyd Landis and the Urine Sample of Mystery. Bla...

It's Never Too Early To Ruin A Kid's Enjoyment Of Sport
Yesterday was college football's signing day, and as you've probably noticed by our coverage of that and similar recruiting stories, we're always kind of creeped out by a bunch of middle aged men watching teenagers in their underwear run sprints and lift weights. Maybe it's just us....

When Will The Media Elite Stop Tearing Down Our White Heroes?
Every debate needs comic relief, and God bless him, Rush Limbaugh is always good for that. The former director of promotions for the Kansas City Royals in the early 1980s, and at one time the word's fifth-leading importer of OxyContin (behind Brazil), Limbaugh has become in recent years obsessed wit...

Leftovers: Drinkin' Bears
• Was somebody drunk before the Super Bowl? Who might that have been? [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The ultimate Dee Mirich/Barbaro graphic. [With Leather] • Terence Kiel's money problems might have been gambling related. [SignOn San Diego] • DRAMA! at an A-Rod book signing. [New York Post] •...