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La La Vazquez Says Dallas Fans Have Racist Family Values
So the Dallas-Denver brouhaha is not going away. La La Vazquez is still talking about her long night in Big D, only the language is getting much more colorful. She says fans were throwing around words like "bastard" and "fuck" and that one that even I won't spell without asterisks....

Team Peggy Disputes La La's Chain Of Events
"Sam who was also sitting in that section tells NBCDFW he saw Vasquez flick the drink and that the man sitting with Vasquez turned around and threatened to "fight all you fuckers right now." [NBCDFW]...

White Lady Defends Herself Against La La's Racism Charge
There are two sides to every story and in the interest of fairness (and comedy) we will present as many as we can get our hands on when it comes to the Dallas-Denver spitting contest....

You Can't Play With My La La
After the nastiness has simmered down, La La Vasquez finally issues a statement about how those blood-thirsty Mav's fans almost caused her to lose her mind up in there....

Nuggets Family Members Probably Aren't Accepting That Apology Any Time Soon
Who was that crazy lady who got ejected from the Mavericks/Nuggets game last night? Why, that was just La La Vazquez, Denver Nugget fan and entertainer extraordinaire!...

Carmelo Anthony Hits Game-Winning Three, All Hell Breaks Loose
Chaos in Dallas last night as Melo hit a game winner, Mark Cuban passed on some Mother's Day greetings, and Josh Howard channeled his inner Hulk....

Carmelo Anthony Suspended For Poor Listening Skills
Denver suspended Anthony for one game after he refused to come out when substituted for. Wait, you can just stay on the floor? I should have tried that in eighth grade. [Denver Stiffs]...

Carmelo Anthony's Curious Love Of The Longhorns
It was a subtle bit of color hidden in an otherwise dry recap of the Denver Nuggets evening, but the opening lead from this AP story has left at least one tipster scratching his head....

Medic! More Bandages! Melo Goes Down
Carmelo Anthony may never play the violin again; suffers possible fractured shooting hand in Nuggets win over Pacers. [NBCSports]...

The Year In ... Substance Abuse
It's the final day of our end-of-year retrospectives, as Charles Barkley gets in just under the wire with his arrest on suspicion of DUI. Today: Substance abuse!...

Video of Melo's 33 In The Third
"When the Q was all said and done, Anthony's barrage read like so: 12-15 from the field, 4-5 from behind the arc and 5-6 from the charity stripe. During one stretch, 'Melo hit eight straight shots and scored 26 straight Denver points." [Ball Don't Lie]...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch with your new, hairy houseguest ... • Boxing: Tony Thompson vs. Ishmail Arvin, at Washington, (9 p.m., ET). You can watch boxing all night. Nirvana. [ESPN2] • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa. (8 p.m., ET). Any arms that aren't dead by now? [ESPN] • MLB: Chica...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize we'll never be as tough as the British ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Jeff Lacy vs. Epifanio Mendoza, at Cabazon, Calif. (9 p.m., ET). A very convenient location for a fight, if you own a camel. [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour de France, stage 17, Embrun to L'Alpe-d'Huez, Fr...

Paul Pierce Is One DUI Away From Becoming Carmelo Anthony
Come on. It's the NBA Finals. Only two teams should be relevant at this point. And since you can't walk three steps without sniffing the history of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry, you'd hope that someone would talk a little jive toward the other. It probably wouldn't be sportsmanlike, but it's definitel...

Who's Sorry Now? Melo Edition
There is possibly no one on earth who is sorrier than Carmelo Anthony right now; his DUI arrest on Monday has placed him in a state of regret that can actually be seen from space. Call it the Great Wall of Remorse. We just couldn't ignore it here at Who's Sorry Now. Here's his statement, found on th...

Carmelo Anthony Absolutely, Unequivocally Bombed Out Of His Mind, Say Cops
The latest reports out of Denver about the DUI arrest of the booze-addled, snitch-averse Carmelo Anthony say that the Nuggets' star's level of impairment was, according to investigating officers, "extreme."...

Carmelo Anthony, Driving The Lane While Drinking
Carmelo Anthony, on the heels of one of the biggest wins for Denver of the season, continued his bad habit of doing something stupid at just the wrong times this morning: He got a DUI....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while shooing away the cat ... • MLB: Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs. We welcome our new Cub overlords. [ESPN] • MLB: Baseball Hall of Fame Induction from Cooperstown. Relive the glory of Tony Gwynn saying "passion for the game" 114 times. [ESPN2] • World Combat League: Oklahoma at Dalla...

Carmelo Anthony Should Live Rather Comfortably
Over the weekend, The Rocky Mountain News told the tale of Carmelo Anthony's new pad in suburban Denver. (Via Slushy Gutter.) The place originally was listed at $17 million, but its price was "slashed" to a far more modest $11.95 million. Some great factoids:...