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Yeah, This'll Get You Punched, Every Time
Say what you will about Australian Rules Football — and we know you have much to say! — but you can't say they don't know how to appropriately trash talk....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Joey Crawford just pushed my grandma! Nana! • 3 p.m. Contender's Freddy Curiel: Does Sly share any of his "special medication?" • 4 p.m. AFL with Scouts' Gary Horton: I have much the talent with the nerf fo...

Gene Upshaw Would Rather You Not Read Anyway
As anyone with even a fundamental understanding of professional sports labor issues knows, the NFL has the weakest players union. NFL players have the shortest careers, make the least money, suffer the harshest long term health effects and rarely have guaranteed contracts. This has caused many — and...

Mario Williams: Fast, Not That Furious
Last night, The Fanhouse posted a video that appeared to show Texans defensive tackle Mario Williams racing his lamborghini down a highway extremely fast. It didn't take long for whoever posted the video to subsequently take it down, but 850 The Buzz grabbed some video stills and provided a rundown ...

NBA Roundup: Tonight's The Night
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

The Daily Closer: On The Streets Of Philadelphia
Notes from a day in baseball:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while chasing Clocky with a hammer ... • MLB: Can a guy get a little offense? Matsuzaka falls to 1-2 as Red Sox lose to Blue Jays 2-1. • NHL: Rangers making this look very easy, which is quite unusual for them. • NBA: Warriors are one win from a playoff berth. If you're 12 or younger...

Just A Day Of Being Gored On The Beach
Via Sportivo, we present you a good old-fashioned bull goring video. It's tough to get enough of these....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you get a few new tats ... • NHL: Conference quarterfinals, Ottawa at Pittsburgh, Game 4; Detroit at Calgary, Game 3. Fighting the Cold War. [Versus] • MLB: Brewers at Reds. The Ryan Freel Fan Club is getting restless. [Fox Sports] • NBA: Clippers at Suns [Fox Sports]; Mavericks at ...

Last Day To Avoid Tennis Tax Jail
If you haven't been paying attention, thanks to Sunday being a Sunday and yesterday being some sort of weird DC holiday, today is officially tax day (there's enough, you know, actual news going on today that the yearly "Everyone's at the post office at the last minute!" stories have fallen through t...

Leftovers: Whither Albert?
• OK, we're officially concerned about Albert Pujols. [Viva El Birdos] • Pokey has some issues with how her exit from LSU went down. [ESPN] • So long, Grant Wistrom. [Sports. Music. Blog] • How come some guys can say the f-word on live TV, and some can't? [Randball] • Which athlete do you most drink...

The U.S. Olympic Committee Wonders If You Can Spare Anything
When we think of charitable organizations that desperately need our support, we will confess that the United States Olympic Committee doesn't immediately come to mind, considering we think we remember seeing an ad for the official overnight shipping company of the U.S. Olympic Team. So we can't imag...

ESPN Turns "Douche" Into "######"
We will confess, a little bit of Paul Shirley's I'm A WRITER Who Happens To Play Basketball! schtick goes a long way. He's mostly amusing, we guess, but he has a tendency to overwrite — like we can talk — and seems a little too proud of himself from time to time. That said, he's entertaining, and we...

What? The NBA Can Discipline Officials? Really?
Man, when you offend Tim Duncan, you offend the whole NBA....

Beer That Makes You SKINNY!
During the NHL Playoffs, your fans need to bust out the big guns if they're going to appropriately cheer your team onto victory. Your normal selection of Molson and elk bile isn't gonna do it; you're gonna need to start chugging the heroin beer....

Blogdome: Time For Dirk
• It's probably time for Dirk Nowitzki to win the MVP award. [Complete Sports] • How to preview a pointless NBA game. [Colorado Homers] • We do not have this tattoo. [Joe Sports Fan] • Here's how those hockey playoffs are going. [PopJocks] • Anybody decided who the Raiders should take yet? [Winning ...

If Only Landon Donovan Had Received This Tough Love
Listen Tiffany, we're sick and tired of coddling your ass. You always recover centrally. And we've told you a million times, dribble toward the defender until he leaves his mark, then pass him! Repeat that, Tiffany! You dribble where? Toward the defender! Don't make us stop the car again....

What's The Right Price For MoPete's Head Sweat?
We are not experts in the field of sports memorabilia, so we have a difficult time gaging just how much a certain piece of game-used swag is supposed to be worth. A John Kruk jock strap? A Michael Barrett cup? Mike Vanderjagt's shoulder pads? We have no idea....

Keith Olbermann Now Vital Seventh Cog In NBC Pregame Team
We like MSNBC/ESPN Radio/NBC/whatever talking head Keith Olbermann, and not just because his presence reminds us of those halcyon days of yesteryear when we actually felt cool for watching "SportsCenter." (God, that seems so strange now.)...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. MLB with Joe Morgan: Hey, who threw that pizza at Joe? • 1 p.m. College hoops recruiting: Buckeyes need a big man. Anybody? • 1:45 p.m. NBA Commssioner David Stern: Mr. Stern will tolerate no fighting during this chat. Got i...