india Page 54 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Older Lady Snags Screaming Foul Liner
Move over, Adeiny Hechavarria. Jan Church, who played softball for decades, made her case for a web gem with this grab....
Reilly On Native American Nicknames: "Antiques Of That Old Racism"
I wouldn't say that Rick Reilly is inconsistent, exactly. Compare this 1991 column on Native American nicknames for sports teams to the one he published earlier this week, and you'll find lots of similarities. In both, for instance, he goes for the reductio ad absurdum of comparing all such nickname...
Alcides Escobar Takes A Dive, Scores A Run
Watch how the Royals score a run here by executing a double steal to perfection. All because Alcides Escobar dekes Yan Gomes's tag by hitting the deck. Exactly how it was planned....
Browns Trade Trent Richardson To Colts For First-Round Pick. Say What?
Hoo boy. The Browns will just not stop Brownsing. After naming third-string quarterback Brian Hoyer as the starter for this week's game, they went ahead and traded franchise running back Trent Richardson to the Colts for a first-round pick....
Meaningless, Meaningful September Baseball Is Great Baseball
A few thoughts, in no special order, on a lousy ballgame from the other night:...
Sadsack Former NFL Player Punked—Twice—By Drunken Comedians
As with all great ideas, the initial plan was hatched by a couple of drunk guys at a bar who had nothing better to do....
Guy Who Said "You Can't Arrest Me, I'm A Colts Player" No Longer A Colts Player
How was your Labor Day? It was better than Colts rookie John Boyett's....
Roy Hibbert Wants You To Know He's Too Tall For An Airplane Bathroom
So you were wondering whether a person who's 7-foot-2 can squeeze into the bathroom on a airplane. Never mind. You likely weren't wondering that at all. But Pacers center Roy Hibbert posted proof of the answer on his Instagram anyway. And the answer is that Roy Hibbert cannot squeeze into the bathro...
Cops: John Mellencamp's Sons, Son Of IU Baseball Coach Stomped A Guy
This story has a lot of moving parts, college football players, and the offspring of an aging rocker, so try to keep up....
The NFL Is Banning Certain Customized Facemasks, For Some Reason
Customized facemasks are no longer welcome in the NFL, unless a player has a medical reason for wearing one....
Cleveland Responds To "Let's Go Tigers" With "Detroit's Bankrupt"
We had dueling-fan-base chants this evening in Cleveland. Some plucky Detroiters tried to get a "let's go Tigers" chant going. Cleveland did not appreciate it....
Tim Tebow Now Right-Handed, Back With Broncos, Posits Indian League
There are many, many things wrong with this terribly edited picture of a right-handed Tim Tebow in a Broncos uniform being used as an advertisement for the Elite Football League of India. But it's funny!...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Indianapolis Colts
Some people are fans of the Indianapolis Colts. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Indianapolis Colts. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Old Man Giambi Hits Walk-Off, Kicks White Sox Off His Lawn
Jason Giambi gave the Indians a 3-2 win over the White Sox with this walk-off home run to deep center field. Giambi, 42, is apparently the oldest man in baseball to hit a walkoff home run, narrowly edging out Hank Aaron by 45 days....
Justin Masterson Endures Barrage Of Water And Seeds During Interview
Whenever a baseball player is interviewed on camera it's, like, a collectively-bargained rule that his teammates try to embarass him. Usually they put bubble gum on his hat or make weird faces behind him or throw some shit at him. The Cleveland Indians took it to a whole new level while Justin Mast...
Here Are The Celebrity Aliases The Cleveland Indians Use On The Road
The Cleveland Indians are on the road playing the Twins this weekend, and this looks like their room assignments for the W Minneapolis Hotel....
This Fan Caught Four Foul Balls In One Game
The best part about this is that Greg Van Niel is not a ballhawk, that execrable subspecies who attend games solely for the purpose of collecting baseballs. Van Niel's just a regular fan, who happened to be sitting in the exact right spot to get four foul balls yesterday, all by the fifth inning....
