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Mike Napoli Stumbles Around The Streets Of Boston
Here we observe Mike Napoli lumbering around on the sidewalk, shirtless and without a care in the world. The resolution's shitty, but the beard is a dead giveaway. Someone yells at him to put his shirt on, as if he has a spare shirt in his pocket. The Napoli grumbles and turns around. But there is ...

Mike Napoli Had A Wild, Drunken, Shirtless Saturday
A priceless photo of a shirtless Mike Napoli smoking a butt and roaming the streets of Boston surfaced Saturday night, but how did he get to that state? Here's a crude timeline, starting after the Red Sox championship parade ended....

That Time Mike Schmidt, Age 38, Scored From First On A Wild Pitch
A reader named Brad wrote in to ask if we could track down the video for this one. It's Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt scoring from first on a wild pitch during a game against the Mets on April 18, 1988. Hardball Times remembered it several months ago, on the occasion of its 25th annivers...

How Would Mike Francesa Have Discussed The Civil War?
After his successful Revolutionary War commentary, time-traveling Mike Francesa is back, this time in the run-up to the Battle of Antietam. The best moment comes around the 2:32 mark, when a caller—Dred, from Scottsville (groan)—asks for Mike's take on Harriet Tubman. Mike responds as if she's Al ...

Cardinals Radio Guy Laughed At Red Sox For Holding Kolten Wong On
Via Awful Announcing, go directly to the 2-minute mark of the video below. "That's silly," Cardinals play-by-play man Mike Shannon can be heard saying during the KMOX broadcast. He was talking about Mike Napoli holding Kolten Wong at first base. Shannon also laughed. He then described what happened ...

Could Mike Pouncey Be Facing Aaron Hernandez-Related Criminal Charges?
Greg Bedard, one of the Sports Illustrated reporters who broke the story that Pouncey had been served with a subpoena immediately after the Dolphins' loss to the Patriots, thinks it's possible....

Royko On Jackie
Mike Royko's column written on the day that Jackie Robinson died:...

Mike Pouncey Served With Aaron Hernandez-Related Subpoena After Game
The Dolphins lost to the Patriots today, and then center Mike Pouncey's day got worse. Massachusetts police served him with grand-jury papers outside the locker room, and according to Sports Illustrated's source, the subpoena is related to the investigation of Aaron Hernandez, Pouncey's former team...

Mike Francesa And <em>Daily News</em> Reporter Battle To See Who Screams Louder
One of the Daily News's I-Team reporters who's been on the A-Rod beat, Michael O'Keeffe, went on WFAN and YES today to spar with Mike Francesa. The battle lines: Francesa thinks the News has been on a witch hunt against A-Rod, and the News thinks that's crap. The 40-minute or so interview broke Twit...

Mike Miller Considers Suing Heat For Setting Him Up With Con Man
Former Miami Heat swingman Mike Miller is strongly considering filing a $1.7 million lawsuit against his former team. Miller isn't considering suing for unpaid wages or bonus money, though. He believes that the Heat are responsible for paying him money he lost in a failed business relationship with ...

That Time Mike Matheny Took A Fastball To The Face And Barely Flinched
The World Series begins tonight, which means it's as good an occasion as any to look back at one of the more memorable moments from Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's playing career: The night a 90-something-mph fastball hit him square in the face and he barely reacted....

If You Weren't Picturing Mike Milbury Having Group Sex, You Are Now
Last night's "30 for 30" was Big Shot, a look at John Spano, the con man who briefly purchased the Islanders before the NHL realized he didn't have any money. (A similar scenario would play out in Nashville just 11 years later.) The most prurient part was then-GM Mike Milbury recounting how Spano of...

Mike Francesa Threatens To Go After Wonderful Twitter Parody Account
Mike Francesa's been on a roll lately. The latest incident involves the radio guy threatening the two anonymous dudes who run an exquisite Twitter parody account, @MikeFrancesaNY....

Oregon Coach Sorry For Calling Out Mike Leach's "Low-Class Bullshit"
Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday set the FBS record for most pass attempts in a game on Saturday in a blowout loss to Oregon. He did it despite the game being all but over, and Ducks defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti was pissed at WSU coach Mike Leach for making it happen. "Total bullsh...

My Life As A Young Thug By Mike Tyson
In the latest issue of New York Magazine, Mike Tyson looks back:...

No One Is Signing Tim Tebow
Mike Silver, formerly trolling for Yahoo Sports, now trolls for NFL.com. And the league understands just as well as anyone the value of putting the nation on Tebow Alert, even when there's absolutely nothing to it....

We Have An NHL Goalie Goal
With 0.1 seconds left on the clock in Saturday's Coyotes-Red Wings game, Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith scored his first career goal after flinging the puck into Detroit's empty net. Whether or not Smith was actually aiming for the net, he doesn't have to admit it to anyone now....

Here's Mike Francesa Spilling Diet Coke All Over His Desk
We've already seen Mike Francesa at his best this week, but he's having a bit of a bad day today. First his cawl-ahs annoyed the hell out of him, uh-kay, and then he accidentally did this to his trusty Diet Coke. The rest of us? We've been rewarded with the wonderful GIF you see above....

Gleeful Avs Announcer Basically Says Injured Kronwall Deserved It
The Avalanche have been so bad for so long, we almost forgot what brutal homers their broadcasters are. Play-by-play man Mike Haynes was there to remind us last night, taking an uncomfortable amount of joy from an ugly injury to Detroit's Niklas Kronwall....