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Newt Gingrich Pleads With The Packers To Keep Brett Favre
Brett Favre's aligning himself with some interesting people during his messy unretirement quest. First it was Fox News' Greta Van Susteren and now he's picked up an endorsement from another figurehead of conservative punditry, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich....

This Time It Counts (Well Into The Morning)
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....

MLB All-Star Game Live Blog
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." I can think of a better way to summarize the Yankees' strategy for trading deadline maneuvers. Ben Sheets and Cliff Lee will go about two innings, whereas Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are scheduled to go the distance. Follow all the commissioner-man...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while cleaning mashed potatoes from various orifices ... • MLB: All-Star Game, at New York (8 p.m., ET). No doubt all players will be totally giving 100 percent. [Fox] • WNBA: New York at Connecticut (7 p.m., ET); San Antonio at Phoenix (9 p.m., ET). I know two of these nicknames. That...

Cuervo Girl Throws A Pretty Decent Splitter
There are many many reasons to enjoy AVP Tour volleyball, not the least of which is pictured here. Becoming a Cuervo girl, I hear, not only requires a certain body type, but one must also have a variety of promotional mini-volleyball deliveries. This one here appears to be two-seam fastball. But I c...

The All Josh Hamilton Edition
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....

Home Run Derby Live Blog
Eight guys with bats. One Berman. And Three Doors Down, for some reason. It's a Home Run Derby live blog, Charlie Brown. Please adorn your Chan Ho Park faces (for safety reasons) before entering the dinger zone after the Gordon Jump....

Why Is Brett Favre Talking To This Woman?
The strange and seemingly unending saga of Brett Favre's un-retirement took another odd twist this afternoon, as Brett decided that the first person he would talk to about this whole mess is none other than Fox News talking blech Greta Van Susteren. Huh?...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while relaxing on the folding sofa ... • Cycling: Tour de France, stage 10, Pau to Hautacam, France (8 p.m., ET). But emotionally I'm only at stage 9! [Versus] • MLB: Home Run Derby, at New York (8 p.m., ET). Team Uggla, represent. [ESPN] • MLB: Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball G...

Don't Worry Golfers; Kevin Has Your Back
So if Kevin Malone were organizing a dream golf foursome, what three Office characters would he choose? That's a tough one (answer following the jump). One thing you should know, though: Brian Baumgartner has very little in common with Kevin Malone. Except that both are funny....

Scott Boras Emerges In Toronto For Rodriguez Peacekeeping Mission
Given all the wackiness that's ensued since Alex Rodriguez marital woes have hit the news cycle, it's tough to disseminate between truth, fiction, fodder, and horseshit hearsay. Strangely, some of the gossip has been true to a certain degree — Madonna has "canoodled" with A-Rod; Cynthia has used Len...

Brett Favre Is A County-Wide Crisis, Telemarketing Goldmine
An email came into the Deadspin tip box yesterday with the subject "Packers robocalling residents about Favre", which said that Green Bay-area residents were getting polled via phone survey about what the Packers should do about The Number 4 Situation. It seemed a little farcical, but considering th...

Screamin' A Loses It, Barkley's Golf Game and Some Bon Jovi
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....

Favre Protesters Mark The Coming Of End Times
The Favre shit is going to drag out longer than the war in Iraq. First presidential candidate to put the kibosh on this story gets my vote in the next six elections. It can even be Ralph Nader. He was right about the Kings-Lakers series years back, after all. Anyway, a bunch of fucking Cheesetards ...

You're Welcome Ladies
Busted Coverage turned up this video featuring a Rangers fan of [consults euphemism robot he lets sleep on his couch] considerable avoirdupois whose gut plunges a good foot or so below his waistline. That is the tehest of sexy. Incidentally, I'm sure that's the only time he's had something with only...

Peter King Knows The Motivations Of His Bretty Boy
Favraro's Log. Gunsling Date: Sometime in the middle of the ponderous NFL off-season where shit like this can dominate the headlines for weeks on end. Somewhere, off the distance, did hove into view a great assemblage of bullshit about Brett Favre. FUCK! It's coming right for us! Take evasive actio...

Transitions Are Happening All Over
• Clay Travis comes on board and No Homo Nation comes alive...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you drop your pants and fire a rocket ... • Boxing: Cruiserweights, Tomasz Adamek vs. Gary Gomez, at Chicago (9 p.m., ET). Never bet against a boxer with a 'z' in his first name. [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 7, Brioude to Aurillac (8 p.m., ET). Color commentary by Emm...

Brett Favre Asks For Release From Packers, Wants To Play Elsewhere
This time it's not a text message. NFL Live's Chris Mortensen is reporting that Brett Favre has asked for his release from the Green Bay Packers. Apparently, the Packers really didn't want him darkening the Lambeau hallways anymore and are set to move ahead with Aaron Rodgers. If the Packers grant h...

Travis Henry Should Really Invest In Some Better Goldenseal
According to a clandestine "NFL source" former Denver Broncos' running back Travis Henry has once again tested positive for marijuana. Henry, if found guilty, will undoubtedly be suspended for a year after this latest infraction. Last year, he appealed a positive test and won, allowing him to be a v...