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Jason Whitlock Is Trying To Get America Working Again, And You Are Ungrateful
Way back in August, during his Last Stand In Kansas City, Jason Whitlock told radio host Nick Wright that "Democracy's almost already dead."...
For Just $3,000, You Can Own LeBron's Japanese Handprint
When you think of LeBron James, what's the first thing that comes to mind? If you are precisely no one, the answer is $3,000 Japanese handprints. But, lo, a presumably fine fellow from Upper Deck passed along a press release today announcing the sale of those very handprints. There are only 26. In t...
Your Lightning-Bruins Game Two Open Thread
In Game One Saturday night, Tampa Bay blitzed the Bruins, scoring three goals in a span of 90 seconds in the first period, winning 5-2....
Now They're Making Fun Of Jay Cutler In The Wisconsin Senate Race
Poor Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler did not ask for any of this. He did not ask to be born with the most hangdoggery hangdog face of all time. He did not ask for you to question his toughness. And he did not ask to become the punchline in the Wisconsin Senate Race. But that is what has happened....
Watch This Kickboxer Get Destroyed By A Leaping 360 Roundhouse Kick
Here's a not-so-new video newly making the rounds. It's of a fight between Evgenij Alekseev and Vadim Masljanka that ends quickly. Alekseev lands the kind of kick we thought stopped working around the time Jean-Claude Van Damme stopped working. Guess not....
Derek Boogaard, The Quintessential Goon
This is Derek Boogaard, younger, still the same player....
We Are All Dave McKenna CII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit tastes the poison haggis....
A Children's Treasury Of Athletes Breaking Trophies
Who: Pasi Nurminen, former NHL player and Finland goalie coach....
Can You Filibuster Your Own Execution?
Last Saturday I was supposed to sing the National Anthem at a Richmond Revolution game. The Richmond Revolution are a team in the Indoor Football League. What I didn't know is that Richmond Revolution are the only team in the Indoor Football League that plays its games OUTSIDE, and are therefore sub...
Hines Ward, NFL's Dirtiest Player And Dancer, Almost Paralyzed His Tango Partner This Week
Hines Ward unintentionally body-slammed his partner, Kym Johnson, during a rehearsal for the show Dancing With The Stars last week. She suffered a sprained vertebrae and returned for what could only have been an "emotional" and "teary" and "inspiring" performance with Ward — and, having survived a...
America Mercifully Spared From Awful Sitcom About Colin Cowherd's Life
Tweeted Cowherd, "Network passed on my sitcom. On to plan B. In talks with Charlie Sheen for new show 'Almost Winning.' Taste that CBS."...
Cam Newton Is Still Gene Chizik's Golden Calf
Your morning roundup for May 17, the day the greatest two-sport athlete you've probably never heard of turns 99. (Photo by random Auburn student, via SportsFeeder. Full photo here.)...
Danny Ainge And Doc Rivers Maybe Kind Of Possibly A Little Bit Regret The Kendrick Perkins Trade
Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers present a clinic in saying a lot without saying much at all. Here's Ainge, on WEEI's The Big Show today, making an argument about a legitimate argument that one could make that he most certainly is not making:...
The Photo Of Taj Gibson's Dunk On Dwyane Wade Will Replace Bruce Lee Posters Across America
Via the NBA Photo Twitter feed, we present to you the posterization of Dwyane Wade (click here to see the full view), who is usually the one doing the posterizing. To his credit, Wade has been only complimentary and self-deprecating about the dunk that was seen 'round the American couches and barsto...
"We're On A Fucking Roll, Dude": The 1993 Profile Of Lenny Dykstra That Warned Us What Was Coming
Originally published as "Lips Gets Smacked" in the January 1993 issue of Philadelphia Magazine and later anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing 1994. Reprinted here with the author's permission and his addendum at bottom....
Reggie Bush Encourages You To "Think Before You Tweet"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Reggie Bush has learned to think two seconds before tweeting 140 characters....
Everyone In Basketball Is Gay All Of A Sudden
The Outsports folks better ready their banner font: On the heels of Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts coming out in Sunday's New York Times, former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan has come out to ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil. (The same ESPN.com, it's worth noting, that employs "bible-bel...
Tiny Japanese Luchador Will Whup Any Transvestite's Ass
Rarely has a 50-pound child been this much of a beast off the top ropes. Or this morally compromised. Only in Japan, folks....
The Next Stage Of College Baseball Rain Delays Had To Be Medieval Jousting
Choreographed dance sequences could only last so long, so here's the Radford pitcher Mark Peterson taking on High Point catcher Kyle Mahoney in a rain delay joust yesterday. What's the next most likely development? Red Rover? Double Dutch? Russian Roulette?...
Watch As This Rugby Player's Face Ripples Like A Face Probably Shouldn't
The above video comes from tipster Graeme (naturally), who explains it thusly:...