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Dwight Howard Joins In "Howard Sucks" Chant In L.A.
Dwight Howard's return to Los Angeles went pretty much as expected: Fans got on him, and the Lakers got blown out. At one point in the third—with Houston already up big—Howard joined in the "Howard Sucks" chants coming from the crowd....
That Isn't Dwight Howard, Ma'am
We all know that the dude in these two photos isn't NBA center Dwight Howard, right? An excited but tricked fan let everyone on Instagram know how she met Dwight Howard. Nah. The best part is when the real Dwight Howard shows up in the comments:...
Here's Jimmy Howard's Olympic Mask
We now have the masks for all three of Team USA's Olympic goaltenders, after designer Ray Bishop posted photos of Jimmy Howard's on his company's Facebook page....
Dwight Howard Posts Up Small Child, Slam Dunks On Him
Dwight Howard or not, this is adorable....
Houston Rockets Get The Crap Scared Out Of Them By Their Own Mascot
Here's another reason for us to love inflatable mascots. Not only are they good at creating timeless GIFs and eating cheerleaders, they are also well-equipped to scare the shit out of a bunch of grown men. ...
Tim Howard Gets Red Card To End Everton's 2013 Unbeaten Home Record
Everton only needed to win or draw each of their last two matches at Goodison Park this year to go all of 2013 unbeaten at home. Their match against Southampton on Sunday was always going to be difficult to navigate, but today the Blues, in fourth place, hosted last-place Sunderland in what was expe...
Dwight Howard Ate All The Sugar
There was a very odd, long story on CBS Sports earlier this week that read uncomfortably like an infomercial for "Dr. Cate" Shanahan, an inventor of a pseudo-paleodiet who's been brought on by the Lakers as a nutritional consultant. I want to bring this passage about Dwight Howard to your attention....
Smash
The big question for those of us jaded with the modern game of ping-pong—the oof-plock, oof-plock of devious sponge, no rally lasting longer than the cramped spin serve, the dabbed return, and the silent kill—was whether the great Marty Reisman, just one grey hair short of 70 but still refusing the ...
The Right Woman For The Job
Dig this nice column by Johnette Howard on Violet Palmer over at ESPN:...
Here's Dwight Howard Making All His Free Throws In Warmups
Dwight Howard is making 54.4 percent of his free throws this year. He made 49 percent of them in each of the past two seasons, and is 57 percent for his career. Here he is hitting 18 of 20 in warmups, including 10 straight. ...
Dwight Howard Got Owned By A Heckler Last Night
A fun thing happened during last night's Rockets-Mavericks game. Late in the fourth quarter, Dwight Howard got heckled by a very angry man who may or may not have been an extra in Wayne's World 2, and Howard responded by tossing the ball at the heckler....
Veteran NFL LB Thomas Howard Killed In 100 MPH Car Crash
Thomas Howard, a linebacker who played parts of eight NFL seasons and was cut by the Falcons last week, is one of two dead after an early-morning high-speed car crash in Oakland. ...
Dwight Howard Wants To Fight In The UFC For Some Reason
So Dwight Howard was backstage at a fight card in Houston recently and he talked boisterously, before Chandler Parsons and the world, about how he'd love to fight one day and would do it for $10 million and—and, who cares, right? It's Dwight Howard. We know he'll never fight. (Even if he did, it wou...
Eddie Gaven, The Oddest Goalkeeper In MLS History, Retires
Eddie Gaven retired today, and the math doesn't seem right. He's only 27 years old, but already an 11-year veteran of MLS. That's what happens when you get drafted at age 16, as Gaven was by the MetroStars in 2003. The wunderkind never quite lived up to the hype, but he proved to be a versatile, wor...
Do You Believe In Magic? Restoring The Dodger Way
Over at ESPN, Howard Bryant has a long piece on the rebuilding of a once-proud franchise:...
Two Separate Heads Got Cracked With Bottles In This Fight In San Diego
We join the action mid-beef during a tailgate at the Chargers-Cowboys game Sunday as Dez Bryant Dude is already stewing and pacing around. Then some lady slaps him in the face and the bottles start flying....
Why Howard Beck Left <em>The New York Times</em> For Bleacher Report
"I understand the reactions," Howard Beck said over the phone, "because of where I have been working for the last nine years and because of where I'm going." ...
Off-Putting Men, Fast Cars: <em>Rush</em>, Reviewed.
Rush succeeds not just because of what it is but because of what it isn't. A sports drama based on a true story, the film mostly stays away from the clichés that make fact-based sports movies so familiar. No rooting interests, no inspirational speeches, no feel-good message about the triumph of the ...
Bleacher Report Poaches Howard Beck From The <em>Times</em>
Well, then. Six weeks after Bleacher Report poached Mike Freeman, Turner's flagship sports site has gone and hired New York Times basketball reporter Howard Beck. ...