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NBA League Pass Broadband Is Shit, And You Should Not Buy It [UPDATE: It's Even Worse Than Last Year]

Update (November 8): NBA League Pass Broadband is, somehow, even worse this season than it was last year. Scroll down for the full update....

The Bummer About Eli Manning, In Two Maps

Finally, after nine seasons, some respect for the lesser Manning! Two rings, just a game away from 30,000 yards/200 career TDs, in control of the tough NFC East. Looks like everything's coming up-...

Madison Square Garden Company Strong-Arms Employees Into Using Vacation Days Post-Sandy

Via Gawker:...

James Harden And Jeremy Lin Are Free And Really Fun To Watch

Prior to this season, James Harden and Jeremy Lin were two players who'd never had the chance to write their own stories. In New York, Lin was pressed into service as both a humble standard-bearer and a basketball messiah, one whose actual abilities were obscured by the phenomenon he created. In Okl...

Report: Former Penn State President Graham Spanier To Face Criminal Charges Today [UPDATED]

Graham Spanier, the Penn State president fired last November in the wake of Jerry Sandusky's arrest, will be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the Sandusky case, according what sources told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is ex...

Bristolmetrics: Even John Kruk's Hindsight Is Terrible

This a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

Jerry Sandusky Arrives At Prison

He will not have a cellmate and will be subject to heightened supervision and an escort when not in his cell. He will get an hour of individual exercise five days a week and three showers a week....

Here's Your <em>Around The Horn</em> Costume Roundup

Around The Horn panelists traditionally dress in costume for the edition aired on Halloween. Here's today's participants, dressed as the Notre Dame leprechaun, a haunted house operator, Al Davis's ghost, and President Obama....

Barry Melrose's Twitter Feed Is A Depressing Barometer Of The NHL Lockout

With the NHL in the middle of another lockout, ESPN analyst/hockey man/mullet person Barry Melrose has been occasionally chronicling his thoughts on Twitter the past several weeks. In that time, we've seen hockey's only voice on the Worldwide Leader slowly lose his hopes for an NHL season. ...

Report: Tomorrow's Knicks-Nets Season Opener Has Been Canceled

A few minutes ago The New York Times' Richard Sandomir sent the following tweet:...

Watch A Time Lapse Video Of Sandy's Assault On New York City

Via Jalopnik:...

A $7,500 Charitable Donation Could Get You A Pitching Lesson With R.A. Dickey

Want to learn how to throw a knuckleball from presumptive Cy Young Award-winner R.A. Dickey? Of course you do! And now you have a once-in-a-lifetime chance. All it will cost you is several thousand dollars to charity. Here's what you get:...

Who Is Being Told To Stick To Sports Today? (Hurricane Sandy Edition!)

As Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, notable people with jobs in sports posted bits of news through their Twitter accounts to spread the word about flooding or other hurricane-related repercussions. Why the heck would they do that? Just keep talking about sports, idiots!...

Sad Arsenal Fans Are Sad

Being down 4-0 to Reading in the first half of a Capital One Cup match has Arsenal supporters feeling a bit down-though the Gunners did score a goal in first half stoppage time to narrow the gap a little....

The Giants Sure Use A Lot Of Sabermetrics For An Anti-Sabermetric Team

The Giants' World Series title is the latest point of retreat for the desperate sportswriter still looking to slam the use of statistics in baseball. In today's San Francisco Chronicle, Bruce Jenkins insists that this championship team got there through hard work, gristle, faces, eyes, shoulders, k...

Jeremy Lin Apparently Still Doesn't Know Who His New Teammates Are

As an undrafted rookie out of Iona, Scott Machado knew he faced an uphill battle in trying to make the Houston Rockets. Machado wound up making the roster because the Rockets released veteran Shaun Livingston instead. But sometime before Monday's final cuts, Machado got a scare from Jeremy Lin, who ...

Large MMA Fighter Goes From Bad Ass To Moron In A Matter Of Seconds

Here's a thing that makes an MMA fighter look super tough: Taking a flurry of punches and kicks right on the chin and responding by acting like an indestructible maniac....

Here Is A Picture Of Zach Galifianakis Stoned At A Knicks Game

Yes, that is Clyde Frazier sitting next to him. Zach tells the story behind this photo on Pete Holmes's podcast (go to the 26:00 mark)....

Eighth-Youngest Player On Knicks Out For Six Weeks

The Knicks have a remarkable seven players who are 30 or older on their roster. Amar'e Stoudemire is not one of them....

A Prayer For New York, From Sports Fans On Twitter