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Mario Balotelli Dunks Thing
Did you know that Mario Balotelli can dunk a basketball? He's a 6-foot-2 professional athlete, so it shouldn't be all that surprising that he can throw it down, but this is still a rather impressive display. I think this dunk may even qualify as a rim-rattler....

Report: NHL To Take Over The Devils
It was just Monday that the NHL finally sold the Coyotes after four years of trying. Now it seems the league is getting back into the ownership game—Forbes reports that the NHL is preparing to take over the debt-ridden Devils....

Former Dallas Mavericks Dancer Allegedly Kills Four In Shooting Spree
Dallas, Texas, police are alleging that Erbie "E-Luv" Bowser, a former dancer on the Dallas Mavericks' all-fat-male Maniaacs dance team, went on a killing spree last night, in which he killed four people and injured others using guns and a grenade....

Breakfast of Champions: Showtime
Found, sitting on a table at Monroe Street Books in Vermont, just outside of Middlebury (one of my favorite places in the world). ...

The Crowd Sounds Happy
Baseball lends itself to radio, this much we know. Hasn't changed much through the years either. The game still sounds good on the radio. But let's go back some, and hear about Nicholas Dawidoff's experiences listening to Ned Martin call Red Sox games in the 1970s:...

For The Boids
Last summer, Molly Langmuir wrote a nice piece for New York magazine about pigeon racing: ...

Wes Welker Says He "Endured" Bill Belichick
Wes Welker and a few of his new Denver teammates are on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated. Inside, Welker talks about the standard new-guy-in-the-fold stuff, like adjusting from one system run by a legendary quarterback to another. He also discussed his time in New England with Bill Belich...

The Butt From The Buttfumble Retires From The NFL
The buttfumble will always belong to Mark Sanchez. But Sanchez couldn't have done it without Brandon Moore's butt. Today, Brandon Moore and his butt retired after 10 NFL seasons, all with the Jets. It's the end for an end of an era....

Fred Smoot Is Back With More Disgusting Sex Lingo
Fred Smoot, who is best known for double-donging two hookers while on the Vikings sex boat, has seemingly stumbled into a new career: coming up with disgusting euphemisms for oral sex....

Check Out Jet Ski Bear, The Bear That's On A Fucking Jet Ski
There's nothing else that really needs to be said here. If you want to see more pictures of Jet Ski Bear, snapped by Graham Morrison of Morrison Guide Service, head on over to the Alaska Dispatch. There's a pretty good photo of Jet Ski Bear's mom tearing apart a fish....

Karl Malone And Enes Kanter Caught A Tiny Fish
Enes Kanter went fishing with Karl Malone. Karl's wife posted this photo, captioned "His first fish." Fishing with Karl Malone is better than hunting with Karl Malone....

Kobe Bryant Reduces Adult Fan To Tears
Kobe's on his annual China tour (these always get a little nuts), and his latest stop in Shenzhen brought one man to the brink of hysterics. And keep in mind—he only saw Kobe from a distance....

How The Hell Do I Make Ribs?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wit...

Brooklyn Cyclones' Jackie Robinson Statue Defaced With Racist Graffiti
Overnight, someone spray painted the statute outside the Cyclones' Coney Island ballpark with swastikas and racist slurs, including the words "die nigger."...

Friday Night Tights
Michael J. Mooney's 2010 New Times story on women football players:...

How Those Fake Pilot Names Made It On TV
Heads have rolled over KTVU's airing of four prank pilot names after the San Francisco plane crash last month—four station staffers and one NTSB intern lost their jobs. But until now, we had no idea where the fake names actually came from....

The Killing of Gus Hasford
A monster story from the late Grover Lewis:...

Shabazz Muhammad Sent Home From Rookie Program For Having Girl In Room
USA Today reports that Timberwoves rookie Shabazz Muhammad was sent home from the NBA's Rookie Transition Program today. Why? Because he had *gasp* a girl in his room, and unauthorized guests are strictly forbidden at the transition program....