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Quinn Cook's Crossover Sends Hapless Defender To The Floor
Yes, Mercer's Kevin Canevari no longer has functioning ankles, but you should all know that Quinn Cook missed the subsequent open jumper. So who's laughing now, huh?...

You May Now Feel Free To Hate Harvard
Everyone loves a Cinderella. Except when it's Harvard....

We Deserve A Team That Deserves Our Hate, So Let's Root For Harvard
Originally posted at Bloomberg View....

New Yorkers! Tonight's Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, is the perfect place for NBA fans to be. Jeff Pearlman will be reading from his new book about the Showtime Lakers, and veteran NBA writer Howard Beck will be there to talk about the Knicks and the reported Phil Jacks...

Awkward Super Bowl Interviews Have More Insight Than Most Of Media Day
Saturday Night Live's Kyle Mooney went to Super Bowl Boulevard to mumble and talk nonsense with people on the street, and it was delightful....

There's A Big Dumb Slide In Times Square, Because The Super Bowl
In addition to the beer-soaked hell boat that is currently parked in Hell's Kitchen, the Super Bowl has also brought a "toboggan ride" to Times Square. I put "toboggan ride" in quotes because this just looks like a big-ass slide to me....

All Javaris Crittenton News Continues To Be Bad News
One-time Washington Wizards lockerroom gun-brandisher Javaris Crittenton, who hasn't played in the NBA since his 2010 arrest on murder charges, was arraigned Wednesday in Atlanta on drug charges....

Steve Spurrier Is In Disguise
"Steve who? Spurrier? Nope, no idea who that is. Sorry, I'm Barry Alvarez. Clearly not the guy you are looking for."...

Alvaro Negredo's Goal Won Man City The Biggest Game Of The Season
Whenever you have, coming into today's games, six teams within six points of the league leaders, nearly every week will bring a matchup that seems like the Game of the Season. But while many of those earlier competitions ended up being cagey affairs with both sides playing to avoid defeat, today's M...


Are you a basketball fan who lives in New York? Then you should probably go to tonight's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine. Former No. 1 pick Billy McGill will be reading from his biography, and Paul Shirley will be reading from his book about his life as an NBA journeyman. They wi...

The Painted Screens Of Baltimore
Rafael Alvarez has more about Elaine Eff's book in the Baltimore City Paper. ...

New Yorkers! Come listen to two great writers talk college football tonight. This month's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine, will feature New York Times columnist Sam Freedman and author Jim Lefebvre. Freedman will read from his book about the breaking down of civil rights barriers...

Norwegian Hockey Player Dances Up A Storm After A Win
A wonderful find by Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy today. From Norway's second tier, here's Narvik's 22-year-old forward Adrian Alvarstein getting down after a win on Saturday. Just try to watch this without getting hyped....

Sid Bream Hates His Name: Athletes' Replies To Fans
A few weeks back we asked you to send along any notes or letters you've received after writing to pro athletes. Varsity Letters is a hopefully semi-regular feature in which we share some of our favorites. Please send your athlete responses to me at [email protected]....

Avs Goalie Semyon Varlamov Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov spent the night in jail after turning himself in to face charges of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident on Tuesday....

John Tavares Would Like To Show You His Disgusting Tooth Implants
We all kind of cringed/wretched a little bit when Islanders captain John Tavares yanked out one his front teeth right there on the bench a few weeks ago. So (ugh) let's re-live (gulp) it by checking out (covers eyes) what his mouth looks like now (runs away from computer)....

John Tavares Hit In Face With Puck, Pulls Out Own Tooth
Well this is disgusting. Early in the second period in Chicago Friday night, Islanders captain John Tavares got hit in the face trying to dig out a puck along the boards and must have knocked a tooth loose. When he eventually made his way to the bench, he just yanked that sucker out. You can actual...

The Marlins Put The Wrong Date On Their Dumb, Fake No-Hitter Tickets
Well, stupid begets stupid. The Marlins have been selling the 9,100 unused tickets to Henderson Alvarez's walk-off no-hitter in the season finale. Dumb, but not unbearably so. Until they fucked up the date on the print-out tickets. ...

The Marlins Are Selling Tickets To Henderson Alvarez's No-Hitter
Sunday's season finale was actually the fourth-best attended game of the year at Marlins Park. An announced crowd of 28,315 watched Henderson Alvarez complete a bizarre no-hitter that ended with him in the on-deck circle. Though the season is over, that game might turn out to be the Marlins' only se...