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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]...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Memphis Grizzlies
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]. • 1. Schooled By Your Auntie....

What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Idea?
Yahoo's Time Capsule Project begins today, in which people from around the world are encouraged "to submit text, images and video that reflect human nature" to be included in a message that will be beamed into space. So that the world of sports isn't left out, we are submitting the video above, whic...

Steve Young Can't Take It Anymore
We're sure, in the wake of a ridiculous $1.7 billion dollar deal, the folks at YouTube won't let this stand very long, but if you watched "SportsCenter" this morning, you say Michael Irvin — shockingly! — ramble on like, well, a retard for about five minutes about why the Ravens belonged in the top ...

Leftovers: Locusts, Boils On The Bronx
• The plague that hit New York City after the Yankees lost might never be forgotten. [New York Magazine] • Taking up a good cause with Derrek Lee. [Goat Riders Of The Apocalypse] • Another reason you shouldn't stalk obscure college quarterbacks. [On College Football] • Your Game 1 NLCS starter ... J...

When Baseball Players Are Asked: 'You Have Haramph Like My Friend, Can I Touch?'
Like many of you, we suspect, we cannot wait for the new Borat movie, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Therefore, we present this old Borat clip, as he visits a Savannah Sand Gnats minor league baseball game, with predictable results. No matter how...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Houston Rockets
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. Let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send us your tips at [email protected]....

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• Last week's record rushing performancy by Paul McCoy... yeah, that might not have been cool. [FanIQ] • Derek Jeter gets a DVR and figures out why everyone hates him so much. [The Phat Phree] • This has made me reconsider naming my first born "Al Jazeera." [Random Thoughts] • Trajan Langdon is beat...

David Stern Has A Thing For Cows
I missed it in Marc Stein's Friday blog update, but Stein mentioned that part of the reason that the NBA changed the basketball they use might be complaints from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA is claiming responsibility, anyway. From their official website:...

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