Why Is This News 41: Devil Ball Golf’s Shane Bacon on the Tour Championship...
For most people, the golf season begins and ends with the four majors, or whenever Tiger Woods might tee it up. But there's a huge golf tournament going on right this very instant: the Tour...
View ArticleVideo: While leading race, jockey thrown over infield rail by horse
Julien Leparoux and his mount, Here Comes Frazier, had led all the way in the Bourbon Stakes. Coming down the homestretch, the jockey and colt appeared to be riding to victory when Leparoux was...
View ArticleWhy Is This News 42: Walter Payton bio author Jeff Pearlman
The biggest sports media story of the last few weeks has been the release of "Sweetness," Jeff Pearlman's exceptional new biography of Walter Payton. It's an honest look at the life of the Chicago...
View ArticleWhy Is This News 43: Ozzie Smith
Time for another Yahoo! Sports podcast, and this time we're chatting with baseball Hall of Famer and St. Louis sports legend Ozzie Smith. Timely, yes? Topics included: • His thoughts on seeing the...
View ArticleVideo: Canadian sports anchor wins $2.5 million lottery on live TV
Vancouver sportscaster Barry Deley was shopping for groceries when he got a call from his Global News co-worker Squire Barnes, who was live on television anchoring coverage of the grand prize drawing...
View ArticleWhy Is This News 44: Tony Stewart
The NASCAR season is down to its final two races, and we've got one of the two competitors for the championship on the 'cast. Tony Stewart, two-time champ, joined us today, and topics included: •...
View ArticleWhy Is This News 45: Scott Raab, author of ‘The Whore of Akron’ and loather...
Every time a high-profile athlete bails out on his longstanding team in search of those tall free agent dollars, he leaves in his wake legions of disappointed and distraught fans. But rarely are those...
View ArticleLeBron dunks on another unassuming kid, this time in the UK
He did it again. The LeBron James "embarrass a child with a preposterously easy dunk" Tour has spread to another country and continent, with King James throwing down a filthy slam on an unassuming...
View ArticleThe 2011 MLS Most Valuable Player was traded twice this season
In what has to be a first for any league's Most Valuable Player, the 2011 MLS MVP is Dwayne De Rosario -- a man who was traded twice and played for three different teams in two different countries...
View ArticleMarek vs. Wyshynski Radio: Future of hockey fights, empty net goofs
It's a (gettin' down on) Friday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: David Singer of HockeyFights.com joins us to talk about the greatest...
View ArticleInjury Pre-Wrap: Get ready to replace A.J. Green, Jeremy Maclin
You're getting a double-shot of injury help this week, as we'll cover some of the early buzz items here, then come back after the full sessions are complete and do the normal A-to-Z sweep. The...
View ArticlePredicting every match of the ATP World Tour Finals
Busted Racquet predicts each match at the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals in London. Group A (Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Mardy Fish): Federer hasn't lost since his heartbreaking...
View ArticleJose Canseco demands $2,000 for ‘Answer Man’ interview
LAS VEGAS — The following is a true story. Rather than stopping by unannounced, I called the agency representing Jose Canseco to set up an interview with the former slugger. Daily except for Mondays,...
View ArticleOlder but wiser Dan Henderson returns to UFC with eye on two titles
No one leaves the UFC voluntarily. Dan Henderson broke that unwritten rule back in 2009 when he bolted for a bigger deal with Strikeforce. It appeared that he'd never fight for Dana White again, but...
View Article5 people who would be better FIFA presidents than Sepp Blatter
As FIFA's sexist, racism-denying, (allegedly) corrupt and thoroughly incompetent President bumbles his way out of another faux pas with typical arrogance and defiance, it's become clear that almost...
View ArticleDTotD: Anzhi player kicks ball at ref, gets sent off after card mix-up
Late into Zenit St. Petersburg's scoreless draw against Anzhi, the visiting side's Joao Carlos, who had been shown a yellow nine minutes earlier, was whistled for a foul. Teammate Mbark Boussoufa...
View ArticleBringing the blue back: Blue Jays unveil new uniforms, logo
What was old is new once again with some modernized tweaks. Days after the Baltimore Orioles gave a nod to their past tradition with new uniforms and an update to an old logo, the Toronto Blue Jays...
View ArticleJim Boeheim is taking a bold risk by defending Bernie Fine
The most fascinating aspect of Syracuse's response to the child molestation allegations against Bernie Fine has been the way Jim Boeheim has vehemently come to the defense of his longtime friend and...
View ArticleThe NHL is filled with honey badgers; does your team have one?
Since you're reading this blog, I'll assume that you're Internet-savvy enough to have, at some point, come across the crazy, nastyass honey badger (link NSFW language), the video of that bizarre...
View ArticleBoys hockey players lose discrimination lawsuit to play
Three high school hockey players in Maine won't be playing the sport they love this season, after a judge ruled that the Maine Principals Association hadn't discriminated against the boys by denying...
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