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Choose Your Own Tim Tebow Story!
First day of training camp for Tim Tebow, New England Patriot. Big story! Lots of coverage. Passes thrown. Questions about Aaron Hernandez. Reporters everywhere. Do we really have to do this? ...
Former Player Explains Why The Patriots Are So Damn Boring
For a team that's been successful while caught up in various controversies for more than a decade, the Patriots are hell on reporters. Barely a decent quote to be found. Lineman-turned-analyst Ross Tucker, who played two years in New England, says it all starts with Bill Belichick....
Look At These Slobbering Media Reviews Of Bill Belichick's Presser
With Aaron Hernandez facing charges for first-degree murder and on the verge of being charged with two more slayings, I think it's time that all of us asked the most important question, which is: HOW DID BILL BELICHICK DO IN HIS FIRST PRE-PRESEASON PRESS CONFERENCE?! Well fear not, America, for the ...
Prosecutors Seek To Charge Aaron Hernandez For 2012 Double Murder
The Boston Globe reports that prosecutors are arguing before a grand jury that Aaron Hernandez should be charged with the shooting deaths of two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012, a previously unsolved murder in which Hernandez emerged as the prime suspect last month....
TV Panel Erupts In Epic Screaming Match Over Aaron Hernandez
So, this is the best thing I've seen today. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is addressing press tomorrow, and people think he'll be speaking for the first time about Aaron Hernandez, who was arrested on murder charges last month. Of course, the press conference could be about anythin...
Bored Baseball Fans Find Solitaire Less Boring Than Baseball
The above photo comes from reader Brando, who spotted this gentlemen escaping the boredom of a Reds-Braves game with a few rounds of Solitaire. ...
NBA's 499th Best Player Has “499” Stitched Into His Shoes
More Kent Bazemore news! Last year, in ESPN's annual ranking of the 500 best players in the NBA, the Warriors' maestro of the bench celebration was ranked No. 499. During yesterday's summer league action, the always vigilant CJ Fogler noticed that Bazemore has the number 499 stitched into the tongue...
Scott Feldman Throw Nearly Decapitates Manny Machado
The Orioles had the shift on against David Lough, and Lough tried to take advantage by bunting the ball to the left side to lead off the Royals' half of the third. O's pitcher Scott Feldman had help, with Manny Machado charging to make the play. But Feldman decided to take it himself....
Hey Look, Kent Bazemore Is Also Good At Dunking
Warriors guard Kent Bazemore captured the hearts and minds of NBA fans everywhere when he became the league's preeminent bench-warming hype man during the Warriors' playoff run last season. It's hard to think about Steph Curry raining threes all over the Nuggets without also thinking about Bazemore...
Got To Get Over
Over at Nerdtorious, check out this oral history Darondo Fandon....
This Is Not How You Ask Rob Gronkowski About Aaron Hernandez
Here's talking haircut Don Dahler trying to get Rob Gronkowski and his family to talk about Aaron Hernandez while filming a sit-down interview for CBS This Morning. ...
Never Underestimate The Importance Of A Good Blintz
Greg Cerio on a 2011 exhibition of Weegee's L.A. years:...
Chris Davis Hits Record-Tying Home Run
Chris Davis hit another home run Sunday, his fourth in as many days. He now has 37 on the season, which leads the league and ties Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs before the All-Star break. ...
I'll Tumblr Fuh Ya
Each week, I'll hip you guys to a cool Tumblr site....
Chris Davis: Homer-Crusher, Ear-Penetrator
J.J. Hardy mashed a three-run homer last night to lead the O's to an 8-5 win over the Blue Jays in Baltimore, with Chris Davis and Adam Jones adding round-trippers as well. The latter pair got into some hijinks on the way back to the dugout after Hardy's bomb, with Davis giving Jones a textbook wet ...
Patriots’ Alfonzo Dennard Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI
Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early this morning in Lincoln, Neb. It could be worse than the usual DUI punishment for Dennard, who's projected to start for New England this season—he's still on probation for punching a cop last year....
Here's The Letter That Helped Get Aaron Hernandez Drafted By The Pats
Before the 2010 NFL draft, Aaron Hernandez and his agents wrote a letter to Patriots personnel executive Nick Caserio, assuring him that if the Patriots drafted Hernandez they would not have to worry about him smoking weed while playing in the NFL. It was Hernandez's alleged marijuana use while at F...
Here's Some Random College Player Dunking On Shawn Marion
The Mavs' veteran forward recently made an appearance at the Chi-League Pro-Am in Chicago, where he was greeted warmly by Alfonzo McKinnie, a 6-8 rising junior forward at UW-Green Bay. McKinnie's generous hospitality even brought a smile to Marion's face....