nan Page 134 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Stay Away From Manu Ginobili's Fangs For Awhile
The Spurs guard had to get rabies shots after taking down a vicious bat with his bare hands. So if you see him foaming at the mouth, he's definitely not infected with a horrible disease! [SA Express-News]...
The Terrifying Horrors Of Sports-O-Ween
We've tallied the results and as suspected....your Halloween costumes kind of stunk. Don't sweat it though. At least you weren't burned alive for going to a Scottish soccer match dressed as a sheep....
Argentina Tops Transylvania In Batsketball
Manu Ginobili's line: 13 points, three assists, one rebound, and one dead bat. You have to watch this one....
Send Us Your Lame Sports-O-Ween Costumes
Tomorrow is All Hallows' Eve and you may be tempted to put on a sport-themed costume in an effort to win candy and prizes. You should seriously rethink that strategy. Sorry, but there can only be one Baby Mangino....
Begun, The Hockey Playing Ice Bear War Has
A Russian circus manager was mauled to death by a bear wearing hockey skates. First, Anchorage, then Fairbanks, now Kyrgyzstan? The angry sports bears are officially out to get us. This won't end well for humanity. [BBC]...
Jim Nantz' Divorce Trial Gets Its Own Sad Play-By-Play
CBS's omnipresent talking guy Jim Nantz is divorcing his wife of 26 years. This is not at all scandalous or shocking, yet the local newspaper provided us all with a depressing blow-by-blow that just might break your heart....
God Bless Ronan Tynan’s Anti-Semitism
If you're heading to Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the ALCS tonight, you can forget about hearing Ronan Tynan sing "God Bless America" during the seventh inning. Know why? Because he hates Jews! WOOHOO!...
Your Food/Finance/Heavy Construction Metaphor Of The Day
"[W]hen a team gets on a postseason roll, it usually produces a steamroller effect. Sometimes the roll goes stale, but if you get a fast bite after it leaves the oven, it still tastes good and pays dividends." [NYDailyNews.com]...
Erin Andrews Talks Of Internal Clocks And Her Sideline Future
Erin Andrews' second interview post-peeping was with AOL's Fanhouse, and, not surprisingly, she sounds a little exhausted, wistful and ready to start quality me-time in the near future....
Lisa Guererro Reveals Hotels Are Still More Than Willing To Help Out Prospective Peepers
The former NFL sideline something or other decided to stay in the Vanderbilt Marriott to see if hotel security's tightened since EA's incident. Nope. [Inside Edition via The Big Lead]...
South Carolina Golfer Loses Arm To Angry Alligator
A 70-year-old tries to retrieve his ball from the drink, but a 10-foot alligator decided he'd rather pull the guy into the water and chew on him awhile. They should make a hilarious movie about that! [Fanhouse/ESPN/OurKitchenSink]...
Cole Hamels Leaves Game When Wife Goes Into Labor
Hamels left with his stick-figure artist wife, Heidi, after she went into labor with their first child. Hamels had given up four runs and seven hits in five innings, laying, as if in sympathy, an enormous Game 2 egg. [ESPN]...
Michael David Barrett Gets A Little Shovey
Alleged EA peeper makes it through the camera throngs successfully but not before he pushes one out of the way before he can speed off in his Ford Mustang. He must feel so violated. [NBC Chicago via Bob's Blitz]...
Erin Andrews' Alleged Peeper, In The Flesh
Presenting Michael David Barrett, freshly outfitted with an electronic ankle monitor and no longer just a hastily drawn cartoon to us. He made a beeline for his car, evidently displeased with all those prying cameras. [Sportress of Blogitude, Chicago Tribune]...
Michael David Barrett Gets Home Confinement, Nifty Courthouse Sketch
The accused Erin Andrews peeper was ordered confined to his home in suburban Chicago. A judge barred him from using the Internet at home or work. That's him in the orange, showing no remorse for having made Patch Adams. [Sun-Times]...
The Continued Dissemination Of TMZ's Erin Andrews Heroism
This is still bothering me, obviously, and in order to sate my tin-foil sleazeball conspiracies, I'm publishing an email sent to me in order to corroborate my post that TMZ's coverage of the Erin Andrews peepholery was a little sketch....
TMZ's Bamboozling Erin Andrews Coverage
TMZ has curiously been anointed the white-hatted hero for turning over the email address of the individual accused of tearing apart a peephole and filming Erin Andrews undressed multiple times. So why did they screw up the story so badly?...
Who <i>Really</i> Chose Rio To Host The 2016 Olympics
Naturally the New Yorker does its best to bury the lead, but there are plenty of clues in this week's cover story "Gangs of Rio" as to why the world's #1 city for "violent international deaths" won the 2016 Olympics....
Is Jay Cutler The Next Tom Brady?
A reader asks: "Peggy, what are your thoughts on 'Jay Cutler: is he the next Tom Brady?' Thank you in advance."...
Who Are The Elders of Tomorrow?
When Chad Pennington dislocated his shoulder the other day, we lost one of The Elders of football and the quarterbacking arts....