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Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Orlando Magic
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

Hirshey: Don't Blame It On The Meds
Let's not beat around the bush: ARSENAL WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP. That is not a statement I imagined I would be making as recently as a month ago, and one that has absolutely nothing to do with the fistful of painkillers I'm required to take every day since tearing the miniscus in my left knee att...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
Your NFL Scoreboard, and your TV distribution maps:...

LeftoverDome...
• You know what the Mets should have done when Jeff Suppan winked at the pitcher (he claims he didn't)? Put a fastball in his ear. [Metsquire] • I love the animated BCS races. [Rocky Top Talk] • Good news, Pacers fans... the weed did not belong to Jermaine O'Neal. [Cornrows] • Even if it wasn't Heat...

He Definitely Won't Have To Sit Next To Lou Piniella Anymore
Fox baseball analyst Steve Lyons was fired last night, and with an assist from Richard Sandomir in the New York Times, here's what got him axed:...

Kirk Herbstreit Hates Your Funky Dance Moves
I promised you more Kirk Herbstreit vitriol, and here it is. During Thursday night's Virginia Tech/Boston College game, Herbie delights in verbally lighting up Virginia Tech linebacker Brenden Hill....

LeftoverDome...
• The DIII artists formerly known as the McMurry Indians lost an appeal to the NCAA to keep their nickname, and will be going without a mascot or nickname all together. Cool, so it's like European soccer. [D3 Football Daily Dose] • What to do in Green Bay when there's no football game. Somehow, they...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
The Hugh Johnson Project rolls hard again this weekend. The AOL Instant Messenger name is "DeadspinFootball." And please don't forget to let me know how you want to be credited (your name, your site, a link, etc., even if you've done it before, because my memory isn't what it once was). And I hope...

Week In Deadspin: What The Fungus??!!
• Jeez, lady, just hush already. • It was very sunny in Philadelphia last Sunday. • A tragedy in New York. • Soccer's Buckner. • Maybe the Vikings will spend their off week on a band bus. • Albert Pujols, enjoying the hometown product in a visually disturbing way. • So this is why Brett Favre won'...

Leftovers: Bad Day For Illinois Basketball
• Top recruit Eric Gordon breaks oral committment to Illini and heads to Indiana. Commence screaming. [Chicago Tribune] • Some guy simulated a tournament involving all Division I-A and I-AA football teams. His champion? Tennessee. [Bracketmaker] • Why blogs, specifically NBA blogs, are important. [D...

It's The Vikings' Bye Week!
Not sure if you noticed or not, but the Minnesota Vikings have a bye this week. And we all know what that means!...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Atlanta Hawks
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we begin the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

Some Fans Are, Well, "Special"
Sure, you might, on the surface, think that the University of Tennessee calling a boisterous fan at home and asking her to shut the hell up is over the top, rude and all together unacceptable. But, then again, you haven't actually heard her....

Leftovers: The Real Stephen Jackson
• The inside scoop, as they say, on the Stephen Jackson police report. [SLAM Online] • In case you were still wondering what they did with the losing team's championship hats. [Off Season] • CBS Sportsline thinks Daisuke Matsuzaka is going to play for the Twins. [CBS Sportsline] • Why isn't THIS GUY...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Sacramento Kings
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Pacific Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

Stalking Lloyd Carr
We are no experts in the field of stalking — really! — but as far as potential stalking targets go, we're not sure we'd include Michigan coach Lloyd Carr as a particularly targetable vessel for rage and frustration. Well, at least not this year....

Leftovers: All Hail Skipper!
• ESPN sure is a different place under John Skipper, and most people think it's an unquestionably positive one. (Hmm.) [Sports Business Journal] • This is probably what everyone should do with the Stanley Cup. [College Humor] • Some idiot yammering about the Cardinals. [Mets Blog] • Another ode to t...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: NOOCH!
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

Lawrence Phillips Hits Bottom, Is Sure He Can Go Lower
And so in the end, Lawrence Phillips leaves us the way we always knew he would: receiving up to 20 years in prison for running into three kids with his car after a pickup football game. The former Cornhuskers /Rams /Dolphins /49ers /Bobcats /Alouettes /Stampeders /Dragons running back was convicte...

Leftovers: Those Thievin' Yanks
• Did the Yankees initially steal their logo? [NBX Blog] • Mama McNabb gets her own Web site. [Mama McNabb] • Seriously, what IS wrong with Sean Salisbury? [Rivalfish] • We absolutely agree: It's incredibly difficult waiting for the NLCS to start. [Metsquire]...