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Woody Allen Was Watching The NBA All-Star Game Instead Of The Oscars
Woody Allen won the Academy Award for Midnight In Paris, but it's not clear if he knows yet. Allen wasn't in the house to accept his award, because something much more important was going on:...

Only Kobe Bryant Would Get A Concussion And A Broken Nose In An All-Star Game
As far as NBA All-Star Games go, and that's not very far, last night's edition had just about everything. From the NBA's two best players pacing their conferences with 36 apiece, to the typical shootout devolving into world-class defensive play in the last five minutes, to the NBA saying screw you...

Kobe Can't Find The Phone Numbers He Probably Got At Halftime
Your morning roundup for Feb. 27. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...

Nicki Minaj Had A Bit Of A Wardrobe Malfunction In The NBA All-Star Pregame
Fresh off her aiding and abetting of M.I.A.'s Super Bowl impropriety and a batshit insane Grammy Awards performance Nicki Minaj got a bit too worked up during the announcement of tonight's All-Star Game lineups, it would seem, and had a falling-out with her undergarment....

Your NBA All-Star Game Open Thread
The stars are out and making little to no sense. Celebrate the celebration of NBA talent in the comments down below....

This Lil Wayne Appearance At The NBA All-Star Festivities Was Just Weird
Charles Barkley couldn't resist a quick drug reference after this painful interview with Lil Wayne (or, as he was introduced, "Little Wayne") which followed a regrettable performance by Gym Class Heroes on the NBA's All-Star pregame show on TNT....

There Is A Tim Tebow iPhone Game, And It Is Terrible
While the iTunes Store exploded with Tim Tebow-related apps in the heyday of Tebowmania, none of them really qualified as "games," most being trivia or Bible-related. Sensing a gap in the market, an outfit called TriStar Games (presumably no relation to the film studio) released "Tebit Time" earl...

Charles Barkley Dropped A "Jeremy 'Rin'" On-Air Last Night, But Was It On Purpose?
Despite having plenty of words by volume erupt from his lips, Sir Charles hasn't always been the most cunning linguist. (That's turrible.) So we don't know what to make of his slip-up last night, in which he went to the Asian-pronunciation-stereotype box and dropped a "Jeremy Rin" on viewers after...

A D-Backs Employee Embarrassed Himself On MLB Network's Game Show Last Night
Poor Josh DeFamio, graphics supervisor of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was on MLB Network's Baseball IQ—a show in which teams' employees compete to win money for charity—last night, ready to advance to the finals to face off against Mets statistician Ben Baumer. All he has to do is name 10 of the ...

Is Steve Nash A Time Traveler?
When reader Sam sent us some old photos of sports teams, we were intrigued. Old sports photos are cool—especially seeing the uniforms of the day. Yet not being able to place where the photos were taken (or who might be in them) left us guessing....

The All-Star Shooting Stars Competition Will Be Lin-Less
Since Jeremy Lin has been shoehorned into the rookie/soph game, there's really no need for him in the Shooting Stars contest. But then, there's really no need for the Shooting Stars contest. You know the one: teams consisting of an NBA player, NBA "legend", and WNBA player take shots from different ...

There's A White Guy In The Slam Dunk Contest
Fair warning: the lineup for the dunk contest at All-Star weekend is out, and it is uninspiring. You've got Indiana's Paul George, Minnesota's Derrick Williams, New York's Iman Shumpert (assisted by Jeremy Lin), and Houston's Chase Budinger. The superstars won't do these kinds of competitions any mo...

Jeremy Lin Will Be In The Slam Dunk Contest, Sort Of
What? You thought Linsanity wasn't going to be part of all-star weekend? David Stern knows a good thing when he sees it and, this morning, the NBA confirmed that Lin will participate in the Haier shooting stars competition, making the Knicks guard eligible to help out his teammate Iman Shumpert, who...

A Trip Down Internal Memory Lane: How Playstation Changed the Game
Gran Turismo, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor—remember how excited you were the first time you played these now prolific games, fueled only by Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew? Back in 1994, when the original Playstation hit the market, kids everywhere began spending countless hours with their buddies, tradi...

Digger Phelps Is Tired Of Kentucky Fans' Bullshit; Kentucky Fans Tell Him To Go To Hell
Kentucky basketball fans have invaded Nashville in an attempt to overwhelm Vanderbilt fans ahead of today's matchup between the Wildcats and Commodores, one which ESPN chose as its College GameDay site of the week. (They're not-so-cleverly calling it "Occupy Memorial.")...

Super Bowl 46 Pre-Game Show Open Thread
The Super Bowl is so big, we're doing an open thread for the pre-game show. Deal with it. The fun starts now on NBC....

Let's All Get Wasted At Patrick Kane's Coming-Out Party
Sidney Crosby suffered a neck injury, we were told. It was supposedly separate from his concussion issues, and announced by someone with the ominous title of neurological spine specialist, but we were reassured that it was fully healed. Nothing about that terse Penguins release was reassuring. Crosb...

Shaun White Just Got The First Ever Perfect Score In SuperPipe—On His Victory Run
The classical ideal of perfection in athletics was defined by physical prowess displayed artistically. Modern tastes have added "swagger," "attitude," or perhaps just pride to that equation....
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US Skier Claims She Was Disqualified From The X-Games For Sarah Burke Tribute [UPDATE]
Langely McNeal is a US skier competing in this year's X-Games. Earlier today, she posted a status update on her facebook page indicating that she had been disqualified from the Women's Skier X final as a result of the French team protesting a Sarah Burke band around her thigh and a hair tie around ...

NHL All-Star Game Open Thread
Enjoy Hockey's best playing offense and chat about it all down in the comments....