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Sugar Shane Shocks the World, KO's Margarito In 9
The air of invincibility surrounding Antonio Margarito following his super human performance against Miguel Cotto was brought down 37 year old Sugar Shane Mosley before the largest crowd in Staples Center's history....
Baton Rouge Is Still a Football Town
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Joe Thornton Does His Best "Italian Soccer Teammate" Impression
The West Captain on All-Star teammate Roberto Luongo: "[He's] a nice, dark, good-looking Italian guy." I choose to take this as conclusive evidence of his homosexuality....
Craig Sager's Awkward Flailing Inspires Others to Dance
Warning: this video contains footage of an "oddly-dressed man flopping around spastically" nature. And dangerously high levels of Gary Payton-sass....
Who's Ready for Duke To Be Number One Again?
Well, that was a throttling. Duke nearly doubled up Maryland 85-44 this afternoon, handing Gary Williams his worst loss since joining the Terrapins in 1989. And everybody knows what that means......
Eric Mangini Cares Not For Your Mural of Legends
Eric Mangini wants to bring a fresh start to the Cleveland Browns franchise. And he won't have any pesky tributes to team luminaries interfering with it....
Finally, Something Interesting Happened On A Soccer Field
Apparently Croatian football star Dino Drpic had sex with his wife — Playboy model Nives Celsius — on a soccer field. And that's a firing offense, I guess. [Austrian Times]...
Rocker Says Steak Shapiro Deserved It, Denies Very Little
John Rocker was kind enough to call back and respond to Atlanta sports radio host Steak Shapiro's claims that he verbally assaulted him last night. Rocker says he was provoked....
Ha! Soccer Player Turns Out To Be Only Mostly Dead
English soccer club asks crowd for a moment of silence to pay tribute to one of their greats, who, um happens to still be alive. [The Slow Breaker]...
Religion, Sports, And Visanthe Shiancoe Has A Bible Verse Written WHERE?
Time for Waxing Off, the feature generally credited for saving the passengers of US Airways flight 1549. Today's topic: Athletes who credit God for victories and success....
I See No Possible Way This Can Fail
Steve Phillips added to Sunday Night Baseball broadcasting team of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. So it turns out America does support torture. [Salon]...
The One Where Dwight Howard Supaman's Dat Ho
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another....
Did John Rocker Go Crazy On An Atlanta Radio Host Last Night?
An Atlanta sports radio host is saying that our old pal John Rocker kind of went bonkers at a nightclub opening both were attending last night, and had to be restrained....
Giants Receivers Shouldn't Be Allowed To Go Outside, Near Guns
Giants receiver Taye Biddle, called up from the practice squad to replace Plax last fall, is recovering nicely from gunshot wounds. No, he didn't shoot himself. [ESPN]...
Principal Of School That Administered 100-0 Beating Offers To Forfeit The Win
Covenant School, the Texas high school that beat crosstown Dallas Academy 100-0 in a girls basketball game recently, is feeling somewhat remorseful over their little ass-kicking display....
Cubs' Apparent New Owner Actually Likes The Cubs
Chicago Cubs sold for $900 million to family group headed by Tom Ricketts. Deal includes Wrigley Field and Ronnie Woo-Woo. [Washington Post]...
Exclusive: Stanford Tree Responds To Cheerleader Booty-Licking Allegations
Here is the Stanford Tree's email response to our post from yesterday, which included a shocking photo of the mascot involved in some apparent menage-a-tree with buxom college cheerleaders....
Raise Your Hand If You Know The Lyrics To "Grab Them Cakes"
Writer with extremely large brain and embarrassing music collection does an amazingly thorough job analyzing the genius and nuances of "The Wrestling Album". [Mental Floss]...
Since When Have Florida Atlantic Games Been This Interesting?
Florida Atlantic coach Mike Jarvis gets four straight technicals, plus a police escort from the building, which is always fun. At least porn star Mary Carey seemed to have a good time!...
The Meat Bikini Is Delicious, Possibly NSFW
Face it, your Super Bowl party was a sure disaster until you saw this: Introducing the meat bikini. Also available in bacon bikini and avocado dip bikini. [In Game Now]...