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Dr. J Selling His Championship Rings. Possibly Related: Dr. J Sued For Defaulting On A Loan
For the Julius Erving completist, there's some neat stuff available at auction later this week. Besides his NBA and two ABA championship rings, there's also his class rings from high school and college. Or maybe his gameworn Pythons uniform from The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. Or the watch he receiv...

Rajon Rondo Delivers The Realest Analysis Of The NBA Lockout Yet
"It's just boring." [Kentucky Kernel]...

Today In Well-Intentioned But Terribly Misguided Promotions
Depression is a serious problem, but tying the fight against it to a Wednesday night football game involving two teams from the Big East probably isn't the most ideal marketing strategy. [via @PantherLair]...

There's Finally Proof That Laundry Detergent Is An Effective Lubricant
"At about 6 a.m., a groundskeeper of Blue Rock Springs Park heard a man screaming when he arrived at work. He then called the police to investigate. Upon arrival, police found a 21-year-old man stuck in a child's swing, which has two leg holes. The man told police that he had been stuck in the swin...

A Word From Your Ninjas About The Scary Changes In The Comments Section
OK, we understand there is some anger and confusion about the changes in the comments section, and we want to take the time to explain it as best we can....

The Rugby World Cup Reveals How To Make NFL Kicking More Exciting
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Tim Tebow Is The Football Establishment's Worst Nightmare
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Christian Laettner Is Still Trolling The State Of Kentucky, Even In Charity Games
Christian Laettner is not particularly popular in the state of Kentucky. Indeed, it's argued he's the most hated man in the state, a characterization that reflects both Kentucky's basketball-first attitude and its long memory (it's been nearly 20 years since Laettner hit the buzzer-beater that led...

Is This Petition The Beginning Of An Athlete Revolt Against The NCAA?
More than 300 football and men's basketball players from major, Division I NCAA programs have added their names to a petition drawn up and circulated by the National College Players Association (NCPA), which is headed by a former UCLA linebacker named Ramogi Hamu. The NCPA solicited player support f...

Is Time For Soviet Badminton With Putin And Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted a video to the official Kremlin blog yesterday, in which he extols the virtues of badminton and urges the youth of the nation to take up the sport. Even better, he calls in Vladimir Putin for a friendly game. We have taken the liberty of translating the vid...

Derek Holland Put On A Headset Last Night And Did Impressions Of Harry Caray And Arnold Schwarzenegger
Your morning roundup for Oct. 25, the day we got trapped in a toddler swing. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Seven Articles Of Faith As Regards Tim Tebow
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

You Can Finally Get In Tim Tebow's Pants
The pants in which Tim Tebow threw his first NFL touchdown are up for grabs (and more than $5,000) on eBay: "Throughout the pants there are multiple hit marks, stains, and tears." [eBay, via Rovell]...

All Of Sports Media Is Moving To Connecticut
Oh, Bertram, this is just wretched. The help tells me that something called "NBC Sports" is moving all of its talent, and its support staff, three hundred people, to Stamford. In our state, Bertram! Piercing Fairfield county! The horror! Think of the riffraff—Brian Engblom, Peter King, Darren Rovell...

A Provocation: My Al Davis Story
The following is republished with permission from the author's blog, Bluenatic.com....

SprtsCntr: Jesus Can't Save Tim Tebow From Merril Hoge
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....


The Sunday Night Football Crew Still Really Likes Talking About Peyton Manning
Because it's too early for flex scheduling to kick in, America was forced to endure yet another nationally televised game involving the Curtis Painter-led Colts....

Who Wants To Sex The Tim Tebow?: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
Today, Football spanned the globe. At least if you still subscribe to Eurocentrism. Lots of fun stuff to discuss down below. ...

Italian Rider Marco Simoncelli Killed In MotoGP Race Today
Watching racer Marco Simoncelli crash on a Malaysian track, lose his helmet, get struck and suffer ultimately fatal head, neck and chest trauma isn't easy to watch. But, it happened, so you can do so if you so choose....