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Meanwhile, At Busch Stadium ...
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Eh, Screw It: Jason Whitlock Is The Friendly, Outgoing Sort
Everyone's favorite columnist is just chilling as usual. This time he took some time out of his busy schedule to snap a photo with two women doing missionary work in Vegas this past summer....
Very Naughty Jonesboro High Dance Team Banned Until Further Notice
After their YouTube video, entitled "The Sluts Of Jonesboro," went viral, the Jonesboro High dance team has been disbanded by the school district. Here's what all the hullaballoo is about....
Spartan Hockey Players Will Only Be Slashing Tires From Now On
If you were wondering whether Michigan State coach Rick Comley would actually punish his two players who went berserk on Michigan's Steve Kampfer—both have been kicked off the team and one has already left school....
The Ballad Of Brenda And Kurtis The Stock Boy
Sports is a cold and cynical world, but its nice to know that uplifting tales of goodness can be found in the abyss. Oh, look... your mom just forwarded you an email from 1999!...
Strange Times Keep Getting Stranger In the World Of The Dallas Cowboys
Dear VH1: Please develop a reality series starring Terrell Owens, in which he examines his many personal problems with his publicists. P.S., I am not a crackpot....
Man Who Walked On To Court During Providence Game Jailed Without Bail
Upset brother, Jonathan Xavier, violated his probation from a 2005 drug conviction when he walked on court to yell at ref. [ESPN]...
Chris Berman's Own Private Media Day
All journalists covering Media Day are in the same boat. Everyone shares time and resources with everyone else to the benefit of all involved. Sorry, but that's not the way Chris Berman operates....
Garrett Mock Teaches With Love, Compassion, Occasional Swelling And Bruising
Washington Nationals pitcher Garrett Mock has a simple philosophy when it comes to coaching his youth baseball team in the off-season. Wear a cup....
All Eyes in Kentucky On Landmark Wrongful Death Case
Kentucky coach pleads not guilty in practice death of player. "They're dragging a very good man through the mud and I don't understand why." [USA Today]...
Fred Taylor Has Surprisingly Healthy Genes
Kelvin Taylor, son of perennially injured Jaguar Fred Taylor, made first-team All-State RB in Florida this season. By the way, he's in eighth grade. [World of Issac]...
Michigan Hockey Player Victim Of Yet Another Mugging
For the second time in three months, Michigan defenseman Steve Kampfer was the victim of a brutal assault, but at least time it wasn't a classmate delivering the cheap shots....
More Fallout From That 100-0 Girls Basketball Fiasco
So the moral of the story, I guess, is if you're the winners of a 100-0 blowout, your coach gets fired. If you're the losers, you get to meet Diane Sawyer. Seems fair....
Hockey Players Are Easily Confused
New Hampshire high school ice hockey player invents goalie pads that look like netting. Result: Two shutouts so far. [Boston Globe]...
Nuts in Space
Sometimes we cover feats of human achievement in space. Other times we cover massive international f*ckups. And then, sometimes, we have the privilege to bring you something like this. Nuts, in space. [YouTube]...
Jim Leyland Has a Lovely Singing Voice
The Tigers skipper belts out a couple bars of "Betcha By Golly Wow" during the team's recent visit to the Motown Museum. And people say smoking is bad for you....
Wistful for the Days of Unintentionally Hilarious PSAs?
Then how about some videos of past baseball greats trying to keep you off the crack and the coke?...
Mike Shanahan Won't Coach the Chiefs
But hey, Herm Edwards is available! In other old-Broncos-coach news, Dan Reeves interviewed for the 49ers offensive coordinator spot....
Get This Man In A Chrysler PT Cruiser
Sales of Chicago White Sox hats have gone up 25% since Barack Obama was elected. Dick Cheney fedora sales also brisk. [Chicago Tribune, via Ben Maller]...
Jennie Finch's Son Being Groomed For A Life Of Separation Anxiety And Ass-Kickings
Saw this little tidbit in, of all places, SI writer Jack McCallum's "Bottom 10" list: Softballer Jennie Finch is positively distressed about taking away her son's pacifier and blanket....