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From The NBA To Iraq: Meet The Real King James
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So this seems like a good way to end the day — a story about a former NBA first-round draft pick who rides around in a HumVee. Not too impressive, until you realize the vehicle is located in Iraq, and the former baller in question — Tim James — has been deployed there in the [...]
Anderson Varejao Survives Emergency Landing
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Last night I was at the Lakers-Suns beatdown so I missed this Dwyane Wade dunk over Anderson Varejao of the Cavaliers:
(Sully: take note)
My hair hurts.
Video after the jump.
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John Wetteland Back At Home After Hospital Stay
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Seattle Mariners pitching coach John Wetteland is back at his own home tonight after after being taken to the hospital in what was earlier reported as a “mental health issue”- with some speculation at a suicide attempt.
Wetteland released this statement through the Mariners...
Tennessee Stickup Victim Sticks Up For Suspects
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As Lane Kiffin sifts through the evidence and decides what to do with the three Univ. of Tennessee players who got all robby at a Knoxville gas station on Wednesday, one of the intended victims, Corey B. Zickefoose, is taking a very zen-like approach to the entire affair. In short...
61-Year-Old Place Kicker: Square Foot, Round Shoe
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61-year-old Tom Thompson gets a puff profile from KXII-TV in Austin thanks to his role as kicker on the local community college football team. We get these stories a couple times a year, with the reporter always seemingly neglectful of the possible negative life decisions that led...
Police: Hospitalized John Wetteland Is 'Suicidal'
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CBS 11 in DFW reports today that former major league pitcher and current bullpen coach of the Seattle Mariners John Wetteland has been hospitalized at Denton Regional Medical Center in the Dallas area. Denton County officials say Wetteland was hospitalized for a mental health issue...
In Which The NFL Gets A Little Captain In Them
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Sure this Cowboys-Eagles game is entertaining, but why do I suddenly have the urge to loot the Spanish West Indies? That’s Eagles tight end Brent Celek there striking a pose, with the help of teammate Jason Avant following Celek’s TD reception on Sunday night. Guzzlers...
Video: Tennessee Football Players Being Arrested
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WVLT-TV in Knoxville, TN, via J.T. at CFT, has exclusive video of Tennessee football players Mike Edwards and Nu’Keese Richardson getting cuffed and stuffed by local police last night after they tried to rob two people at a gas station earlier in the evening.
(Mike Edwards: If they...
Idaho AD Has Had Just About Enough Of BSU Plane
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This past Monday, Boise State became the fifth college sports program (and the first outside the BCS) to get their team’s logo on an airplane; they joined the Pac-10 members in Oregon and Washington as partners with Horizon Air.
(Waaaaait a minute. A twin prop? You couldn’...
One Girl, Two Cups: The Putting Bra Has Arrived
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From the people who gave us dolphin slaughter and the hay fever hat, here’s the latest invention from Japan: A bra that can be unfolded and used as a putting green. Finally, a way for you ladies to work on your short game when you can’t get out to the course. (May also be used [...]
Wow: Midshipman Submarines Blanton’s Blindside
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Jay Christensen at W.O.O. finds an unbelievable cheap shot by Navy’s Nick Henderson on Notre Dame’s Robert Blanton last Saturday.
(The only thing cheaper, more malicious ever seen on a football field)
The hit, as you will see in the video below, came on the opposite side...
Top Link Of The Day: NHL Suspensions Flowchart
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Confused about the seemingly capricious nature of suspensions in the NHL? Thinking justice is subject to the whims and vagaries of Gary Bettman’s drug-addled* conscience? The Maple Leafs-centric DOWN GOES BROWN disagrees, and has put together a foolproof flowchart that explains...
Sammy Sosa Gets Light Touch From George Lopez
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Sammy Sosa’s ridiculous skin-bleaching got amazingly tame treatment from George Lopez on his night time talkshow on TBS - considering it was right in Lopez’ wheelhouse:
In watching a bit of the show, Lopez really doesn’t seem much into it. When he’s performing...
Gophers’ DB Allegedly Kicked The Hell Out Of Girl
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What good conflict management is: a peaceful talking through of grievances and differences, toward the goal of resolving the problem through compromise instead of violence.
(Seems like a pretty chill bro.)
What good conflict management isn’t: breaking up an argument between...
The Song Least Likely To Be On Lane Kiffin’s iPod
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Tennessee haters are already having a field day with the arrest of three Volunteers for an attempted robbery at a gas station last night in Knoxville. Jimmy Buffett’s The Great Filling Station Holdup is getting more plays today than your friendly, neighborhood adult webcams....
Middle-Schooler Suspended Over Bengals Haircut
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Remember yesterday when we talked about helmet redesigns and all that? The general consensus of the writers of the original article was that the Bengals were the best at using the entire helmet as a canvas rather than just thinking of it as left-half/right-half. A work of art, it is...
Jim Nantz Girlfriend Photos Posted: An Upgrade?
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Didn’t take long for a reader to send photos to THE BIG LEAD of Jim Nantz’s 29-year-old girlfriend after the NEW YORK POST published her name, Courtney Richards, this morning.
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We Can’t Decide If This Is Sports And/Or Awesome
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Okay, so has America issued a verdict on BMX or “doing what skateboarders do but just on a bicycle instead” and whether that counts as sports yet? I ask because we accept Lance Armstrong as a sportsman, no questions asked, but once we start getting into the whole “...
Hundley Video: No Apology, Claims Harassment
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Brooke Hundley appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America today to face the stalking charges brought against her by Steve Phillips and his wife Marni. She offered no apologizes, saying instead, “I would hope that at some point he (Phillips) would grow up and take responsibility...
Oakland CB: Raiders “Can Go 8-0, End Up At 10-6″
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The last time we heard from Chris Johnson - no, not the one on the Titans with “gettin’ away from cops speed,” the one on the Raiders - he was too busy drawing bullcrap penalties for praising the Lord after an interception. Seriously, that was a steaming plate of...
3 Vol Football Players Arrested For Armed Robbery
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The KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL reports this morning that three Tennessee football players have been arrested for attempted armed robbery.
(Jackson, Richardson, Edwards)
Janzen Jackson, Michael Edwards and Nu’Keese Richardson, all 18, were charged this morning after an armed robbery...
Please Help The Wounded Children Of Afghanistan
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I spoke to Jay Glazer today about his recent trip to Afghanistan. He couldn’t say enough about how wonderful an experience it was all-around. You can view photos from Jay’s trip on his Twitter page and on his page at FoxSports.com.
Jay said that the troops there asked...
Tyson Catches Fight Before Flight At LAX Airport
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Nice to see Mike Tyson back to his ol’ brawlin’ self. Not so nice to see him do it at LAX. Even less nice to see him do it not at the trendy nightclub known as LAX, but at the LAX as in Los Angeles International Airport.
Both TMZ and the LA Times report that Iron [...]
No Typo: Memphis Still Lands Top Hoops Recruits
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On national college basketball signing day, congrats to Memphis, a program previously left for roadkill by John Calipari.
New head coach Josh Pastner proved today that the Tigers can still land top recruits, like Tiger signee Hippolyte Tsafack.
Not in the scouting report: Dude is...
Balloon Girl? Elizabeth Lambert Rises To The Top
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So at this point the only way that Elizabeth Lambert could be more popular is if her parents sent her hurtling away in a makeshift balloon, which would then sail over the Khloe Kardashian-Lamar Odom wedding. There have been more than 10.2 million online views of her hair-pulling shenanigans...
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