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This Howard University Scandal Is Just The Dumbest
News leaked yesterday that Howard University was suspending all athletic programs while it self-investigated possible NCAA violations, and that the problems stemmed from improper student-athlete use of their textbook allowances. A new day brings more details—and a semi-clarification from the univers...

ESPN Cameras Caught Rafael Furcal With His Pants Down
With an on-premises pool and the overall clothing-optional vibe of Miami, the new Marlins ballpark is ripe for sighting people without their pants on. We just figured the first person to be spotted sin pantalones would be a spectator, not a player. But ESPN did us right by grabbing this shot of t...
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Howard University Suspends Entire Athletic Program [UPDATES]
Washington City Paper reports that Howard University is temporarily suspending all sports teams and all upcoming games while they investigate...something. The school's terse statement:...

Brendan Haywood Says NBA Players Are "Fake Tough Guys"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Haywood says he never punched Dwight Howard....

Today In Jose Canseco Tweets As Motivational Posters: Stop Global Warming
This is a feature wherein we celebrate Jose Canseco by creating motivational posters out of his actual tweets. We believe it is in this context that the world can best appreciate our favorite Bash Brother....

Wes Welker, Clay Matthews and DeMarcus Ware Play Great In Adult Diapers
Normally we don't like to post commercials. But there's something so determined about little Wes Welker. Oh, it's for (an undefined, nebulous) charity? Wes Welker will wear the shit out of your adult diapers. And Clay Matthews and DeMarcus Ware give in to peer pressure a little too easily. If that...

If You Think Andrew Bogut Is Injury-Prone, He Thinks You're "Uneducated"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bogut, out for the season, says it's just a chain of freak accidents....

After Signing A $7.8-Million Contract With The Mets, R.A. Dickey Bought A Minivan He Calls "The Millenium Falcon"
"A Star Wars aficionado, R.A. Dickey calls the minivan their Millennium Falcon. His wife calls it 'our big splurge' after he inked his $7.8 million contract with the Mets last winter." He's the best. [The Star-Ledger, image via Getty]...

NATO Bombing Helped Young Novak Djokovic Play More Tennis
Talented tennis professional Novak Djokovic was just another promising 12-year-old kid in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, when NATO planes started relentlessly bombing the area in the spring of 1999. Over three months time, hardly a day went without something blowing up, and young Djokovic would sleep with hi...

An Inside Look At How Jeremy Shockey Will Beat This "Snitching" Rap
Self-proclaimed life coach Jeremy Shockey was fingered today by NFL Network's Warren Sapp as the "snitch" who helped expose the New Orleans Saints' bounty program that led to coach Sean Payton's subsequent one-year suspension. Now, in keeping with the NFL's arcane sense of antiquated machismo, that'...

Now That He's Retired, Hines Ward's Biggest Opponent Might Be His Brain
When Hines Ward announced his retirement Tuesday, the focus was almost entirely on his extraordinary achievements, on his emotions, on his loyalty to the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he had spent all 14 of his NFL seasons (never mind Ward's vow to play elsewhere after the Steelers announced their ...
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Warren Sapp Says Jeremy Shockey Was The Saints' Bounty Snitch [UPDATE: Shockey Denies!]
Noted Twitter presence and NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp (@QBKILLA) tweeted earlier that he knows who snitched on the Saints defense's bounty program....

Skip Bayless, Emmy Nominee
Did you know that sports has its very own Emmy Awards? It's perfectly fair to honor the great work being done out there in the televised sports field, with amazing technical inovation in game broadcasts and shows like Outside the Lines, E:60 and Real Sports doing real, actual journalism on par with ...

Warriors Fans Booed Their Owner During Chris Mullin's Jersey Retirement, And It Was So Awkward I Can't Even Watch
Right, so, if you can make it through five minutes of near-constant boos for Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob, as he's attempting to honor Chris Mullin by raising his jersey to the rafters, well, you're great at suppressing your cringe reflex....

Gwar Lead Singer Oderus Urungus Sat In On <em>The Dan Patrick Show</em> Today, And It Was Weird
Commenting on topics as wide-ranging as the NCAA tournament, Peyton Manning's future, and "Canadian twit" Avril Lavigne, Gwar lead singer Oderus Urungus spent an hour on-set of The Dan Patrick Show this morning....

Monta Ellis Sure Sounds Happy To Be Leaving The Warriors
There's nothing subtle about this San Francisco Chronicle report on the Warriors' reaction to last night's trade with the Bucks. Oh, sure, the Golden State locker room was described as "gloomy," what with Monta Ellis, Epke Udoh, and the injured Kwame Brown departing for Milwaukee in exchange for Ste...

TV Station That Fell For Parody Of Hines Ward Signing With The Ravens Now Says He's "Returning To The Ice"
Pittsburgh's WPXI-TV meant to say Sidney Crosby, just like they never meant to say this....
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The NBA And ESPN Have Already Traded Dwight Howard To New Jersey [UPDATE]
Has Dwight Howard played his final home game with the Orlando Magic? ESPN sure thinks so....

Dwight Howard To Be Named Owner, President, CEO, Star Player Of The Orlando Howards
The Magic's strategy for keeping Dwight Howard is to try and land a star player before the trade deadline, in the hopes that Happy Dwight would want to stay in Orlando. It's risky, but it's probably their best and only hope. So that's fine....

Gambling Expert Calls Action On Auburn Games "Inconsistent" With Point Shaving
Yesterday, Yahoo's Charles Robinson reported that suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward was under federal investigation for alleged point-shaving. Robinson mentioned two games that the feds were looking into—a 56-53 loss to Arkansas on Jan. 25 and a 68-50 loss to Alabama on Feb. 7. In the Jan. 25 ...