sports Page 711 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
More People Watched The Spongebob Movie Than UCLA-Stanford Or Clemson-South Carolina: TV Ratings, In Context
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen, Sports Business Journal's John Ourand and @TVSportsRTGS. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all househol...
Bristolmetrics: ESPN Covers A Quarterback Controversy Not Involving Tim Tebow
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
ESPN Reprimands <em>SportsCenter</em> For Accurately Sourcing A Story: "IMPORTANT: DO NOT CREDIT SPORTS BY BROOKS"
ESPN has a habit of not handing out proper credit for other outlets' reporting. It's happened a lot over the last year or so. But last night, the network went so far as to order SportsCenter to stop giving credit....
Kobe Wasn't Feeling So Hot Last Night, But His Shooting Was
Kobe Bryant was questionable for last night's game against the Pacers due to flu-like symptoms, and clearly appeared to be suffering several times. It didn't keep him from putting up 40 in a losing effort against Indiana, in a game that seemed to be missing the rest of the Lakers entirely (they ris...
NBA Ref Joey Crawford Made A Terrible Foul Call, Celebrated It With A Ridiculous Dance
Our friends over at With Leather once called referee Joey Crawford "the worst thing about the NBA." It's hard to argue with them after seeing his latest stunt. After a night of showboating in the Pacers-Lakers game tonight, he capped off his performance with a questionable blocking call—one that p...
Charles Barkley Calls The Nets "The Best Team In New York"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Charles was saying it even before Brooklyn beat the Knicks....
Tulsa Athletic Director Suspended After FBI Investigation Reveals He May Have Bet On Sports
Ross Parmley became Conference USA's youngest athletic director when he was named to the post in January. He's been suspended by the university today, after the uncovering of an FBI report in which Parmley admits to gambling on college football games as recently as 2010....
Hurling Is A Sport, And Here's A Hurler Hurting Other Hurlers With His Hurley
This happened more than a week ago, but it slipped our attention, because hurling. That's right: hurling. It's an ancient Gaelic game that isn't quite lacrosse, isn't quite soccer, and isn't quite baseball. I'm not going to pretend I understand the rules, but I can tell you the video above is from...
Red Wings Prospect Arrested For Allegedly Being "Super-Drunk" While Wearing Teletubby Costume
Riley Sheahan is facing charges of being "super-drunk" after his arrest in October during which cops say the 20-year-old Detroit Red Wings prospect had a blood-alcohol content of .30 while driving and wearing a Tinky Winky costume....
The Los Angeles Clippers Missed Five Three-Pointers In One Minute Last Night
The L.A. Clippers lost their fourth straight last night, dropping a home bout with New Orleans 105-98 thanks to Blake Griffin's miserable performance (he fouled out, having gone 1-9 from the field) and despite Caron Butler going berserk in the second half (he ended up hitting nine three-pointers o...
Blake Griffin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Clippers' Blake Griffin had what appears to be his worst night as a pro basketball player last evening, going 1-9 with four turnovers and fouling out in L.A.'s 105-98 loss to the Hornets. It had the normally-gregarious product pitchman casting a very different look upon his face....
Drew Gooden Got Three People To Throw Their Clothes In Their Toilets
Prior to the Milwaukee Bucks game in Chicago Monday evening, Drew Gooden held a contest to give away tickets. Gooden, formerly of the Bulls, asked followers to throw their Bulls jerseys in the toilet. The first one to send him a picture would receive his tickets to the game....
These Are The Faces Of Philadelphia: Panthers-Eagles, In Two GIFs
Carolina 30, Philadelphia 22: As a fan, maybe you know the internal feeling that this man is expressing outwardly. Perhaps you've even been similarly confused, hurt, angry and vulnerable and you let yourself get a little silly. Luckily for you, though, it never happened with ESPN's high definition ...
There Is Nowhere Else To Go But Up For The Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards lost to the San Antonio Spurs tonight and are now 0-12 on the season. John Wall remains injured but it looks like he has a plan. Or he's falling asleep. Either way....
Jamaal Charles Waited Around for Peyton Manning's Autograph After Losing To Peyton Manning
According to Neal Jones of KCTV-5, Dwayne Bowe also got in on the action and posed for some pictures with Manning following Kansas City's 17-9 loss to the Broncos. And he actually made some sense. When cameras caught the two Chiefs stars milling around for Manning, it was a goofy bit of video—which...
Slick Rick Got Booed At Halftime Of Nets-Knicks, Reporter Gets Buried For Questioning His Hip Hop Legend Status
The New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets finally got around to playing that game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn that was canceled in the wake of hurricane Sandy. For halftime entertainment the Nets brought in Slick Rick to delight the masses. It apparently did not go so well for Mr. Rick—Slic...
The Lakers Claim Phil Jackson Never Told Them He Wanted The Job
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: We'll never stop talking about the time a guy didn't get hired....
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For People Who Read
Books! Everyone loves them, and they can make for great Christmas gifts, so long as they are not written by Mike Lupica or Mitch Albom. With that in mind, we'd like to know what books you read this year that you think other people should read. They don't have to be sports-themed, but those are cert...
Why Don't We Let College Athletes Major In Sports?
David Pargman, a professor emeritus of educational psychology at Florida State University, makes a perfectly sensible argument in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why can't aspiring professional athletes just major in sports, the way that aspiring dancers major in dance and aspiring actors major i...
For Once, The Browns Really Were #1 Against The Steelers
Long-suffering Browns fans have faced a decade of hardship when it comes to games against the hated Pittsburgh Steelers. Clevelanders struggle mightily to respond to 'Burgher taunts with little to show for it, though yesterday's miracle win (thanks mostly to eight Steelers turnovers) might put a fe...