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Bristolmetrics: Dick Vitale Said "Baby" A Mere 14 Times On <em>SportsCenter</em> Last Week
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenterthroughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke....
After Signing A $7.8-Million Contract With The Mets, R.A. Dickey Bought A Minivan He Calls "The Millenium Falcon"
"A Star Wars aficionado, R.A. Dickey calls the minivan their Millennium Falcon. His wife calls it 'our big splurge' after he inked his $7.8 million contract with the Mets last winter." He's the best. [The Star-Ledger, image via Getty]...
A Skeptical Press Forces Tim Tebow To Defend His Faith
The jaded New York press wasted little time at today's news conference in challenging Tim Tebow about the unconventional beliefs and practices he may bring to his new football team. But the newest Jets player stood his ground and professed his faith:...
Tim Tebow Laying Hands On Brian Dawkins And Other Stories
I did not see this story yesterday—must have been all the mud over my eyes. Having washed it away I can now see it and tell you it is wonderful. Behold:...
Trading For Tim Tebow Was A Football Move Of No Consequence
Tim Tebow is a media circus of the highest order, but his trade to the Jets is not a disastrous football move. Of course, it is not a great football move either. And Tim Tebow to the Jets is definitely not a move designed to push the Jets over the top in the AFC. But we already knew these things. S...
Joba Chamberlain's Freak Trampoline Accident Is Just Like Brien Taylor Getting In A Bar Fight
All the pieces fit, don't they? Strangely spelled first names, injured pitchers...actually, that's about it. Don't let that stop you though, Bill Madden. According to Madden, Chamberlain had a "death wish for his career." So, it makes all the sense in the world that he finally pulled it off at some...
Joba Chamberlain Nearly Bled Out On The Floor Of Rebounderz
A gruesome and scary update to the story of Joba Chamberlain, who yesterday suffered an open dislocation while playing with his son at a Florida indoor trampoline arena. Via Hardball Talk,...
Jets Fan Who Died Last Week Had Strong Premonition That New York Would Acquire Tim Tebow
The New York Daily News brings us our strongest evidence yet that, with Tebow, we've crossed over into an entirely unfamiliar, Unsolved Mysteries-echoing realm....
Hey, A Jets Quarterback Controversy! Who Would've Thought?
There is no quarterback controversy, Mike Tannenbaum insisted yesterday. But here's one anyway!...
The Yankees Quit A Tie Game And Went Home, And Bobby Valentine Is Furious
It's only March, but new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is already in midseason antagonistic prick form. The latest controversy? A stupid spring training game, because the Yankees and the Red Sox can't even play a simple spring training game without being children....
The Jets Say There Isn't A Quarterback Competition
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: We couldn't even write that headline without laughing....
Tim Tebow Is In New York, And That's Good News For Everyone
Yesterday morning, after the Jets' interest in Tebow was made public but before any deals were made, these were some of the things written in the New York tabloid papers:...
New York Jets To Drew Brees: Quit Your Damn Whining Already
It was a dandy of a day for whoever was running the official NFL team Twitter feeds. First, the person manning @Redskins offered up a bit of unsolicited advice regarding the "awkwardness" of Tim Tebow being traded to the Jets. (You know, because THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS are in any sort of position to...
Darren Rovell Thinks This Jets Logo With A Crucified Jesus Christ Is Worth Your Attention
There is absolutely no reason why the Jets would need to redo their logo just because Tim Tebow, who happens to be extremely religious, is about to bring his own unique brand of "football" to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Therefore, we're confused why CNBC's Darren Rovell would feel com...
Courtside Sixers Fan (Possibly) Yells Racist Slur At Jeremy Lin
As the Knicks were closing out their 82-79 win over the Sixers in Philadelphia tonight, Jeremy Lin headed over in the direction of the scorer's table and a courtside Sixers fan yelled ... something in his direction. Initial conclusions seem to point to "hey, chink". I can't make heads or tails of ...
It's Finally Official: Tim Tebow Traded To The New York Jets
Finally, our long national nightmare is over, so says ESPN's Adam Schefter....
The Tim Tebow Trade Might Be Held Up Because The Jets Never Read Tebow's Contract
Hold off on throwing away your Chrebet jerseys, Jets fans. The Tebow trade might not be happening because of a five-million-dollar snag....
The Jets And Broncos Agree: Tim Tebow Was Not Worth A First-Round Draft Pick
After picking Tim Tebow in first round of the 2010 NFL draft, the Denver Broncos have shipped him and a seventh-round pick in the upcoming draft to the Jets for their fourth- and sixth-round picks. So now it's possible to put a value on Tebowmania. Using the famous draft-value matrix that assigns a ...
The Guy Who Wrote <i>Game Of Thrones</i> Hates The Tebow Trade
George R.R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, and confessed Jets fan, is not the biggest fan of the Jets' trade from one Timothy Tebow. Writing on his blog,...
Hey, Jets! Here's A Photo Of Tim Tebow's Bare Foot
Now there's a quarterback that a coach can dream on!...