si Page 813 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The Asian American Journalists Association Wants Jason Whitlock To Apologize
Calling Jason Whitlock's controversial tweet "inappropriate on so many levels," the Asian American Journalists Association has called for the Fox Sports columnist to issue an apology....
A Chair-Throwing Riot Broke Out After A Boxing Match Last Night In Argentina
The video above shows the scene at the Club Once Unidos of Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after Filipino Johnriel Casimero defeated Argentine Luis Lazare via TKO in the 10th round to claim the IBF interim flyweight title....
The Sad Story Of The Sorority Girl, The Scrappy Guard, And The Law That Came Between Them
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Learning The Secret Of Rugby, Nine Concussions Later
I once drank so much weight-gain powder that I couldn't go 40 minutes without peeing. I was an intern in San Francisco, trying to play rugby with the big boys, and working part time clearing tables. Whoever designed Mass XXX surely did not intend for it to provide 50 percent of my daily calories, us...
<em>Boston Herald</em>: Kevin Youkilis Is Getting Married To Tom Brady's Sister
Holy alleged eugenics, Boston! A sister of Boston's resident best athlete (sorry, JaJuan Johnson) is getting married to its resident Greek god (sorry, Niko Koutouvides), if this story is true, anyway....
Jay Bilas Is Lazy
Every week, ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas releases the "Bilas Index," his ranking of the top 68 teams in college roundball. He provides a short blurb with each team to justify their place in the index, for example:...
Three Men Have Now Accused Wisconsin's Former Associate AD Of Sexual Misconduct
John Chadima had resigned in early January, and a subsequent report said it was because he allegedly grabbed the crotch of a subordinate during the football team's Rose Bowl trip. The subordinate, who turned out to be a student, did not wish to press charges, and neither did another accuser who cam...
Bill Simmons's Very First Visit To ESPN
We've been dipping into the Bill Simmons archive, a salvaged cache of the Sports Guy's old columns from AOL Digital Cities, none of which survives online. Today's jaunt down memory lane is a field trip Simmons took to Bristol in 1997, under the auspices of his friend Gus Ramsey, a SportsCenter produ...
"This Is Live, Isn't It?" Asks The Rock Just After Dropping A "Bullshit" On <em>SportsCenter</em>
Once again, John Buccigross is in the middle of daytime SportsCenter antics, this time with Dwayne Johnson, who may or may not still be using "The Rock" professionally. Johnson was on ESPN to promote some lame-ass Jurassic Park ripoff titled Journey 2, which sounds more like the name of Steve Per...
Awful Uncalled Penalty Sets Up Game-Winning Goal Six Seconds Later
Perhaps referees can't be bothered to care when two last-place teams go at it. That's the only possible explanation for the lack of a call on Anaheim's Corey Perry for tripping up Carolina's Jussi Jokinen. It wasn't away from the puck, or in a cloud of bodies, but right out there in the open where...
A Fair-And-Balanced Look At What Fox Called “The Greatest Live Premier League Match In US Television History”
From now until the end of the season, we'll be posting a number of clips from the previous weekend's English Premier League games. If there's a goal, save, dive, lip-read profanity, or hocked sputum we should know about, drop us a line at [email protected]. (You might also enjoy our better-late-than...
Duncan Siemens Rides The Bus: On The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Minor-League Bus Rider
Republished with permission from The Classical. Art by Eli Neugeboren....
Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed
Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody....
Fax Machine Follies On Signing Day
We don't talk about national signing day much around these parts, unless there are pert coed rumps involved. Because the rest of it is pretty much all about fax machines. And no one likes or cares about fax machines, except office workers and rapt college football fans. Listen to Josh Levin, on this...
Some Dude From Brooklyn Who Thinks He's A Jedi Master Is Whining About His Light Saber Getting Stolen
"The Bedford-Stuyvesant engineer was at a Myrtle Avenue bar last fall when a thief snatched what Obi-Wan Kenobi once described as 'an elegant weapon for a more civilized age' - a $400 custom sword Michael used to teach young Jedi honor and self-esteem. 'Who steals somebody's light saber? It's like ...
Hey, Michigan: Illinois Will Show You Their Athletic Director's Contract If You Show Them Yours
We like to request records from public universities from time to time. We also like to request the requests made to these universities, which lets us know who's snooping around where. Mainly, it's reporters. Occasionally, though, one of our meta-requests reveals some high-level intercollegiate inani...
"Was That A Sasquatch?” The Misery Of Watching Canadian Super Bowl Ads
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
There Is A Cat On The Pitch At Anfield For The Liverpool-Tottenham Match
A kitty delayed action in today's Liverpool-Tottenham Hotspur match, inevitably doing a cat's duty of ridding the establishment of rats after having heard Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was back in action after his suspension for racism. [ESPN2]...