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Minor league team offers free tickets to fans who throw harder than Jamie Moyer
As if Jamie Moyer becoming the oldest pitcher in MLB history to win a game wasn’t impressive enough, the 49-year-old lefty did so without throwing harder than 80 mph. Think about that for a second. Most above-average high school pitchers throw around that speed, if not harder. And here’s Jamie Moyer, at 49, retiring major league hitters regularly.
Well the Fort Myers Miracle...
Kevin Love shaves beard, leaves mustache (Picture)
Are we looking at Kevin Love 2.0? The Timberwolves forward slimmed down over the summer and showed up for the season with a completely new look. Not only had he lost plenty of weight, but he also was sporting a beard. Well it looks Love is changing up his look. He tweeted the above picture on Thursday from a barber’s chair asking fans “What do you think of my new haircut?...
Phil Scolari says people don’t like Cristiano Ronaldo because he has sex with so many women
Because he is one of the most popular athletes in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo is also one of the most hated. Fans of rival soccer clubs loathe Ronaldo for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the fact that they’re threatened by his ability and hate his cocky attitude. If you ask Cristiano himself, he might tell you that the haters get on him because he’s so handsome...
Doc Rivers gets emotional discussing Pat Summitt’s retirement (Video)
Pat Summitt announced on Wednesday that she would be retiring as head coach of Tennessee’s women’s basketball team because of early-onset dementia. Summitt took over at Tennessee in 1974 and won eight championships over 38 years. Her impact was widespread, and her retirement even caused Celtics coach Doc Rivers to break down during his press conference after his team’s game...
Troy Tulowitzki admits his fielding errors have been a mental issue
Through the early part of the season, Troy Tulowitzki has been uncharacteristically shaky in the field. Typically one of the best defensive players in the game, the Rockies shortstop committed six errors all of last season and won his second straight Gold Glove. Through only 11 games this season, Tulowitzki has already tied last year’s total and is six errors away from posting...
Swing coach Sean Foley: Leave Tiger Woods alone, he’s a ‘wonderful person’
Since Tiger Woods’ old swing coach has made a living off of revealing secrets about Tiger and trying to further destroy his life, it only makes sense that his current swing coach would do the opposite. As we all know, Tiger’s struggles on the golf course over the past two years have been about much more than just golf. His public image has been destroyed — which is an issue...
Memphis coach Josh Pastner blames wife for minor recruiting violation
Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner committed a puzzling secondary recruiting violation via the team’s Twitter account Tuesday night when he tweeted the following: “Tony Parker.” Parker is a big man from Georgia and one of the top recruits in the class of 2012, and the Tigers and many other teams would love to have him. Since the tweet qualified as publicly discussing...
Deaf swimmer Marcus Titus claims USA swimming is discriminating against him (UPDATED)
When all of the other swimmers at the Olympic Trials in Omaha this June are attempting to paddle and kick fast enough to earn a spot in London, Marcus Titus will have more than just his performance in the pool to worry about. Titus is a deaf swimmer who has been working with USA Swimming for months in an attempt to come up with a method that will allow deaf and hearing impaired swimmers...
Dolphins sign tight end Les Brown, who hasn’t played football since high school
When we hear about an athlete like Marques Colston who comes from a Division 1-AA school to make an impact at the NFL level, most of us are in awe. In order to gain recognition paying at a school like Hofstra, you really have to put on a show. How about an NFL player who never even played football at the college level? Now that’s impressive. Earlier this week, the Dolphins signed...
John Smoltz: Tim Lincecum has lost his edge, not intimidating hitters right now
A lot of power pitchers start slowly out of the gate, but Tim Lincecum is crawling. Through his first three starts of the season, Lincecum has allowed a total of 16 earned runs and 22 hits. His ERA is currently sitting at an absurd 10.54, so unless he’s struggling through some sort of serious injury we know better days lie ahead. As for what the issue could be at the moment, pitching...
Nick Saban says the broken BCS Championship trophy is no big deal (Video)
As we mentioned earlier in the week when we told you about Alabama’s championship trophy being accidentally shattered, it’s likely that no one feels worse about the incident than the player’s father who caused it. As you can see in the clip above from WHNT in Alabama, Nick Saban certainly doesn’t seem worried about it.
“I fell off my boat and (almost) killed myself once...
James Harrison is not a fan of the Steelers 1932 throwback jerseys
The idea behind wearing throwback jerseys is usually less about fashion and more about preserving history. Based on our modern standards of fashion, most of them are hideous. No one actually thinks the navy blue and gold “Titans” jerseys that the Jets wear once or twice a year look good, but the team does it to make a statement about its history. Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that...
DeMarcus Cousins is mourning the death of his bulldog puppy
DeMarcus Cousins fouled out and had an off night in the Kings’ blowout loss to the Spurs on Wednesday. Cousins shot 9-21 and missed both his free throw attempts as the Kings were defeated 127-102. But who can really blame him? The poor guy was mourning the loss of his dog.
Cousins had the phrase “R.I.P. Roscoe” written on his shoes (seen above) in memory of his 18-week-old...
Janoris Jenkins denies smoking marijuana at North Alabama after getting booted by Florida
Janoris Jenkins is considered to be one of the top cornerback prospects in the draft, but his troubled past concerns teams.
Jenkins was a freshman All-American at Florida in 2008, but he was kicked off the team by coach Will Muschamp last April. His rap sheet at Florida included three arrests, failed drug tests, and he also has four children with three women. A report last week...
Rob Gronkowski says he puts his job first
Rob Gronkowski has spent the offseason cultivating the image of a party animal. There were the pictures of him dancing shirtless after losing the Super Bowl, and another picture of him hitting a beer bong while on vacation. Despite the careless attitude he displays off the field, Gronk says his job as a professional football player comes before everything else.
“I got my commitment...
Donovan McNabb thinks he belongs in the Hall of Fame
Donovan McNabb joined Mark Kriegel and Rich Eisen on the FOXSports.com show “Barfly” to discuss his Hall of Fame chances. Both Kriegel and Eisen talked about how winning the big game affects the perception of a player. McNabb agreed and said he shouldn’t be denied a spot in Canton because he didn’t win a Super Bowl. He indicated that winning a ring is an unfair standard to...
Dwyane Wade played pickup game with kids at NYC park after Knicks game (Video)
Dwyane Wade is a man of the people. Not only did Wade attend the Yankees-Angels game last Sunday following his team’s win over the Knicks, but he also found some time to play a little pickup basketball with some kids at the park.
The New York Post reported on Tuesday that Wade was out buying clothing with his stylist in SoHo after the game when he spotted some kids playing at...
Terrell Owens to appear on ‘Dr. Phil’ with mothers of his children
Terrell Owens will appear in an upcoming episode of the TV show “Dr. Phil” with three of the four mothers of his children to discuss some of their issues, his publicist confirmed to Larry Brown Sports.
Owens, a former NFL star now playing in the Indoor Football League, has been in the news several times over the past year because of family issues. One of the mothers of his children...
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Fan in front row texting hit in head by ball
If you’re going to spend thousands of dollars on front-row seats at a ballgame, you should at least watch the game to get your money’s worth. One fan at the Knicks-Nets game in New Jersey on Wednesday learned that lesson the hard way.
A man sitting in the front row close to the Nets bench was hit in the head by an errant pass from Tyson Chandler during the third quarter. The...
Paul Silas, Tyrus Thomas reportedly involved in phyiscal confrontation in Bobcats locker room
If you wanted proof of how much of a train wreck the Charlotte Bobcats are this season (well, other than their record), it presented itself in the form of an ugly shouting match that turned physical between a 68-year-old coach and a 25-year-old player in the team’s locker room on Sunday.
After, you guessed it, another Bobcats loss — this time a double-digit loss to a shorthanded...
Pete Carroll turned down Arkansas, but promoted Steve Mariucci for the job
Arkansas is looking for a new head football coach to replace Bobby Petrino, and a report says they attempted to hire Pete Carroll. 5News Sports in Arkansas says the school reached out to Carroll but was turned down by the current Seahawks coach.
Carroll seemed to confirm the overture via Twitter, and he also promoted a colleague for the gig:
I still love the Arkansas fight song…...
Networks will limit cameras in green room to create more suspense during NFL Draft
Nobody likes spoilers. ESPN and NFL Network understand this.
So for next week’s NFL Draft, in an effort to make their draft coverage more suspenseful, both networks reportedly won’t be showing shots of players talking on the phone shortly before their name is ultimately read by Roger Goodell.
Previously, any suspense leading up to a pick evaporated once cameras showed prospects...
Dwight Howard reportedly won’t play for Stan Van Gundy anymore
Dwight Howard is currently sidelined with a herniated disk in his back and is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. But when he does come back, he reportedly doesn’t want Stan Van Gundy to be around because, according to WKMG-TV’s David Pingalore, Howard no longer wants to play for Van Gundy.
The Orlando TV station’s report says that Howard’s opinion on Van Gundy...
Aaron Ross will miss some offseason workouts to watch wife in Olympics
When offseason workouts are underway across the NFL this summer, a number of players will be absent for various reasons. Some will be nursing injuries while others will be tied up in contract disputes. Aaron Ross, however, may have the most unique excuse in the league.
According to the NY Daily News, the Jaguars have given their newly-signed cornerback permission to miss some of...
Bubba Watson says the only phone call he took after he won the Masters was from Justin Bieber (Video)
Since winning the Masters back on April 8, Bubba Watson has been a popular man. In between appearances on David Letterman and interviews with sports writers and gossip reporters, he has undoubtedly been flooded with congratulatory calls from friends and family. At some point, you just have to shut off your phone and deal with it later — especially when you have a wife and a one...
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