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Phil Jackson Is Still Figuring Out This Whole Twitter Thing
Phil Jackson, or whoever is running Phil Jackson's account, has had an interesting run on Twitter. It started with a too-good-to-be-true debut that turned out to be a commercial and segued into book recommendations for Kobe Bryant. Now he's trying to congratulate George Karl on winning coach of the ...
Mike Woodson To J.R. Smith: "J.R., Goddammit!"
Everything about this clip is wonderful, and if J.R. Smith somehow makes it to the Hall of Fame one day, it should submitted to the hall in lieu of a plaque....
NFL Players' Sex House At Center Of Shooting Investigation
Let's make this clear up front: No NFL players are connected to last summer's shooting outside Orlando that left a 15-year-old girl with severe brain damage. But a house at the center of the case was a place where NFL players—specifically, former Jaguars and Rams receiver Mike Sims-Walker and Titans...
Florida Trial Lawyer John Morgan Running Massive Pro-Tebow Ad Campaign
John Morgan, whose "For The People" slogan has made him Florida's most famed trial attorney, might not seem a likely Tim Tebow supporter. Morgan's a devoted supporter of liberal causes, and Tebow is not. That isn't stopping Morgan from launching a huge campaign to get the Jacksonville Jaguars to si...
Kevin Durant's Crossover And Slam: Completely Unfair
Why can a 6-foot-11 guy with unlimited shooting range also dance by his opponent with a filthy crossover at the top of the key before gliding into the paint for a monster dunk? Because, as we've said before, Kevin Durant is more of a walking cheat code than he is a basketball player. That's really ...
Phil Jackson Turns Down The Brooklyn Nets Head Coach Offer
Legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson reportedly spoke to the Nets today about their recently-vacated head coach position. Ex-coach P.J. Carlesimo was just fired after the Nets lost in the first round of the NBA playoffs to the Chicago Bulls. Jackson hasn't coached in a couple of seasons, and he's e...
1985 Bo Jackson Scouting Report: "The Best Pure Athlete In America"
Bo Jackson was already known as an extraordinary athlete in April 1985, when he was a junior at Auburn. But just how gifted did those who were paid to evaluate his talents think he was at the time? According to a baseball scouting report unearthed by a Reddit user, the answer ranged somewhere betwee...
Red Wings Fan Vigorously Jiggles Her Boobs At Referees
This happened during a break in the action at last night's Ducks-Red Wings game, and we have no idea why....
Nick Saban Is Selling His Fancy-Ass Vacation Home
It's good to be a wildly successful head coach of athletes who don't get paid. Nick Saban will make $5.6 million in base salary this year, so it's time to trade up from his North Georgia vacation home. Because sometimes, an $11 million house with a freaking lighthouse isn't swank enough....
Thin Air: In The Mountains With Steve Carlton, Armed Conspiracist
Originally published as "Thin Mountain Air" in the April 1994 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. The story appears in The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan published by Persea books. A postscript with thoughts from both the author and editor follows....
AAU Coach Says He Accepted Money To Influence Ben McLemore
Ben McLemore's former AAU coach says he accepted money and benefits to influence the star Kansas guard's decisions, according to USA TODAY....
Here's Nick Saban In The Background Of Some Kid's Graduation Photo
This University of Alabama graduation photo featuring Nick Saban in the background shouldn't qualify as a "photobomb." Considering the centering of the photo, it actually looks like the kid photobombed Saban....
For a competing theory as to why Comcast SportsNews Chicago fired Susannah Collins, we turn to Paul M. Banks: "I don't think Comcast is as much to blame here. I think it's the Blackhawks." [ChicagoNow] And a letter obtained by the Chicago Tribune from the Blackhawks chairman appears to bolster that ...
The Knicks Win A Playoff Series For The First Time Since 2000
It almost didn't happen (again), but the Knicks were able to hold off an increasingly uncomfortable fourth-quarter comeback from Boston to advance past the first round of playoffs for the first time in more than a decade....
This High School Water Polo Player Is A Very Sore Loser
What you are looking at are members of the St. Thomas Aquinas and Belen Jesuit water polo teams lining up to shake hands after their state championship match in Miami. What you are also looking at is one of the Belen players deciding to go out with a flourish....
Reggie Miller Saying "Shit" On TV Is The Least Offensive Part Of This
A.J. Clemente cursed and got fired. Susannah Collins said "sex" and got fired. TNT analyst Reggie Miller said "shit" tonight while giving a sappy post-game speech to the victorious Golden State Warriors, and we hope he gets fired—but not because he said "shit."...
Mark Sanchez Is Now Dressing Like A Soccer Player
What should you do when your employers basically make it apparent that you are unqualified to hold the job you currently have? (The Jets have unquestionably done this, by drafting Geno Smith, and signing David Garrard, and starting Greg McElroy, and generally by treating Sanchez like a lingering far...
How Frank Isola Became The Most Hated Man At Madison Square Garden
Frank Isola started on the Knicks beat for the New York Daily News in the fall of 1996, when he was 29 years old. Now, at 46, he has been covering the team longer than anyone else....