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Which NFL Pundits Made The Least Terrible Predictions In Week 13? Grading ESPN, Yahoo, And CBS
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Troy Vincent On Jovan Belcher, And How Athletes Can Lack Coping Skills
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 league's VP of player development addresses the latest tragedy....

Johnny Manziel Watched <em>300</em> Before The Alabama Game
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: Johnny Football continues the media tour....

How Can They Play? Murder, Suicide, And The National Football League
This post, originally published by The Nation and reprinted here with permission, ran in advance of Sunday's Chiefs game. Consider it a counterpoint to Drew Magary's post that morning....

Kevin Garnett Calls Kris Humphries "Out Of Control"
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 Nets-Celtics fight, revisited....

Oh No, Caffeinated Cracker Jack ("Cracker Jack'd") Is A Thing Now
Oh no, oh no, oh no. Not only do the folks at Frito-Lay want to ruin your childhood, they want to ruin baseball too. They recently unveiled Cracker Jack'd, or, caffeinated Cracker Jack. Yeah. On this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen, Slate's Josh Levin sings (literally sings) of Cracke...

Why The 12-0 Outlaw Ohio State Buckeyes Are A Monument To The Values The NCAA Pretends To Have
Originally published in Bloomberg View....

Which NFL Pundits Embarrassed Themselves The Least In Week 12? Grading ESPN, CBS, and Yahoo
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Bill O'Brien Isn't Leaving For The NFL Just Yet
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: Penn State's coach plans on staying Penn State's coach....

Charles Barkley Calls The Nets "The Best Team In New York"
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: Charles was saying it even before Brooklyn beat the Knicks....

The Lakers Claim Phil Jackson Never Told Them He Wanted The Job
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: We'll never stop talking about the time a guy didn't get hired....

Zach Randolph Talks About His Almost-Fight With Kendrick Perkins, Sounds Like A Crazy Person
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: Z-Bo calls himself "a jacking dude."...

A.J. Barker Isn't Backing Down From His Letter To Jerry Kill
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: Barker salted the Minnesota earth in his wake....

C.J. Spiller Says Ryan Fitzpatrick Is "Probably The Best QB That I've Played With"
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: Yes, even better than Will Proctor, Cullen Harper, or Kyle Parker. Probably....

100 Thoughts About 100 NCAA Teams From The Basketball Prospectus Guide To The 2012-13 Season
The following previews were taken from College Basketball Prospectus. Buy the book as a PDF for $9.94. It's also available in paperback. For more, check out the Basketball Prospectus website....

Which NFL Pundits Have Made The Worst Predictions So Far This Year? Grading ESPN, CBS, And Yahoo
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We Love You, Verne Lundquist, But It's Time To Go
On this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, Josh Levin makes a simple, fair case for why cuddly Verne Lundquist, CBS's lead college football play-by-play announcer, ought to call it a career. Lundquist makes a lot of mistakes on air. Levin captures many of them here. Listen up:...

Inveterate Asshole And Loria Stepson David Samson Tries To Justify The Marlins Trade
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: This is the guy who called Miamians stupid for funding the stadium....

The Real Grand Experiment? It's John Calipari's Kentucky
Originally published in Bloomberg View....

Mike D'Antoni Wants To Bring Back The Showtime Lakers
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: With Steve Nash as Magic Johnson....