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The Hurricanes Playing Their Equipment Manager As Emergency Goalie Is The Best Kind Of Cheesy Sports Story
Why no one has made a cheesy sports movie about an emergency goalie getting to achieve his dream for one night is a mystery to me, because emergency goalies are some of the best cheesy sports stories that can regularly happen in real life. A 31-year-old bank manager who played club hockey at Arizona...
Red Wings-Hurricanes Game Canceled Due To Poor Ice Condition
Tonight’s Red Wings-Hurricanes game in Raleigh has officially been postponed, nearly two hours after the scheduled puck drop, because the ice at PNC Arena is unplayable. It’s actually pretty cold in Raleigh tonight! But the word on the street is a broken compressor is the culprit....
Report: Kevin Wilson Mistreated Multiple Injured Players While At Indiana
Before being forced to resign this week, Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson had mistreated multiple injured players, according to new reporting from the Indianapolis Star and ESPN. ...
Report: Indiana To Fire Coach Kevin Wilson For Player Mistreatment
According the a report from the Indianapolis Star, Indiana will announce the dismissal of football head coach Kevin Wilson at a 6:00 p.m. press conference this evening. Both the Star and ESPN have reported that Wilson’s forthcoming termination is the result of off-the-field issues. Shortly after the...
Isiah Thomas Gleefully Hoists Disembodied Crying Jordan Head As Tribute To Hoosiers' Win
No. 13 Indiana hosted No. 3 North Carolina last night in a game in which members of the 1981 Hoosier team—the Isiah Thomas-led bunch that won the championship that season by whipping the Tar Heels in the final—were on hand 1) to be honored for their past triumph before this game, and 2) to watch a ...
Al Horford's Sister Tells Radio Doofus To Fuck Off Over His Bad Paternity Leave Take
Al Horford missed the Celtics’ win last night over the Heat to be in Atlanta for the birth of his daughter. This did not sit well with Mike Felger, a Boston-based radio and TV doofus, who said on CSN New England last night that Horford should have chartered a private jet and made the game because th...
Indiana's Zander Diamont On Quitting Football: "I Need My Brain"
Indiana backup quarterback Zander Diamont didn’t specify how many concussions he’s had due to football, but he ballparked it at “a lot.” The junior has decided to step away from the sport after the Hoosiers’ bowl game. Diamont’s reasons were simple and sound. From the Indianapolis Star:...
IPFW Shocks Third-Ranked Indiana; Fan Drinks Bleach
The Mastodons of Fort Wayne sent Indiana back to Bloomington with its first loss of the season after an overtime shocker that resulted in one IPFW student... drinking bleach?...
Life Is Futile
Look to the children for inspiration... or don’t, as they tried to retrieve a football stuck in a tree, got another football stuck in the tree, and continue in a futile effort to get back what has probably been lost forever....
Bryan Bickell Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis
Carolina winger Bryan Bickell has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the Hurricanes announced today. The 30-year-old is expected to take time away from the game to rest and to consider his treatment options....
Devils Beat Hurricanes In Hockey Game
In what was no doubt a thrill for the 12,179 in attendance in Newark who for nearly three hours had little idea what was transpiring outside, the Devils topped the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout for a 3-2 win....
Very Good Dog Drops Puck, Yes He Does, Yes He Does
On “Military Appreciation Night” in Anaheim before Ducks-Flames, the ceremonial puck drop was conducted by Corporal Nero, a bomb-sniffing dog stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Who dropped a good puck? Who? Who?...
Former Indiana Player Alleges Bobby Knight Punched Him In Head, Squeezed Players' Testicles
Basketball coaches and books, man. ...
Indiana Football Player Charged With Felony Child Molestation (UPDATE)
Indiana University freshman wide receiver Kiante Enis was charged with two counts of felony child molestation Thursday, according to the Randolph County (Ind.) Sheriff. Here is the press release from the sheriff’s department (sic throughout):...
He Got Nutmegged
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Women's Youth Soccer Championship Featured Terrible Pitch, Even Worse Miss
Yesterday, France and Spain met in the Women’s U-19 Euro final. Torrential rain before and during the match—and the baffling decision not to cancel play on a count of the pitch being a swamp—meant there was always the threat of something truly zany and/or horrifying happening. That threat was realiz...
Ji-Man Choi Celebrates His First Big Dong By Himself
The Los Angeles Angels’ Ji-man Choi clobbered his first MLB homer Monday, 20 games into his first season. After rounding the bases, the 25-year-old proved that teammates aren’t necessary to celebrate a strong home run....
Yeah Jeets
Players’ Tribune founding editor Derek Jeter married Hannah Davis today, according to People. Here’s a roundup of relevant coverage from Deadspin:...
The Maple Leafs Got A Goalie
It’s Frederik Andersen, late of the Ducks. The Leafs announced the deal today, the 26-year-old Danish netminder in exchange for a 2016 first-rounder (the Penguins’ pick, 30th overall, acquired in the Phil Kessel trade) and a second-rounder next year. Seems like a fine deal for both teams....
The Blackhawks Made Another Painful Trade
The Stanley Cup is barely parading through the streets of Pittsburgh and hot motherfuckin’ stove season is already underway. The Blackhawks are shipping Teuvo Teravainen (he’s good) and Bryan Bickell (he’s bad) to the Hurricanes in exchange for a 2016 second-round pick and 2017 third-round pick (tha...