van Page 92 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

SVG On Playing Defense With 0.1 Seconds Left: "Form A Fucking Wall"
Stan Van Gundy coached his Pistons to a 105-104 win in San Antonio tonight over the Spurs, and a late inbound attempt with a tenth of a second remaining led him to advise Detroit players to "just form a fucking wall" around the rim. It was good advice!...

The Detroit Pistons Just Straight-Up Released Josh Smith
Damn, man. The word from ESPN's Marc Stein is that the Detroit Pistons have waived Josh Smith, as sure a sign as any that Stan Van Gundy and the front office are fed the fuck up with this current version of the team....

Calgary Flames Score On Their Own Net During Delayed Penalty
Flames goalie Jonas Hiller left the net after Calgary had a delayed penalty, but sloppy possession in the offensive zone led to a very long own goal. Yannick Weber was credited with his second goal of the season. Anything is possible!...

Jim Harbaugh Doesn't Fuck Around At Laser Tag
Jim Harbaugh, who might become the next head coach at Michigan and get very rich along the way, is not a man who takes laser tag lightly. We know this thanks to a new column about Harbaugh on MLive, which contains this anecdote:...

Brooklyn Nets Pay Tribute To Superfan Who Passed Away
The Brooklyn Nets honored the life of recently deceased superfan Jeffrey Vanchiro—known as Jeffrey Gamblero—tonight with a video tribute, as well as t-shirts that the whole team and many Nets employees wore. Vanchiro passed away Sunday, after suffering serious injuries when he fell out of a second s...

Did Vanderbilt Try To Kill An Ex-Hoops Player's Tell-All Book?
They were supposed to celebrate that night. It was mid-August, and Kyle Fuller, Eric Schulman, and Jerry Castro were all together in Nashville. The Tennessean had posted an article about their book project, a Kickstarter-funded look at Fuller's life as a Vanderbilt basketball player and student ...

![Nets Superfan On Life Support After Two-Story Fall [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/fsogpi0egrcm26dpuidq.jpg)
Nets Superfan On Life Support After Two-Story Fall [Update]
Nets superfan Jeffrey Vanchiro, also known as Jeffrey Gamblero, reportedly suffered severe brain damage and fractured his spine after falling from a second-story window at his father's house in Queens Saturday night....

Stan Van Gundy Shows Us How Much It Hurts To Coach Josh Smith
One of the many problems Stan Van Gundy faced when he took over the Detroit Pistons was Josh Smith's dreadful three-point shooting. He shot 265 threes last season and only hit 26 percent of them, but Stan Van has managed to put the straps on him a bit this year. Smith's shot just 30 threes so far (h...

Radim Vrbata's Patience Results In A Gorgeous Goal
Canucks forward Radim Vrbata waited, and waited, and waited. Then, he completely fooled Senators goalie Craig Anderson for his 12th goal of the season. Be sure to watch the replay at the end. So pretty....

Landon Donovan Retires A Champion; Galaxy Win 2-1 In Extra Time
Robbie Keane's goal in the 111th minute gave the LA Galaxy a 2-1 lead over the New England Revolution en route to their fifth MLS Cup, and third in four years. Keane's cartwheel/somersault/finger gun celebration was impeccable....

Violinist Appealing Olympic Ban For Fixing Giant Slalom Races
A British pop violinist is appealing a four-year ban for fixing giant slalom races that allowed her to qualify for the Sochi Olympics. ...

Bookie: Thomas Vanek Had Gambling Debts Of More Than $10 Million
An upstate New York man who pleaded guilty to charges related to running an illicit gambling ring admitted to extorting Wild winger Thomas Vanek, in an attempt to recoup some of the more than $10 million he says Vanek owed....

Mike Evans Completely Wrecks Terence Newman On A Block
We've gushed about Mike Evans's ability to get physical before, but that was mainly focusing on him pushing defenders around as he ran routes. Here's Evans using his muscle to take down Bengals corner Terence Newman in today's game....

Montréal Beats McMaster With Blocked FG To Claim First Vanier Cup
The Vanier Cup is Canada's college football championship, and Université de Montréal claimed the first in their history today when the Carabins blocked a would-be winning field goal from McMaster in the final seconds to preseve a 20-19 victory....

Watch The Canucks' Tribute To Pat Quinn
Hockey lifer Pat Quinn passed away on Sunday. Last night, the Canucks—for whom Quinn served as executive and coach for 10 years, including for the 1994 Cup Finals run—honored Quinn with a moment of silence and a rendition of "Danny Boy." ...

Rick Pitino Tried His Best Not To Embarrass Savannah State
"I tried everything," Pitino said of attempting to avoid running up the score in Louisville's 87-26 win over Savannah State. "We played four white guys and an Egyptian."...

Mike Evans Is Too Big, Too Fast, And Too Physical For Defenses To Stop
You should ignore the two-win Buccaneers and their two-bit alarm-clock uniforms. The Bucs suck, and have been on the end of some of the worst beatdowns of the year. There is at least one bright spot, however: Mike Evans is putting up crazy numbers, and he's only 21....

Principal: "Nothing Racial" About Powderpuff Team Wearing Blackface
A group of students at Sullivan High School (Mo.) wore blackface for their Nov. 5 powderpuff football game. That's bad enough. The quote from school principal Jennifer Schmidt, who described her reaction after seeing the blackface, makes it worse. From the Riverfront Times:...