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NHL Will Announce Most Awards Friday Evening, Does Not Understand How News Cycle Works
Because of the lockout, there will be no fancy NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas this year. Instead they'll announce the winners in two live broadcasts, split over two nights. The first comes at 5 p.m. EDT this Friday, the precise time when every media-savvy company in the world is dumping bad news b...
When Mike Tyson Is Performing At The Tony Awards, It's Time To Give Up
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Legendary Homer Jack Edwards Compares One Bruin's Shot-Block To D-Day
So Gregory Campbell blocked a shot, broke his leg, and finished a shift. It was courageous, in the way these things are, and—to state the obvious—unworthy of this hallowed analogy, which Edwards presented (naturally) on WEEI. There will forever be a great gulf between the sacrifices of soldiers and...
Even <em>Jeopardy!</em> is Mocking Dwight Howard These Days
I'll take Low-Hanging Fruit for $800, Alex....
Dwight Howard Loses Free-Throw Contest To Troll Columnist's Daughter
OK, Howard was shooting with his left hand, so this doesn't really count. In fact, the biggest takeaway from this contest isn't that Dwight Howard is a bad free-throw shooter, but that T.J. Simers is and will always be the worst....
Hold that Tiger
From Stanley Woodward's great memoir, Paper Tiger, here's how the legendary newspaper editor lured Red Smith and Joe Palmer to the New York Herald Tribune:...
College Hoops Coach Who Made Players Run Until One Pooped Keeps Job
University of Wisconsin—Green Bay men's basketball coach Brian Wardle made news last month when it got out that he may have made his players run hills so much that one of his players, Ryan Bross, shat his pants, and that he may have then proceeded to heckle the poor pants-shitter all season long. ...
Trope-Recycling Bill Simmons Has Bill Simmons Syndrome
Bill Simmons this week mused on the fate of Dwight Howard, who appears to be the NBA's equivalent of plutonium: a potential world-beater but perilously radioactive. To characterize the gap between Perceived Dwight Howard and Actual Dwight Howard, the founder of Grantland and ESPN spittling-head did ...
The Straw That Stirs the Drink
Check out Robert Ward's infamous 1977 Sport magazine story about Buck Tater: "Reggie Jackson in No-Man's Land."...
Mayor Of San Francisco Calls Steph Curry "Steve Curry"
While presenting Curry with the key to the city, no less. How many gorgeous three-pointers does a basketball folk hero have to sink before he gets some respect in this town? ...
Comedian Says Lance Armstrong Asked Her To Eat His Butt
Comedian April Macie is a frequent guest on the Howard Stern Show, and on Monday morning she joined Stern to dish some gossip about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Specifically, she told Stern that Armstrong once asked her to lick his butt in a hotel bathroom....
Photoshop Miguel Diving Into Other Ill-Advised Situations
Miguel made quite the splash when he landed on two innocent spectators at last night's Billboard Awards. In fact, several more people have heard of Miguel this morning than had last night! Nobody said increasing that Q score was going to be easy....
OK, Who Wants To Sign Dwight Howard?
After two years of trade requests and petulance and a stock-lowering season with the Lakers, it's time for the Dwight Howard free agency sweepstakes—and four teams have emerged as potential landing spots should Howard decide to leave L.A....
Miguel Delivered A Diving Leg Drop To Two Fans At The Billboard Awards
Miguel's career in music may be over after this freak accident tonight at the Billboard Awards, but we're sure he has a future in the WWE—especially after we matched this slobberknocker to Jim Ross audio....
The Warriors Returned To The Court To Thank Their Fans
If there is a silver lining in being eliminated at home, it requires a team like Golden State to take advantage of it. After their loss to the Spurs, the Warriors came back out on the court to high-five their fans, and Steph Curry took the mic to thank the crowd....
Hawaii Puts The Rainbow Back In Warriors
Hawaii has abandoned a plan to neuter one of the best nicknames in college sports. For the first time in 13 years, Hawaii football—and the rest of the university's men's teams—will be the Rainbow Warriors....
Tracy McGrady Blocked Two Shots, And The Spurs Won, Too
So, the San Antonio Spurs smacked the Golden State Warriors 109-91. The Spurs are up 3-2, and have a chance to close out the most exciting series of the NBA Conference semifinals when they travel to Golden State on Thursday. Fine. Great. That's not why we're writing this....
Here Are All 272 Of Steph Curry's Record-Breaking Three-Pointers
Hey, here's some basketball porn for you. You're welcome. ...