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Terrell Owens Makes Buffalo Seem Like An Exciting Place To Live
Terrell Owens has been a Buffalo Bill for all of about six hours, but he's already the most beloved free agent acquisition in the history of football. Although to be fair....we are talking about Buffalo....
Phillies Visit White House
Are they saying "boo" or "Boo-rack"? Get it? Because people from Philly are always booing stuff!...
Bills' Hall-of-Famer Bruce Smith Charged With DUI
All Bills' bad behaviour, all the time! The all-time sacks leader was pulled over and arrested early Friday in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
Bills' Fullback Arrested on Charge of Exposing Sexual Organs
Urgent bulletin! New York City's public masturbation epidemic is spreading Northwards across the state!...
Watch Charles Barkley Hit A Man In The Neck With A Golf Ball
Memo to celebrity golf tournament spectators: stand at least two miles away from Barkley when he steps up to the tee. [TotalProSports]...
The Sportswriting Of Malcolm Gladwell Reaches A Tipping Point
By now, you've probably made it through all three parts of the Simmons-Gladwell ESPN.com tandem bike ride. Let's thin-slice! Here's my reaction: Could Malcolm Gladwell please stick to being wrong about dog trainers and Enron?...
Pit Crews Are "More Competitive Than Football"
Former Wake Forest linebacker Dion Williams went pro in something else—he's now a tire man in Mark Martin's pit crew. [That's Racin']...
Even Brian McNamee Has Become A Pro At Saying Nothing
Clemens' former trainer/abscess-causer gives a fresh "no comment." Also? A crazy fan had McNamee's autograph tattooed on his arm.[NYDN]...
Roger Clemens Will Win Back America One E-mail At A Time
It appears Roger Clemens wants to reach out and have an e-mail chat with some of the skeptical, heartbroken Astros fans. Where will he conduct this revealing online q-and-a session? Houstonist. com, of course....
Candace Parker And Shelden Williams Spawn
"Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl today at 11:29am. ... The baby girl weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 20 inches in length." [TrueHoop]...
USC Athletics Not Entirely Above Board
Are you sitting down for this? It seems that USC—the Trojans!—might not be the most outstanding citizens in the world of college recruiting. Set your faces to stunned....
Benoit's Doctor Feelgood Headed To Jail
The 54-year-old doctor was hooking up a slew of athletes with illegal drugs. Unfortunately, three of them were killed and a judge decided he deserves part of the blame. [ESPN]...
How 'Bout 'Dem Ladies Killing Their Husbands Over 'Dem Cowboys?
" An Allen woman accused of killing her husband said she stabbed him in the heart after he turned up the volume of a Dallas Cowboys game, according to media reports." [DMN]...
Roger Clemens (And Gene Grabowski) Try To Get This Crazy Train Back On Track
Roger Clemens emerged after a year of hibernation to appear on the "Mike and Mike" show to defend himself against some of the latest allegations about his steroid use. He didn't do so hot....
Sportswriting Declared Dead. Again.
Next month's Texas Monthly has a story about the death of sportswriting. It's official: Writing about the death of sportswriting is finally dead....
The Legitimate Interest In Simmons' GM Candidacy Called Into Question
The Sports Fella set Minnesotans' hearts aflutter with his semi-serious T'Wolves GM idea, resulting in thousands of pro-Simmons emails from a disillusioned fan base to a befuddled T'Wolves executive office. But somebody's rigging the numbers....
The L.A. Times Pens The Mother Of All Steroid Columns
Here it is, folks. Served up piping hot by Kurt Streeter in Sunday's Los Angeles Times — the platonic ideal of a steroid-outrage column....
An Action-Packed Evening In Philadelphia With Exploding Faces And Slippery Chases
Cole Hamels finally gets a win. Werth hits a homer that smacks a lady in the face. A kid ran onto the field. At the end of it all — still first place. [The700Level]...
Feuding Reporters Briefly Enliven Terrible Cavs-Hawks Series
NBA playoffs-related journalist slap-fight!...