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Tebow working on throwing with pitching guru Tom House
New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow continues to build on his reputation as the hardest working man in football after spending time with former major league pitcher Tom House to correct his throwing mechanics.
Tebow— who has been unrelentingly criticized for his unorthodox throwing motion— spent five days last week working with House at a University of Southern Californiaâ...
BABY ON BOARD
Athlete to compete at 8 mos. pregnant
At eight months pregnant, Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi (left), 29, will represent Malaysia at the Olympics in the women's single 10m air rifle competition.
Tiki Barber gets married 8 days after divorce is finalized
Former New York Giant Tiki Barber scored a new wife after getting married to Traci Lynn Johnson at the  City Marriage Bureau in downtown Manhattan yesterday.
The former running back showed he still has a little speed left in his 38-year-old body and tied the knot with his 23-year-old former intern—  just eight days after his divorce was finalized.
Barber ditched his then-wife...
Meet the new, slimmer version of Rex Ryan again
Rex Ryan— the larger than life and bigger than an offensive tackle NFL personality— taped a television talk show Thursday and showed off the new slimmer version of himself.
After dropping over 100 pounds and sporting a new hairstyle, the New York Jets head coach taped an interview with CBS-NY's "The Couch" (to be broadcast Friday) and looked like he stepped off...
Ex-Giant Dhani Jones captures Mother Nature from the unfriendly skies
Ex-New York Giants linebacker Dhani Jones got an incredible Instagram shot of a storm bearing down on Queens, N.Y. as his plane was departing LaGuardia Airport.
Jones shot the epic storm just as it was nearing the city at about 1:30 p.m. and tweeted the photo along with this ominous message: "Check out what's coming at NYC?"
The former Bengals and Giants linebacker...
Brook Lopez signs $61 million deal with Nets; goes comic book shopping
Brook Lopez signed a four-year, $61 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets and the first thing the comic book buff did was leave his press conference and go comic book shopping.
After the announcement at a Brooklyn Marriot, Lopez crossed the street in front of the still under construction Barclays Center and headed to a local comic book store where he plunked down $75 and had a conversation...
Kris Humphries gets tough with Kanye West via Twitter
Kris Humphries is really feeling his oats after signing a new contract with the Brooklyn Nets this week.
After being trashed in a song by his ex-wife Kim Kardashian's new boyfriend Kanye West, the Nets forward took it upon himself to fire back at the rap star.
Kanye's song "Cold" (originally titled "Theraflu") released in April included the lyrics about...
Six-alarm fire breaks out near Yankee Stadium
A spectacular fire broke out near Yankee Stadium early Wednesday morning which left 30 firefighters hurt.  The burning Bronx building's rooftop is close enough to the centerfield scoreboard that it wouldn't be hard to see Curtis Granderson run down fly balls during a Yankees game from that vantage point.
More than 200 firefighters battled the six-alarm blaze which caused...
Tony Parker wears protective goggles in game vs. Spain
The Miami Heat might have made big-framed, black eyeglasses all the rage during the NBA Finals, but Tony Parker is wearing his new eyewear for reasons other than fashion.
The San Antonio Spurs guard suffered a scratched cornea during a nightclub brawl between R&B stars Drake and Chris Brown on June 14. Â Now Parker will wear the black Bolle goggles to protect his eyes as the...
Animated video pokes fun at Knicks' indecision to sign Lin
A Taiwanese animated video company produced a crazy short making fun of the New York Knicks slow decision to keep Jeremy Lin in orange and blue.
The animated and live action clip seems to poke fun at the Knicks newest signees— Jason Kidd and Raymond Felton.  Kidd's DWI and Felton's weight problems are both targets of this strange Taiwanese language YouTube video.
Throw...
Plane flies over Penn State with warning: 'Take the Statue Down or We Will'
Joe Paterno's statue continues to be the center of controversy in the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case.  After calls from numerous high profile names— including Bobby Bowden and Warren Sapp— to remove the statue, a small plane flew over State College Tuesday afternoon dragging an ominous banner which read: "TAKE THE STATUE DOWN OR WE WILL."
A...
Crazed otter attacks triathlete while training in lake
An Ironwoman swimmer is recovering after being attacked by an otter while she swam in Minnesota's Island Lake last week. Â The crazed mammal left the woman with 25 bite marks on her legs, feet thighs and back while training for the Duluth triathlon.
Leah Prudhomme said she was prepared for beavers and muskrats— but not the normally peaceful otter.
"It just kept coming...
NOT TOO SHABBY
'Blade Runner' dating supermodel
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee who will compete for South Africa in the Olympics, is reportedly dating Russian supermodel Anastassia Khozissova.
Jason Kidd helped from club before DWI crash
Jason Kidd's first headline as a New York Knick is nothing for him to be proud about. Â The newly signed point guard was busted for drunken driving early Sunday morning after crashing his car into pole after a night of partying in the Hamptons.
Now, TMZ has published photos which show the 39-year old NBA star being carried out of the East Hampton nightclub SL East. Â The website...
Tacks thrown on Tour de France course; riders show respect by slowing down
Tour de France cyclists already have to deal with dodging overexcited fans and stray dogs but yesterday it was an intentional act of sabotage which disrupted the rider's big race.
On Sunday— during Stage 14 of the race— some ******* tossed tacks onto the road in what looks like an attempt to shake the racers.  If that was the intent, it worked but didn't slow down the...
A DEFINITE NO-NO
Kid tries to pick up golf ball after errant shot
A young boy learned the first rule of golf the hard way—never pick up a player's ball during play. The mop-topped kid— who looked like he could have been one of the delinquent caddies in "Caddyshack"— was caught red-handed running over and scooping up Tim Matteson's errant ball on the final hole of regulation during the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill....
Ryan Dempster does Fat Bastard and makes Tim Kurkjian giggle
Ryan Dempster's talents extend beyond the the baseball field as he showed host Tim Kurkjian on ESPN's "Baseball Tonight."
Dempster— riding an incredible 33-inning consecutive scoreless streak— did a pretty good impression of Fat Bastard from the Austin Powers movies during an interview and the Chicago Cubs starter had Kurkjian giggling like a school girl while...
A-Rod may 'never speak to Reggie Jackson again'
It looks like Reggie Jackson has struck out with Alex Rodriguez over the comments he made about the Yankee third baseman in a Sports Illustrated article last week.
A-Rod is still angry over Jackson's remark that Rodriguez's admitted use of steroids should keep him from joining the Yankee legend in the Hall of Fame.
A source told the New York Daily News that Rodriguez is...
Australian discus thrower wears worst track suit ever
Move over U.S. Olympic team, your Made in China, Ralph Lauren-designed prep school outfits have been replaced by an Australian discus thrower's uniform as the worst— and biologically most revealing— uni ever.
Benn Harradine competed in the 2012 Diamond League athletics meet in London this week wearing the garish— and kind of gory— bodysuit that had a man's muscular...
Bobby Bowden: Remove Paterno statue
They were old friends for over 40 years but now former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden says the statue honoring Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium should be removed.
Bowden, who said he still loves the late Penn State coach, says every time the statue is shown on TV, Â people won't remember the good years surrounding the Penn State football program.
"They're...
Italian motorcycle racer's premature celebration with one lap to go in race
One of Italy's top motorcycle racers made an epic goof at the 2012 CIV championship race in Mugello when he started celebrating his victory without realizing that there was still  one lap to go until the finish line.
And unfortunately for the racer, Riccardo Russo, the embarrassing error was caught on tape.
Russo— one of Italy's top 600cc riders—  was leading last...
Terrell Owens a no-show at child support hearing; could face jail time
The last time we saw Terrell Owens in the NFL he was wearing the orange and black stripes of the Cincinnati Bengals but— after missing  child support hearing yesterday— a judge says we could soon be seeing him donning stripes of the prison kind.
Owens was a no-show at a scheduled child support hearing in Atlanta Thursday, according to WSB-TV, much to the displeasure of Judge...
Kris Humphries gets tossed from club by Kelly Osbourne
Kris Humphries looked "mortified" when he was thrown out of a Hollywood hotspot Wednesday night  by none other Kelly Osbourne— better known as Ozzy's daughter.
A source told The New York Post's Page Six that Osbourne was aghast when the 72-day husband of her BFF Kim Kardashian walked into Beacher's Madhouse after the ESPY's. Â She summoned security who...
U.S. Olympic uniforms are 'Made in China'
The new Ralph Lauren-designed U.S. Olympic outfits — replete with a U.S. Olympic patch and Polo's "Big Pony" logo on each side of the blazer— have not only offended fashionistas for their snobby country club look, they have politicians up in arms about the "Made in China" label inside.
New York politicos like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Steve Israel...
Woman kept lover's corpse in chair so she could watch NASCAR with him
A woman said she kept the dead body of her companion propped up in a chair in their south Michigan  home for months because she didn't want to be alone.
Linda Chase, 72, said  she kept the corpse of Charles Zigler cleaned and dressed while she talked to the body while watching NASCAR on television, according to The Jackson Citizen Patriot.
The best Bubba is a quiet Bubba...
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