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Hallmark Presents The South Dakota State Jackrabbits
South Dakota State's women's basketball team is ranked higher than Tennessee in the current USA Today poll. Their best player also has a tug-at-your-heartstrings story that's gotta be worth three Mitch Albom columns. [USA Today]...
Ryan Howard Feels Chase Utley's Pain
Why does Ryan's batting average go down whenever Chaz gets hit by a pitch? Hang in there, little buddy! [Freakonomics, photo via]...
Jeanine Edwards Realized Her Heart Will Go On Without Billy Gillispie
"After a couple of frosty halftime interviews with Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie, ESPN sideline reporter Jeannine Edwards declined a third opportunity Tuesday night.'I cut my losses,' said Edwards." [Tennesseean.com] (via SBB)...
Are Spurned Advances The Reason Billy Gillispie Treats Jeanine Edwards Like Crap?
According to Sports By Brooks, the real reason Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie stiff-armed ESPN's Jeanine Edwards during recent halftime interviews might be because Edwards turned down Gillispie's invitation for a date....
JoPierre Davis May Be Absent From Facebook For Awhile
Since September, Hawaii cornerback JoPierre Davis has racked up one count of burglary, one count of sexual assault, and potentially two more counts of assault and possession. [Every Day Should Be Saturday]...
Things Are Still A Bit Frosty Between Billy Gillispie And Jeannine Edwards
Jeannine Edwards had a rather awkward run-in with coach Billy Gillispie the last time she worked the sideline at a Kentucky game, so naturally ESPN sent her right back into the fire last night....
War Machine Really Just A Misunderstood, Gentle Soul
If you have your name legally changed to War Machine (damn, I was gonna do that), perhaps you should stay out of gay bars. You're just asking for trouble....
Baseball Being Very Good To Ryan Howard
Phillies reward the big fella with a three-year, $54 million contract. So do they just go ahead and cut Geno's Steaks their 10% right now? [MLB.com]...
Sometimes, One Must Choose One's Words Carefully So As Not To Offend
Meet Tatiana Montoyo. She is the starting point guard on the Syracuse Central Tech junior varsity girls' basketball team. She is also 3'10" tall. I vow to not drop the "big heart" line....
In Other, Suspiciously Less-Reported Steroid News
While the sporting world wrings its hands over allegations that Alex Rodriguez used steroids, former NFL (and Kansas Jayhawks!) defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to probation for his role in the BALCO doping scandal....
TWO FEET DOWN
Steeler Nation sees your one toe and raises you another, Buzzsaw boy. [SteelersDepot]...
Kurt Warner's "Fumble" Brings Back Some Old Tuck Rule Memories
Kurt Warner passed the ball. Kurt Warner fumbled the ball. Everybody has an opinion. Is this 'Tuck Rule II'?...
Your Morning After Super Bowl Cardinals-Were-Hosed Post
Not saying that the last play by Warner was or wasn't an incomplete pass, but did officials actually look at the replay? Couldn't God have thrown a red flag from the heavens? [YouTube]...
Brenda Warner Is Quietly Adjusting To Her New Milfyness
Now that Brenda Warner has shed the "wire-haired goblin man" look, her new image has become one of the biggest stories of Super Bowl XLIII....
God Still Undecided On Who To Root For In Super Bowl
What if some Cardinal or Steeler were to be named Most Valuable Player and say “I’d just like to thank L. Ron Hubbard and the church of Scientology?” [MSNBC]...
Billy Gillispie Only Likes Good Questions
We missed this halftime interview between Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie and ESPN's Jeannine Edwards last night, but the message is still clear—if you're going to talk to Billy Gillispie, you better do your homework....
The Ballad Of Brenda And Kurtis The Stock Boy
Sports is a cold and cynical world, but its nice to know that uplifting tales of goodness can be found in the abyss. Oh, look... your mom just forwarded you an email from 1999!...
Chris Berman's Own Private Media Day
All journalists covering Media Day are in the same boat. Everyone shares time and resources with everyone else to the benefit of all involved. Sorry, but that's not the way Chris Berman operates....
Scott Pioli Mercifully Pulls Plug On Herm Edwards
According to ESPN, the Chiefs coach was just fired. [ESPN]...
Religion, Sports, And Visanthe Shiancoe Has A Bible Verse Written WHERE?
Time for Waxing Off, the feature generally credited for saving the passengers of US Airways flight 1549. Today's topic: Athletes who credit God for victories and success....