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Capitals Player Daniel Winnik Lost A Chunk Of His Ear Blocking A Shot
If you don’t want to see a hockey player lose a chunk of his ear, don’t watch this video, because it features a hockey player losing a chunk of his ear. It’s not graphic, but Daniel Winnik does end it with less total ears than he started with....
Your Hockey Gear Reeks, Oh God, The Smell, No
On this episode of the official Ask a Clean Person podcast, hockey writer Dave Lozo joined me on the occasion of the new NHL season to talk about hockey gear, its attendant smells, and what to do about that stanky problem. It was thematic, you see!...
The Atlanta Hawks Ownership Group Was Always Destined To Blow Up
Brian Windhorst and Kevin Arnovitz dropped a big behind-the-scenes piece on the racism mess that led to the Atlanta Hawks being sold to Antony Ressler for $850 million. There are a number of funny anecdotes and interesting stories in the report, but the basic takeaway is that the Atlanta Hawks owner...
Report: The Hawks Front Office Is Eating Itself
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski has done some fantastic reporting that gives a much clearer look at just what the hell is going on with the Atlanta Hawks, a team that's seen owner Bruce Levenson ousted after sending a racist email, and minority owner Michael Gearon rat out GM Danny Ferry for getting raci...
Hawks Minority Owner: GM Danny Ferry Got Racist On A Conference Call
When Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson announced Sunday that he would be putting the team up for sale, conspiracists, not entirely convinced by a story involving Levenson volunteering to the league office that he'd sent a racist email, wondered when another shoe would drop. Well, here it is....
Ryan Miller's Olympic Mask Unveiled
Designer Ray Bishop has released images of the mask that Ryan Miller will wear in Sochi, and it is America all over....
Your Hockey Gear Is Foul. Clean It, Or Else.
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Cobra '79 T-Shirt
Via It's a Long Season check out this boss T-shirt by Chris Brennan. ...
Yep, The NCAA Also Sells An Autographed Photo Of Reggie Bush At USC
Jay Bilas's Twitter takedown of the NCAA's online store has sent a lot of people in search of more gems of hypocrisy, and this might be the best find yet, courtesy Larry Brown Sports: An autographed photo of Reggie Bush outrunning Oklahoma defenders during the 2005 BCS title game, yours for the low,...
Entire School District Locked Down Because Someone Misheard A Fresh Prince Lyric
Life got flip-turned upside down this morning in a suburban Pittsburgh school district. Everyone was chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool—at least until a doctor's office employee called a 19-year-old high school student to confirm an appointment. When the employee heard the student's outgoing v...
MLB.com Sells An NBA Headband For Cheaper Than NBA.com Does
Reader Zachary had a desire for an NBA logo headband, because he's cool like that. He looked it up at the NBA Store, and found it for $7.99. Then he found it at the MLB Shop, and it's a dollar cheaper. Why? We don't know. Why does MLB.com sell NBA stuff? We don't know....
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The Official NCAA Online Store Stopped Selling Penn State Gear Today. Why? [UPDATE]
As first discovered by Centre County Report, the PSU College of Communications' news program, the NCAA Shop this morning took down all Penn State merchandise from their site. The Nittany Lions aren't listed among the teams available, and a search for Penn State turns up no results....
Here's A Belgian Soccer Player Driving His Porsche Into A Store
A rough Saturday night for Belgian midfielder Jonathan Legear. He had just found out he was not selected by his Russian club, and spent the night...somewhere. Whatever he did, he found himself on the road at 5:30 a.m., and this happened....
The NFL Will Fine Alex Smith For Wearing A San Francisco Giants Cap
Alex Smith grew up in La Mesa, outside San Diego, so it's not a surprise he used to wear a Padres cap at postgame press conferences. But Alex Smith used to be terrible, so something had to change. Last year, in the midst of a successful season, he switched to a Giants cap and used it as a good luck ...
Instead Of Nike Gear, Egypt Gave Its Olympic Athletes Chinese Knockoffs
One of the most basic roles of a nation's Olympic committee is to outfit its athletes: clothes, bags, training gear, all that good stuff. Someone at the Egyptian Olympic Committee appears to have outsourced that responsibility to the lowest bidder, because all 117 Egyptian Olympians were given count...
What Compression Gear Will And Won't (Mostly Won't) Do For You
What if pants could make me a better runner? With a half-marathon ahead of me, I decided it was time to try compression tights for training. As I struggled to pull a pair onto my slightly overweight legs, I could feel the skintight fabric transforming them from slack to firm, without any flexing. I ...
The Miami Heat Appear To Have Messed Up the <em>Gears of War 3</em> Hype Train
LeBron James, first you upset the people of Cleveland by abandoning their basketball team. Now you've helped the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls in five games, closing the series out last night with an 83-80 victory. That means there's… [Kotaku] ...
If Pacquiao-Mosley Was A Snoozer, Arce-Vazquez Was A Goddamn Slobberknocker
For those of you who spent $55 to watch Shane Mosley preserve his brain cells last night against Manny Pacquiao, my condolences go out to you if the main event was all you saw. Because the Jorge Arce vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. bout on the undercard was unreal. It oozed with subtext: Mexico vs. Puert...