p Page 6542 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Not-So-Secret Origin Of The Bud Bowl, Including Surprise, Alternate Ending
Possibly the most enduring Super Bowl advertising campaign of all time was the Bud Bowl, in which football-playing longneck bottles taught us how to love watery, American-made beer once again....
Dan Shaughnessy Doesn't Like It When Tom Brady Cuddles
After photos of Tom Brady's romantic weekend surfaced on the web, many people pointed, laughed, and then moved on. Except Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy. He seems permanently scarred....
ESPN Voters Hotly Divided; Need A Life
Since I have absolutely no faith in the Worldwide Leader's abilities in self-parody, I have to assume that this is real. Un. Believe. Able....
Soccer Players Are Bad Athletic Supporters
• Yes ... "training buddies": Just because Ian Thorpe has been living and traveling the world for three years with a hot Brazilian swimmer who also happens to be a dude, that doesn't make him gay or anything. [Outsports]...
Bring On Da Journalism, Bring On Da Noise
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Holy Server
Sorry for the delay this morning. "Server" issues. Should be all fixed now. Ronnie James Dio hopes you're enjoying the snow. Back to work......
That Doesn't Make Her Any Less Of A Lady
Andy Roddick on Serena Williams: "When we were ten, I had to literally run around in the shower to get wet. She was bench pressing dump trucks already at that time." [Yahoo Sports]...
NFL Network Clearly Didn't Prepare For Marshall Faulk's Hyperhidrosis Problem
First day of Super Bowl media overkill has ended as has the usefulness of Marshall Faulk's shirt. Did he take too much 5-hour energy before hand or something?...
ESPN Lets Stephon Marbury Type To The People
This had all the makings of an epic conversation, but instead it turned out to be slightly more entertaining than a live chat talking about fantasy water polo with Tristan Cockroft....
Breaking (Not Really): Chris Mortensen Told The Raiders He Was Sorry (Really)
Remember when Mort refused to call the Raiders to confirm that they were being sold? Yeah, he quietly apologized because he was wrong. (And the story was also not true, apparently.) [TFTDS]...
Cheerleaders Legally Free To Smack Each Other Around
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says that cheerleading is officially a contact sport. You bet it is! [Green Bay Press Gazette]...
About Those $9,000 Super Bowl Tickets ...
Yeah, in reality, turns out they're not going for anywhere near that high. And in addition here's some great Super Bowl parties you can crash....
A Pete Rose Tattoo Is One Bet You Can't Lose
• Hall of pain: Why not permanently enshrine a famous baseball player on your skin? You can just feel the hustle oozing through the open wound. [Big League Stew]...
Now, If They Were Playing Haiti, This Would Be Considered Insensitive
Headline in AP story over World Cup qualifying match: "Mexicans turn to voodoo vs. U.S." [SI]...
Matt Leinart Is Open To Pain And Has Been Crossed By The Rain
Matt Leinart's week in Tampa will mostly be spent answering how it feels to piss away an opportunity or being pestered by entertainment reporter Maria Menounos about party-hopping. But remember — he's a changed man....
Is Kirk Radomski Just Making Stuff Up Now?
As if noted steroid pusher Kirk Radomski hadn't caused enough trouble with his Mitchell-snitching ways, the guy just keeps on delivering the goods....
Meet The Mr. Irrelevant of Super Bowl XLIII: Elliot Vallejo
"Well, first of all, there are worse things than being the 106th guy in the Super Bowl. A lot of guys on other teams just wish they were at the Super Bowl. There are a whole lot of people who would trade places with me." [Fanhouse]...
Strange Times Keep Getting Stranger In the World Of The Dallas Cowboys
Dear VH1: Please develop a reality series starring Terrell Owens, in which he examines his many personal problems with his publicists. P.S., I am not a crackpot....
Man Who Walked On To Court During Providence Game Jailed Without Bail
Upset brother, Jonathan Xavier, violated his probation from a 2005 drug conviction when he walked on court to yell at ref. [ESPN]...
Chris Berman's Own Private Media Day
All journalists covering Media Day are in the same boat. Everyone shares time and resources with everyone else to the benefit of all involved. Sorry, but that's not the way Chris Berman operates....