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Jackie Robinson Is Back From The Dead And Getting His Nails Done In Beverly Hills
That's according to video-paparazzi-whores Hollywood TV, which stalked Frank Robinson without really knowing who he is. (He's actually a completely different Hall of Fame black guy.) [Vin Scully Is My Homeboy]...
How A Career Ends: John Wooden's Pyramid Of Success Led Me From Belgium To Real Estate
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: guard John Vallely, who won national titles with and without Lew Alcindor at UCLA. ...
Why The Deal To Keep The Kings In Sacramento May Be Collapsing
"Elation now" crowed the Sacramento Bee when the Maloof Brothers, David Stern, and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson emerged from lockdown negotations with a plan to build a new arena and keep the Kings from moving to Anaheim. The plan was a good one, as far as publically funded stadiums go: the team a...
High School Makes Fancy Video Asking Jeremy Lin To Speak At Graduation, Lin Says No Thanks
One of the main duties of New York's Stuyvesant High School's senior class president is to line up the commencement speaker. So, with the help of students and faculty, he put together this video begging Jeremy Lin to be that speaker. (Warning: there's rapping. Of course there's rapping.)...
This Is The 911 Call Of Joba Chamberlain's Trampoline Injury
The New York Daily News got this the other day, but it just came to our attention. As you can hear in the audio above, Joba Chamberlain's injury was reported as a "compound fracture" of the ankle. The bone had come all the way through the skin, and there was blood, though the caller can be heard to...
Jerry Sandusky's Trial Has Been Postponed Until June 5
It was supposed to begin May 14, but Judge John M. Cleland has pushed the start of the trial back because of scheduling conflicts. Cleland's decision had nothing to do with that 95-page motion to dismiss the charges filed last week by Sandusky's attorney, Lawyerin' Joe Amendola....
Wes Welker, Clay Matthews and DeMarcus Ware Play Great In Adult Diapers
Normally we don't like to post commercials. But there's something so determined about little Wes Welker. Oh, it's for (an undefined, nebulous) charity? Wes Welker will wear the shit out of your adult diapers. And Clay Matthews and DeMarcus Ware give in to peer pressure a little too easily. If that...
Impartial Observer Donovan McNabb Worries That Mike Shanahan Will Ruin Robert Griffin III
RG3? Decent QB. Everyone thinks he'll be great. The Redskins got some people for him to throw to, too....
<em>Slap Shot</em>: The Only Honest Sports Movie
From the very first scene of Slap Shot, the classic hockey film makes its stance clear: The way everybody talks about sports is bullshit. Denis Lemieux, the befuddled language-challenged Charlestown Chiefs goalie, is on television talking to broadcaster Jim Carr, who is trying to get fans to bring t...
Arrested Drunk Man Sings "Bohemian Rhapsody" In Its Entirety In Back Of Police Car [UPDATE]
Dude in the video above wasn't happy about being picked up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for being intoxicated. The best excuse he can muster is something about "brotherhood of men on the planet earth" before he segues right into singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." In its entirety. He even...
Cheer Up, Lamar Odom And Derek Fisher: Kobe's Going To Bring You Back Home
The Lakers are like a progressive, experimental insane asylum already run by the insane, but then the incarcerated insane take over from the insane running the place, and agree to a power-sharing program where nobody's quite sure which of the insane people are in charge. All of which is to put this ...
The New Columbus Goalie Showed Up For Work In Michigan Gear
Shawn Hunwick's college hockey career ended in heartbreak, as the goaltender's Michigan squad fell to the Union Dutchmen Cornell Big Red in the NCAA tournament five days ago. His NHL career, meanwhile, came as a whirlwind....
Nike Wins: Tim Tebow Jets Jerseys Are Now Illegal
Yesterday, Nike filed a lawsuit against Reebok, demanding they cease selling the Tim Tebow Jets jerseys they had rushed into production after Tebow was traded to New York. Last night a judge granted Nike a temporary restraining order, meaning you cannot legally buy a Tim Tebow Jets jersey anywhere r...
Channing Frye Is The Latest Victim Of A Blake Griffin Monster Dunk
It's not quite what Blake Griffin did to Kendrick Perkins back in January, but that's only because Channing Frye politely gets out of the way once he realizes what's coming. Griffin only accentuates his point by stealing the ball on the Suns' next possession and dunking again....
The Knicks Blew Out The Magic, But The Bigger Surprise Is That Glen Davis Didn't Eat This Knish
New York stomped Orlando 108-86 last night in a game that was less close than even that score indicates. But lost in the narrative is a single moment that speaks volumes about love, betrayal, and an uneaten knish....
Kentucky Will Win The National Championship, According To 4 Billion Computer Simulations
Ah, computers. Is there nothing they can't simulate?...
Charles Barkley Dresses As A Woman For His Next Weight Watchers Commercial
Can't say we saw this one coming....
We'll Pay For Video Of Dana Jacobson Chugging Vodka From The Bottle And "Cursing Like A Sailor"
Yesterday, upon hearing the news that Dana Jacobson intends to leave ESPN, we hoped to pay our respects by posting a video clip of our favorite moment from her time in Bristol. Alas, actual footage of Jacobson chugging vodka from the bottle and "cursing like a sailor," in the words of the Press of A...
There Will Be No Jake Plummer Comeback
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the Snake has hung up his fangs....