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Michael Vick Has Always Enjoyed Pitas ... Er, PETA
Michael Vick is ready to fulfill his community service requirementshis dream of defending animal rights in a PETA ad. The guy just really cares about this issue for some sudden unexplained reason!...

The Percy Harvin Era In Minnesota Gets Off To A Rousing Start
From annoyed emailer: "Supposedly percy vomitted on a plane a few times and stayed the night at a hospital in florida. They have tested for swine flu and it came back negative. Again, via KFAN."...

An Ill-Informed Betting Guide To The Kentucky Derby
It's that time of year—the five-week period when people who could not care less about horse racing the other 47 weeks of the year suddenly become experts in animal husbandry, gambling and stupid hats....

High School Softball Pitcher Isn't Really Playing Fair
Rachele Fico has thrown five straight no-hitters (the first four were perfect games.) She is 90-2 lifetime with 44 no-nos, 23 perfect games and an ERA of 0.006. In other words—suck it, Schuster. [CanadianPress; pic]...

The One Where An ESPN Commenter Makes The Moves On Rachel Nichols (Update)
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. (NSFW)...

ESPN Loves This Sort Of Free Publicity
Florida educator Thomas McCoy was suspended from his job because " he was cruising ESPN.com" while two special needs students "went behind a bookshelf and one performed a sex act on the other." [Naples News]...

Guy Lefleur's Idiot Son Gets His Old Man In Trouble With The Law
Legendary Montreal Canadien Guy Lefleur was convicted today of basically lying in court to protect his son, which would be sort of honorable if the kid wasn't so clearly a jackass....

Ron Artest Fondly Remembers That Terrible, Hilarious Night At The Palace
Ron Artest had a nice moment last night when he went into the stands after a loose ball. It was just like the last time he went into the crowd, only not as hysterically funny....

Tom Brady Must Be Thrilled
Hey, it's his new bride being groped by nude, muscular black men! [Arab Aquarius]...

Samuel Dalembert Loves, Loses
The Sixers were getting pounded by a Dwight Howard-less Magic team last night when Samuel Dalembert decided that an out-of-reach game would be a good time to get more intimate with Hedo Turkoglu....

Live Blogging The Electric BCS Congressional Hearings
Ha! Just kidding. It was a bigger snorefest than the Orange Bowl—but since you and the House of Representatives have nothing better to do, the hearings can be seen on C-SPAN (or online) right now. [C-SPAN]...

Chris Cooley Forced To Talk To NFL Shrink For Accidental Penis-Showing Incident
Unwittingly revealing your junk to the world is awful, but then having to go through a mandatory psychiatric evaluation because of it, only adds to the humiliation. That's what happened to Chris Cooley....

A Weird, Random Thursday Night Spent With The Hipster Grifter, Devoted Utah Jazz Fan
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap. (PHOTO: Will Sherman/AnimalNY)...

A-Rod Is Serious About Dental Hygiene
You didn't think the NY Daily News would give up all their secrets did you? Sure, they leaked plenty of juicy details from "A-Rod": The Book yesterday, but there's more where that came from....

Boston And Chicago Must Really Love Each Other
How else do you explain why the Bulls and Celtics have played seven overtime periods in just six games? These guys really just enjoy playing basketball together—and making each other bleed....

Australian Rules Football Team Wants To Play By <i>Really</i> Different Rules
The Torquay Tigers football club of Australia raised a few eyebrows with this recent ad for the team's upcoming "All White Night"—a social evening of food, fun, and racial purity....

Alex Rodriguez On Latest Rumors: "I'm Not Going There"
A-Rod played in an intrasquad scrimmage today (he homered!) and answered the charges leveled at him in the New York Daily News today. Oh, I'm sorry—refused to answer that charges. Yes, that's what I meant....

Todd McShay Addresses His Frisky On-Air Relationship With Mel Kiper
"It's just two people with strong opinions going back and forth, but I promise you, when it's over...it's over." [OnTheDL]...