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Bobby Jenks Is Not Fat Anymore
Chipper Jones might be fat. You know who is not fat? Red Sox reliever Bobby Jenks is not fat. The photo at right illustrated a Boston Globe story in January about Jenks's back surgery. He won't be ready in time for the first few games of spring training, but he will be newly svelte when he gets ther...
This Seton Hall Fan's Likely To Regret His Attempt At Court-Storming
Seton Hall upset Georgetown 73-55 tonight, and while most of the students who tried to celebrate in the traditional court-storming manner were prevented from doing so, one fan got through the wall of security and onto the court....
Cubs Fan Cybersquats The Red Sox
The Red Sox's new spring training facility is called JetBlue Park. But if you go to Jetbluepark.com, you end up at the Yankees official website. What's the big idea, here? A Cubs fan with $8, of course. [News-Press]...
OMG Todd Haley Is Totally Giving Ben Roethlisberger The Silent Treatment, Everybody
It's been nearly two weeks since the Steelers hired Todd Haley to be Big Ben's wingman offensive coordinator, but thus far the only talk of their new working relationship is that there's been no talk. Haley struck all the right notes at his introductory press conference Feb. 9, but he and Roethlisbe...
If A Team Wants To Call Tim Wakefield In June, He'll Pick Up
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: Knucklers always get the itch....
Report: This Is Also (Probably Not) Terry Francona's New 20-Something Girlfriend
Yesterday, Busted Coverage published photos of single and mingling former skipper Terry Francona at Foxwoods, alongside his "Alleged 20-Something Rebound Beef." It was a different lass than the one to your right. Today, Busted Coverage's post has been scrubbed from the internet, and we know they had...
Baron Davis Celebrates Hitting A "J" By Pretending To Hit A "J"
Your morning roundup for Feb. 21. Photo via Twitter. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Martell Webster Just Made The Most Boneheaded Play Of The NBA Season
Down three in overtime to Denver with 4.9 seconds left, Minnesota's Martell Webster answered Timberwolves fans' prayers and intercepted a Nuggets inbound pass—only to leave them cursing his name after driving to the hoop instead of attempting a three to force double-OT. The National Post's Bruce A...
The Making Of “Homer At The Bat,” The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight
On Feb. 20, 1992, more American homes tuned into The Simpsons than they did The Cosby Show or the Winter Olympics from Albertville, France. A foul-mouthed cartoon on a fourth-place network bested the Huxtables and the world's best amateur athletes. Fox over NBC and CBS—its first-ever victory in prim...
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Report: This Is Terry Francona's New 20-Something Girlfriend [UPDATE: Nope!]
A few months back, the Boston Globe wrote, more or less, that deposed Red Sox manager Terry Francona spent the 2011 season popping pills and wallowing in the wreckage of his failed marriage. The paper said he lived in a hotel all year....
Manchester City Files Complaint Alleging Porto Fans Racially Abused Mario Balotelli
Manchester City is asking UEFA to punish Portuguese team Porto for alleged racial abuse directed at Mario Balotelli during Man City's 2-1 Europa League win Thursday....
Bristolmetrics: <em>SportsCenter</em> Said "Lin" More Often Than "If" Or "But" Last Week
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. Graphic by Jim Cooke....
Buster Posey And The Dusk Of The Slugging Catcher
The 2010 NL Rookie of the Year played in just 45 games last season because, and solely because, he is a catcher....
The CBA All-Star Game Featured The Worst Sequence Of Professional Basketball Ever
The Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Weekend just passed, and featured the same things you'd expect from such an event: a rising stars game, slam dunk contest, three-point competition, and a half-heartedly played All-Star Game....
50 Years Later, Remembering The Mets' Hopeful, Awful Inaugural Spring Training
The great Robert Lipsyte has a story in today's New York Times remembering the Mets' first spring training, in 1962. Those Mets, as strange as it is to comprehend, were far more hapless than modern iterations—they went 40-120 and inspired a book called Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?—and as such ...
And Now For Your U.K. Weather, Where The Forecast Is "Bucketloads Of Cunt"
This is from Alex Deakin's 10:00 weather report last night on BBC 1, which forecast near-freezing temperatures in southern England and frost warnings in Scotland, northern England and parts of Wales....
Here's The Canadiens' Gary Carter Tribute That Didn't Air In The United States
For reasons that baffle the mind, NBC Sports Network elected not to show you this touching tribute to Gary Carter that preceded tonight's Devils-Canadiens game in Montreal. Carter—one of Montreal's true sports legends—was given a hero's au revoir that deserves to be seen by a wider audience, so h...
Lionel Messi Closed The Gap With Ronaldo For The Lead In La Liga Goals After This Four-Score Performance
Barcelona stands 10 points behind Real Madrid in the La Liga standings, and after allowing an early goal to Valencia today appeared to be playing the same uninspired soccer that's plagued Barça recently....
Vancouver Canucks Fans Vandalize Church With A Graffiti Penis, Can't Spell "Canucks"
Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is a Vancouver native who is apparently hated by his hometown neighbors....
There's Linsanity In The Garden After Jeremy Lin's Steal-And-Dunk
The Knicks came back from a 12-point deficit with the help of this Jeremy Lin steal-and dunk, capping a 9-0 New York run. [ABC]...