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Former Goalie Just Can't Stop Experiencing Gruesome Injuries
Although Richard Zednik's bloody neck-opening incident last season left many sports fans squeamish for weeks, former Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk's 1989 throat slash still remains the most disturbing and terrifying. (Video here — if you dare. ) And even though it seems statistically impossi...
Thursday Night Preview: Clemson at (21) Wake Forest
Tommy Bowden and Clemson roll into lovely Winston-Salem to try and stave off yet another mediocre season. Clemson is 3-2 and coming off a 17-14 loss to Maryland. Now they're 2.5 point underdogs to Wake Forest. Watch this game to see if this is finally, at long last, the game that ends Tommy Bowden'...
Michael Phelps' Propensity for Ho-Clocking Follows Him Everywhere
Michael Phelps has declared he's single, even though it was previously suspected that he's been hanging around with a former Miss California a little too often for them not to be exclusively dating. And according to Page Six there are plenty of women still willing to throw themselves at him regardle...
Sarah Palin's Pucksterism Comes to Flyers Opening Night
Yesterday the Philadelphia Flyers announced that a special guest will drop the ceremonial first puck for their home opener against the New York Rangers Saturday night and it's none other than everyone's favorite moose killer, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Although Palin has no direct ties...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Golden State Warriors
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that is so totally screwed: The Golden State Warriors. When last we saw them: Finished 48-38, third in the Pacific Divisi...
Boys Will Be Boys
The Artist Formerly Known As "Pacman" Jones is in the middle of another troubling incident just a couple of months after his controversial reinstatement back into the NFL. The trouble-making defensive back was reportedly involved in a scuffle with his bodyguard early Wednesday morning that resulted ...
No Way McCain Loses Ohio Now
In politics it's known as the Brady Quinn Bounce, and John McCain has it. Our Cleveland Browns hero made a surprise appearance at a Strongsville, Ohio Republican rally on Wednesday (along with Browns lineman Joe Thomas), where he told enthusiastic McCain-Palin supporters at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Re...
You're Not A True Fan Until You're Willing To Get A Bikini Wax For Your Team
This Tampa Bay mohawk craze was good clean fun at first, but you knew it wasn't going to just end with guys shaving their heads. The women were feeling left out, so now they're getting mohawks of their own ... um, down there. Yes, it's the Rayhawk bikini wax, and the gals are lining up for 'em. Hey,...
Morning Blogdome: Kimbo Slice's Son Didn't Handle the Loss Very Well
• Uh, dude, yer like 30?: This is what it looks like when you watch your father get trounced by a man with pink hair. [Black Sports Online] • Charles Rogers' judgment day: "The Detroit Lions have won a judgment against former receiver Charles Rogers, who must now repay the club roughly $8.5 million....
Manny Versus McCarver, Pacman In Trouble Again And Brady's Return Set For May
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Carrie Milbank Lies on a Rock and Wonders What Happened to Deadspin Today
Sorry for the long outage today. Hopefully some of the posts and comments are showing up now but if not, well, this was completely beyond anyone's control. It's 6:00 and obviously this day is effectively bed-shitted. We'll charge the old girl up again tomorrow and hope for the best. (This girl. Not ...
Mocking The Cubs: America's Fun New Sport
Some may say that the rest of America is piling on the Chicago Cubs and their fans; making too much sport of their misery. But is not our gentle mocking really a welcome distraction from all of the really serious problems in the world? I say that the Cubs are actually keeping this country sane. Witn...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you contemplate your career choices ... • Classic Boxing: Holyfield/Bowe I and II. (8:30 ET) Wait, really? This is what we're reduced to? [ESPN] • Series: "South Park"/"The Sarah Silverman Program", Season Premieres (10:00 ET) When you're not just sure ... you're HIV-positive. [C...
Afternoon Blogdome: Michael Phelps Is Not Helping Himself
• Too much vinegar in the pool?: Look, the Olympics ended weeks ago. Everyone should just give this guy a break and get off his bac... what, that picture right there? At a celebrity bowling tournament? OK, maybe you have a point. [Best Week Ever] • It's a rescue, not a bailout: Merritt Paulson, son ...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Detroit Pistons
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that has become the NBA's perennial bridesmaid: The Detroit Pistons.When last we saw them: Finished 59-23, first in the C...
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served On The Front Lawn
This is how they settle disputes between rival baseball fans on the mean streets of Chicago, yo. A White Sox fan, who had been mocked all season by a Cubs fan, got ultimate revenge when the Cubs were rudely ousted from the playoffs by the Dodgers. The best part I believe is the fact that this prank ...
Why Yes, Tim McCarver <i>Does</i> Have An Opinion About Manny Ramirez
The NLCS starts tomorrow ON FOX! We know Joe Buck is amped, but how does Tim McCarver feel about covering the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the story of the moment—i.e., Manny Ramirez Reborn? Well, let's just say Tim should bring some extra towels with him if he decides to head down to the Dodger locke...
Stuart Scott is Desperate to Avoid Any Photographic Evidence of Him Chatting Up Cheerleaders
Many ESPN personalities and other sports-reporter level famous individuals are paranoid about humiliating photos of them popping up on the internet. Thankfully, most of the recognizable faces at the WWL have made peace with the notion that, yes, if they are photographed gawking at Kendra Wilkinson o...
And This Year's Ned Award Goes To ...
Is Ian Williams the anti-Beckham? Williams, a 29-year-old soccer player from Wales, threw down his crutches and took off his cast in order to kick the winning goal in a professional soccer game recently. That's kind of hardcore, I must say. Williams had only been on the bench to give his team the mi...
ALCS Preview: Rays Vs. Red Sox
It is perhaps a clear indication that I drink a bit more than I should that, when I saw that the Rays and the Red Sox had both clinched on the same night, I thought, "Whew, good. Now one team won't be more hungover than the other one in Game 1." Hey, sometimes these things matter. I have to speak o...