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Reports: Lamar Odom Is Addicted To Crack (Or Oxycontin And Ambien)
Depending on which report you read, Lamar Odom is either addicted to crack or oxycontin and Ambien. Odom, who is married (for now) to a Kardashian, was reportedly in rehab for one or all of these addictions last August and left after three weeks. He was clean for the 2012-2013 season....
Here's Alfonso Soriano Celebrating A Home Run He Didn't Hit
This looks like a home run celebration—you always save the bat-toss-transitional-slow-trot-skip for home runs—but it is not a home run celebration....
Cardinals And Chargers Combine For "Boneheaded-As-Boneheaded-Gets" TD
If we're looking at things positively, the Cardinals did two things well on this play and the Chargers did one thing well. Yet it was the Chargers that wound up with a touchdown because the Cardinals also threw in a fuck-up that dwarfed anything the Chargers did....
Rex Ryan Melts Down In Press Conference
I'm not sure a preseason game can ever be described as good, but they can definitely be bad and the Jets performance Saturday night was about as bad as it gets. Look what they made Rex Ryan do....
Grocery Store Named After Alex Rodriguez Needs A New Name
Ricardo Rodriguez, the owner of A-Rod Grocery in New York City, wants to fix his store's public image in light of the downfall of Alex Rodriguez. So, he's trying to find a suitable new name....
Enjoy These Highlights Of A Fishing Show Featuring Rex And Rob Ryan
With time to kill during the NFL offseason, Rex and Rob Ryan guest-starred on a fishing show and appeared to have a hell of a time....
Girl Survives Bear Attack, Is Cooler Than Most Bears
We've got a little change of pace for this week's Bear Friday entry. Today's story features not a bear, but a 12-year-old girl who survived a bear attack and also happens to be the coolest 12-year-old girl ever. ...
The New York Times Gotcha Open
The New York Times magazine features tennis this weekend. A story on Roger Federer, a brief Q&A with Jimmy Connors and this collection of tennis stories from their archive. ...
What The Fuck Is Mike Florio Talking About?
Florio is on an absolute roll today. After spending the morning carrying the NFL's water up and down the page like a good shill is supposed to, he went and dumped this pile of crap on his website....
How ESPN Pulled A Bullshit Colin Kaepernick Story Out Of Thin Air
By pulling out of its partnership with Frontline, ESPN reminded us, yet again, where its newsroom stands. It's second fiddle to the company's business interests. So, let's show you what the flagship show of ESPN's newsroom does in lieu of participating in a documentary that the NFL is afraid of. It...
"And Here Goes The Gun Signalling The Start Of The Season."
And other sports-related funny business from my favorite New Yorker cartoonist: George Price. ...
Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Age 66, Played All Nine Positions Last Night
The Spaceman's still going, man. Baseball's most famous old hippie again made a couple of appearances with the independent San Rafael (Calif.) Pacifics this week, nearly one year to the day after he tossed a complete game for them at the age of 65. Far out....
How Jadeveon Clowney Became A Folk Hero
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney got The New York Times long-form treatment yesterday, with writer Greg Bishop hieing himself to Rock Hill, S.C., to get a snapshot of Clowney's upbringing. It's an important story, because it finally attaches a prologue to a figure whom most of the coun...
<em>SportsCenter</em>'s New Set Will Be Roughly 10,000 Square Feet
We got a preview of this before, but here's a new video showing off SportsCenter's new set, narrated by Steve Levy. He says the set will be nearly 10,000 square feet. Watch the video and it looks like it also includes approximately 750 anchor desks and 48 different studios. But seriously. Christ. T...
Last Night On Fox Sports 1: The Worst Sports Panel Discussion Ever
Above, Donovan McNabb, Andy Roddick, and Gary Payton discuss Ichiro's legacy and—I don't even know. This is such a mess. Roddick can barely speak. McNabb is really into doubles? I'm not convinced they know who Ichiro is. Everyone had a stat or fact or two to memorize and they can't pull that off. F...
Knock 'Em Out The Box: Sport For Art's Sake
From the Sports Curator comes this 1921 Heywoood Broun column for the New York World:...
Jason Heyward Will Be Out A While With A Broken Jaw
When you've opened up a 15-game lead in the division, as the Braves have, playing out the string is all about not getting hurt before the playoffs. Mission not accomplished. Jason Heyward took a fastball to the face, and will need surgery on a broken jaw that could have him out the rest of the regul...
Here's Darren Rovell Singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" At Wrigley
My favorite part is when he looks down at his cheat sheet during the part where he counts. That's, like, the one thing he should have locked down....
Max Stassi Took A Fastball Off His Chin
It has been a rough day for baseball players' faces. Wednesday afternoon, Jason Heyward took a 90-mph fastball to the face. A few hours later, nearly the same exact thing happened to Houston's Max Stassi with the bases loaded....
Ichiro Gets 4,000th Hit Against R.A. Dickey
Ichiro Suzuki recorded the 4,000th hit of a career that spanned nine years in Japan and 13 here in the States tonight at Yankee Stadium. It was a typical Ichiro slap and he did it off a knuckleballer....