i Page 6284 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The Bobcats Draft Party Booed The Shit Out Of Cody Zeller's Selection
Via Did Charlotte Win, the scene at the Time Warner Cable Arena as the Bobcats made the 4th selection in last night's draft, a slot where Nerlens Noel, Alex Len, and Ben McLemore were still available. You get the feeling 'Cats fans might have wanted one of those three instead....
Everyone Is At The Blackhawks Parade
There's not a lot of work getting done in Chicago today, we'd wager. This photo, from CSN's Nina Falcone, gives a sense of the scale of the crowd at Grant Park for the Blackhawks' profane Stanley Cup celebration. We don't think the Ravens will have much to say about this one....
The Time Has Come For Dan Snyder To Change His Name
Times change, people. There once was a day in America when the idea of two gay men openly marrying seemed absurd. There was once a day in America when segregation was the law of the land. But the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, and today we no longer tolerate evil that in another er...
Saying Goodbye To David Stern The Only Way We Know How
Adios, asswipe....
Lede Time
Lenny Shecter is best remembered as the man behind Jim Bouton’s classic Ball Four but for a generation of sports fans who followed Shecter’s columns in the New York Post in the late Fifties and the early Sixties he stands as one of the great sports writers of them all. He had a quick-witted, thought...
Corey Crawford's Speech At The Blackhawks Parade Was Short And Profane
Is this one of the best victory speeches in recent memory? Fuckin' A right it is....
How Much Money Did The Knee Injury Cost Nerlens Noel?
If we assume that a healthy Nerlens Noel goes first or second in an historically thin NBA draft, he lost somewhere between $4 million and $5 million over the next three years—all because he vaporized his knee in February while playing amateur basketball as a nominally unpaid intern at Kentucky....
Third Man Wanted In Aaron Hernandez Murder Case Has Been Identified
Massachusetts state police last night issued an alert for another one of Aaron Hernandez's alleged accomplices in the execution-style murder of Odin Lloyd....
The Sounds of Silence
Check out Thomas McGuane's 1969 Sports Illustrated story: "The Longest Silence":...
Former Jet: Sanchez Needs Someone To Stop Him From Doing Stupid Things
Now that we've all seen Mark Sanchez's bare ass, it's probably time to wonder what took so long. According to a former Jet, Sanchez has a habit of removing his clothes or otherwise getting up to foolishness, but he's always had someone there to save him from himself....
Lance Armstrong: Tour De France "Impossible To Win Without Doping"
It's a whole new Lance! A "nothing left to lose" Lance. An "I'm a scoundrel, like all the rest" Lance. An "I don't need or want your fucking love" Lance. And he's here to drop some truth bombs....
A Day in the Life
...Of the Baltimore Sun back in the 1970s. Check out Helen Whitney's classic short, First Edition:...
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...
Honey's Play Me Close Like Butta Play Toast
Via Egotrip, dig this fun from Jay Roeder....
A Supercut Of David Stern Getting Booed And Loving It
Soon-to-be-retired commissioner David Stern presided over his final NBA draft last night, and as has been the case throughout his career, he was enthusiastically booed each time he appeared on stage. ...
Patrick Sharp's Daughter Is The Cutest Sports Baby
Babies with the Stanley Cup are almost as much of a tradition as bodily fluids in the Stanley Cup, but just slightly more adorable. ...