september-11 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

The First Game Of The Rest Of Our LivesEighteen years ago this morning I awoke to shouts from the hall of my dorm. “We’re going to war! We’re going to war!” The origin of the shouting was my neighbor Brian, known for his histrionics, so I went back to sleep. But soon after, I received a call from my high school quarterback, Justin, livin...

Did 9/11 Cost The Mariners A Championship? (No, Of Course Not.)Not long after the Warriors lost their ninth and final playoff game—the same amount they lost in the entire regular season—people started passing around a quirky little piece of cross-sport trivia. In each of the four major North American sports, the team with the regular season wins record did not ...

Remember When A Chelsea Player Waggled His Dick At Stranded Americans The Day After 9/11?When the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, it was 1:45 p.m. in London; preparations were well underway across Europe for the eight Champions League matches set to kick off later in the day. The matches went ahead, but the next day UEFA postponed the week’s remaining eight Ch...

Report: Bobby Valentine Loses TBS Gig Over Dumb 9/11 Comments

Last month, Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine said a bunch of dumb things about how his New York Mets did so much to support New York City in the aftermath of 9/11 while the Yankees sat back and did nothing. We've already demonstrated how flat-out wrong those comments were, and now it appears that...

Relive A Young A.J. Daulerio's Cringeworthy 9/11 Column

Last year, Gawker republished a 2001 column from the Ambler (Penn.) Gazette written by a certain erstwhile editor. While it may not be Junod or Whitehead, it is 100 percent Ambler Man....

Bobby Valentine Says The Yankees Didn't Help Out After 9/11. Really?

Here's Bobby V. doing what Bobby V. does when you put him near a microphone: Making bizarre, unnecessary, and not particularly accurate comments about the 2001 Yankees' response to the September 11th attacks....

One Jet Thinks Stevie Johnson's "Airplane" TD Celebration Was A 9/11 Reference

You thought Bob Costas was stupid? You clearly didn't know how stupid human beings could get when discussing end zone celebrations. That apotheosis belongs to Jets tackle Sione Pouha, who's convinced that Stevie Johnson was out to mock the death of thousands....

MLB Physically Took FDNY And NYPD Caps From The Mets To Keep Them From Wearing Them Last Night

MLB's hopes for again being the go-to sports healing for September 11th were boned the second they realized the anniversary fell on an NFL Sunday. But they would have been hard-pressed to screw it up more than they did. The Yankees were on the road, the Nationals had a short little ceremony, and the...