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Update On The Dakar Death March Rally
It might be because I don't understand all the subtle nuances of motorcycle racing, but I can't imagine getting psyched up for a yearly sporting event at the end of which you know you'll be mourning someone's death. The Dakar Rally is an off-road endurance race that today claimed the life of a Frenc...
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• Russ Grimm had a six-hour interview with the Steelers before they gave the job to Mike Tomlin. The Big Picture was there. [The Big Picture] • ESPN's Chris Sheridan comes face-to-face with an angry Rasheed Wallace and his orange soda. [Detroit Bad Boys] • The blogosphere is producing some outstandi...
Mike Tomlin To Replace The Beloved Chin
Mike Tomlin, former defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, has been hired as the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Rooney family was said to really admire Tomlin's defensive philosophies, his organizational skills, his refreshing ability not to bathe every single person he talk...
Noble Is The Player Who Strives To Find a Bargain Toilet Seat
Fortunately, soccer fans in England aren't the type to heckle a guy over something like this:...
The NBA's Shame
I've been critical of David Stern and his obsessively fascist measures to cultivate a friendly, lilly-white non-threatening image for the NBA, but perhaps I was misguided on that....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after an exhausting afternoon of Winnie the Pooh Day festivities ... • Boxing: Light welterweights, champion Randall (George) Bailey vs. Michael (The Roaming Gnome) Warrick, for IBA championship, at Key West, Fla. [ESPN2]; Junior featherweights, Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Cuauhtemoc (The At...
Leftovers: That's All They Need, ANOTHER Commentator
• Looks like Tiki Barber is heading to NBC. [Variety] • A Bears fan's open plea to Saints fans. [Zulkey] • Get your Arizona Cardinals gear ... cheap! [Fat Wallet.com] • In case you missed it, Sean Salisbury responded to the Lil' Sean story last week. [Inside SoCal]...
Apparently, There Are Blood Dopers In Cycling
So you know how Floyd Landis was tested positive for doping — kind of — after the Tour de France and they're probably going to give his title to the second place finisher? Well, turns out, that's probably not going to work either....
This Week In Soccer: At Last, Consequences For Taking A Dive
Marco Borriello is a soccer player for Milan who recently failed a drug test following a match with Roma, but had a very interesting excuse in his defense. You've heard of accidentally testing positive for banned substances by eating a poppyseed muffin, or taking cough medicine? Well, take a look at...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after your plans to jog around the globe hit a snag ... • College men's basketball: Massachusetts at Xavier [ESPN]; Wake Forest at Duke. You know, an enterprising thief could rob Krzyzewskiville blind tonight ... [ESPN2] • NBA: Indiana at Miami; L.A. Lakers at Dallas. Let's see how man...
Leftovers: A Tortured Eagle
• Andre Waters' suicide was caused by brain damage. [New York Times] • If you haven't seen the Will Ferrell/Jon Heder/GOB ice skating movie trailer yet, it's highly recommended. [With Leather]• Meet the newest attractive woman to drive cars at frightening speeds. [RizzoSports] • Pittsburgh and Kansa...
Deadspin's Heading To Miami And Looking For Direction
As we've mentioned before, AJ Daulerio — whom we hear is the balls — will, for the second consecutive year, be covering the Super Bowl for us, and we couldn't be more excited. (We're not going ourselves; we don't handle sunlight well.) The guy's got an expense account, a laptop and a penchant for ge...
The Tony Romo Kama Sutra
In a disturbing and undeniably amusing listing of the top 50 new sexual positions, the Phat Phree comes up with a novel one: The Tony Romo....
NBA Roundup: Lakers Seek To Conquer Texas
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
If You Can't Stash Your Pot In A Water Bottle And Get On A Plane, The Terrorists Have Already Won
Just one day after his brother tried to have an old lawsuit against him dismissed, it appears our friend Ron Mexico is in considerable trouble again. Michael Vick appears to have been stashing his weed in a water bottle and trying to sneak it past the whiz-kids at airport security....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you repeat to yourself it's just a show, I should really just relax ... • College basketball: North Carolina at Clemson [ESPN]; Illinois at Minnesota. [ESPN2]. Half of these teams are going to the NIT. And we think they're in the same conference. Sigh. • NBA: L.A. Lakers at San Anto...
Kwame Brown Has No Concerns About Excess Flour Intake
Sometimes, we just don't have to say anything, other than, well, this must have been what Michael Jordan had in mind when he drafted him....
Leftovers: Lupica's Political Warblings
• Wait, they're letting Lupica write about politics now? Great. [New York Daily News] • Marquette is destroying everything in Louisville. [Yellow Chair Sports] • A KSK tribute to the fine folks at PostSecret. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • So, how do concussions affect professional athletes, anyway? [Litmu...
Meet Your New Oakland Raiders Head Coach
The San Diego Union Tribune reports that NFL Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton is in the final stages of negotiations to become the Raiders next head coach, which would complete another shameless raid of the San Diego area by the Bay Area (Jim Harbaugh left the University of San Diego to take the S...
Poetry In Motion, Inspired By Your Chicago Bears
What does it mean when a dirt bike, a remote, rural location and a fanatical Chicago Bears fan come together to make a video? Um, evidence in a murder trial? Perhaps. But in this particular case it's for the poetry stylings of Matthew Ballard, who, if not technically insane, at least should be limit...