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The Winner Of Iowa-Iowa State Will Not Get This Awful Trophy
No one's ever said corn doesn't have ears. After universal derision of the new Cy-Hawk Trophy, it has been decided that the silver-gilt monstrosity shall never again see the light of day. At a press conference this afternoon, the Iowa Corn Growers Association expressed their regrets, and announced t...
The Rush To Write Off Terrelle Pryor As Another Raiders Bust Is On
There was something predictable about Oakland's selection of Terrelle Pryor in today's supplemental draft, and it wasn't the pick itself: it was the mad rush among pundits to point out the inevitability of the Raiders taking a guy with a spotty past. It's the laziest sort of joke, and one your 50-so...
The Winner Of Iowa-Iowa State Gets This Awful Trophy
This is the new Cy-Hawk Trophy, given annually to the winner of the Iowa State-Iowa football game. It depicts an Iowa farmer presenting to his family some of the subsidy-fattened corn crop that he will soon sell to an Archer Daniels Midland processing plant in Keokuk, whereupon the corn will be conv...
NFL Suspends Terrelle Pryor For Breaking The NCAA's Rules
The NFL announced today it will essentially suspend Terrelle Pryor, a player who isn't in the NFL, for violating rules that aren't the NFL's. This is really incredible, and the most incredible part is that what should happen in a sane and just world—Pryor hires a very good attorney who buries the NF...
11-Year-Old Is The Best Broadcaster The Mets Have Ever Had
Young Jacob Resnick got to call Jose Reyes' first-pitch home run last night (and stick around for the eventual Mets meltdown). He won an essay contest and an audition, and we see why he won. He's genuinely excited by the game he's calling, a trait all-too-often absent in our current crop of commenta...
We Remind All Big Ten Reporters That Asking For Coach's Autograph Is Not Acceptable (Update: Ed Responds)
Big Ten Media Days in Chicago just wrapped up, and for the most part it was the same boring old questions, asked 100 times by 100 different reporters from across the Midwest. So it takes something special to stand out. Ed Littler, Sports Director at News 5 in Nebraska, you are something special....
Watch Jose Reyes Bust Heavily Autotuned Reggaeton Rhymes With The Best Of 'Em
Jose Reyes is awesome at baseball—he bats .354/.398/.529 at the premier defensive position, and that's to say nothing of how exciting he is with a full head of steam, sliding into third after cracking one into the gap....
The Last I He'll Ever Dot
The Ohio State University has a special fan site called "O-H-I-O," where worldwide Buckeye fans can post helpful reminders on how to spell the name of the nation's 17th state. In a note titled "Now Dad is the permanent 'I,'" Juli Miracle explains:...
The Best Player In Ohio Commits To Michigan
Remember this darling cherubic face, Ohioans, because he just decommitted from The University and committed to one in Michigan. You know the one. Kyle Kalis, a senior offensive tackle from Lakewood St. Edward in Cleveland, is the top prospect in Ohio, which was exciting when he was committed to Jim ...
What It's Like When The Media Circle Their Prey (With Attorneys!): Documents From ESPN's Lawsuit Against Ohio State
When news of the Jim Tressel memorabilia scandal broke in March, the media peppered Ohio State with public records requests. Ohio State deflected as many as possible. The school made life difficult for us. More important, the school made life difficult for ESPN. And you do not anger the worldwide le...
Watch A Blue Jays Reliever And Manager Get Ejected On The Day Roy Halladay Returned To Toronto's Mound
Your morning roundup for July 3, the day after some baby gators proved a mud hole is better than any stop, drop and roll mantra....
Here’s Jon Gruden Saying Weird Shit To Terrelle Pryor
If you missed the supplemental Gruden Camp episode for supplemental draft candidate Terrelle Pryor on ESPN last night, then what you essentially missed was public harassment on a national broadcast. In a nice way!...
Luke Fickell Didn't Answer Terrelle Pryor's Call Because He Was At A Taylor Swift Concert
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: the incoming coach and the outgoing QB, just ships passing in the night....
This Is Terrelle Pryor's Sweet Ride Getting Towed From A Donut Shop
If this is really Pryor's car—and it sure as hell looks that way—we have ourselves a new nadir of the Buckeye scandal. That it happened at Buckeye Donuts makes it all the more Jamarcus Russell-y. At least Russell had first-round money....
Pryor To Saskatchewan: Drop Dead
Yesterday we brought you word that the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, employers of one Chris Leak, had acquired negotiating rights to Columbus-area sports memorabilia dealer Terrelle Pryor. Today, Canada heard the bad news: Pryor is apparently not down with three downs....
Terrelle Pryor Is Threatening Chris Leak's Saskatchewan Roughriders Roster Spot
Regina just ain't big enough for the both of 'em. Because neither is really a competent passer, and both are long separated from their former glory....
Maurice Clarett Is College Football's Jose Canseco
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: Clarett has been right all along, but we haven't been listening....
Boom Goes Columbus
An old friend says Terrelle Pryor might have made $40,000 in a year, just signing stuff. Huh, a living wage. How strange for student-athletes....
Buckeye Voices: "You Guys Remind Me Of Some Tackhead Teenage Broads With Tissue Stuffed In Their Bras"
On Monday, as Jim Tressel announced his resignation, we brought you Buckeye fans' rage-filled tweets at Ray Small. They were so angry at Small for speaking to the Ohio State student paper, The Lantern: He told them that some players "don't even think about [NCAA] rules."...