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Stephen A. Smith Acknowledges His Cheesy Doodles
You know we're through the looking glass when life begins imitating The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen....
Spending a Night With Oscar
The Academy Awards might not have anything to do with sports, but they give me an excuse to run this picture from Sports Wrap. Plus, there's going to be plenty of Jon Stewart, cleavage, and gambling opportunities, all things a lot of us enjoy. Follow after the jump for my bets and my pick for best c...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wondering whether the stuff on the ice is leaked fluid from a Zamboni, or more blood... • Pretty People and Their Writers: 80th Annual Academy Awards. You bet your sweet ass I'll be making my picks known. [ABC] • NBA: Bulls at Rockets. I'm going out on a limb and taking Houston. ...
Russell Westbrook Gets Dirty On the Ducks
I still can't tell who was on the receiving end (thanks Nike), but I'm sure somebody has already started making fun of him....
The Bikini Girls Could Still Be In Maxim!
• The lovely Lambeau Bikini Girls should be in Maxim, but what's with this PG-13 bullshit? [SportsByBrooks] • Video of Drake's Leonard Houston going way up for a pass/shot hybrid. [Mr. Irrelevant] • Large at the Sporting Blog has the best stuff from last night's fight at MSG, including pictures of ...
What I Learned From the Combine
There's nothing quite like a sunny Sunday afternoon spent indoors at the computer while watching live coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine. I may not be off in football nerd heaven like FanHouse's MDS but I'm content with the high def broadcast accompanied by the dulcet tones of Rich Eisen and co. T...
Herm Edwards Is Optimistic, Stupid
The coins have been flipped and the NFL draft has it's official order. Atlanta was the big winner, winding up with the third overall pick, but that's not how Herm Edwards sees it. After Atlanta assured their spot immediately by winning the first flip, Herm seemed pretty cool with it....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress — NFL: Scouting Combine, Skill Positions [NFL Network] • In Progress — Soccer: Barcelona vs. Levante [GOL] • 2:00 — Golf: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Final (TIGER!) [NBC] • 2:00 — CBB: Syracuse at Notre Dame [CBS] • 2:30 — NBA: Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns [ABC] • 2:30 — S...
UCLA Is Quite Athletic
Oregon took the court wearing the latest in Nike's experimental uniforms, and for a while the shimmering black-on-black look appeared to work out for the visitors. However their second half lead was quickly erased by the Bruins up-tempo attack. Russell Westbrook appeared to tweak his ankle, but he c...
Best In the West
San Antonio might not have the best record in the Western Conference, but last night the defending champions reminded everyone why they're still the best. The Spurs took down the Hornets in a battle for Southwest Division supremacy behind another brilliant performance from Manu Ginobli. The Argentin...
About Last Night
What you missed while wondering when SNL's Obama character is going to be funny... • Boxing: Klitschko made Ibragimov his jab eating bitch for 12 rounds. It could have been a bit more entertaining. • NBA: Apparently the Lakers are the best team in Los Angeles. Stupid Clippers. • CBB: Tennessee is th...
Klitschko Wins An Easy Decision Over Ibragimov
It wasn't an exciting fight and it certainly won't propel him into the big money, but Wladimir Klitschko won a unanimous decision over Sultan Ibragimov. I had the fight scored as a 12 round shutout, but the judges were a bit more kind to the Russian....
The Volunteers and Tigers Are Delivering At FedEx
I'm back from the Wizards game and I'm actually in a good mood because they won. And hey, the Bobcats minus Gerald Wallace are tough! Since I've been back I've had a chance to catch up on this 1 vs. 2 matchup and frankly, it's even better than the Wizards and Bobcats. The action has been high paced ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while picking In Bruges for Best Use of Little Person in next year's Oscar pool... • Movie: Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed. This biographical documentary should be great. [HBO] • CBB: Tennessee at Memphis, this should be pretty great as well. [ESPN] • Boxing: Wladimir Klitschko ...
I'm Buying Whatever He's Selling
In other news, the real Bill Belichick is still at large....
Nick Saban Is a Dick
• Nick Saban might be full of crap, but hey, a foreword by Bill Belichick! [The Wizard of Odds] • How American is too American for Mexican soccer fans? [Macho Chip] • MJD has some words for DJ White and the Sampsonites. [Yahoo! CBBB] • Finally, some NFL off-season drug related arrests. I wonder if A...
This Ends Badly
That's just fucked up. The man you see above, Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva, is about to have his tibia and/or fibula poking through his sock. Needless to say, it's pretty brutal and because you might not want to see it, I'll just link to it after the jump, along with the non-crippling Premier League a...
The Best Rappers of the NBA
Back in 1994 a truly epic album was released to an eager public. If you aren't familiar with Immortal Record's B-Ball's Best Kept Secret then get ready for an extensive education. Over at Mental Floss they've taken it upon themselves to review the standout tracks from the All-Star lineup of NBA rapp...
Wladimir's Morning Wood
Tonight Wladimir Klitschko will square off against his best opponent to date in Sultan Ibragimov in a big first step toward unifying the heavyweight title. Vitali's little brother is widely considered to be the best heavyweight on the planet and a win tonight at Madison Square Garden would cement th...