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St. Mary's Forward Brad Waldow Has Tooth Knocked Out, Tries To Pawn It Off On Coach
This is gross. With little over five minutes remaining in what would eventually be a Gaels 69-66 overtime win over San Diego, Brad Waldow had a tooth violently removed while attempting to secure a rebound....
Google Translating World Baseball Classic Coverage: "The Shortstop, Jimmy Rollins Hit Embazó With The Forest Law"
Last night, the U.S. played its first game in this year's World Baseball Classic, and we learned a number of things: 1. America's official language is English, 2. The best the U.S. can do for an ace in an international competition is a kuckle-balling 38-year old, and 3. "With people on the pads, Lui...
“Are You A Nerd?” And Other Questions We Asked Our Fellow Nerds At The Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Last weekend, I went to the sixth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Attendance has gone up every year, and it gets harder and harder to get a feel for who actually goes to this thing: Why were they there? Were they still all sabermetrics geeks? High-powered businessmen? To find out, I di...
Chris Pronger Wants To Get Healthy Enough "Just To Live A Normal Life"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Pronger will almost certainly never play again....
Terry Francona Calls Jason Giambi His "Manager-In-Waiting"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Indians manager sounds thrilled to get back on the job....
Wyoming Fans Chanted "Alcoholic!" At A Coach Who's A Recovering Alcoholic
File this one next to Duke fans (maybe) chanting "How's your grandma?" at a player whose grandmother had recently died. Next month, Colorado State basketball coach Larry Eustachy will have been sober for 10 years. It's also been 10 years since Eustachy was infamously photographed drinking with stude...
Chicago's Kiss Cam Is Almost As Hot As The Blackhawks
Here's a lady and gent thoroughly enjoying their time on the United Center's Kiss Cam during the Blackhawks win over the Colorado Avalanche. And why not? The Blackhawks won again tonight with a last-minute goal from Daniel Carcillo; it was his first of the season. Jonathan Toews also chipped in wit...
Mike Woodson Says Carmelo Anthony Asked Out Of The Game Before Injuring His Knee
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Knicks coach takes the blame for this one....
Jay Gruden On What Andy Dalton Needs To Improve: "Everything"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Bengals OC says there's always room for improvement....
Ed Reed And Eddie Money Sang "Two Tickets To Paradise" And It Was An Uncomfortable Mess
Singing Eddie Money's "Two Tickets To Paradise" sort of became Ed Reed's thing during the Ravens' Super Bowl run. He sang at the send-off before the game and at the celebration in Baltimore after the win. And probably a million times in between in the shower, too—stupid Geico commercial—but this, ...
Matt Schaub Says The NFL Will Never Evolve Beyond The Pocket Passer
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Schaub thinks Wilson, Kaepernick, and RG3 are just aberrations....
Patrick Kaleta Deserves A Long, Unpaid Vacation For This Hit From Behind
Noted Buffalo dirtball Patrick Kaleta has been somewhat quiet recently—slipping all the way to a career-low 10th on the most-hated players list, but he's angling to get back among the leaders after this brutal cross-check that sent New York's Brad Richards headfirst into the boards....
Scott Fujita Says A Gay Teammate "Would Not Be An Issue At All" In The Locker Room
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Browns linebacker says a gay teammate would be just another guy....
Andrew Bynum Will Probably Never Play A Game As A Sixer
Nominal 76er Andrew Bynum basically confirmed what Philly fans had feared, and what most everyone else had expected: he will likely sit out the rest of the season, after running into yet another setback with his knees. Bynum spoke up this afternoon, about 10 days after saying he was "100 percent" su...
Richard Sherman Calls Darrelle Revis "Irrelevant"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Sherman's still steamed over that Twitter fight....
The Flames Just Made The Most Inexplicable Trade Of The Year
Brian McGrattan is no catch: the journeyman brawler has bounced around from team to team, and up and down from the AHL, since the lockout. So when the Predators waived him, he cleared easily. He was assigned to their AHL affiliate yesterday. This morning, Calgary traded for him....
Combine Interviews With The Bengals Are Not Like Combine Interviews With Other Teams
Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Oklahoma OT Lane Johnson was asked some tough questions....
Ray Edwards Says Don't Blame Him For That Fixed Boxing Match
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Hey, Edwards wasn't the one who took a dive....
Actually, Tom Brady Is Getting A Raise
When the Patriots leaked news of Tom Brady's "three-year, $27 million" contract extension, it appeared on the face the rare instance of an athlete taking less money to make his team more competitive. We warned you that appearances can be deceiving, but without the actual contract details we were lim...
Tom Brady Signs With The Patriots For <em>Well</em> Under Market Value, But There's A Catch
Peter King has the details: Tom Brady has signed a three-year contract extension with the Patriots that will run through the 2017 season, when he will be 40 years old. More than basically cementing Brady as a Patriot for life, the deal's a huge coup for New England—Brady is taking much less money th...