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Leftovers: NHL Ratings ... Oy
• Yes: Video blogs are actually getting better ratings than the NHL. [Dave's Football Blog] • They're running out of beer in Edmonton. [CTV] • On hazing and the homophobia often inherent. [Out Sports] • The mayor of Memphis is fighting Joe Frazier. What could possibly go wrong? [WREG]...
Hey, It Worked In The Warriors
Our affection for Cincinnati wide receiver Chad Johnson is well-documented, so we're obviously down right giddy to see that, in the offseason, Johnson has, inexplicably, decided to grow a mohawk....
Steve Nash Politely Reminds You He's The MVP (In A Canadian Way)
Best thing we've read saw far today? True Hoop's headline "If He Keeps That Up, People Are Going To Start Thinking Steve Nash Is The MVP." Yeah, no kidding....
Western Conference Pants Party: Mavs Vs. Suns
We miss the defense-less days when every game between these two would have totalled nearly 300 points, but that's OK: This'll still work just fine....
A Brief History Of Quincy Carter
For those who remember, and for those who can't forget:...
Leftovers: Durham Solidarity
• Duke women's lacrosse team will wear "innocent" sweatbands on their uniforms during their Final Four. [Durham Herald-Sun] • Soccer player lulled to sleep, robbed. [U-TV] • A novel idea, one supposes: President's brother approached to work as commissioner of the NFL. [Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel] •...
Jake Plummer, Terror On The Road
It's easy to forget now, but for a while there last year, Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer was having a pretty cool year. The Broncos had the best record in football, some were touting him as an MVP candidate and some even thought he could lead the team to the Super Bowl. And then the blowout and ...
We Mean Not To Offend, Joey
Now ... we are going to tread very carefully here ... we don't want any trouble ... we are just reporting facts ......
Heat Take 1-0 Lead Despite Lottery Distractions
It is perhaps telling that, the morning after Shaquille O'Neal and his Miami Heat looked strangely dominant in a Game 1 win over the Pistons, the NBA event that garnered the most online attention was the draft lottery, which was won by the Raptors, who now conveniently aren't run by a moron....
Eastern Conference Pants Party: Pistons Vs. Heat
As disappointed as some of us might be that we didn't get our LeBron-Wade Eastern Conference Final, we have a feeling it'll end up happening someday, somehow. Let's not get greedy just yet. Let's just watch to see if those workmanlike Pistons — who, for all their lack of popularity today, were Ameri...
Leftovers: Praising Gado
• Samkon Gado is a hot running back, and a much better guy. [Associated Press] • Star Alabama linebacker, with degree in criminal justice, arrested for various misdeeds. [SportingNews.com] • A proposal for just ending the NBA playoffs right now. [Blogcritics] • Barbaro? Still alive. [Louisville Cour...
Football, The Anime Way
Inspired by our scary Japanese baseball video yesterday, the gang at The Postmen dug up this apparent Japanese anime instructional video for how to play the game of American football....
Seminoles Institute New "Anti-Cocaine" Policy
Some bad news for Jon Kreft, that Florida State recruit who was arrested for having cocaine in his ass (that's a crime??!!): The Seminoles have rescinded their scholarship offer. He clearly has failed to met the exemplary moral standards expected of the students of Florida State University....
At Last, Nash And Nowitzki, Together Again
While trying to find video of a time when Mavericks coach Avery Johnson's voice was deep — we imagine it just one day rising, like reverse puberty — we came across this apparent promotional video for the Mavs. "The Avery Bunch" are heading to the Western Conference Finals, where they will face the P...
Hasselhoff, Nowitzki Lead Mavs Past Spurs
Boy, man, is Mark Cuban's billion-dollar penis ever gonna come out and play tonight....
It's Western Conference March Madness
We know a few people, Midwesterners, mostly, sometimes with their own little biases, who claim to love college basketball but are left cold by the NBA. We don't understand this, but even they can't deny the beauty of tonight: Two games, both elimination, winners play each other in the conference fin...
Two Bald Guys, Ruling Everything
Pity the poor parents of anyone who might have been featured on ESPN's coverage of track and field yesterday; we imagine them readying to watch their dear child heave the shot put or hoist a javelin, years of support and pride and sweat finally being showcased on national television ... and then, ...
Leftovers: Smart People On The NBA
• Malcolm Gladwell points out that basketball statistics tell you more than you thought you knew. Or something. We liked the story about the dog whisperer. [The New Yorker] • Mets fans are feeling pretty cocky after their weekend series. [Mets Are Better Than Sex] • Ozzie Smith and Tony LaRussa are ...
It's All About That Inside Post Position
Jon Kreft is a seven-foot-tall, Uwe Blab of a center, and he's the top recruit coming to Florida State next year....