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Lebanese Olympic Skier Under Fire For Topless Photoshoot
Lebanese slalom skier Jackie Chamoun is facing criticism in her home country, with even the Sports Minister calling for an investigation, after images from a topless calendar photoshoot emerged on the internet Monday....

Added Time Bites Manchester United In The Ass As Fulham Draws
Though the basement-dwelling Fulham took a 1-0 lead 19 minutes into the match, Manchester United's two quick goals by Robin Van Persie and Michael Carrick near the end of the second half seemingly corrected everything. But in extra time, Fulham wrecked their stability....

Promoter Calls Off George Zimmerman-DMX Fight
The man behind the George Zimmerman-DMX fight announced that he has cancelled the bout. Earlier today, Damon Feldman revealed on Twitter that he made the decision to forego "a lot of money" because people's feelings mean more to him than money....

Pete Carroll Is The Future
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. ...

NFC Championship Game Truthers Have A Dumb Conspiracy Theory
This video has been making the rounds on the internet over the course of the last two days. It is impossibly dumb. ...

Auburn Considers Pretending It Won Another Four National Championships
Auburn has two national championships, in 1957 and 2010. But what if we're all wrong? What if Auburn actually has nine national championships in its storied history? All it takes to claim a title is to believe it....

Wilt Spins
From Up North Trips comes this cool photograph of Wilt Chamberlain. Wonder what record he's playing?...

Police Will Investigate Alleged Rape Of Missouri Swimmer
Following a report published last week by ESPN's Outside the Lines that detailed the alleged rape and subsequent suicide of former University of Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey, the Columbia, Mo., police department has opened an investigation into the alleged attack. ...

How Mizzou Failed An Alleged Rape Victim Who Killed Herself
An Outside the Lines investigation into the alleged rape and subsequent suicide of former University of Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey has raised some serious questions about the university's role in letting Menu Courey slip through the cracks. Everything about this story will make you feel like...

These Seahawks Fans Tried To Watch Last Week's Game In Silence, For $5k
What Fox Sports did to this group of Seahawks fans is just plain cruel. Hilarious, but cruel....

Seven Scenes From The Life Of A Quiet Champ
Dig Pete Dexter's 1980 Inside Sports profile of Larry Holmes:...

Facebook Fandom Maps Show Who America Is Rooting For This Sunday
Once again, we've got maps that break down the proportion of Facebook fans of each of Sunday's conference championship teams to a county level. Now you know if you'll have to give your fellow sports bar patrons the side-eye....

A Photog Remembers When, And Why, "Uncle Tom" Frazier Kicked Ali's Ass
Today is Muhammad Ali's 72nd birthday. Four decades ago, after three-and-a-half years away from the ring, he was half-assedly gearing up for a title fight with the reigning champ, Joe Frazier. LIFE photographer John Shearer remembers that winter well....

What You Need To Know To Bet On The AFC/NFC Title Games (Late Edition)
Below is your late betting info for the AFC and NFC championship games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread and over/under movement is now included, and the money lines, over/unders, and bet trend have been updated....

How Many Ads Are In Your College Sports Broadcast?
In O'Bannon vs. NCAA, the defendants made a stunning claim. Collegiate athletes cannot be paid for appearing in televised games, the NCAA argued, because those games—like, say, the Vizio BCS National Championship—are First Amendment-protected news programs, and not commercial broadcasts....

What You Need To Know To Bet On The AFC, NFC Title Games
Here is your early betting info for the championship round of the playoffs this weekend. We'll update on Thursday with spread and over/under movement....

Remembering Hal Needham And The Birth Of Redneck Cinema
This here's a good one. From Stephen Rebello writing for Playboy:...


Tyson Vs. Ali
A performance piece at PS122 reviewed in the Times and also featured in the Wall Street Journal. ...
