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You Can't Go Home Again
John Ed Bradley's memoir of playing football at LSU, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium, is one of the finest sports books ever written. If you've never read it, do yourself a favor a pick up a copy. It's a beautiful book. ...
Why Did The Penguins Let Brooks Orpik Keep Playing After This Hit?
One cannot easily diagnose traumatic brain injury by way of a television feed—some big hits can be harmless, and some small ones can pack an unexpected punch. But, watching on TV last night, it was hard to think Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik, whose head was rammed into the glass by 228-pound Bru...
Yesterday's White Sox-Mariners Game Was Historically Crazy
We alerted you to the wackiness that was going on in the White Sox-Mariners game last night, but we feel it's necessary to mention it again today, because it really was one of the craziest games history. How crazy was it? Let's count the ways:...
Austin Collie Wants To Play Again, But He's Missing The Point
Remember Austin Collie? He's the once-promising Indianapolis Colts wide receiver who for a time seemed poised to replace Brandon Stokely as Peyton Manning's go-to slot receiver. He's also the guy who was concussed twice in 2010—once on the vicious hit you see above, and again just one month later i...
A New MLB Rule Forced Royals-Cardinals To Go 8 Soggy Hours
The listed time of game for the desperate Royals' 4-2 win over the Cardinals was a crisp 2:27. This is how box scores lie to you. The last out was recorded at 3:14 a.m. CDT, with maybe 100 fans left in the stadium. In baseball limbo, Mitchell Boggs is forever coming on to protect a lead....
ESPN Still Doesn't Require X Games Competitors To Wear Safety Equipment
When snowmobiler Caleb Moore died due to injuries suffered competing in January's Winter X Games, event owner ESPN responded that it "works closely on safety issues with athletes." Events this weekend in Barcelona suggest the Worldwide Leader's concern only goes so far....
Hawaii Puts The Rainbow Back In Warriors
Hawaii has abandoned a plan to neuter one of the best nicknames in college sports. For the first time in 13 years, Hawaii football—and the rest of the university's men's teams—will be the Rainbow Warriors....
The Nats Are Still Pretending Bryce Harper Doesn't Have A Concussion
After Bryce Harper ran full-speed into the Dodger Stadium wall on Monday, he "had no idea where he was." He was nauseous all day yesterday, and couldn't play. He's expected to miss tonight's game as well. But he's totally fine, the Nationals would like to assure everyone. Just a little sore....
Derek Boogaard's Family Is Suing The NHL For Wrongful Death
Almost two years ago to the day, Derek Boogaard died in his Minneapolis apartment. Late Friday afternoon, his family filed suit in Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois) for his wrongful death. ...
The Nationals' New Rainout Policy Is Only A Problem If You Have A Job (UPDATE)
The Nats game was rained out last night; it happens. Fans can exchange their unused tickets for tickets to a future game; as is standard. Unfortunately, that "future game" is very specifically Thursday afternoon's game, no substitutions. ...
Report: David Chao Steered Junior Seau's Brain To NFL's Chosen Brain Bank
The competition to study the brains of former NFL players is ugly; almost as ugly as the league's decades of denying that concussions lead to long-term health issues. But the fight over the late Junior Seau took it to a whole new level—and a key player was controversial Chargers doctor David Chao, w...
Riddell, The NFL's Official Helmet, Found Liable In HS Concussion Suit
A brain-damaged Colorado high schooler has won a $3.1 million judgment against helmet-maker Riddell, claiming the company failed to adequately warn users of the dangers of concussions. This could very much matter to the NFL: lawsuits from more than 4,000 former players that name Riddell and the leag...
Mario Balotelli Smokes Thing
On Saturday, the A.C. Milan star was caught smoking a cigarette in the toilet of a train as he and his teammates were traveling for a match against ACF Fiorentina. You'd think Italy would be the one place left on the planet where it would be OK to smoke on a train, but you would be wrong....
An Encounter With La Salle's Lionel Simmons, Last Of The Local Gods
He was still the coolest guy in the building. Stylish sneakers, dark jeans, a navy-colored vest puffing out from a navy-colored sweatshirt. He was a little heavier now, and his close-cropped goatee had gone salt-and-pepper, but behind his black-rimmed eyeglasses he still wore that familiar sleepy lo...
Trent Richardson Says The New Helmet Rule Is About Him. It's About Earl Campbell, And The NFL Covering Its Ass.
Browns running back Trent Richardson says to blame him for the new "crown rule," which bans ballcarriers from leading with their helmets, and he sounds proud of it....
North Carolina A&T's DaMetrius Upchurch Slams Head Into Court On Contested Dunk
About 10 minutes into the first half of Louisville's dismantling of N.C. A&T in Rupp Arena tonight, the Aggies lost DaMetrius Upchurch to what is surely a concussion after smacking the back of his head on the court....
Why Is This Ump Calling Pitches From Behind The Mound?
Spring training, breezy and noncompetitive, tends to present certain spectacles that would have no business in regular season baseball. Hooters ball girls. Life-sized Al Roker Yankees Weebles. The Royals in first place. But in yesterday's Angels-Brewers game, something happened that we've never eve...
Time To Kill Boxing's Post-Fight Interview
On Saturday night, Tim Bradley, one of the world's best welterweights, fought Ruslan Provodnikov on HBO. Bradley, who has become a champion boxer mostly by possessing a will that has never broken, took heavy punishment, but won the fight by decision, despite being knocked down in the final 10 secon...