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ESPN’s Diversity Training Certain Is Paying Off
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Bob Griese is back after serving his one-week sentence for speculating on the gastronomic predilections of <b>Juan Pablo Montoya</b> - working today’s Iowa-Northwestern game.
Admirable move by ESPN to make a statement about the proper promotion of diversity in...
Fake High School Player Chased Scholarship, Girls
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We’ve all wanted to go back in time at certain junctures in our lives: I often imagine myself traveling back to 2002 to try and talk some sense into Dusty Baker before Game 7 of the World Series. Or just to be sure, go to 1975 to prevent Livan Hernandez from being born. But here’s [...]
Report: Blount Not On Road Game Travel List
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Tweet this afternoon from PORTLAND OREGONIAN columnist and sports radio host John Canzano:
Blount is eligible return Saturday as the Ducks play at Stanford, but it doesn’t appear from Canzano’s Tweet that he’ll make the trip.
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7-foot-4 Eighth-Grade Football Player Wins At Life
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When your eighth grade football team has a wide receiver who’s 7-foot-4, that can only be a good thing, right? Meet Brenden Adams, who plays for the Morgan Middle School football team in Ellensburg, Wash. Not only is he the tallest player in youth football, but at 14, he’...
Sammy Sosa White Skin Photos Posted: Vitilago?
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Jerrod at MidwestSportsFan.com tipped me to this recent photo of Sammy Sosa:
Looks like a case of Vitiligo to me, but I’m no expert. More pics after the jump.
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Annotated Photo Of The Day: John Elway, 1983
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(Larger version)
1) Two things I know: Ladies love the long hair. Smurfs.
2) Souvenir from under the Granada Hills Stadium bleachers.
3) Last time I invite that damn tuba player over.
4) Contains field soil from biggest road win: San Jose State. (Or was it Cal-Davis?)
5) Shipping...
Montana, Gretzky, Smith Progeny Still Undefeated
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It’s the only high school football snack bar that sells autograph pens. At any given game you may seen Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Will Smith, or even Tom Cruise in the stands. I attended an Oaks Christian High School game last season and it’s actually kind of hilarious...
Montana, Gretzky, Smith Progeny Still Undefeated
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It’s the only high school football snack bar that sells autograph pens. At any given game you may seen Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Will Smith, or even Tom Cruise in the stands. I attended an Oaks Christian High School game last season and it’s actually kind of hilarious...
Montana, Gretzky, Smith Progeny Still Undefeated
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It’s the only high school football snack bar that sells autograph pens. At any given game you may seen Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Will Smith, or even Tom Cruise in the stands. I attended an Oaks Christian High School game last season and it’s actually kind of hilarious...
Stanford Fullback Goes Both Ways (NTTAWWT…)
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Before the season started, one particularly intrepid reporter for OREGONLIVE.COM noticed that Stanford coaches were enamored with fullback Owen Marecic, and that Marecic had also been playing well at linebacker in practice. That reporter, Ken Goe, said that Marecic “may play...
So You Think You Can Dance: Al McGuire Redux
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We all loved the late Al McGuire. One reason why:
(Tim Ryan: Not dead.)
Thanks to TheBiglead.com for the pointer.
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Update: Elizabeth Lambert Suspended By Lobos
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Earlier this morning, we showed you video of New Mexico women’s soccer player Elizabeth Lambert going full berzerker on the Lobos’ opponents, BYU. Despite repeated blatant offenses against the Cougars (no, not them) - not the least of which was yanking a competitor to the...
Ohio State’s Full “Throwback” Uniforms Revealed
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In case you hadn’t heard, it sounds like Ohio State is going to wear some throwback uniforms for their annual tilt with Michigan on November 21. We saw a blurry camera pic of the jersey yesterday and scratched our heads; it hardly looked like a throwback, just another future...
Sportscaster In Same Building As Orlando Gunman
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UPDATE (2:25 ET): Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer reports “the gunman has been apprehended.” Dyer’s spokeswoman reports Jason Rodriguez was located at his mother’s residence and caught by a S.W.A.T. “without incident.”
Scary stuff in Orlando today as Local...
Feminists Balk At NCAA’s “Competitive Cheering”
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You might recall that a few months ago, the University of Connecticut banned its cheerleaders from doing physically strenuous gymnastic activities, trying to avoid the specter of serious injury or any other calamity that may befall one of the young ladies or men. You’d think...
Kevin Johnson’s Future Wife Is Quite The Catch
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The WASHINGTON POST’s The Reliable Source reports on Kevin Johnson’s new fiancee, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee:
She’s a 39-year-old divorcee and mother of two. He’s never married. No kids.
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ESPN Sets Sights On Early-Morning NCAA B-Ball
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We know how enthralled you all are over college football, but college basketball is sneaking up on us (note: fans of the Big East already know this, as they have not attended a football game since 1995). To commemorate the opening of the season, ESPN is televising 24 hours of live...
Oh Hell Nah: Joe Girardi Ready To Switch To #28
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George King of the NEW YORK POST notes today that Joe Girardi told WFAN-AM in New York yesterday that he now wants to wear #28: (Is it all about the team? Or the manager?) Yesterday, on his WFAN gig, the manager strongly hinted he will wear No. 28 next season to signify a push toward winning [...]
Sex Fetishes Bottomed Out Thanks To Johnny U.?
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Any left?
Anyone?
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Do Not Mess With New Mexico’s Elizabeth Lambert
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You know it’s a big day when we’re bringing you women’s soccer highlights. Yesterday’s game between BYU and New Mexico wasn’t especially crazy if you only look at the box score. 1-0, Stormin’ Lady Mormons. It’s how we all got there that’...
Bruno Pranks Rose And Pete Doesn’t Let Us Down
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Chris Littman of THE SPORTING BLOG has this DVD-only Sacha Cohen Bruno bit that involves Pete Rose.
The piece is an interview with Rose, but because the furniture for the setting didn’t arrive in time, Rose has to “sit on the Mexicans.”
More on the bit and video...
Wait, Lincecum Smokes Pot? That’s Unpossible!
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You mean to tell me that the fellow in the picture below enjoys weed? What? Because I would have guessed he spends the off season reading the Book of Mormon, or cleaning oil-infested sea fowl. But there’s word today that Tim Lincecum was pulled over by the cops last week and...
Time For Another Dignified Yankee Victory Parade
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As I type this, workers in New Jersey (yes, New Jersey) are working furiously like Santa’s elves, cobbling together the many floats that will be used in Friday’s Yankee victory parade. Route is the Canyon of Heroes to City Hotel, whatever that means, and post time is 11...
Yes, Agassi Tanked: ‘Losing on purpose isn’t easy’
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Thank god for Rick Reilly. In a blog post for ESPN THE MAG, it appears he’s shaken out all the interesting bits from Andre Agassi’s new book Open. The topper, at least to me, is Agassi admitting that he lost matches on purpose. But almost as perplexing as Agassi fully admitting...
Fearless Models Will Strip For World Cup Tickets
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Has it always been your dream to travel to South Africa to watch soccer? My condolences. But hey, it’s the World Cup. And if you’re from Chile, it’s something special to see your team compete on the world stage. So three enterprising Chileans have cooked up a wacky...
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