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The Darryl Strawberry Story Makes Bad Athletes Fun Again
You know what the saddest part of the A-Rod steroid scandal is? It's taking attention away from the impending release of a way more entertaining baseball tell-all—the autobiography of Darryl Strawberry....
The New York Knicks Are Just Happy To Be Alive
Some teams might suffer a three-game losing streak at home and get fired up. Not the New York Knicks. No, they spent the week getting beat by the NBA's best and couldn't be happier....
Remember: A-Rod Has Never Taken Steroids, According to A-Rod
In a 2007 interview with hard-boiled gotcha journalist Katie Couric, soft-spoken Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez flat out denied taking steroids. Gotcha....
SI: Alex Rodriguez Tested Positive For Steroids
This just seems gratuitous. Hot on the heels of Joe Torre's "A-Fraud" revelations, Sports Illustrated has published a story claiming that Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different anabolic steroids in 2003....
Yankees Fans Are Sneaky, Happy
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Girls Behaving Badly: Our Ladies Take On The M.O.B.
It's Waxing Off, the feature that restored your faith in mankind by helping you to find the true meaning of Christmas. This week, rowdy female Knicks fans and the men who love them....
Would Anyone Else Like To Humiliate The Knicks This Week?
Kobe Bryant scored 61 on Monday. LeBron James put up 52 and a triple-double on Wednesday. What's next? Kevin Garnett scores 45 from inside a water torture cell?...
Derek Jeter Has Been Meaning To Get To Joe Torre's Book
Derek Jeter, on Joe Torre's book comments about Alex Rodriguez: "We've been down this road before. Alex is a teammate. I support him. Our whole team is behind him. We all support him." [SI]...
New York Rangers: Still Holding On To That '94 Cup?
Adam Graves has his number retired, which is great and all, but maybe someone should tell the Rangers that they don't have to wait 54 years to win another championship. [Daily News]...
(Update) ESPN: The High School
Remember Fame? The movie about a high school where kids dance in the street and make out with teachers instead of going to class? This is just like that, only with Chris Berman....
Combustible White Girls Get Tossed From Knicks Game For "Keeping It Real"
We've all been at sporting events where some nearby fans get a little out of control. And at last night's Knicks game, things went absurdly awry for one particular group of female attendees....
Citi Field Naming Rights Is The Least Of The Mets Problems
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that beleaguered financial dinosaur Citigroup may be looking to get out its deal to purchase the naming rights to the New York Mets new stadium....
Kobe Scores Madison Square Garden-Record 61 Against, Um, Wait A Minute ...
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You Are Looking At One Of The Richest Men In The NFL
Eli will apparently become one of the highest paid players in the league after new deal is finalized. [National Football Post]...
Here's Your Chance To Acquire Some Shea Stadium Rubble
On Saturday you can visit the site of the partially-demolished Shea Stadium for an official goodbye ceremony. Hmm, hope they don't plan on imploding it then. [Slow Breaker]...
David Wells On Joe Torre: 'When You Break The Code, You're A Punk'
Here's the thing about telling all about your former players, as Joe Torre did in his book, "The Yankee Years." In the war of words that follows, you're always going to be outnumbered....
Tiki Barber's Karmic Payback Is Expensive And Sad
Standing in the middle of New York City while a little girl rolls red paint over his crotch, this "Today" show segment pretty much sums up Tiki Barber's post-NFL existence....
Why Won't The Knicks Let Stephon Marbury Be A Champion?
Stephon Marbury says he has a "verbal agreement" with the Celtics, who promise to sign him if he ever gets out of his current contract. Too bad the Knicks will never let that happen....
Rex Ryan Gets All "They Pull A Knife, You Pull A Gun" For Fawning New York Media
"The players will have each other's backs, and if you take a swipe at one of ours, we'll take a swipe at two of yours." [NJ.com]...
Super Bowl? Eh; Anquan Boldin Has Bigger Things To Worry About. Like Anquan Boldin
Conspiculously absent from the Arizona Cardinals' wild on-field victory celebration on Sunday: A certain Mr. Anquan Boldin. There are several good TV shows on Sunday night and he forgot to set his TiVo....