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The Pop Rocks Are Somewhat Awesome; Up Past Their Bedtime
Is a Steelers rally at the Diesel Club Lounge any place for impressionable youngsters? Well, yes, when they're the headlining music act. Meet the Pop Rocks....
More Fallout From That 100-0 Girls Basketball Fiasco
So the moral of the story, I guess, is if you're the winners of a 100-0 blowout, your coach gets fired. If you're the losers, you get to meet Diane Sawyer. Seems fair....
NY Post Attacks Torre After Book Slams A-Rod
After they gleefully picked apart "The Yankee Years" for some Bronx melodrama , the NY Post follows up their report by assembling various A-Rod supporters to stick up for their hypersensitive superstar....
Requiem For The Hitman
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Hockey Players Are Easily Confused
New Hampshire high school ice hockey player invents goalie pads that look like netting. Result: Two shutouts so far. [Boston Globe]...
Aubrey Coleman Steps on Chase Budinger's Face, Gets Ejected, Laughs
Houston was leading Arizona at the McKale Center by a score of 63-51 when Aubrey Coleman decided to stomp on Chase Budinger's face. As it turns out, that's just the wakeup call the Wildcats needed. ...
Torre's New Tell-All Book Sounds Delightful
The New York Post managed to obtain an early copy of Joe Torre's soon to be released tell-all. The book, co-written by Tom Verducci, includes some fantastic characterizations of A-Rod....
Mighty Fedor Fells Arlovski With One Punch
Here's video of the fight comes via Ballhype, so watch it while you can. Those crappy t-shirt printing fight promoters like to get all sensitive about their video showing up online....
Baton Rouge Is Still a Football Town
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Michael Vick Has Nothing But Respect for Chickens
When Michael Vick plead guilty to dogfighting charges back in 2007, he also agreed to enroll in PETA's version of sensitivity training. His test results from that training are in, and they may surprise and/or amuse you....
Who's Ready for Duke To Be Number One Again?
Well, that was a throttling. Duke nearly doubled up Maryland 85-44 this afternoon, handing Gary Williams his worst loss since joining the Terrapins in 1989. And everybody knows what that means......
Wistful for the Days of Unintentionally Hilarious PSAs?
Then how about some videos of past baseball greats trying to keep you off the crack and the coke?...
Mike Shanahan Won't Coach the Chiefs
But hey, Herm Edwards is available! In other old-Broncos-coach news, Dan Reeves interviewed for the 49ers offensive coordinator spot....
Get This Man In A Chrysler PT Cruiser
Sales of Chicago White Sox hats have gone up 25% since Barack Obama was elected. Dick Cheney fedora sales also brisk. [Chicago Tribune, via Ben Maller]...
It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
Fun week this week. Painful, but fun. Thankfully, it's now over and we can all go back to our not-so-normal lives. Here's a rundown:...
Scott Pioli Mercifully Pulls Plug On Herm Edwards
According to ESPN, the Chiefs coach was just fired. [ESPN]...
Rocker Says Steak Shapiro Deserved It, Denies Very Little
John Rocker was kind enough to call back and respond to Atlanta sports radio host Steak Shapiro's claims that he verbally assaulted him last night. Rocker says he was provoked....
Religion, Sports, And Visanthe Shiancoe Has A Bible Verse Written WHERE?
Time for Waxing Off, the feature generally credited for saving the passengers of US Airways flight 1549. Today's topic: Athletes who credit God for victories and success....
Did John Rocker Go Crazy On An Atlanta Radio Host Last Night?
An Atlanta sports radio host is saying that our old pal John Rocker kind of went bonkers at a nightclub opening both were attending last night, and had to be restrained....