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How To Eat Your Thanksgiving Leftovers: Three Good-Ass Techniques
The morning following Thanksgiving is a bleary, cotton-mouthed, dead-eyed time—a time for questions, a time of Reckoning. "Oh, Jesus, how much did I drink yesterday?" and, "Am I going to die?" and, "Why do I keep doing this to myself?" and, "Am I in Fort Worth? How did I come to be in Fort Worth?" T...

HBO's Majestically Bleak <em>The Leftovers</em> Finds God Everywhere, and Nowhere
Organized religion doesn't show up much in prestige television. Which is surprising, given the genre's tendency toward Big Existential Questions, and given how thoroughly Christianity is baked into how America thinks about itself, and given the ways the Christian Right and Mormonism and Scientology ...

The Foodspin Thanksgiving Reader
Hey whoa Thanksgiving is here! This means you will have to provide some victuals for some people, or else they will finally have the excuse for disowning/defriending/excommunicating you that they have always secretly wanted. Below you'll find all the Thanksgiving-relevant Foodspin action you'll ne...

How To Eat Your Leftovers: A Guide For Slobs
The morning following Thanksgiving is a bleary, cotton-mouthed, dead-eyed time—a time for questions, a time of Reckoning. "Oh, Jesus, how much did I drink yesterday?" and, "Am I going to die?" and, "Why do I keep doing this to myself?" and, "Am I in Fort Worth? How did I come to be in Fort Worth?" T...

Jeff George Is Available For Birthdays, Weddings, And Bar Mitzvahs
• Fight On, Dear Old Muncie: Jeff George is just what your basketball team needs to succeed. You know where this is headed. [Bleacher Report]...

Sunday Leftovers: Don't Know About You, But I'm Stuffed
• Some ridiculous college hoops dunks, because why not? [Examiner]...

Free Agency All Over The Damn Place
• Vince Carter will continue to be a New Jersey Net. I'm sorry, New Jersey. [ESPN] • Meanwhile, Jason Kapono becomes a Raptor. [ESPN] • And Joe Thornton will remain a San Jose Shark. [SI] • And Frankie Lampard rejected a deal to become the most well-paid player in Chelsea history. [Soccernet] • Can ...

Last Words On The NBA Draft...
• Here's a draft post that will hold your attention ... all 30 first round picks, compared to various slices of fine trim. [Insomniac's Lounge] • Smart people love Daequan Cook. [Winning the Turnover Battle] • And here's more - a lot more - on Daequan Cook. [SporTech Matter] • You hate to see it com...

Heath Shuler Will Always Be Heath Shuler
• Heath Shuler, still bad at sports. [Roll Call] • Rod Beck, what a closer should be. [Signal To Noise] • How the WWE screwed up the Chris Benoit "tribute." [Simon On Sports] • Today's Happy Gilmore moment. [Fox News] • Bulls not going after Kobe. [SI.com]...

Whither Wrigley?
• About that whole impending Cubs purchase. [Fortune] • Marion Jones has no money. [The Sports Elitists] • Who broke up Dustin McGowan's no hitter yesterday? How about The Mighty MJD? [Cousings Of Ron Mexico] • Bill Simmons is wrong: Lots of people enjoyed the NHL Draft. [German Village Media] • The...

Filling Your Need For Construda
• Laurence Maroney just keeps bringing the Kool-Aid. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton beat up Diego Corrales last night. [Rumors and Rants] • Meet the dickweed who yells "It's in the hole!" after every shot at a golf tournament. [JoeSportsFan] • Mark Messier, honored for his ability...

Tank Johnson Stays In Character
• Really, Tank Johnson? Really? [Sports Oasis] • Watch Justin Morneau bruise his lung. [Lion in Oil] • Bill Simmons, as much as he loves the NBA Draft, has made some really bad calls. Which makes him like a lot of NBA GMs. [The Realests] • The odd travails of that guy who tried to break the world tr...

Grumbling About ESPN
• Joe Theismann is not happy with ESPN ... [Metro Boston] • ... but this guy is REALLY not happy. [The Big Lead] • This punter be badass. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Bud Harrelson is grouchy. [One More Dying Quail] • Making it rain keeps going mainstream. [College Gameballs]...

The College World Series, DIRTY
• Ah, the ole' porn names game. Love it. [extrapolater] • Brian Urlacher has had it up to here with your RULES. [Foul Balls] • One should always smoke weed before a big game. [Kentucky.com] • Nike ads in Asia. [Deuce Of Davenport] • Everyone's being traded! [The Basketball Jones]...

Nice Try, Mike
• Mike Conley thinks he's name-dropped in a new hip-hop song. We're not so sure. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans] • Latrell Sprewell's lawsuit against the New York Post is thrown out of court. [Law.com] • About that Michael Barrett trade. [Rumors And Rants] • Who has the easiest college football schedule? [Ker...

People ... Vince McMahon Is Not Dead
• Heavens ... it's not too difficult to "fool" WWE fans. [CNBC] • Robinson Cano, ambulance chaser. [New York Times] • Brits, THIS is how football works. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The Devil Rays manager is a fan of the Buzzsaw. Figures. [Arizona Republic] • Alexi Lalas somewhat overstates the importanc...

Nice Shades, Papi
• David Ortiz receives strange gifts for Father's Day. [Red Sox Monster] • Packers in a bar fight! [SI.com] • Kevin Millar is somewhat fiery. [The Angry T] • This baseball card tournament has been quite amusing. [Babes Love Baseball] • U.S. soccer has enough problems with their uniforms. [Slate] • H...

Brett Hull, We Hardly Knew Ye
• NBC has apparently let Brett Hull go ... yeah, he was the reason for the low ratings. Of course, it also seems entirely possible that they just couldn't afford to pay him. [Barry Melrose Rocks] • Former Houston Oiler Sean Jones is a real dick. [Money Players] • Mark Cuban ... doing just fine these...

Roman Colon Sounds So Unpleasant
• Solid headline for a blog entry: "We had righteous grass until the Police showed up." [Athletics Nation] • Damon Jones has a huge impact on the NBA ... gamblers. [Just Call Me Juice] • Antonio Alfonseca appears to be kind of awesome. [Bugs and Cranks] • Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing Larry Brown tak...

Never Too Early For Soccer
• The EPL schedule is out. [Being Sven] • An interview with Amanda Beard. [This Suit Is Not Black] • The Red Sox miss Orlando Cabrera. [Fire Brand Of The American League] • Some steroid troubles in the MMA world. [Stiff Drinks] • Nick Saban, not making friends. [SI.com]...