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The Dodgers Might Open The 2014 Season In Australia

Australia, while not on the level of Japan, does love it some baseball. The history of the sport there dates back to the 1850s, and the domestic Australian Baseball League is profitable for the first time ever—thanks in part to funding from MLB. The ABL is increasingly becoming a legitimate winter l...

Chris Kluwe's "Lustful Cockmonster" Open Letter Is Now A Radio Ad In Minnesota

When Minnesotans go to vote on November 6, there will be an amendment on the ballot that would change the state constitution to explicitly prohibit same-sex marriage. Chris Kluwe, who has been extremely outspoken against the amendment, has now cut, with the help of the group Minnesotans for Equality...

Calculating Extreme Suck: What Would Your Stats Look Like If You Played Professional Baseball?

ESPN And <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Pundits Went 0-For-58 On Tigers-Giants World Series Predictions

The Pirates Lied About A Prospect Who Got Hurt During Some Team-Sanctioned Military-Type Exercises

When details got out about the Pittsburgh Pirates putting prospects at their fall instructional league through Navy SEALs-type training last month, it was easy to point and laugh. That pointing and laughing was made even easier because, around the same time the SEALs regimen was being reported, an e...

The NLCS Was Less Popular Than <em>The Walking Dead</em> And <em>Blue Bloods</em>: Last Week's TV Ratings, In Context

A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...

Shaq Is Rapping Like A Weirdo Again, Dissing Dwight Howard

What you see above is Shaquille O'Neal hanging out in what looks like his mom's basement with two of his friends and spitting what I guess qualifies as a freestyle rap. Shaq takes a predictable swipe at Dwight Howard, but this dis track is nowhere near as devastating as "Kobe, Tell Me How My Ass T...

Eli Manning Hit Victor Cruz Because The Redskins Ran Their Same Two-Minute Drill Coverage From The First Half

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: Washington's looks need to get less predictable....

The Best Stories So Far About Gross, Obnoxious People In The Press Box, Starring Reilly, Lupica, And An "Undiscovered American Sportswriter Douche Bag"

We asked for your stories about gross reporters being gross or obnoxious reporters being obnoxious, and here are snippets of the best entries we got so far. By all means, keep 'em coming....

Wyoming Football Coach Suspended, Fined For Phenomenal "Mr. Fucking Howdy Doody" Tirade

Dave Christensen's punishment was handed down yesterday for this, and it's rather steep: a one-game suspension and a $50,000 fine. The decision was made by the school's athletic director with the full support of the university president, according to a statement the AD issued that said some things...

The Wizards Went To Six Flags, And Emeka Okafor Was Too Tall To Ride The Roller Coaster [UPDATE]

Last night saw a party for Washington season ticket holders at Six Flags America—a night spent going on rides with and getting autographs from all their favorite Wizards, and Cartier Martin too. Reader Mike was there, and he saw something he'd never seen before: a person being turned away from a rid...

Terrell Suggs Acted Like A Kid With ADD On Ravens Photo Day

Terrell Suggs looked pretty good in his return to action, finishing with four tackles, a sack, and a deflection. Yes, the Ravens got blown out, but Suggs is feeling like his old happy-go-lucky self, and you know what that means: horrifying gummy smiles....

Gary Sheffield Is Now An Agent, And He Wants You To Know That He Still Doesn't Like Scott Boras

If you follow the insane micromovements of the baseball hot stove season, you probably, over the past year or two, had a reaction like the one Hardball Talk had in February. "Apparently, Gary Sheffield is an agent," the headline read. Sheffield had just negotiated a minor-league deal for journeyman ...

Where Have All The Cowboys Fans Gone?

A couple weeks back, Troy Aikman called Cowboys fans a bunch of bandwagoners. It stung, but he was only talking about people who attend games "to be seen." The real fans, the ones who gather in bars and living rooms across the DFW metro area to watch the game, surely they haven't abandoned their bel...

Sportswriters: Who's The Grossest Or Most Obnoxious Person You've Encountered In The Press Box? Share Your Stories.

Professional sportswriters love to tell you the rule about how there's no cheering in the press box. What they don't tell you is how many other forms of normal human behavior are also missing from the press box. Anyone who's ever picked up a sports media credential has discovered that it is a ticket...

Let's Unwatch Lance Armstrong Win Seven Tour De France Titles

Cycling's governing body stripped Lance Armstrong today of his seven Tour de France titles and banned the cyclist for life following his implication in a massive doping scandal. But what to make of our memories of his dominance in the sport's premier event from the years 1999-2005? ...

Legendary Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs Gave The Dallas Cowboys A Peptalk Saturday Night

The Dallas Cowboys were in Charlotte this weekend to take on the the Carolina Panthers. Charlotte also happens to be the home of Joe Gibbs, former coach of the bitter rival Washington Redskins. Jason Garrett, seeing opportunity where others see mostly hate, called on Gibbs and asked him to address h...

Here Is A Terrible Performance Of "God Bless America" By A Woman Wearing The City Of San Francisco On Her Head

The Beach Blanket Babylon is one of this country's longest-running and best-known musical revues, and features performers who wear ridiculous hats. These performers regularly make appearances singing at San Francisco Giants games, so nobody was too surprised when the company's Misa Malone arrived ...

An Enormous Marlin Jumped On A Boat And Kenny Loggins Provided The Soundtrack

This could only be a more dangerous zone if the beast in question were a great white shark. So in that respect, the music is entirely appropriate. In all other respects, it is Kenny Loggins. But do watch the video, it is pretty crazy. Captured off Cairns, Australia, the video shows a giant marlin—...

The Chargers' Equipment Manager Had A Showdown With A Referee Before Emptying His Pockets, Which Were Full Of Illegal Tape

We linked to it earlier, but now we have the details, courtesy of the full report on Fox Sports and from the AP:...