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Eternal Sunshine Of The Luis Castillo-Less Mind
Today the Mets released Luis Castillo, and will try to forget the last three-and-a-half years ever existed. For my money, the maligned and malignant second basemen best represents the Mets' years as a black hole of a franchise. They'll have to eat his remaining $6 million, and it's worth it. Much li...
Morehead State's Demonte Harper Just Knew He'd Send Rick Pitino Home As A Loser
Your morning roundup for March 18, the day the world braces for the biggest, brightest full moon in a while....
Roger Goodell Almost Certainly Fell Asleep In A Tanning Bed Before This ESPN Interview
Your morning roundup for March 16, the day we lost frequent Em and Dre collaborator Nate Dogg....
High School Player Nails Off-Balance, One-Handed Game-Winner From 60 Feet, Acts Like It's No Big Thing
Jerrbryon Graves, a senior at Metropolitan High School in Indianapolis, hit this game-winning shot from behind half court on Saturday to win the regional finals, 64-61. It wasn't even a heave. Apparently, Graves takes these shots in practice all the time — which is only the kind of thing a coach h...
Healthy Scratch Sean Avery Thinks You Would Look Great In A $5,450 (Now $1,499) Suit
On Friday, Gilt Groupe, which sells your rich friends discounted designer clothes, listed a special sale—"Avery's Rules: Hockey Star Sean Avery Dresses the Modern Power Player." On Saturday, Avery was a healthy scratch against the Sharks. Coincidence? Almost certainly....
Three Arrested, Six Ejected At FA Youth Cup; Remaining Man U Fans Chant About Terrible Disasters
Liverpool and Manchester United played in the annual FA Youth Cup on Sunday. United came back from two goals down to win, 3-2. The other final count at Anfield: three fans arrested for drunkenness, six ejected for what was likely more controlled drunkenness, and reports that a section of United fa...
Nebraska-Omaha Wrestlers Win National Title, Lose Program
On Saturday, the University of Nebraska-Omaha won its third straight Division II national wrestling championship. A few hours later, the wrestling coach was notified the program would like cease to exist on account of UNO moving up to D-1. Football's gone, too....
Costumed Man Gets Publicly Shamed For Messing With Canadian Dance Team
Your morning roundup for March 13, the day Villanova probably gets the tournament bid it in no way deserves....
MLS Wants To Give The Mets Owners A Team, For Some Unfathomable Reason
Grant Wahl of SI chatted with MLS commissioner Don Garber on Thursday, and New York's most beloved and comically destitute real estate barons came up in conversation....
NFL Talks Break Down, And Football Seems A Long Way Away
The NFLPA no longer exists. You can check it in the customized 404 message that went up on their website at 5pm....
The Yankees Were Last On Cliff Lee's Wish List
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: this makes the Rangers feel better, I guess?...
Here's Video Of UNC's Anticlimactic Buzzer-Beater
UNC came back from down 17 19 against Miami this afternoon. Their only lead of the game came at the buzzer, when Kendall Marshall drove valiantly to the hoop and... dished it off to Tyler Zeller for a lay-up. Still, a game-winning buzzer-beater is a game-winning buzzer-beater, a win is a win, and ...
Dolan Decides One Year At .500 Atones For Past Decade, Knicks Prices Up 49 Percent Next Year
So, you probably hear a lot of grousing from Phil Mushnick, et. al about how expensive it is to take a family of four to a game, buy some frankfurters and not hear the gangster hip hop music. But high prices happen when you have a popular product with limited supply in a big, wealthy market. We get ...
Boom Goes The Student Sportscaster Didn't Much Appreciate All Of Yesterday's Attention
You saw the unfortunate University of Hartford student-run TV station's America East basketball report yesterday, right? If not, please do....
The NFL Lockout Will End On June 2nd
You can take that prediction to the bank, thanks to a little thing I like to call "math." You see, the two sides are actually making steady progress every day. Well, every six days....
Man Named Dokken Assaults Gopher Mascot Named Goldy
Before the rush to judgment commences, can we all agree that there is zero need for a buck-toothed mascot to obstruct the view of a 60-year-old guy who just wants to spend his Saturday enjoying some men's gymnastics? Cool....
Boom Goes The Student Sportscast: America East Report Is Uncomfortable, Hilarious
There is a lot going on in this America East basketball report from the University of Hartford's student-run TV station — so much, even, that tipster Christopher declares it "the next boom goes the dynamite." There's no instant catchphrase in this 30-minute segment (we've cut it down to the real h...
Phoenix Coyotes Honor Hero With Outback Steakhouse Gift Certificate
To honor a veteran who served in Afghanistan, the Coyotes gifted him a $25 gift certificate to Outback. That, colonel, is what you've been fighting for....
NFL Owners Want More Money — From Each Other
In the past weeks and months, we've heard from numerous players about the pending lockout. They've all been on message, like good union members ought to be. But we've heard very little from the owners, who have been content to let the Commissioner and the lawyers give the public statements. This mig...
These Are The Emails Jim Tressel Sent While Being Really Serious
So, remember that thing we just told you about Jim Tressel's incredible concern when confronted with news of possible Buckeye crimes and/or NCAA violations?...