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Maryland Student Gets In Trouble For Showing His Ball So Hard University Pride
It's hard to blame this 12-year-old from Bel Air, Md., for wearing his Ball So Hard University sweatshirt to school earlier this week. BSHU is one of the more prestigious research institutions in the country, and either the kid has a sibling who goes there, or hopes to attend himself, or is just a b...

Indiana Basketball Coach Tom Crean Makes Funny Faces When He's Angry
Your morning roundup for Jan. 13, the day we learned YouTube started at the zoo. Photo via Christopher G. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
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Sadly, The World Will Never Know Who Shaq "Blames For That Shit" [UPDATE]
This slip-up came at the tail end of a conversation on TNT about Twinkie-maker Hostess declaring bankruptcy, an entirely reasonable topic for a studio show previewing a night of NBA action. I assume it's that bankruptcy filing Shaquille O'Neal means by "that shit," but we were all sent to commerc...

Bud Selig Can't Hear You: A Gallery
In honor of Commissioner for Life Bud Selig's new contract, we give you this metaphorically rich gallery, which we first ran in September 2010. ...

The Homer In Winter: In Defense Of Tommy Heinsohn
Republished with permission from The Classical. Illustration by Jacob Weinstein....

Anthony Mason Is Now Wisconsin's Second-Worst Tax Offender, And Latrell Sprewell Is Off The List
Over the summer, we learned that former NBA player Latrell Sprewell was officially Wisconsin's worst tax scofflaw, thanks to the state's public list of the top 100 delinquent taxpayers. Back then, Sprewell owed more than $3.5 million—but as of this week, he's no longer on the list. Anthony Mason, wh...

NCAA's "Cecil Newton Rule" Closes A Loophole That Should Have Been Closed 50 Years Ago
Did you know there was a big Cam Newton scandal? It's true! People were getting all mad about it and everything! I know we've all got short memories, and Newton's better known for being Tim Tebow, but black and good, but it was just 14 short months ago that the NCAA was rocked by reports that Newton...

Expect To See A Lot More Of Jim Rome, As CBS Plans To Use Him For Nearly All The Sports They Broadcast
Details of Jim Rome's future with CBS emerged today when new boss Sean McManus showed up on Rome's radio show to discuss all the ways the Tiffany Network plans to exploit their acquisition....

What If Tim Tebow Had A Baby With White Michael Vick?
The spiritual and genetic descendant of this and this....

Baseball's Hall Of Fame Voters Are Irrational, But Not For The Reasons You Think
Last year, Bert Blyleven, the former Twins right-hander whose Hall of Fame candidacy was long a cause among the stathead community, got into Cooperstown on his 14th ballot. But was it really a triumph of rational thinking or merely the product of a different kind of irrationality? We revisit what we...

Serena Williams Now Cause For Lamest Rap Beef Ever: Drake Vs. Common
What's that smell? Fresh beef!...

All The 3:16 Bible Verses, Ranked By How Likely They Are To Foretell Tim Tebow As The Messiah
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers all had games in which they threw for 316 yards this season: nobody cares until Tim Tebow does it. Everyone's seeking meaning in random numbers, even asking for comment from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, as if he was the first to claim the 3:16 verse as his ow...

There's A Four-Letter Word On The Four-Letter Network At The 3-D Party
Well that's unfortunate....

City Of New York Cancels Mutton-Bustin', Rodeo's Greatest Event
The scores of finance bros and curious onlookers who crowded into Madison Square Garden for the arena's annual dabble in rodeo over the weekend did not get an authentic picture of the tradition. They had overpriced pints of light beer and Cracker Jacks; some, I'm sure, had worn plaid and cowboy hats...

Watch The Republican Presidential Field Try And Fail To Pretend They Know When The College Football Championship Is Played
Last night's Republican presidential debate moderators, in a gesture of cruelty posing as kindness, asked the candidates to wrap up by saying what they'd rather be doing with this Saturday night, giving them a chance to show off their human sides. If any of these people were human a year ago, thou...

Here's The <em>Saturday Night Live</em> Sketch In Which Charles Barkley Does His Shaq Impersonation
Last night's Charles Barkley-hosted SNL was more miss than hit, and even some viewers of this five-minute riff on TNT's Inside The NBA called it "the worst ten minutes in SNL history."...

Tim Tebow Propositioned By Sorority Girl
You were totally thinking sex, right? Well, slow down. Brittany Kayla Salvesen is a member of the Christian sorority Sigma Phi Lambda (Sisters of the Lord) and she wants Tim Tebow to go to prom with her....

Malik Rose Channeled His Inner "Negro-Damus" In A Prediction During Last Night's 76ers Game
Malik Rose is the newest addition to the Philadelphia 76ers TV broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, and his relaxed attitude and willingness to say anything are quickly becoming apparent, as we saw on last night's broadcast of the Sixers' bout with Detroit. I, too, am curious what other p...

Now Jim Rome Is Leaving ESPN
The network had offered him a multi-year deal to stay, but Rome turned it down. Rome Is Burning had been on ESPN since 2004, and Rome is said to be getting an "expanded role" at CBS Sports Network. Maybe ESPN can replace him with a show that includes Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless. Oh, wait. [Th...

Cockblocked By Cam Newton!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....