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<i>Ottawa Sun</i> Columnist Writes Article About His Balls

Everyone's favorite on again/off again goon, Matt Cooke, returned to Ottawa Monday night for the first time since slicing Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon. It was an important game for Ottawa's playoff push, but Cooke's return made it special....

Delaware Police Finally Track Down Man Wanted For 16 Naked Incidents

"Naked incidents" sounds pretty weird, right? And 16 of them seems like kind of a lot, yes? Questions for another day, I'm afraid. We've got more important things to talk about....

Rob Gronkowski posed for this picture while visiting some of the Boston Marathon bombing victims in the hospital today. If that arm injury continues to be a bother, Gronk could probably start a second career as a human comfort dog....

Here Are The Top 10 Dunks From The NBA Season

Yeah, you'll want to watch this a few times. Be sure to say a prayer for Brandon Knight and Jason Terry when you're done, though....

This Is The Worst Tattoo Of Nate Robinson You Will Ever See

OK, sorry, that headline is a bit sensational. Not because there might actually be a worse Nate Robinson tattoo out there, but because this is probably the only Nate Robinson tattoo that exists in the world. Anyway, holy shit, this tattoo!...

Barry Zito Has Found Christianity And Guns

In the off-season, Tim Lincecum found a newer, more mature look for himself, and now the Giants other bro-starter has followed suit. Barry Zito, once of "stabbin' cabin" fame, is transforming himself from the poster boy of Bay Area chill to a full red-blooded American. First up: religion....

Kobe No Longer Doin' Twitter

Kobe Bryant's live-tweeting of yesterday's Lakers-Spurs game (and his banter with Phil Jackson) was too good to be true: Janis Carr of the Orange County Register reports that the Black Mamba "will not tweet during games anymore after yesterday's reaction."...

The New York Times spoke to 19 people who were near the Boston Marathon finish line at the time of the explosions. It's an extraordinary and sad collection. From Debi Caprio, a 50-year-old nurse from Rockland, Mass.: "I said out loud, 'This is how my life is going to end.'" Check it out....

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged With Using A Weapon Of Mass Destruction

That's according to a statement issued this afternoon by the U.S. Department of Justice, which reads in part:...

John Harbaugh Made A Shirtless Friend At An Adventure Race

This picture comes to us from reader Jared, who happened upon John Harbaugh and Ravens running backs coach Juan Castillo while running in the Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic—an adventure race in which participants have to run through all manner of obstacles before participating in a vigorous round of high...

Mike D'Antoni Is Delighted To Hear Kobe Was Live-Tweeting The Game

So, this super-fun and interesting Kobe-Bryant-live-tweeting-the-game experience has sort of become a thing. ABC was routinely showing his tweets on the screen. After the game, both ESPN desks—the bootleg one with Kurt Rambis and the real one with Wilbon, Magic et al.—were discussing whether Kobe sh...

Kobe Bryant Is Live-Tweeting The Lakers Game

Thanks to the magic of the internet we can now sit and watch as superstar athletes critique their teams in real time. Kobe is live-tweeting the Lakers-Spurs game that just went to halftime with the Spurs leading 45-37. ...

London Marathon Holds Moment Of Silence For Boston Prior To Race

Earlier this morning, Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia won his second London Marathon, overtaking Emmanuel Mutai in the final stages and clocking in at just over two hours and six minutes. Exactly 14 minutes later, Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo won the women's race. ...

FCC Chairman Is On Board With David Ortiz's F-Bomb

We brought you video (you can see it here) of David Ortiz speaking to the Fenway crowd during yesterday's Boston Marathon remembrance/reminder to stay strong before the Red Sox game....

Massachusetts Police Release Thermal Images Of Tsarnaev In Boat

Earlier today the Massachusetts State Police released a series of thermal images taken from a helicopter, as authorities circled in on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday night....

Al Neuharth's Scant Positive Journalistic Contributions Were To Sports

Al Neuharth’s obituary in the New York Times was notable as much for what it did say as what it didn’t. What it did say: The founder of USA Today and driving force behind Gannett’s dubious rise to “a communications Leviathan” profoundly changed the newspaper industry. What it didn’t say: Anything mu...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev May Have Killed His Brother

According to Watertown police chief, Edward Deveau, the elder Tsarnaev was alive when his younger brother ran him over in the Mercedes SUV they carjacked earlier. ...

The Tsarnaev Brothers Allegedly Followed 9/11 Conspiracies Online

The world had to wait a half hour, max, for people to speculate that the Boston Marathon bombing was a “false flag,” i.e., a disaster manufactured by the government and pinned on someone else for political ends. Among the first to apply his apparent omniscience and determine, based on virtually no f...

Blind Boston Marathoner Saved By Running Guide With Cramps

Many times after a tragedy like Monday's in Boston, accounts of fortuitous near-misses begin to trickle down through the press. This is one of those accounts....

Neil Diamond Performed "Sweet Caroline" Live At Fenway Park Today

Before the bottom of the eight inning at Fenway today, Neil Diamond took center stage in right field and belted out the tune that has become synonymous with Fenway and the Red Sox. ...