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Snow Clash: Watching Soccer Get Weird At 5,000 Feet
DENVER— By almost every measure, Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., is a thoroughly modern stadium. Built for $147 million in 2007 and home to Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids since then, it seats 18,000 soccer fans just north of Denver. The entire complex contains 24 soccer fi...
Buzz Bissinger Admits To Shopping Addiction, Dabbling In Gay Sex, Experimenting As A "Dominant Leather Master," And More in <i>GQ</i>
So, how about that Buzz Bissinger personal essay in GQ today, huh? The man loves beautiful and expensive clothes. His new lifestyle has been somewhat apparent for a little while now, popping up in a magazine profile (EW, May 2012: "With his metal-studded leather jacket, brown cowboy boots, and hoop ...
Someday, The NIT Will Have Over 9,000 Viewers
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ESPN Goes Live To FGCU Pep Rally Just In Time To Catch An Extended "FUCK-THE-GATORS" Chant [UPDATE]
We told you earlier today why Florida Gulf Coast is the NCAA tournament's most entertaining team, but it seems the student body has a few tricks up its sleeve, too. Here they are reacting to coach Andy Enfield's mention of the Eagles' Sweet 16 opponent, Florida, with a lovely and profane chant. ...
Report: A Gay NFL Player Is "Strongly Considering" Coming Out
From the always plugged-in Mike Freeman, at CBS Sports:...
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out: Part II
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
Woman Who Inspired Opening Sequence In <i>The Natural</i> Dies
In the novel, the woman who shot Roy Hobbs in a hotel room was named Harriet Bird, but on June 14, 1949 in an Edgewater Beach Hotel room in Chicago, Ruth Ann Steinhagen shot Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus....
"Winter Storm Virgil Targets Midwest, East With Snow"
Finally, The Weather Channel's sensationalistic fear mongering has paid off. ...
A Conservative Estimate Says That The Average Indiana University Basketball Player Is Owed Around $156,000 For This Season
People that want to preserve amateur athletics often say that student-athletes are compensated, contrary to appearances, because just about everyone on a top tier sports team is getting an education on an athletic scholarship (even the kids at Harvard, these days). If they get a free ride, isn't tha...
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out
The Applebeat was born when two writers without smartphones needed to know the score of an NBA playoff game. "Every town has an Applebee's," we thought. We tracked down an Oklahoma City Applebee's number with the assistance of an underworked 411 operator, and then, thanks to the establishment's frie...
Eastern Illinois RB Accused Of Robbing A Jimmy John's Delivery Man At Knifepoint, Takes Great Mug Shot
Bobby Pettis hasn't played a game for FCS Eastern Illinois, sitting out the 2012 season after transferring from D-II. He might not suit up in 2013 either....
Seth Davis Serves Penance, Pays Odd Tribute To Irish Protestants
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John Calipari Is Having A Really Great Spring Break In The Big Apple
Earlier this week, after failing to get a nod for the Big Dance, the Kentucky Wildcats–the winningest team in the history of the men's NCAA tournament—lost to Robert Morris in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. It was a low point. But you know who's cruising right along, content ...
FIU Is Getting A New Court, And It Could Go Horribly Wrong
Florida International hired a new coach this season, a Pitino, and is joining Conference USA in the fall. To go along with the program overhaul, their court will be getting a makeover. These are two of the prospective designs. Maybe Tommy Bahama can get in on a sponsorship deal....
The 13 Most Annoying Men Of March Madness
We've done enough loving on March Madness this week. March Madness is a wonderful time of the year, but it is also to be hated on: The fluffy mascots dancing around like they own the place, the pepped-out pep squads cheering like they actually believe in something, the crabby coaches, the clueless a...
There Was An Actual LIU Blackbird At Last Night's First Four Game Against James Madison
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Fan Rushes Onto Court During Heat-Cavs Game, Shakes LeBron's Hand
A weird night in Cleveland (delayed start due to condensation followed by the Cavs jumping out to a 20-point lead on Miami) got stranger when a fan rushed onto the court and managed to shake LeBron James's hand....
Dour <em>Die Hard</em>: <em>Olympus Has Fallen</em>, Reviewed.
If you're going to make a movie where the White House is destroyed and the fate of the American government hangs in the balance, it at least ought to be fun to watch. That may sound sacrilegious—I'm pretty sure even the Tea Party doesn't want Washington overrun by Korean terrorists—but after sitting...
