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Cincinnati's Crosstown Rivalry Turned Ugly, Yet Again
The yearly chili debate tournament known as the Crosstown Rivalry (Cincinnati representing the classic Skyline brand while Xavier speaks on behalf of Gold Star) was brought to a premature end with this brawl in the final seconds—possibly due to a third party agitator arguing on behalf of the tradi...

Montana State's Elvis Akpla Just Made The Catch Of The College Football Season
Unseeded Montana State has its work cut out for them today against top-seeded Sam Houston State in the FCS playoffs. Nevertheless, Bobcats receiver Elvis Akpla is doing his best to get his team to the next round with this ridiculous catch—the best I've seen at any level of college football this s...

Montana Celebrated Their FCS Playoff Win Over Northern Iowa By Getting Stabby
Montana's Grizzlies crushed perennial FCS power Northern Iowa last night 48-10 in Missoula last night, and celebrated in a manner you might call.. unique? The Griz will take on the winner of Montana State and top-seeded Sam Houston State....

Oakland A's Trade All-Star Pitcher Not Named Gio Gonzalez, Twitter Is Validated
Oakland pulled off a trade yesterday, sending Trevor Cahill, Craig Breslow and some cash to the Diamondbacks. In return, Oakland received "one of the Diamondbacks' top young pitching prospects, right-hander Jarrod Parker, plus outfielder Collin Cowgill and reliever Ryan Cook, a pair of rookies."...

Aborted Chris Paul Trade Cannot Be Appealed, Because It Was Technically The Hornets Who Backed Out
Despite Dell Demps nominally having full authority to make player moves, it was pressure from other owners (and therefore the owners of the Hornets) that killed the Chris Paul deal last night. So this was never a completed trade vetoed by the league—for litigation purposes, this was a trade that one...

Artem Anisimov Breaks Out The Boomstick, Righteously Pisses Off The Lightning
After scoring his fifth goal of the season, a shorthanded tally in a tie game, Rangers center Artem Anisimov lowered the sights, pumped his stick, and let fly with one of the more demonstrative celebrations of the year. The Lightning took offense and swarmed Anisimov, setting off a penalty bonanza...

Colt McCoy's Father Says His Son Doesn't Remember The End Of Last Night's Game
This is what Colt McCoy looked like after James Harrison launched himself into McCoy's face with the crown of his helmet last night. It obviously wasn't a good idea for the Browns to put McCoy back into the game. But after only one play, they did just that. And five plays after Harrison's hit, McCo...

Five Bullshit Things About David Stern's Bullshit Veto Of The Chris Paul Trade
David Stern's veto of the Chris Paul trade contains so much kaleidoscoping bullshit that it seems more than worth it to lay out just some of the bullshit: ...

Lamar Odom Has A Sad
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: the transcript of Odom's on-air near-breakdown is genuinely heartbreaking....

The General Manager Of <em>WWE Raw</em> Is Now Making Fun Of David Stern
Tweets John Laurinaitis, "For those of you who are speculating, yes, I did offer David Stern some advice recently. #NBA #CP3." Ouch, Stern. Ouch....

And Now The Magic May File Tampering Charges Against Teams Talking To Dwight Howard
Everything is happening. David Aldridge reports that the Orlando Magic are considering filing tampering charges against two other teams for having contact with Dwight Howard. SI's Sam Amick says the teams are Houston and New Jersey, and that Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov may have met with Howard yest...

After Last Night's Botched Trade, Danny Granger Says He's Changing His Name To "Stern's Bi#&h"
If you were following the whirlwind that came with last night's planned, and then nixed three-team trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers, you probably caught some of the athlete reactions. Paul, going for subtlety, tweeted, "WoW," while Lamar Odom—after a teary interview with Stephen A...

Dude With That Awful "Tebow Time" Centaur Tattoo Did, In Fact, Lose A Bet
We initially said he didn't. But it's kind of a relief to discover that he did because, like, really. [Larry Brown Sports]...

ShortCenter: Workshopping The Nixed Chris Paul Deal
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

Just James Harrison Being James Harrison
Your morning roundup for Dec. 9, the day we learned Twitter has its consequences. Photo via Shutdown Corner. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Frank Martin Got A Bit Upset At The End Of Kansas State's 2-OT Loss To West Virginia
Kansas State lost a double-overtime thriller to West Virginia, and Wildcats coach Frank Martin wasn't too happy about falling to to the squad of mentor Bob Huggins. He unleashed fury in the final seconds with the target being Angel Rodriguez—though we can't quite see Rodriguez doing anything wrong...

Ben Roethlisberger Knocked Out Of Game With Gruesome Ankle Injury
The famously pain-immune Ben Roethlisberger was knocked out of the Steelers-Browns Thursday night game after suffering this second quarter injury that even he couldn't shake off. Pittsburgh backup Charlie Batch entered the game having thrown zero passes on the season and the Steelers didn't activa...

Kindergarteners Welcome New Jaguars Owner With Heartwarming Song, And One Kid's Wearing A "Make It Blaine On Them Hoes" Shirt
Here's Ms. Goleski's kindergarten class in Neptune Beach with their charming rendition of "Shahid Khan Is Coming To Town." Note the young man in back with this "Make It Blaine On Them Hoes" t-shirt, partially covered up by taped-on construction paper. Strong work, Ms. Goleski. [h/t John]...

Manny Pacquiao's Trainer Thinks He'd Retire After A Mayweather Fight
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: Freddie Roach says Pacquiao will have nothing left to prove after getting in the ring with F...

Which Group Of St. Louis Residents Is Bidding Albert Pujols Good Riddance? Classical Music Fans
Cardinals fans are reacting strongly to today's news of his departure for Anaheim, leading to surreal images like guards surrounding the statue of him outside his St. Louis restaurant....