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Well, That Was Fun While It Lasted...Brady Quinn Probably Out For Season
The Cleveland Browns season just became even more meaningless, thanks to the anonymously sourced- news that Brady Quinn, former starting handsome ball chucker, is most likely out for the season. Quinn attempted to play last Sunday with that fractured index finger, but apparently did more damage to i...
Obama Knows How To Keep His Chicago Press Corp Happy
Well, President elect Barack Obama continues to show the world that his sports fandom was not an act to just to get on SportsCenter. At yesterday's briefing, reporters were separated into Sox and Cubs sections. In today's briefing, a reporter was singled out for an apology as he, a devoted Sox fan, ...
Viagra Could Be The Next Drug On Sports' Banned List
The World Anti-Doping Agency is looking into whether Viagra provides enhancement on the field as well as it does off. According to research, the assisted blood flow that gets your johnson jonesin' can also increase your cardiac performance. ...
Which Saint Pooped On The Owner's Car?
The New Orleans Saints won't be fooled by any sales pitches. And they'll go to great lengths to prove it. I'll just get right to it. ...
Gator Quarterback Not Named Tebow Charged With Burglary
Florida Gators backup quarterback, Cameron Newton, was arrested, charged with felony burglary, and suspended from the team after stealing a classmate's laptop. Newton got caught when, in a stroke of genius, he used the stolen laptop to access the school's network. Oh, but that's not all. When he rea...
Phil Savage Finally Apologizes For His Impassioned Expletive in E-mail Freakout to Fan
Well. Who would've thought a story like this could get so much attention? And, hey — even ESPN.com took off the web censors and let the AP's "as first reported by Deadspin.com" into its online copy. I'm flattered that they acknowledge our uncanny ability to carefully sift through our inbox. And now,...
Saying Goodbye To Pete Newell, The Greatest There Ever Was
The two greatest basketball coaches who ever lived are now gone. One you've probably never heard of: George "Bud" Presley, who labored in obscurity for most of his career at a junior college in Atherton, Calif., and who passed away in 2003. But his is a story for another day. Let us talk now of Pete...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Charlie Weis Should Do Pushups Everytime Notre Dame Scores
• 12:00 — College Football: Navy vs. Notre Dame [CBS], Ohio State vs. Illinois [ESPN] - Navy looks to go streaking against Charlie Weis! • 1:40 — Movie: White Men Can't Jump - D’s, motherfucker, D’s [Cinnemax] • 2:30 — Do the Dew: World of Adventure Sports [NBC] • 3:30 — College Football: Minnesota ...
The Continuing Saga of One Online MMA Community and an Angry Martial Artist Pestering Rick Chandler
A little less than a month ago, you may remember the story about MMA fighter Lloyd Irvin and how he disarmed an intruder at his family's home using a fancy sambo technique. In the initial post that Rick wrote, he was skeptical about the report, which resulted in a few testy email exchanges with Mr. ...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Is This How You Kids Go Hawaiian?
• 12:00 — Biography: Donny and Marie Osmond [BIO] - "Well, you might like to hear some accordion; make that squeezebox swing." (This is our way to suggest that perhaps this is the day to clean out the eaves if you're not a fan of the football.) • 12:00 — Sport: Tennis - Sony Ericsson Championships, ...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Kristi Yamaguchi Also Has Free Nights and Weekends
• 12:00 — Sport: College Football - Michigan at Minnesota [ESPN] and Ohio State at Northwestern [ESPN2] - Your Big Ten liver warmups. (Also, Baylor at Texas on FSN and Syracuse at Rutgers on ESPNU.) • 3:30 — Sport: College Football - Alabama at LSU [CBS], Stanford at Oregon [FSN], and Regional Potpo...
Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Title, Has Hot Girlfriend; Deal With It, Spain
Overcomomg a slick track, various porcupine road hazards and these guys, 23-year-old Lewis Hamilton finished fifth at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday to become the youngest Formula One champion ever. So he celebrated as you or I would; by spending a night in Sao Paulo with his hot rock star girlf...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• NFL: NY Jets @ Buffalo, 1:00pm, [CBS] • NFL: Baltimore @ Cleveland, 1:00p.m. [CBS] • NFL: Green Bay @ Tennessee, 1:00p.m. [FOX] • NFL: Houston @ Minnesota, 1:00p.m. [CBS] • NFL: Arizona @ St. Louis, 1:00p.m. [FOX] • Running: ING New York City Marathon, 3 p.m. [NBC] (same-day tape) • College women...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• CFB: Northwestern at Minnesota, 12:00 p.m. [ESPN2] • CFB: Wisconsin at Michigan State, 12:00 p.m. [ESPN] • PGA Tour: Ginn sur Mer Classic (Third Round), 1:30 p.m. [Golf Channel] • CFB: Pittsburgh at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m. [NBC] • CFB: Regional coverage: Florida State at Georgia Tech; Iowa at Illin...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: She Can Strip Your Gears
• 2:00 — Sport: Auto Racing - Sprint Cup: Pep Boys Auto 500 (from Atlanta Motor Speedway) [ABC] - Jimmie Johnson haters, this may be your last chance to imagine a world where Jimmie Johnson isn't your Sprint Cup champion. • 3:00 — Sport: Soccer - Los Angeles Galaxy vs. FC Dallas [TeleFutura] - Dav...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: A Cross-Country Demolition Blog Post Without Rules
• 12:00 — Sport: College Football - Texas Tech vs. Kansas [ESPN] - Not pictured: Texas, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma lining up to help expand the rear entry opened wide by Kansas. • 12:00 — Sport: College Football - Illinois vs. Wisconsin [ESPN2] - The Beloit, WI/South Beloit, IL Border War heats up....
Thursday Night Preview: Clemson at (21) Wake Forest
Tommy Bowden and Clemson roll into lovely Winston-Salem to try and stave off yet another mediocre season. Clemson is 3-2 and coming off a 17-14 loss to Maryland. Now they're 2.5 point underdogs to Wake Forest. Watch this game to see if this is finally, at long last, the game that ends Tommy Bowden'...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• Noon NHL: NHL: Tampa Bay vs. New York Rangers [Versus] • 1:05 MLB: Philadelphia at Milwaukee [TBS] • 2:00 NASCAR: Amp Energy 500 [ABC] • 2:30 NHL: Ottawa vs. Pittsburgh [Versus] • 3:00 PGA: Turning Stone Resort Championship, Final Round [Golf] • 4:00 LPGA: Samsung World Championship, Final Round ...
Stanford Lineman Does Not Like Notre Dame
About the only thing that would make Saturday's Stanford-Notre Dame football game actually compelling is if Charlie Weis and the Stanford Tree fought at midfield with rakes and blowtorches. But knowing that would never happen (the Tree is usually soaked with alcohol and cannot be near open flame), C...
The NFL: Your Source For Disturbing Images Of Possibly Paralyzed Men
Back in 2007, after the Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett shattered his spine on the kickoff return team, the NFL stepped up its policies about helmet-to-helmet contact as a means of making the league safer. It's a grim reality NFL players face each Sunday that one play could possibly end their careers a...