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The Slow Destruction Of Pete Reiser, The Greatest Player Who Never Was
The following piece was originally published in the March, 1958 issue of True, and is excerpted from The Top of His Game, a collection of W.C. Heinz's best sportswriting. It is reprinted here with permission from Gayl Heinz....

Peter King Retweets Fake Ian Rapoport Account Announcing Revis Deal
Peter, you big galoot! That's not the real Ian Rapoport. (Darrelle Revis remains unsigned.)...

The Vikings Will Try To Woo Back Adrian Peterson Today
A Vikings contingent will fly to Texas today in an attempt to smooth things over with Adrian Peterson, and if all goes well, perhaps to convince the start running back to play for Minnesota this year. It'll be a tough sell....

Central Michigan Basketball Player Nearly Crushed By Collapsing Hoop
Northern Illinois center Pete Rakocevic threw down a dunk during Saturday night's game, and as Central Michigan forward John Simons went to inbound the ball, everyone realized that the hoop was slowly collapsing. Simons was quick enough to get out of the way, but that was frighteningly close....

Hulk Can Score Rocket Goals With Either Foot
Hulk hammered home a long-range rocket today against PSV in Europa League action, and while we've featured plenty of the Zenit St. Petersburg striker's heroics around here, we'd like to note that today's feat came off his right, and supposedly weaker, foot. ...

Adrian Peterson Wins Suspension Appeal
Federal judge David Doty has ruled in favor of the NFLPA's motion to end Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's indefinite suspension. The ruling vacates a previous ruling by arbitrator Harold Henderson, who upheld Peterson's suspension back in December....

Report: Adrian Peterson's Agent Got Into Altercation With Vikings Exec
Things do not seem to be going very well between Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings. According to a report from CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora, the relationship gotten so bad that Peterson's agent, Ben Dogra, just straight-up accosted a member of the Vikings front office at the NFL combine ...

Peter Vecsey Calls Woman An "Ignorant Slut" On Twitter
Earlier this week, Charles Barkley went on the radio and called longtime NBA writer and analyst Peter Vecsey a scumbag. Pete took to Twitter today to fire back at Barkley, and then he lost his mind and called a woman a slut....

Adrian Peterson Mad At Minnesota's Lack Of Support
Remember when Adrian Peterson got indicted for hitting his kid? According to a recent interview with ESPN, Peterson honestly might not....

Peter King Defends Hall Of Fame’s Right To Honor Alleged Serial Rapist
The NFL season is over, which means it's probably a good time for big-time NFL writers to go home and take a nap. And it seems no certified water-carrier needs a break more than SI's Peter King, who took to Twitter last night to defend the Hall of Fame candidacy of … alleged serial rapist Darren Sh...

St. Peter's-Iona Ends In Brawl; Referee Eats It
It was MAACtion City in New Rochelle as a postgame fight between St. Peter's and Iona led to a referee getting decked and multiple frays spread across the floor following a technical foul-filled regulation....

Maple Leafs Interim Coach Busts His Ass At Team Practice
Maple Leafs interim head coach Peter Horachek held his first practice with the team Thursday—his first game was a 6-2 loss to the Capitals on Wednesday—and it featured a sign that everything's going to be just fine in Toronto....

Man Charged With Killing Adrian Peterson's Son Allegedly Violates Bond
Remember Joseph Patterson? He's the man who was charged with murder over a year ago for allegedly beating to death Tyrese Ruffin, Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son. He somehow made it out on bond, and was subsequently accused of violating that in June when he went to the house of Ann Doohen—Ruffin's ...

Taxpayers, Fans Winners As St. Petersburg Rejects Rays Stadium Deal
St. Petersburg's city council rejected an agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays that would have allowed the team to seek new stadium sites while providing the MLB franchise an out from its lease with the city that locks them into Tropicana Field through 2027....

Audio: NFL Exec Told Adrian Peterson He Would Get Two-Game Suspension
ABC News has obtained a recording of a phone call between NFL executive Troy Vincent and Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, which Peterson's lawyer's claim shows the league promised Peterson a two-game suspension instead of the full-season ban that was handed down and upheld under appeal on Friday....

Adrian Peterson Says He May Retire From The NFL And Pursue The Olympics
Adrian Peterson's appeal of his suspension for his child abuse arrest and plea deal was denied yesterday, and now the running back is said to be contemplating his future in the NFL....

Adrian Peterson's Appeal Denied
Adrian Peterson will not play football again this season, after arbitrator Harold Henderson denied the NFLPA's appeal of his suspension for his arrest and plea deal on charges related to child abuse....

Just Go Ahead And Re-Use That Ray Rice Graphic For Everybody
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Peter King Is A Goddamn Embarrassment
SI.com's Peter King, the most powerful NFL writer in the business, sees his job as flattering other powerful people so that they'll allow him to uncritically pass on whatever they'd like to have passed on. He's very good at it, as the incredible correction buried a couple of thousand words into hi...

Guy With Crazy-Ass Haircut Still Has Crazy-Ass Haircut
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