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After Signing Cuban Defector With Weird Workout Video, Have The A's Had The Strangest Offseason Ever?
What is going on Oakland? (No, not this.) Billy Beane's done some things. He traded two young All-Star starters, Gio Gonzalez and Trevor Cahill, to the Nationals and Diamondbacks. He traded away his closer, Andrew Bailey, and Craig Breslow, another reliable reliever. Then he traded away two more sta...
Zambia Won The African Cup, Leading To This Kerri Strug-Bela Karolyi Moment
Zambia stunned the Ivory Coast yesterday in winning the African Cup of Nations after a 17-minute 8-7 penalty shootout....
In China, "Linsanity" Is Called 林疯狂
The New Yorker has a little dispatch about 林疯狂, or linfengkuang, as it's unfolding on the Chinese mainland. Apparently, the hoop-heads there have been tracking Lin for some time. In the last fortnight, however, they've caught Linsanity. And Linsanity in China isn't quite the same as it is here:...
Jerry Sandusky Can Pretty Much Do Whatever He Wants While He Awaits Trial
Centre County (Pa.) Judge John M. Cleland ruled this morning on a number of pretrial motions from Friday's hearing in the Jerry Sandusky case. And the big winner was Jerry Sandusky, whose trial can begin as early as May. From the Patriot-News of Harrisburg:...
Will The Future Of 3D Sports TV Ever Come Into Focus?
Mario Manningham's sideline catch in the Super Bowl was a virtuosic use of space. But the only way to watch it was in two dimensions. While 3D movies have spread everywhere, and TV manufacturers are aggressively pushing 3D TV, the NFL is sticking with two-dimensional production for its biggest game....
The Political Footballization Of Jeremy Lin Has Begun
The subtle jabs started with last week's NMA animation showing Jeremy Lin throwing flaming basketballs at Yao Ming, and the Taiwanese media outfit released a new video today that plays up Lin's heritage with the prominent inclusion of the flag of the Republic of China....
10 Years Ago In Asian Athletic Supremacy
"Yet while population geneticists and sociologists have been battling over the meaning of times in the 100-meter dash, Asians have been making their own argument about where they fit into the world of sports. And they've been doing it through pure, old-fashioned physical superiority. The fastest man...
Chris Mullin And Dan Shulman Tried On Memphis Tams Hats, Looked Ridiculous
Your morning roundup for Feb. 13. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
The Stages Of Internet Grief, As Applied To Whitney Houston's Death
0. Basic Twitter Check...
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Victor Cruz Has A Choice Seat At The Grammy Awards: Right Behind Adele [UPDATE]
We've no idea why he's there or how he scored a second-row seat, but Giants WR Victor Cruz will be disappointed to learn the Grammy Awards no longer present a Best Salsa Album award. (It was folded into the Latin Grammy Awards.)...
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All This Jeremy Lin Love Is Pissing The Shit Out Of Buzz Bissinger
Well, it had to happen, didn't it? In this day and age of instant analysis and constant coverage, overkill is only a long weekend away for most stories. Jeremy Lin captivated the hearts and minds of New Yorkers and sports fans everywhere one week, and the next, Buzz Bissinger is comparing him unfav...
High School Hockey Player Scores Absolutely Filthy Shorthanded Goal
That is a pretty sick goal. Going top shelf like that is no easy feat, but let's get to the bottom of what we're all puzzling over. What's the back story on the long hair? From tipster Mark:...
Cristiano Ronaldo Seals Hat Trick With Sublime Strike
You are unlikely to see as perfect a soccer goal as this for a very, very long time. Cristiano Ronaldo, who's hoarding goals at such a clip it's as if he's trying to make every Spanish soccer fan forget the name Messi forever, finished a natural hat trick against Levante with this shot, his 119t...
Tiger Woods Holes Out From The Bunker For Birdie, Tells Tony Romo "Fuck Yeah!"
Three consecutive bogeys in today's round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am had critics convinced Tiger didn't quite have the swagger back, but this nifty Bob Tway-style bunker shot was vintage—as was what he said to playing partner Tony Romo afterward. [CBS]...
Legendary College Basketball Coach Lute Olson Is A Frat Guy
Lute Olson, a name often mentioned in the same breath as John Wooden, will now be mentioned in the same breath as backwards Game hats and conch shell necklaces. That's right, a press release from Pi Kappa Alpha informs us that the Silver Fox is now a member of the fraternity known collectively as t...
Here's What You Can Do To End NFL Blackouts Forever
We did a post yesterday on Richard Nixon's 1972 efforts to forever sustain the NFL's policy of blacking out teams' home games in their local markets. The NFL rejected Nixon's bargain, and so, from 1973 on, only those games with unsold tickets 72 hours prior to kickoff would be blacked out. That rule...
Great Moments In NBC Programming Synthesis, Starring The Capitals' Jay Beagle
While we were deprived any beagles in last week's Puppy Bowl, NBC viewers were treated to two of them this afternoon. Returning from break late in Washington's game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, NBC dropped this quick promo for the Westminster Dog Show which gets underway tomorrow ...
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When A Drag Racer Takes To The Sky [UPDATE-With Video]
Here's a fun photo essay of a car that defied gravity for one brief moment before crashing behind a retaining wall. The driver, Mike Austin, was competing in the "top alcohol dragster" category when his 200 mph-moving car soared off the race track....