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Albert Haynesworth Is The Worst
From Peter King: "Great note by @AdamSchefter: Bucs are 0-7 with Albert Haynesworth, Pats are 7-0 since waiving him." Three cheers for the disgruntled one!...
Michael Floyd's Champs Sports Bowl Catch Was An Exquisite Juggling Exhibition
The first half of the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando was a bore, but Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd spiced things up with this juggling TD grab early in the second half, a catch that put the Irish up 14-0 on the sputtering Florida State Seminoles. [ESPN]...
A Gestural Analysis Of The Miami Heat's Intro Video (In Which Everyone Looks Like A French Sailor)
The over-produced NBA team introduction video is an unfortunate but often hilarious fact of life now, and we may as well accept its extravagance and pyrotechnics as such. But not every team is the Miami Heat, and not every team's introduction video calls to mind the hip-hop super-group music video...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Bet $1 Million Against Tim Tebow
Two weeks ago, the New England Patriots walked all over the Denver Broncos in a 41-23 win. More importantly, Mayweather got rich—well, richer. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Mayweather had $1 million on the Patriots. The director of the Cantor Gaming sports book at the M Resort, Mike Colb...
A Holiday Public-Urination Story To Warm Your Heart
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed. Image by Jim Cooke....
Four Players Since Week 10 Have Won Defensive Player Of The Week After Facing The Jets
The Daily News points out a common thread in one of the NFL's weekly awards:...
Ryan Clark Says The Browns Were "Hugging And Kissing" The Last Time They Beat The Steelers
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: Clark isn't planning a repeat of that 2009 loss....
A $250 Stock Certificate Did Not Instantly Turn My Children Into Packers Fans
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Cam Newton Blames JaMarcus Russell And Vince Young For The Disrespect He Gets
We wrote a bit yesterday about how Panthers QB/super-rookie Cam Newton has been shortchanged by the national media. We framed it through the prism of Tim Tebow, although Newton deserves plenty of recognition in his own right....
Bengals Avoid Local TV Blackout With "Buy One, Get One Free" Ticket Promotion
Oh, Cincinnati. Oh, oh, Cincinnati. You are supposed to be one of our great metropolises. And your upstart Bengals are supposed to be one of the AFC's brightest spots. Your fans are supposed to be passionate and steadfast....
Watch Claude Giroux Set Up A Goal With A Pass To Himself Off The Boards
Giroux said he had tested the boards at the St. Pete Times Forum during the Flyers' morning skate, and he puts what he discovered to the test here, to dazzling effect. The subsequent shot Giroux took bounced right to teammate Scott Hartnell for a goal. Which is all well and good. The Lightning sti...
Most Of ESPN SportsNation Thinks NFC QB Matthew Stafford Is The AFC's Biggest Pro Bowl Snub (UPDATED)
For more information, the ESPN SportsNation poll results are available via this link until someone — anyone — in Bristol, Conn. realizes that the Detroit Lions are, in fact, an NFC team....
Top 10 All-Time Wrestling Moves List Offends Good Sense By Relegating Jimmy Snuka's Superfly Splash To No. 3
The fact that neither JYD nor George "The Animal" Steele appear on this Top 10 Wrestling Moves of All-Time list can be forgiven, if only because The Dog and The Animal brought an outlier level of showmanship to their athletic pursuits....
Grab Your Pitchforks, Here Are The Pro Bowl Rosters
That one player's inclusion/exclusion is clearly a stain on the integrity of the Pro Bowl, and represents the league's obvious bias for/against that team. [NFL.com]...
Confessions Of A Sports Bigamist
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Today In Insane Sentences: Rex Ryan Tells Stephen A. Smith That Peyton Manning Won't Replace Mark Sanchez
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: Coach stays positive on the Sanchize....
49ers Release Braylon Edwards
The Niners let Edwards go today, proving that no good deed goes unpunished. Anyone need a gimpy deep threat with bad hands for the playoffs?...
Drew Brees's Birthmark Must Be Contagious, Sean Payton Now Looks Symptomatic
Your morning roundup for Dec. 27, the day we learned Christmas lights have a final resting place. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
ESPN's <em>Monday Night Football</em> Intro Featured Betty White Talking About How Hot Matt Ryan Is
ESPN's been slowing scraping the bottom of the barrel since jettisoning Hank Williams, Jr., and this holiday-themed Betty White intro was less funny than weird. What, the usual New Orleans staples of zydeco and Cafe Du Monde weren't available? ...
Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> Open Thread
There are various playoff permutations in play, plus two loaded teams meeting in the last game of most leagues' fantasy championships. It's Atlanta at New Orleans on ESPN, and the comments are the place to be....