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Pavlik and Cotto Show Off Their Old Form
Miguel Cotto and Kelly Pavlik each returned to the ring for the first time following defeat, and both men walked away with knockout wins....
About Last Night
What you missed while taking your best gal out for a night on the town......
George Mason's Homecoming Queen Is A Dood (With Video)
What would American revolutionary and founding father George Mason say if he knew that a gay man had been elected homecoming queen at the University that bears his name? Probably: "What's a homecoming queen?"...
20 Minutes In Heaven: Our Ladies Plot Their A-Rod Couch Bunny Strategy
It's Waxing Off, the only Deadspin feature with a toy surprise inside. This week's topic: What would you do if you had 20 minutes in a private club booth with Alex Rodriguez?...
Notre Dame Desperately Wants To Beat <i>Someone</i> At Football
Lou Holtz will take a team of Notre Dame alumni to Japan to play against that country's national American football team. Does any part of the sentence make sense to anyone? [AP]...
Horse Racing Has A Danica Patrick? (NSFW)
Yes, this story is fairly old, but this is the first I've seen of Maylan Studart, whom they're calling the Danica Patrick of horse racing. It's about time we had female jockeys....
Well, This Can't Be Good
Could Kevin Garnett's knee injury mark the end of the city of Boston's run of sports championships? (Kind of reaching there. Sorry). [NBCSports]...
Hugo Chavez Loves His Dawgs?
• Better Red than dead: Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez celebrates his favorite sports team. (No, it's not Georgia, but I hear that Athens does hate America too.) [Get The Picture]...
Illinois, Penn State Try Out Innovative New Square Basketball On Wednesday
Hey, it wasn't me this time: Scott Van Pelt (he's back!) had this to say about Penn State's 38-33 win over Illinois on Wednesday. "Watching Big Ten basketball is like watching fat people have sex."...
The Rather Sad Tale Of Minnesota Wrestling Icon Verne Gagne
Verne Gagne, an 82-year-old wrestling legend who feuded with Hulk Hogan and was an all-conference football player at the University of Minnesota, is being investigated in the death of his 97-year-old roommate....
Once Again, Ron Artest Is The Voice Of Reason
When your organization needs a well-known and well-respected community member to speak up on behalf of your cause, you definitely want to go with the guy who is famous for his dangerous instability....
A Grateful Nation Weeps With Joy: Lance Armstrong's Bike Recovered Unharmed
Lance Armstrong's stolen bike has been rescued, and should be reunited with its owner sometime today. Police aren't offering many details, but I have a feeling we can all thank the mystical powers of Facebook....
Alexander Ovechkin Doesn't Need Your Fancy Skates
• Go team!: So you're saying it's not a good idea to pull major league pitchers out of spring training to pretend they care about their country for a couple weeks? Who could have seen that coming?[I'm Writing Sports]...
Cole Hamels Should Really Not Let His Wife Speak In Public
The Philadelphia Phillies' ace and his wife, former"Survivor" temptress, Heidi Strobel, have decided to use their good fortune and popularity to add the latest Hollywood accessory to their young family: AIDS orphans....
Nationals' Prize Prospect Is At That Awkward Age
Remember when the Washington Nationals' biggest problem was the Pope commandeering Ronnie Belliard's cubicle? Now they discover that their top young prospect has been lying about his name and his age....
Carlos Beltran Responds To Cole Hamels' "Choke Artist" Comment
"The only thing that I know is he will be watched every time he faces us. Hopefully we kill him, and then he'll have to deal with the situation." [NYDN]...
It's Official: Baseball Is Worse Than Professional Wrestling
Well, that's if you listen to former Minnesota Governor and feather-boa'd wrestler, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who wondered why the Feds aren't going after Bud Selig like they did Vince McMahon....
Mike Singletary Even Spells Crazy
Mike Singletary says he wants the 49ers to be "physical ... with an F." I don't even know what that means, but he's officially my new favorite coach. [SF Gate]...
Mascots Play H-O-R-S-E Differently Than You And I
• I'll just take the H: From half court, back to the basket, over the head, off the mascot's crotch, no rim. Perfect. [YouTube]...
Yeah, I Guess Somebody Had To Use This Headline
Deuce McAllister cut from Saints; Fox Sports headline writers finally get a chance to be 12-year-olds again. [Fox Sports]...