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David Beckham; Always Glad To Cooperate With Photographers
And so the debate rages: Beating up the paparazzi ... crime, or public service? David Beckham seems to believe it's the latter....

Fred Taylor Has Surprisingly Healthy Genes
Kelvin Taylor, son of perennially injured Jaguar Fred Taylor, made first-team All-State RB in Florida this season. By the way, he's in eighth grade. [World of Issac]...

Duke Basketball Finally Catches A Break
The Duke Blue Devils are ranked No. 1 for the first time since 2006. Our long national nightmare is over. [ESPN]...

A Brief History Of The NFL Network
"Years of missteps...controversial negotiating strategy...willing to take a new approach...rare and high-profile black eye...growing increasingly concerned...distribution has been going backward...strategy that has been marked with miscalculations." Gee, none of those phrases sound good. [SBJ]...

Michigan Hockey Player Victim Of Yet Another Mugging
For the second time in three months, Michigan defenseman Steve Kampfer was the victim of a brutal assault, but at least time it wasn't a classmate delivering the cheap shots....

WaPo's Mike Wise Delivers Another Revealing Profile
"DeShawn Stevenson moved closer, toward the image of Darryl C. Stevenson. He looked for a resemblance, but the mug shot disappeared too quickly." [Washington Post]...

Mighty Fedor Fells Arlovski With One Punch
Here's video of the fight comes via Ballhype, so watch it while you can. Those crappy t-shirt printing fight promoters like to get all sensitive about their video showing up online....

Michael Vick Has Nothing But Respect for Chickens
When Michael Vick plead guilty to dogfighting charges back in 2007, he also agreed to enroll in PETA's version of sensitivity training. His test results from that training are in, and they may surprise and/or amuse you....

Who's Ready for Duke To Be Number One Again?
Well, that was a throttling. Duke nearly doubled up Maryland 85-44 this afternoon, handing Gary Williams his worst loss since joining the Terrapins in 1989. And everybody knows what that means......

Eric Mangini Cares Not For Your Mural of Legends
Eric Mangini wants to bring a fresh start to the Cleveland Browns franchise. And he won't have any pesky tributes to team luminaries interfering with it....

It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
Fun week this week. Painful, but fun. Thankfully, it's now over and we can all go back to our not-so-normal lives. Here's a rundown:...

Did John Rocker Go Crazy On An Atlanta Radio Host Last Night?
An Atlanta sports radio host is saying that our old pal John Rocker kind of went bonkers at a nightclub opening both were attending last night, and had to be restrained....

Principal Of School That Administered 100-0 Beating Offers To Forfeit The Win
Covenant School, the Texas high school that beat crosstown Dallas Academy 100-0 in a girls basketball game recently, is feeling somewhat remorseful over their little ass-kicking display....

Since When Have Florida Atlantic Games Been This Interesting?
Florida Atlantic coach Mike Jarvis gets four straight technicals, plus a police escort from the building, which is always fun. At least porn star Mary Carey seemed to have a good time!...

Australian Open: Come For The Tennis, Stay For The Chair-Throwing Melee
Bosnian and Serbian spectators attacked each other with lawn chairs after the third-round Australian Open match between Serbian Novak Djokovic and Bosnian-born Amer Delic. Police arrested two men and kicked 30 people off the grounds for fighting....

Saying Goodbye To The Original Billy Ball
Bill Werber, oldest living major leaguer and teammate of Babe Ruth, passes away at age 100. [Newsday]...

Michael Irvin Gets His Own Reality Show. Finally!
If you've ever thought to yourself, "I wish someone would follow Michael Irvin around with a camera all day so I could see everything that happens to him," today is your lucky day....

And Let's Get Bashed In The Face
Second part of the Deadspin Civil War Mayor's bet is complete. This was actually more painful than the tattoo....

Eastern European Grudge Matches Settled On Tennis Court
What's this? Another Australian Open update? It seems Croatian and Serbian fans are not getting along in Melbourne, which is shocking because they've known each other for so long! [Fanhouse]...

Venus Williams Disappoints Oreo Double Stuff Marketing Department
Sixth-seeded Venus Williams loses, failing to face her sister in the Australian Open final—which is just rude, don't you think? [Open News]...