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Good News, Everyone, Dennis Rodman Is On His Way To The Vatican
Dennis Rodman is currently headed to the Vatican to try and arrange a meeting with the soon-to-be-elected Pope. This trip comes on the heels of Rodman's visit to North Korea, where he became super good buddies with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. So I guess this is just what Dennis Rodman does no...
Michael Vick Cancels Book Tour Because Of Death Threats
Vick was scheduled to sign copies of his book, “Michael Vick: Finally Free," in three Barnes & Noble locations in Atlanta, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. That's not accidental, those areas are probably the only places in the country where at least some people like him....
Kaspars Daugavins Goes To The Well Once Too Often, Can't Convert On Bizarre Spin-O-Rama
Senators winger Kaspars Daugavins came up empty on this weirdo shootout attempt where he controls the puck by exerting force from above with the tip of his blade....
Florida Panthers Prospect Allegedly Gets Hammered, Breaks Into Stranger's Home And Passes Out On Couch
Scott Timmins is a prospect for the Florida Panthers currently playing for the San Antonio Rampage in the AHL....
Wrestler Comes In Second Place At Big 10 Tournament, Throws Medal In Garbage
Iowa Senior Matt McDonough came in second place at this weekend's Big 10 tournament and was not particularly impressed with himself. According to a hobo wrestling reporter for The Daily Iowan and fellow senior at Iowa, McDonough threw the medal in the garbage. ...
Warning: If You Troll A Professional Boxer On Twitter, He Might Show Up At Your House
Curtis Woodhouse is a former professional soccer player who turned to boxing in 2006. After recently suffering a loss to Shayne Singleton, Woodhouse found himself in the crosshairs of a troll with a Twitter account. ...
ESPN News And NBA TV Both Aired Shows Two Weeks Ago That Had Zero Nielsen Viewers
Kate Aurthur took a look around the TV world to find shows that earned Nielsen's dreaded 0.0 rating—that's the fancy Nielsen metric that means nobody watched—from a random week in late February and early March. ...
Peter King Was All Curly Hair And Giant Glasses In 1978
From his days as a young ladykiller intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer. So young, so hopeful, so full of such lofty promise....
Here's A Japanese Announcer Calling The Netherlands' Upset Over Cuba, Because International Baseball Is Awesome
I will admit to having been a WBC Doubting Thomas. Even as the first two editions produced their share of exciting moments, there was no lasting image, or huge shake-up of the baseball hierarchy. This year, though? I take back every use of the word "exhibition." Between the U.S.'s two stirring comeb...
Mets Utility Player Jordany Valdespin Took A Fastball Right To The Dick
It's been a day of highs and lows for Jordany Valdespin. First, he took Justin Verlander deep to lead off his team's spring training game against the Tigers:...
Mark Sanchez Has "A Leg Up" On The Jets Quarterback Competition
You know spring is here when the Jets are assuring everyone that Mark Sanchez is and will remain their starting quarterback, but if literally anyone else would just step up and play competently the job would be theirs. Except you, Tebow....
Someone Put A Yankees Uniform On Al Roker And Now He Looks Like A Giant Baby
Oh man, and he's wearing white pants. This could end poorly....
Hooters Ball Girl Sabotages Spring Training Game, Throws Perfectly Fair Ball Into The Stands
This play, from a Tampa Bay-Philadelphia spring training game in Florida this weekend, was apparently the second mistaken fair ball giveaway of the morning....
Tom Crean Chews Out Former Kelvin Sampson Assistant, Jeff Meyer
After Indiana won its first outright Big Ten regular-season title since 1993 with a 72-71 win over Michigan, Tom Crean decided to confront Jeff Meyer. Meyer is a current assistant with Michigan and was previously an assistant coach at Indiana during Kelvin Sampson's controversial time with the pro...
This DeAndre Jordan Alley-Oop Is Disgusting And We Should All Just Go To Bed Now
Honestly, this is just ridiculous. Chris Paul, from essentially the three point line, tosses an alley-oop that Deandre Jordan catches in the middle of the key and, well, yeah. It was authoritative, let’s say....
Reports: USC Basketball Players Involved In Fight In Downtown Spokane Following Loss To Washington State
Earlier today we received a tip claiming that two USC basketball players were involved in a series of fights in downtown Spokane Saturday night. KREM in Spokane, Washington is now reporting that police are investigating the matter because, according to a witness who was also commenting on the linked...
"Is It Me Or Has ESPN Been Taken Over By Wetbacks?" Viewers React To Tonight's WBC ESPN Deportes Simulcast
MLB Network has exclusive U.S. rights to broadcast the World Baseball Classic, but those rights begin and end with the English language. Lacking compelling content for a slow Sunday night, ESPN elected to use its loophole in owning Spanish-language rights to simulcast its ESPN Deportes feed of toni...
Chelsea Storms Back To Force Manchester United FA Cup Replay; Winner To Face Manchester City; Chaos To Ensue
It only took five minutes for Manchester United to draw first blood against their rivals Chelsea in today's quarterfinal FA Cup match. Michael Carrick drove a great ball over the Chelsea defense which found Javier Hernandez's head. Instead of heading it down, as forwards are taught, the Mexican str...
Stan Lee Wants Pole Dancing To Be An Olympic Event
Stan Lee, film's Willie Lumpkin, has a suggestion for the tight asses in charge of the Olympics. Wanna get rid of wrestling? Good! Makes room for pole dancing. It's "like the sexiest gymnastics of all...look how everybody loves pole dancers!" Just when you think he's just a creepy old guy talking ...