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Woman Seeking Ban Suggests Kickball League Is Worse Than Drugs, Gangs
A Lower East Side resident is trying to ban an adult kickball league, claiming it is "obnoxious" and on par with the heroin and gangs that characterized the Manhattan neighborhood decades ago....
Mark Grant Likes To Crush Dodger Dogs, Dick Enberg Is A Sly Perv
Two women wearing hot dog hats caught the lens of the Fox Sports San Diego camera during the fifth inning of the Yasiel Puig Show and why not? Ladies wearing phalluses Dodger Dogs on their heads at a baseball game is as American as apple pie. ...
Three American Pastimes
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Tony Randazzo Ejected Mike Aviles From A Game That Was Already Over
When we profiled umpire Tony Randazzo last year, we noted he had an "aggressive attitude." That aggression was on display tonight in New York, as the ump blew a call with two outs in the ninth inning, tossed Mike Aviles from the game after it was already over, then taunted Indians skipper Terry Fra...
Alabama Basketball Player Arrested Following A Child's Kidnapping
Devonta Pollard, a rising junior basketball player at the University of Alabama, was arrested today following the April 30 kidnapping of a six-year-old girl from Mississippi. The Tuscaloosa News reports that he was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Six people, including Poll...
Ex-ESPNer David Berson Is The Clear Successor To Take Over CBS Sports
David Berson is the new president of CBS Sports, a jump up from his previous role overseeing the difficult-to-remember-it-exists CBS Sports Network. Sean McManus will remain chairman of CBS Sports, but I've been told that his job will become increasingly figurehead-ish and Berson is going to take o...
Gentlemen, Start Your Coffins
Another good one—Rick Reilly's 1986 SI tribute to the columnist Jim Murray—"King of the Sports Page":...
Yes, That's Jim Harbaugh On <em>Judge Judy</em>
Jim Harbaugh may be a master of rage, but when he attended a taping of fake justice program Judge Judy he was all smiles....
We Say Goodbye To <em>Inside The NBA</em> With A Horrifying Image Of Chuck
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Flo Rida's Manager Was Ejected From Game In Miami
You might think that empty seat was purchased for the sole purpose of giving Flo Rida's neck a break from the burden of that enormous Jesus piece. You would be a sensible and concerned individual, but an oh-so-very-wrong one....
The Miami Heat Predictably Advance To The Finals
After all the buildup and nonsense over the weekend, of course this series would end in a Miami blowout. What could have been a dramatic will the Heat be able to pull together? kind of game turned into a Miami romp over the Pacers. The Heat won 99-76 thanks to a typical LeBron James performance, an ...
Cleveland Browns Greg Little And Joe Haden Hang With Charles Ramsey
That's wide receiver Greg Little and cornerback Joe Haden of the Cleveland Browns hanging out with the man who became a national sensation and Cleveland hero when he helped deliver Amanda Berry and two others from over a decade of captivity. ...
Young Heat Fan Makes Believers Out Of Miami Crowd
This excitable scamp was just shown at Game 7 and is the spiritual and visual yin to Filomena Tobias's yang. The enthusiasm and anticipation are palpable and Miami is clearly feeding off the support; halfway through the third quarter the Heat hold a 15 point lead. He's made believers of us all. ...
Rugby Team Fined $15,000 Because Player Pissed On Field During Play
New Zealand Warriors forward Russell Packer heard nature calling and figured the green grass of a rugby field was as good a place as any to relieve himself....
Boxer Urges Opponent To Fight, Is Immediately Knocked Out
This junior middleweight bout in Florida provides a nice little entry for the Be Careful What You Wish For file....
Seconds Out
Matt Wilson's "Second Out" series. Found via Museumuseum. ...
The Japanese Version Of <em>Sport Science</em> Is Awesome
We've said before in this space that ESPN's pseudoscientific Sport Science segments are "sneakily awful," but this weekend I happened across something from Japanese national broadcaster NHK that puts ESPN to shame....
This Punt Return Is A Polish Football League Highlight
Clarence Anderson destroyed the NAIA record book as a wide receiver for the Ottawa (Kan.) Braves, but his NFL dreams fell a bit short. He's playing these days for the Warsaw Eagles of the Polish American Football League, which is a thing....
Synergy!
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