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No One Notices The Spurs Because No One Notices San Antonio

Here's a working barstool-grade theory as to why, during its dynastic run to four (perhaps soon five) titles since 1999, America still embraces the San Antonio Spurs with a yawn and a why are you still here? squint. This phenomenon has flustered if not baffled sports cognoscenti for years. But they ...

Former Bengals cheerleader/teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct for humping a student now engaged to that student. [Cincinnati Enquirer]...

Shane Battier Says Getting Benched Was Like Eating A "Turd Sandwich"

Hey, Shane Battier, how did it feel to spend all of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on the bench?...

Some Poor Soul Ordered A Tom Brady Fathead, Got Tim Tebow's Instead

How could you fackin' loozahs mix this up? NAWT only does Tim Tebow NAWT play for OW-AH fackin' team, he ain't even good enough to PRAY in front of Tawmmy Brady's jawkstrap!...

Austin Collie Wants To Play Again, But He's Missing The Point

Remember Austin Collie? He's the once-promising Indianapolis Colts wide receiver who for a time seemed poised to replace Brandon Stokely as Peyton Manning's go-to slot receiver. He's also the guy who was concussed twice in 2010—once on the vicious hit you see above, and again just one month later i...

Gentlemanly Angels Fan Runs Away, Allows Flying Bat To Just Miss Woman

This has kind of become a thing in recent years, hasn't it? A man and a woman are seated next to each other at a baseball park. They are enjoying themselves, relaxing to the game's gentle rhythms, when all of a—HOLYSHITIT'SCOMINGRIGHTATUSRUNFORYOURLIVES!...

Yes, That's Jim Harbaugh On <em>Judge Judy</em>

Jim Harbaugh may be a master of rage, but when he attended a taping of fake justice program Judge Judy he was all smiles....

Deacon Jones Is Forever Terrifying

What is there to say about the late Deacon Jones, who coined the term "sack," who had one of the best nicknames in all of sports (the "Secretary of Defense"), and who remains among the most fearsome pass rushers to ever play football? Lots, actually. (See here, here, and here.) But we'd rather just ...

Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones passed away from natural causes. He was 74....

This Punt Return Is A Polish Football League Highlight

Clarence Anderson destroyed the NAIA record book as a wide receiver for the Ottawa (Kan.) Braves, but his NFL dreams fell a bit short. He's playing these days for the Warsaw Eagles of the Polish American Football League, which is a thing....

Former Bills great Jim Kelly has been diagnosed with cancer in his upper jaw. He will have surgery later this week, and he says "the prognosis for my recovery is very good."...

No Rutgers, This Is Not How You Defend Julie Hermann

Today, the Star-Ledger published an op-ed from Rutgers's newly-appointed senior vice president and general counsel, John Farmer Jr. He attempts to defend the hiring of their new athletic director, Julie Hermann, a hiring which, as we've so diligently chronicled, is probably indefensible. And well......

Indiana On LeBron James: "He's A Flopper"

Near the end of the third quarter last night, LeBron James stepped to the free throw line for a pair of foul shots and the Indiana crowd serenaded him with a round of "he's a flopper" chants....

Don't Mess With Texas

If you've never read it, this is a treat: Gary Cartwright's classic 1968 piece for Haper's: "Confessions of a Washed-Up Sportswriter." Here we have a first-hand account of Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins, Blackie Sherrod and the legendary Forth Worth Press in the Fifties:...

Michael Tomasky from the Daily Beast just jumped into the Redskins name-change debate. He rationally gives the argument some historical context, and it just might be the best piece written on the subject so far. Read it....

Is Tim Tebow's NFL Career Over? His Camp Is Torn

In a story in ESPN The Magazine's upcoming issue, writer David Fleming goes long on the NFL's casting out of Tim Tebow and questions whether the free agent quarterback still has a future in the NFL. The answer Fleming comes up with: probably not....

Steelers Tackle Mike Adams Hospitalized After Stabbing [UPDATE]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have just released a statement saying Mike Adams, their second-year offensive tackle, was stabbed early this morning in what looks like an attempted robbery in the city's South Side. Adams, 23, had to be hospitalized....

Rams running back Isaiah Pead will be suspended one game for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. First: one game! Second: Pead is the fourth member of the Rams' 2012 draft class to be suspended for something or other....

Map: Do You Live In IHOP America Or Waffle House America?

America might be a fast-food nation, but at least it's a rich, greasy tapestry of fast food. In-N-Out Burger is the jewel of the West Coast. Massachusetts seems to breed Dunkin' Donuts franchises the way it used to breed Kennedys. Oklahoma and Wyoming are the only states to have both Hardee's and Ca...

All Night Long

Back in 1969, Jimmy Breslin spent a night hanging out with Broadway Joe Namath:...