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How The Referee Deal Got Done
Judy Battista of The New York Times has the most complete rundown of the negotiations that got the referees back on the field last night, and it becomes clear that the Packers-Seahawks debacle didn't get the deal done, but it did get it done faster....

38-Year-Old Rasheed Wallace Would Only Be The Fourth-Oldest Player On Knicks Roster
According to ESPN's Jared Zwerling, Rasheed Wallace is all but officially announced as a New York Knick. Ideally, he'd play some minutes behind Tyson Chandler and lead the team in technical fouls. Wallace was last seen in the NBA yelling at referees after the 2010 NBA Finals....

Maurice Jones-Drew Still Sounds Pretty Ticked Off At Jags Management
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: The issues that prompted his holdout? They're still issues....


Cheerleaders, Endless Chants, And Fan-Created Performance Art: Why Baseball Games In The Far East Feel Like College Football Games
On my flight to Busan, South Korea I sat next to an older Korean woman sporting a Detroit Tiger hat. It seemed serendipitous that I'd be seated next to a fellow Tigers fan on a vacation planned entirely around seeing baseball games. The issue, which was a big issue, was expressing this....

Michael Jordan And Scottie Pippen Allegedly Had A Dance-Off At Pippen's Birthday Party
Scottie Pippen's birthday was on Monday. (Happy belated birthday, Scottie Pippen!) He and his wife celebrated at a Chicago club, along with Antoine Walker, Ahmad Rashad, Nazr Mohammed and Michael Jordan. More importantly, it appears that the party ended with Pippen and Jordan engaging in a friendly ...

A's Pitcher Dallas Braden Goes A Little Crazypants At A Community Meeting In His Hometown
A public meeting was held in Stockton, Calif., last night in order to address the town's high crime rate. That's not something that would normally register on our radar, but when Dallas Braden decides to show up at that meeting with a baseball bat and berate the police chief until he gets himself k...

Joe McKnight Is Really Sad About Having To Play Cornerback
The Jets lost all-universe corner Darrelle Revis to a torn ACL on Sunday, so—being a resourceful and depth-strapped organization—they're converting Joe McKnight, their kick returner and third-down running back, into a cornerback. Joe McKnight is not happy about this:...

The Oakland Raiders' 2011 Draft Class Is A Big Pile Of Suck
It's being reported that the Oakland Raiders have waived offensive tackle Joe Barksdale. Barksdale was a third-round pick in Oakland's 2011 draft class. Yes, 2011....

Six Times As Many People Watched A Rerun Of <i>The Vampire Diaries</i> As Watched MLS On ESPN2: Last Week’s TV Ratings, In Context
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...

Bristolmetrics: Everybody Hates Lane Kiffin
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

Packers Players Who Disparaged The NFL On Twitter Reportedly Won't Be Fined
Any Green Bay Packers player who used Twitter to rip the NFL following Green Bay's controversial loss to Seattle on Monday (and there were many) will not be fined by the NFL, according to a report....

Mitt Romney Thinks The "Greatest Athlete" Of The 20th Century Was Jack Nicklaus, Who Was Not The Greatest Athlete Of The 20th Century
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus was in Ohio today campaigning for Mitt Romney, who long ago sewed up the crucial Jim Nantz Vote. And here's what Romney said:...

Here's NFL Referee Ed Hochuli's Adorable Response To A Fan Who Emailed To Say He Missed Him
We got an email from a reader named Tyler a little while ago. Tyler and his friends are fed up with the work of the NFL's scab officials, so they decided to contact locked-out ref Ed Hochuli by emailing him at his law office to say they missed him. And look: Hochuli responded!...

No, The Scab Refs Do Not Make The NFL More Exciting
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What Can NFL Players Do To End The Referee Lockout (Besides Tweeting About It)?
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NFL Admits Very, Very Quietly That The Seahawks' "Touchdown" "Catch" Could've Been Overturned
Here is the most important part of the NFL's official statement on the final play of last night's Packers-Seahawks game:...

New Jersey State Senator Wants To Ban Replacement Referees
After witnessing the debacle that was last night's Packers-Seahawks game, New Jersey state senator Stephen Sweeney announced that he is planning to introduce legislation that will ban replacement officials from being used in professional sporting events, a move that is totally reasonable and defini...

Angry Packers Fan? Let Loose Your Rage Here
Are you a Packers fan? Have you been grievously injured thanks to last night's game? Are you suffering from angry neck spasms or any other rageborne illness? Fear not. We have the perfect outlet for you. Our patented Kinja Bitching System allows you, the Packer fan, to express your profound anger to...

I'm A Minnesota Viking, And I Think The Packers Got Screwed
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