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J.R. Smith Torches Anthony Bennett For Nasty Dunk
Here we have J.R. Smith turning Cavs rookie Anthony Bennett from player to spectator. First, he blows by Bennett with a pretty gnarly crossover and then continues on to the rim where he finishes it off with a windmill dunk. Clean, quick and decisive. All in all, it's a pretty nifty little bit of hu...

Sports Talk Radio: Art Rust Jr.
When I was a kid in the early 1980s, before WFAN, I listened to Art Rust Jr. talk sports on WABC radio. One day, must have been in 1981 or '82, I was home sick and I got to stay in my parents bed that afternoon. Nobody else was home. I listened to Art and was desperate to ask him a question, the mos...

Here's Every Shot Carmelo Anthony Made In His 62-Point Night
Carmelo Anthony had the highest scoring game ever at Madison Square Garden last night and surpassed Bernard King's 60 for the franchise record of points scored in a game. Once Melo passed King (and Kobe Bryant's MSG record of 61 points) he was removed with over seven minutes remaining because the K...

J.R. Smith Plays Air Guitar While Enjoying A Very Chill Tune
At some point during last night's 76ers-Knicks game, J.R. Smith helped a young girl get through her cover of a popular Lumineers song. This is incontrovertible proof that despite the fact that the Lumineers make vapid, insufferably folksy music that appeals to the lowest common denominator of human...

Carmelo Anthony Could Really Use A Day Off
We get it, Carmelo. None of us likes having to think about going to work in the morning, and that 29-16 you slapped on the Suns must have required a lot of energy. ...

You Know Who Also Untied His Opponent's Shoes? Larry Bird
So it turns out that J.R. Smith isn't the only basketball player to have untied an opponent's shoes during free throws. A couple decades ago, another trash-talking, non-urban volume shooter pulled the same stunt, and somehow managed not to get written up by a professional sportswriter as a cross bet...

Photo Evidence That J.R. Smith Continues To Give No Fucks
At this point, untying people's shoes is more of a J.R. Smith signature move than a fall-away, 23-foot jumper. Your thoughts, Adrian Wojnarowski? ...

Everybody Now Hates J.R. Smith
Yes, the ongoing J.R. Smith miniseries is funny. The fines, the suspensions, the tweets, the missed shots, the contract, the drama. But with his latest shoelace-related fine and accompanying benching, something of a boiling point appears to have been reached—media has turned hostile and the Knicks w...

J.R. Smith Is The Best In The NBA At Something
[Augmented shot chart by Kirk Goldsberry. Charts for the NBA's actual best shooters so far can be found at Grantland.]...

J.R. Smith Fined $50,000 For Being J.R. Smith
Oh J.R., what are we going to do with you?...

J.R. Smith Fails To Untie Greg Monroe's Shoe
Two days ago, J.R. Smith untied Shawn Marion's shoe during a free throw. J.R.! Tonight, against the Pistons, he tried to do it to Greg Monroe, but wasn't successful. Hopefully, this happens at least once every game for the rest of the Knicks' season to keep things mildly interesting....

No-Good Rake J.R. Smith Unties Shawn Marion's Shoe
Hey, the Knicks won last night. Weird! Too bad they had to play dirty to get this one....

Very Cool: Cal Ripken Jr.'s High School Scouting Report As A Pitcher
A reader sent this to us last night, and we want to share it with you: a baseball scout's 1978 evaluation of Cal Ripken Jr., then a high school senior—and a starting pitcher....

Someone Please Help Eddie DeBartolo Open His Beer
Here's a funny moment from last night's Monday Night Football broadcast, in which 49ers owner former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., desperate for something to wash down a mouthful of snacks, attempts to crack open a beer. It does not go well....

Kellen Winslow Jr. Picks Pats-Broncos For The AFC Title Game
Which is not a bad pick! Until you remember that Winslow plays for the Jets, and that the Jets are still mathematically in contention for a playoff spot. This is what's known as picking with your head and talking out of your ass, which makes it a very Kellen Winslow Jr. thing to say....

What It Took To Get Ted Williams's Head Off His Body
Adapted from The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (Little, Brown and Company). ...

DeMarcus Cousins Continues Strict No-Handshake Policy Against Clippers
The LA-Sacramento handshake feud is officially the Capulets and the Montagues of our generation. No Sacramento King will ever again exchange ritualistic-verging-on-meaningless signs of mutual respect with a Los Angeles Clipper. Not while DeMarcus Cousins is around....

