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TBS's Slogan Is "Very Funny," Which Is Fitting Because Its Baseball Analysis Is A Joke
The MLB playoff coverage on TBS has suffered the arrows of critics for years, and it hasn't really shown any signs of improvement. How the same company that can produce the brilliant Inside the NBA drops the ball so terribly with MLB coverage is a mystery, but there's no questioning the wide range ...
This Depressing, Discarded Mound Of Plastic Tarps Is What Was Torn From Detroit's Locker Room After The A's Forced Game 5
It's not quite as dramatic as the stories we used to hear of ol' Jean Yawkey being wheeled toward the visitors' clubhouse at Shea Stadium in the waning moments of Game 6, but it does give a rare glimpse into what happens on the losing side of those epic playoff game collapses that keep the bubbly on...
Lance Armstrong Says He's Going To Be Just Fine, You Guys
What's that you say? Rough day for Lance Armstrong? Nah, even though his entire legacy and reputation is on the brink of complete ruin, in the wake of being identified as the quasi-ringleader of a "highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy." So how's he handling these devastating developme...
Raul Ibanez's Moonshot Home Run In The 12th Inning Wins Game 3 Of The ALDS
When Raul Ibanez was brought in to pinch-hit for Alex Rodriguez in the ninth inning, it seemed humorous—until Ibanez hit the first 9th-inning, game-tying, pinch-hit home run in Yankees postseason history. But when he hit another home run, this time to win the ballgame in the bottom of the 12th, it w...
Brandon Roy Will Prove You Don't Need Knee Cartilage To Play Basketball
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: Early in his comeback, Roy says he feels good....
Not Even <i>Sunday Night Football</i> Can Stop Jethro Gibbs: Last Week's TV Ratings, In Context
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...
Romney Supporter Who Ran Onto The Field Before Last Night's NLDS Game Has History Of Bizarre Behavior
Cincinnati cops charged Rives Grogan with trespassing and resisting arrest after his stunt last night in which he ran onto the field at Great American Ball Park with a Mitt Romney sign that read "ABORTION IS SIN" on the other side. It turns out this is only one of many such stunts for Grogan, who ...
Former NFL, Television, And Movie Star Alex Karras Is Dead
Alex Karras, whose career with the Detroit Lions would come to be overshadowed by his starring roles in film and on TV's Webster, is dead today at the age of 77 after suffering kidney failure....
<em>NBA 2K13</em> Leaks The New OKC Jersey, And It's Spelled "Thudner"
Video games seem to be the new way to leak NBA jerseys, and it's probably not intentional. The league has to share the designs with 2K Sports so they can be in the game and ready for its release date, long before the "official" unveiling. We've seen it with Brooklyn, we've seen it with the tweaked K...
Hockey, Everybody!
We noted yesterday there is indeed professional hockey being played, and much of it can actually be watched on television! ESPN2 aired the much-anticipated Lev-Dynamo game, one claimed by Moscow after Alexander Ovechkin seized a mishandled puck and tucked it in for the game's only goal....
History Lesson: The Time Dave Stewart Was Arrested For Soliciting A Transvestite Prostitute
An occasional feature in which we recall notable incidents that we would've covered the hell out of had we existed at the time....
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Tonight's Giants-Reds NLDS Game Was Delayed By A Fan Who Ran Onto The Field With A Mitt Romney Sign [UPDATE]
Tonight's NLDS Game 3 at Great American got off to a late start tonight thanks to an Idiot On The Field bearing a Romney-Ryan sign. The reverse of the sign had a difficult-to-read message about abortion on it, and the fan made it from right field to left-center before being corralled by police of...
Bristolmetrics: The WNBA Gets More Air Time Than The NHL
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....
Idiot Admits To Punching C.M. Punk, Provoking Wrestler To Attack Innocent Bystander On Last Night's <em>Raw</em> [UPDATE: WWE Responds]
The case for last night's ugly incident at the end of WWE Raw being a legit shoot grows stronger as a bold individual has stepped forward on his Twitter account to admit punching C.M. Punk in the kidneys, prompting the wrestler to club a nearby fan he appears to have mistakenly believed to have be...
The TBS Sound Level Meter Readings Were Thrown Off By The Loudness Of Craig Sager's Suit
In an attempt to demonstrate the madness at Camden Yards late in last night's Orioles win over the Yankees, foppish TBS reporter Craig Sager wielded a sound pressure gauge, informing viewers that the crowd in Baltimore was even louder than the famously-vocal Thunder crowd in Oklahoma City. We have ...
C.M. Punk Slugs Spectator On <em>WWE Raw</em>, But It Was Probably Worked [UPDATE: Maybe Not]
C.M. Punk has risen to become one of WWE's most prized assets by leveraging decent athleticism, quality mic skills, and an especially strong ability to work shoots. We're assuming that's what happened tonight, as Punk sledged a fan in the face during the closing seconds of tonight's episode of Raw...
<em>Monday Night Football</em> Open Thread
You are sitting on your porch, enjoying a wonderful day watching nothing at all in particular happen in your front yard. You sip your drink and watch your wife as she pulls the laundry off the line. A wind chime sounds. You feel the breeze across your face but it is not the pleasant kind. Leaves ru...
Phil Jackson Doesn't Think He Can Physically Handle Coaching Again
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: But a GM job? Now that's a different story....
Division III Football Game Provides Reminder Not To Storm The Field Until The Game Is Actually Over
Division III played host to one of the craziest football game endings in recent history Saturday. Concordia College (Moorhead) led Bethel University 14-7 and forced a Bethel fumble on what should have been the last play of the game; Concordia players rushed onto the field in celebration, but the p...
Last Night's Massive Sounders-Timbers Match Featured A Tifo Worthy Of The Occasion
Seattle dispatched rivals Portland 3-0 before a crowd of 66,452 at CenturyLink Field last night, retaining the Cascadia Cup in the Emerald City for at least a few more weeks and leading coach Sigi Schmid to respond, "This is what heaven must be like."...