ns Page 1777 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Jim Harbaugh Never Takes Off His Jim Harbaugh Uniform
This is Jim Harbaugh, giving a pep talk to the Kansas Jayhawks before their game against Texas Tech, decked out in full Jim Harbaugh regalia. He's got the $8 khakis, the hat, and the sweatshirt. The only thing he's missing is the Sharpie necklace....


Ken Griffey Jr. Did Not Enjoy This ESPN Interview
Ken Griffey Jr. did a spot on SportsCenter today to talk about a partnership with Upper Deck trading cards or something, and he acted like a guy who would rather have been anywhere else. Griffey's eyes are the cold, dead eyes of a man who is on his 14th PR hit of the week....

Martin St. Louis Tantrums His Way Out Of Tampa
It's official: Lightning legend Martin St. Louis has been traded to the Rangers for Ryan Callahan, and first- and second-round draft picks (with some contingent minor changes). A bizarre captain-for-captain deal, and one pretty much engineered by St. Louis himself....

Dan Jenkins: His Ownself
Dwight Gardner reviews Dan Jenkins' memoir, His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir today in the Times: ...

How Davone Bess's Career Collapsed In 12 Months
The Browns announced this morning they have cut ties with receiver Davone Bess. It's not a surprise; Bess missed the final two games of the season for "personal reasons," and in January was arrested for assaulting an officer during a breakdown at a Florida airport. If the man needed help before, he'...

Hockey Fight Turns Players Into Bloody Messes
[Robert Bortuzzo and Colin Wilson go at it during last night's Penguins-Predators game. That's, um, a lot of blood. AP/Mark Humphrey]...


Reporter Talking Sports Has Best Reaction When He Realizes He's Live
Tom Yazwinski of Q13 FOX in Seattle clearly didn't know that the newscast had sent it over to him for a preview of his report on mudslides. He was talking about the Rangers—Texas or New York?—with someone off-camera....

Report: Penn State Whistleblower Mike McQueary Was Abused As A Boy
ESPN The Magazine has a big profile on Mike McQueary, the former Penn State assistant coach who testified to seeing Jerry Sandusky sexually assault a young boy in the shower in 2001. The biggest revelation to come out of the story is that McQueary himself was sexually assaulted as a child, and told ...

Browns President On New Uniforms: Wait 'Til Next Year
The Browns are getting new uniforms and team president Alec Scheiner is really jazzed about them. Good news for the fans: it doesn't sound like they are going to be the uniform equivalent of a telephone for old people, like Tampa Bay's new look. Bad news: they're going to have to wait until an unspe...

What It Was Like Being The Only Virgin On Magic's Hypersexed Lakers
The following is excerpted from Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, which is available now on Amazon....

Ian Kinsler On Rangers GM: "Daniels Is A Sleazeball"
Every year, when spring training starts up, you know you're in for a certain number of stories about the aging veteran, starting over and trying to prove himself. What distinguishes ESPN The Magazine's new entry in the genre, a profile of Ian Kinsler, is that he comes off as utterly unhinged....

Still Lookin' Good, Gunslinger
Brett Favre seems to be enjoying his second career as a crab fisherman....

Is Jimmy Graham A Tight End? It'll Cost Him $5.3 Million.
The Saints slapped a franchise tag on Jimmy Graham, allowing them to keep him for one season without negotiating a new deal. But Graham has been designated a tight end; he believes he's a receiver. This is not an academic point: there is more than $5 million at stake....

On Wisconsin
Send stories, photos, and anything else you might have to [email protected]....

MLB Drug Testing Drives One Prospect From Marijuana To Alcohol
The AP has a story about top Astros prospect Jon Singleton, the point of which seems to be to leave readers feeling inspired by Singleton's journey from being a marijuana-addicted and troubled youngster to clean-living prospect knocking on the door of the big leagues. And I suppose it is that kind o...

This Is What MLB's Replay System Will Look Like
Expanded replay, approved during the offseason, had its debut today in the Blue Jays-Twins game in Fort Myers. Twice, actually! This is going to be a familiar sight in baseball's future, so we might as well get used to it. ...

This Guy Has Everything Figured Out
We only got a brief glimpse into it, but you can just tell this man's whole life is one long, refreshing swig of beer. ...

Greek Soccer Coach Takes A Cup Of Soda Right To The Face
Sunday's match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos turned into a shit show when unruly Olympiakos fans began throwing things onto the pitch. One fan tossed a flare, and another nailed Panathinaikos coach Giannis Anastasiou right in the face with a cup of soda....