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Shaq On Taint
After the Heat lost to Dallas on Thursday, a reporter engaged Shaq in conversation about Dirk Nowitzki's MVP candidacy. Shaq, sensing the opportunity to get some things off his chest, went off about how the award selection process and said that Steve Nash's last two MVP awards were "tainted."...

At Least He Doesn't Have AIDS
Lennox Lewis wants to make a comeback to the boxing ring. Who's he going to fight? Someone else who's coming out of retirement, of course, because that's all that's really left in boxing. An old-timers day in boxing would be rather redundant....

Vladimir Radmanovic: Good At Telling The Truth, Lousy At Snowboarding
This is so cute. Lakers forward Vladimir Radmanovic going to miss about eight weeks of action because of a separated shoulder, an injury he attributed to slipping on some ice. That wasn't the truth, though. And the nagging pangs of guilt brought on by his dishonesty finally got to be too much for hi...

Week In Review: Gobble...Gobble...Make It Rain
• The week just kept getting worse and worse for Pacman Jones. • Peeing in the backseat of a cop car? Bad idea. • Michael Irvin, ESPN hardly knew ye. • Taking way too long to destroy a mascot. • This is what it has come to: Rocky Balboa is on steroids. • One bad-ass hockey fight. • Tom Brady, procre...

Leftovers: Those Trademarking NFLers
• Now the NFL not only has "Super Bowl" copyrighted, they're going after "The Big Game." [The Trademark Blog] • Here's each major league team's Opening Day promotions. [The Jaunt] • Cleveland has the No. 3 pick! What could possibly go wrong? [Kid Cleveland] • Kellen Winslow is not going to be playin...

Randy Johnson Would Rather You Didn't Watch 'Music And Lyrics'
Here's an Arizona Diamondbacks newspaper ad, as scanned by Diamondhacks, in which we see an interesting marketing strategy. OK, we're guys, right? Guys like baseball. So if we guys don't stick together and, like, buy Diamondbacks season tickets, our girlfriends might make us go see Because I Said So...

Why Do They Mic Up Golfers, Anyway?
For all the talk of Tim Hardaway over the last week, we mustn't forget this grand moment from last year's Masters, when Vijay Singh, upset with a slicing drive, croaked "Fucking Faggot Motherfucker!" in his special Vijah Singh accent....

Baseball Season Preview: Seattle Mariners
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

Leftovers: The Gyroball Lives Only In Your Mind
• The mystery of the gyroball is far more interesting than the pitch itself. [Yahoo! Sports] • This Wade injury could end up being rather serious. [Miami Herald] • Easy Eddie is not so happy with his manager. [Seattlest] • A male cheerleader tries to justify his existence. [The Arrow] • What Steve R...

Baseball Season Preview: Atlanta Braves
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

Leftovers: Yankees Drama
• A one-act play looking at Jeter and A-Rod. [New York Magazine] • "NASCAR Sucks. Go Home." [Orlando Sentinel] • Let the Bonds stories begin! [San Francisco Chronicle] • Fun with press releases! [Randball] • Now this is a Rick Ankiel scenario we can get behind. [Viva El Birdos]...

Baseball Season Preview: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
EM>You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

NBA Roundup: OK, Your Stylish Dunks Don't Earn You Extra Points Anymore
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Leftovers: Love That Dallas Clark
• Dallas Clark does seem like a fun guy to watch girls basketball with. [With Leather] • Are Scoop Jackson's days at ESPN numbered? [The Big Lead] • A look at your Appalachian State Mountaineers. [extrapolater] • A sad day: The last Sex Cannon post of the season. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Illini guard...

Welcome, New York City Nerds
Anyone hanging around the New York City area this evening and in desperate need of some sort of mental machismo challenge is heretofore invited to come by NYC Sports Trivia Night (officially called "The Jeffrey Leonard Invitational," proving we had nothing to do with its naming). You won't be able t...

Baseball Season Preview: New York Mets
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

Go Vandy ... And Duck!
Even though it's Vanderbilt that's being fined for their fans running on the court, this video shows that the real bad guy might have been the Florida player who punch a fan in the face....

Chargers Blogdome: Norv!
We kind of can't believe Norv Turner is back coaching in the NFL. here's what they're saying about the Norv Turner hire in San Diego ......

Goodbye, Playmaker
As The Mighty MJD mentioned yesterday, it's official: Michael Irvin is out at ESPN. We're not sure what more we can say about this; we're so sad to see him go, even if the beleaguered closed captioning typists over there don't feel the same way....