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The Night Johnny Carson Found Out His Wife Was Banging Frank Gifford
Tucked inside the Hunger Games promotional pamphlet that was last week's issue of Entertainment Weekly was a rather amazing book excerpt from Henry Bushkin, lawyer to the late Johnny Carson. In the excerpt (not yet online), Bushkin describes accompanying Carson on a late night break-in of his seco...

Jaguars-Broncos Opens With The Largest Point Spread In NFL History
It's happening. Sunday's Jaguars-Broncos tilt in Denver has opened with the Broncos anywhere from 27- to 28-point favorites. If that holds—and one sportsbook manager told us he still expects most of the money to come in on Denver—it'd be the largest spread in NFL history....

Peyton Manning's Naked Bootleg Is Football's Most Unstoppable Weapon
The most impressive touchdown of a game filled with them came at the end of the first half, as Peyton Manning bluffed a handoff to Knowshon Moreno, rolled to his left, and shuffled untouched into the end zone. It was a rare sighting of the Peyton Manning naked bootleg, the secret weapon of our gener...

There's No Crying At The Pee Wee Super Bowl
A new magazine story from Jeanne Marie Laskas is good reason to be excited. Her latest for GQ, "There's No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl" looks like another sure shot:...

V. S. Naipaul on Writing
"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it."...


New York City Strip Club Says It Won't Show Giants Games Anymore
Breaking: People go to strip clubs to watch football. And at Rick's Cabaret in New York City, the football being played by the winless New York Giants is a total buzzkill. So now there's a new policy at Rick's: No more Giants games on the TVs this season....

Dan Snyder Sucks at PR, According To Dan Snyder's Former PR Company
Adweek magazine ran its version of the Redskins name story a few days ago. The main question under consideration was whether social media have "propelled" the controversy over the team's name. Yes, was the conclusion....

Middle-Aged A's Fan Fights All The Cops Before Getting Tasered
We've seen our share of rowdy and violent sports fans, but this guy right here is something else. ...

<em>Hard Knocks</em> Parody Puts The Show In A Pee Wee Football Training Camp
This, from Funny or Die, is the first episode of Little Knockers, a Hard Knocks parody that gives us what we've always wanted: a Rex Ryan-inspired football coach screaming and cursing at a bunch of 11-year-old boys. It's worth watching just for the chance to see Jerry from Parks and Rec point at kid...

Watch Oakland's O.co Coliseum Change From A's To Raiders Mode
Maybe you've seen the Coliseum change over from baseball to football mode, maybe you haven't. But as the only remaining MLB/NFL stadium, it's not something you see every day. ...

Vikings Sign Josh Freeman
Despite apparent interest from the Raiders, among other teams, Josh Freeman has decided to sign with the Vikings for $3 million. This is not a vote of confidence for Christian Ponder....

Here's Video Of The Female Presidents Cup Streaker
Per reader Kyle, we now have some footage of the half-naked Idiot on the Links from the Presidents Cup. She's pretty damn fast....

Watch For This "RIP Lennay Kekua" Sign In Oakland Tonight
A couple of Oakland fans plan on honoring the memory of Manti Te'o's dead, fake girlfriend by hanging this sign in O.co's Black Hole for tonight's game against San Diego (at 11:35 pm ET, remember). ...

Eli's Derpiest Interception Yet: Your Week 5 Early Games Roundup
Eagles 36, Giants 21: Take a good look at everything awful in that Eli Manning GIF. The face. The bad pocket. The pass bouncing off a teammate's head. This is the perfect representation of an 0-5 team. For the record, that pass ended up being an interception. Mike Vick was also hurt, but it doesn't...

Here's Fred Couples Watching A Woman Streak At The Presidents Cup
There was a streaker at the Presidents Cup, which I guess means this should technically be tagged "idiot on the links," or "naked idiot on the links." ...

Tommy Kelly, On An Exercise Bike In The Rain, Is The Saddest Person
After tweaking his knee, a dejected Tommy Kelly sat on an exercise bike, but that wasn't miserable enough. It was also raining. Aw, chin up, sport. How 'bout we get ice cream on the way home?...

