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A Dog Almost Caused A Massive Pileup In The Tour De France
Less than three miles from the finish of the second stage of this year's Tour De France, a small white dog almost caused an enormous crash....

Here Lies Boston Sports Guy: Bill Simmons Reacts To Celtics/Nets Trade
The primary gift and curse of ESPN's coverage of this 2013 NBA draft has been the presence of Bill Simmons, one full year into his mid-career renaissance as a talking head/typing head combo pundit. Getting the world's most vocal Celtics fan to react in real time to the Celtics trading Kevin Garnett ...

Report: Celtics Will Trade Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce To Nets
It is reportedly the end of the Big Three in Boston....

I Can't Stop Looking At These Pics Of Pierre McGuire Scaling The Boards
NBC rinkside reporter Pierre McGuire is presumably allowed to leave his spot between the benches; we just can't picture him anywhere else. But a series of photos shows that Pierre does need the occasional escape—and it's not that easy for him to get back in....

Report: Ravens RB Bernard Pierce Robbed And Carjacked In Philadelphia
CBS 3 in Philly is reporting that Ravens running back Bernard Pierce was robbed at gunpoint and had his BMW stolen Sunday night in West Philly....

The New New Crime of the Century
Over at Gratland, here's Charlie Pierce on Aaron Hernandez and the circus come to town:...

You Gonna Play Golf or You Gonna Fuck Around?
A Keeper: Charlie Pierce's 1997 GQ profile of Tiger Woods:...

Soccer Player Throws Dog Into Fence, Gets Red Carded, Is Horrible
Enzo Jose Jimenez, a player for Bella Vista in an Argentinian lower league, wasn't happy when a stray dog interrupted play with his team down a goal. So he picked up the poor thing by it's neck and hurled it off the pitch, right into a fence....

Here's A Rick-DiPietro-Vanity-Plated Car Parked In A Handicapped Spot
Sounds about right....

Husky Invades NCAA Tournament Game, Is Cutest Idiot On The Field Ever
Cal State-Fullerton's NCAA tournament game against Arizona State featured an on-field delay of the cutest sort, when a rogue husky rushed the diamond at Goodwin Field....

Thieves of Time
Dig Charlie Pierce's story on Cool Papa Bell (originally published in The National back in 1990):...

Toots Shor Among the Ruins
Another sure shot: Joe Flaherty's 1974 Esquire piece on Toots Shor:...

Robin Van Persie Sent Piers Morgan A Great Gift For Crybabies
Robin Van Persie used to be captain of Piers Morgan's favorite team, Arsenal. He then signed a big deal with rival Manchester United. If for some reason you are tuned in to what Piers Morgan has to say on anything, you know this greatly displeased him. ...


The Magic is Back
Well, not yet. But for Greg Prince, co-author of the fine site, Faith and Fear in Flushing, the glass of Mets fandowm is always half-full. Check out this Q&A with Greg as he talks about volume 1 of a 4-part book sereis: The Happiest Recap....

The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....

Here's A Dog Dressed As A Hot Dog, Eating A Hot Dog
Yesterday was the annual "Bark in the Park" day in Atlanta, the only time—other than when the Reds are in town—when ticketholders must show proof they've been vaccinated against Parvo and Bordetella....

How Do You Celebrate A 19th-Inning Walk-Off? Pie Yourself In The Face
Brandon Moss won last night's crazy Angels-A's game—which lasted just over six-and-a-half hours and took 19 innings to complete—with a walk-off, two-run homer. Afterwards, Moss was so exhausted and delirious that he went ahead and just gave himself a pie in the face during his postgame interview. Th...

Carmelo Anthony Is Going To Be A Luxury Timepiece Columnist
Sure, why not? I mean, I don't know what kind of person is going to buy a magazine dedicated to covering luxury watches, but I imagine that it is the same kind of person who would enjoy getting their coverage of luxury watches from Carmelo Anthony. ...
