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Brad Johnson Isn't Doing So Hot These Days
Broken knees, broken ankles, cracked vertebrae, nerve damage, the works. Brad Johnson is proof-positive you don't need brain trauma to suffer from your NFL career for the rest of your life....

MLB Should Probably Stop Scheduling April Games At Coors Field
Last week's four-game Mets-Rockies series featured two snow-outs, one of which was played as part of a supremely depressing doubleheader—a doubleheader, for that matter, which started two hours late because of an undermanned, overworked snow-clearing crew. The other game will probably be made up in ...


Milwaukee beat San Francisco last night when Josh Prince scored on Blake Lalli's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. But Carlos Gomez had three hits, including an infield single that resulted in a throwing error that advanced Prince to third. Ryan Braun tried to reward Gomez in the dugout afterwa...

Rocky Mountain High, Amirite?
We'll have what the guy with the beard and sunglasses is having....

Quentin Richardson And Tracy McGrady Back In The NBA, For Some Reason
Quentin Richardson and Tracy McGrady today signed deals with the Knicks and Spurs, respectively. Their contracts, which are good through the rest of the season, signal that New York and San Antonio are both determined to take another run at the 2003 NBA title....

Tony Gwynn Jr. Shows Us How Hecklers Should Be Dealt With
This video has been on YouTube for almost two years, but we've only just discovered it. And we are very glad that we did, because this may be the best way we've ever seen a baseball player handle a heckler. ...

The Orioles Used A Special Bat Named "Stumpy" Against Mariano Rivera
Buster Olney has a fun little Mariano Rivera story from former outfielder and current V.P. of baseball operations for Baltimore, Brady Anderson....

Here's An L.A. Kings Fan Dropping A Child To Catch A Hockey Stick
The Kings beat the Avalanche last night in a shootout. Mike Richards, who had a goal and an assist, was named the game's No. 1 star. Richards showed the home fans at Staples Center some love by tossing his stick into the crowd. Someone was a little too eager to catch it....

The Zombie Invasion Has Begun, And They Are Targeting San Francisco
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Will Middlebrooks Had Himself An Afternoon In Toronto
Will Middlebrooks beat the Blue Jays 4-0 on the strength of a three-home run, four-hit afternoon. His second shot, a two-run homer off starter R.A. Dickey in the fifth, was an absolute bomb. ...

You'll Remember This Psychopath: Brady Corbet's Star-Making Turn In <em>Simon Killer </em>
When we first meet Simon, he's not unlike a lot of twentysomething guys you knew after college. Recently graduated, cash-strapped, withdrawn and sorta lost, the lead of Simon Killer finds himself crashing in Paris at a family friend's place, wanting to escape New York and the girlfriend, Michelle, w...

The L.A. Kings' Official Site Has Been Covering The NHL Trade Deadline In Superb Fashion
Once again, the L.A. Kings organization has proven itself to be better at doing the internet than any other professional sports team. The team's official site features a trade deadline tracker, and whoever is in charge of doing the updates has been having a great time....


Jagr Old
Via James Duthie, a photo from the vaults. 1998. Jaromir Jagr was already a nine-year NHL veteran. The young man on the left, 10 years old, is the nephew of Dan Kesa, then Jagr's Pittsburgh teammate. His name is Milan Lucic....

Dufnering Is Now A Thing, Thanks To A Gaggle Of Silly Pro Golfers
Yesterday we posted a photo of golfer Jason Dufner visiting a community center and looking supremely downtrodden. Today, golfers all across the land are razzing Dufner, who's been chipper enough about the whole thing, by mimicking his pose. Dufnering! It's a thing! Bubba Watson, who Dufnered in the ...

Anchor Loses His Shit After Naming His Colleague "Penis" McNab
Kyle Keefe of Altitude TV had a real tough time getting through this segment, after a failed reference to Avalanche broadcaster Peter McNab. Stick with the whole video—there's nothing funnier than a prolonged giggle fit on live television....

Agnieszka Radwanska Hit An Impossible No-Look, Behind-The-Back Winner In Miami Last Night
Sure, Agnieszka Radwanska got lucky with the net's part in this trick shot Tuesday night, but Agnieszka Radwanska also managed to spin around, blindly, and hit a behind-the-back, backhand drop volley with finesse and spin, so we'll forgive the net for interfering....

What The Hell: Jarome Iginla Traded To Penguins
We went to bed thinking Jarome Iginla was going to be a Bruin. Nearly every single rumor had the 17-year vet heading to Boston, and when Iginla was a healthy scratch for Calgary's late-night game, it seemed a fait accompli. The sun rises to find Iginla in black and gold, but without the Bruins' spok...