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What It Was Like Being The Only Virgin On Magic's Hypersexed Lakers
The following is excerpted from Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, which is available now on Amazon....
Magic Act: The Making Of Earvin Johnson, AIDS Saint
Originally published in the February 1993 issue of GQ. Annotations by the author appear throughout. For more, check out E. Jean Carroll's story about NBA groupies, published in 1992 as "Love in the Time of Magic."...
College Basketball Game Ends In A Tie
Winston-Salem State and Johnson C. Smith blew college basketball's world with a tie game. OK, it was called due to a broken light, but it's still incredibly rare....
Amir Johnson's Jersey Vest Is The Best Vest
Amir Johnson sat out of last night's Raptors game with an injury, but he didn't want to let the NBA's stodgy dress code prevent him from supporting his team. So he busted out this very chic jersey vest thingy....
Have You Ever Wanted To Hear Walter Johnson's Voice?
If so, you're a special brand of baseball geek. (And that is a compliment.) You're also in luck....
Grizzlies To Give Fans Neck Tattoos With None Of The Permanence
Grizzlies forward James Johnson has a huge neck tattoo dedicated to his prematurely born son, Naymin. He's also been a superb role player appreciated by Memphis fans, so what better way to celebrate Johnson than with a (temporary) neck tattoo giveaway?...
Chief-On-Chief Violence At The Pro Bowl
The only remotely noteworthy thing to happen during yesterday's Pro Bowl was Derrick Johnson laying a solid hit on Chiefs teammate Jamaal Charles. More than solid—Johnson, named the game's defensive MVP, went helmet-t0-helmet on Charles three weeks after the RB left a playoff game with a concussion....
How Greg Jackson Is Changing The Parameters Of Coaching
Last year, we spent a week with Greg Jackson, a top fight trainer, as he and his team prepared four athletes to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. We were granted unusual behind-the-scenes access so that we could answer a fairly straightforward question: Just what does a great coach do, ...
Joe Johnson's Pass Nails A Moving Fan Right In The Head
Joe Johnson gets a 10/10 for accuracy, and our poor victim gets a 8/10 for playing it pretty cool. Great job all around, guys....
Keyshawn Johnson Has, Uh, Changed
So Justin Bieber's house got raided today, no doubt bringing joy to neighbor Keyshawn Johnson who has beef with the obscure underground death metal singer. The interview you see here, though.. that's not Keyshawn Johnson....
Kevin Garnett Calls Joe Johnson "Joe Jesus"; The Reason Why Is Hilarious
Kevin Garnett may not be the impact player he once was, but he still brings plenty of value when it comes to bestowing nicknames on his teammates....
NFL All-Non-Playoff Team: The Best Players Not In The Postseason
In the NFL, where many believe that winning supersedes stats, many outstanding players don't get the accolades or attention they deserve, just because the rest of their team was shit. We think that's dumb, so we've gathered up the best players out of the league who didn't make the playoffs this seas...
Tim Duncan Makes Amir Johnson Fall With The Most Duncan Crossover Ever
Shut it down, basketball. Shut it down....
Has Calvin Johnson Played With A Partially Torn PCL Since October?
Back in Week 5, Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson sustained a knee injury that kept him out of a game against Green Bay. A few days later, we received a tip:...
Children Are The Stone Cold Cruelest Sports Fans
After printing letters from young Bengals and 49ers fans, we put out a call for your kids' messages to teams or players. (We still want them!) We expected cute. We got psychopathic....
Ravens Rookie-Megatron Beef Is A Bit Of An Exaggeration
It's on now. Matt Elam, a rookie safety for the Ravens, was asked about covering Lions receiver Calvin Johnson in Monday's game and ended up talking shit about Megatron. Did he really?...
Andre Johnson Spent Over $17,000 On Toys For Kids
Texans receiver Andre Johnson held his annual holiday toy shopping spree today at Toys R' Us for a dozen kids (and their siblings) from Child Protective Services. He ended up spending a total of $17,352. That receipt in his right hand is roughly the size of one Danny Woodhead....
Andre Johnson Is Sad
This afternoon, the Texans, who suck, lost to the Jaguars, who suck to some really historic degrees. That has made a lot of people in Houston sad, and apparently introspective. People like Andre Johnson. Here he is talking to a delightfully trolly ESPN reporter: ...
Andre Johnson And Matt Schaub Yell At Each Other While Losing
It's been a horrendous season for the Texans already. Losing to the Raiders and falling to 2-8 just adds more frustration....
Eric Ward's One-Handed TD Catch Sparked Your Most Recent Gusgasm
We don't cover Gusgasms much these days, and we've sort of come around to editor emeritus's viewpoint about Fox's top college announcer. But when Gus Johnson goes overboard, we have an obligation to highlight it....