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Here's Aaron Rome's Brutal Hit On Nathan Horton
Someone may kill someone in Boston tonight. Consider yourself warned....

Your Canucks/Bruins Open Thread, Cute Baby Edition
Will the script flip as the series moves to Boston? Or will Vancouver move closer to winning the Cup for Canada, even though most of Canada seems to hate them? Here's your place to chat, until you can figure out what channel Versus is....

The Mavericks' Crack-Up Has Started Ahead Of Schedule
ESPN Dallas has a tale of infighting, or something, that will send all you Dallas-lovers to the bookies. About Jason Terry, Dirk says, "They keep sticking him [James] on Jet in the fourth quarters and he's been doing a good job. Jet hasn't really been a crunch-time, clutch player for us the way we n...

Hide The Sharp Objects: Isiah Thomas Talks The Knicks Job
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: Isiah sits down with Stephen A. Smith. Christ....

Tim Donaghy On Game 3: How Refs Read The Players
As he did for us last year, Tim Donaghy, a contributing writer for The Sports Connection (www.DannyB.info) and a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarte...

The One With The NFL Wideout Sending Unsolicited Wanking Pics Of Himself
Welcome back to Deleted Scenes. This space is now reserved for those scuzz-money entrepreneurs who've unsuccessfully tried to sell us prurient information. This is also where we'll run notable emails we've received from some of our readers. All emails are [sic]'d. Enjoy. ...

Suh Eats Own Face
The indispensable SI Vault gives us Ndamukong Suh closing in on a bust of his own face made out of pepperoni and black peppers. [Andy Gray]...

Azerbaijani Reporters Throw Toilet Paper, Antiquated Bathroom Device At Soccer Coach After Loss
And you thought Gregg Doyel's (silly) question was as rough as it could get in a postgame press conference....

West Virginia's Toxic Circus: The Boozer, The Lame Duck, And The Vengeful Coach's Wife
West Virginia's coaching situation is, to put it as mildly as we can, a total clusterfuck. Whoever in the athletics office thought it would be a good idea to hire Dana Holgorsen as head-coach-in-waiting, while still keeping current coach Bill Stewart around for another year, ought to find themselves...

Mavericks Fan Sitting Behind George Lopez Speaks For All America
Your morning roundup for June 6, the day we learned the value of Bernie Madoff's underwear. H/T @bubbaprog, proprietor of mocksession.com, for accurately predicting what might tickle us this morning (and others for sending in their own grabs)....

Let The Tender Majesty Of Freestyle Canoeing Guide You Into The Warm June Night
Skip to 1:20, turn the volume up to a sufficient, yet not excessive level, and watch Marc Ornstein's canoe glide across the lake like a waterborne gazelle on a half-dose of Ambien....

Derek Anderson Got Defensive, Was Possibly Wrong About Defensive Schemes At 2 AM Last Night
Late last night, Derek Anderson tweeted this:...

Marlins President Talks About His Penis Pump, Porn, Being Careful About What You Say On Twitter
Logan Morrison is one of baseball's most prolific tweeters, and some of his vaguely salacious tweets have landed him in vaguely hot water with management. David Samson, Marlins President, had this to say:...

<em>Madden</em>'s Dynamic Performance Serves Sundays With More Flavor
Beat on a quarterback for 45 minutes of an NFL game and you'll see a different guy in the fourth quarter. Some start forcing every throw. Some will run like hell. Some go catatonic.… [Kotaku] ...

Tim Donaghy On Game 2: The Trouble With Subjectivity
As he did for us last year, Tim Donaghy, a contributing writer for The Sports Connection (www.DannyB.info) and a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarte...

Shaq Embarks On Promising Second Career In Photobombing
Shaq might be retiring, but he isn't going anywhere. Just turn around! He's right behind you. Watching. [ESPN]...

Chile To Investigate Pablo Neruda's Death; FIFA-Adviser Henry Kissinger To Investigate His Navel
A judge in Chile just ordered an investigation into the mysterious death of poet Pablo Neruda, who supposedly succumbed to prostate cancer 12 days after a Henry Kissinger-backed right wing coup installed a hideous dictator who brutalized and slaughtered his own people for years. The circumstances su...

This Is The Worst Thing Ever To Come Out Of Boston
[h/t and blame Puck Daddy for this one]...

Your Heat/Mavericks Game Two Open Thread
The Miami Heat try to retain home-court advantage with a win over the Dallas Mavericks tonight. Nowitzki'll wear a middle-finger splint, so unless he has experience excelling with his middle finger all doctored up, they probably will. Or won't. Most Americans don't seem to care....
