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The Giants’ thumb-twiddling act is starting to wear on their fans
It was just over a year ago that we looked at Brian Sabean's vacation of an offseason and wondered if the San Francisco Giants could really afford to stand so pat after winning a World Series...
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What the Tape Saw: AFC Week 15
In preparation for Wednesday night's Greg Cosell podcast, here are a few AFC notes I made while putting the subjects and questions together for our talk with the best game-tape junkie in the business....
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Is Mark Sanchez dating Victoria’s Secret model Kate Upton?
Mark Sanchez was back on Page Six on Wednesday when the New York Post linked him to 19-year-old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton. The gossip section said the New York Jets quarterback had...
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This is Leo Messi’s niece feeding him Pringles
Although it's been necessary, all the racism talk is still depressing -- especially since this is the holiday season, after all. So, to help lift your spirits and restore a tiny sliver of your faith...
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Puck Daddy’s Top 10 shootout goals of 2011
Here at Puck Daddy, we like to have it both ways. For instance, we make no bones about our disdain for the shootout, which remains a thoroughly crummy tiebreaker. (Granted, it's no XFL coin toss, but...
View ArticleGeorgia school overcomes hunger to claim state title
Usually, when an analyst says that a team was hungry for a state title, they mean that in a figurative sense. In the case of the Burke County (Ga.) High football team, that phrase meant something quite...
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Ten things to do with Mr. Met (if you buy a share of the Mets)
Richard Sandomir wrote in the New York Tims on Tuesday that the New York Mets are offering several perks in order to entice bidders to buy a minority stake in the financially strapped ballclub....
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The Grinchiest MMA Christmas wish list ever
This is the time of year we think about gifting and re-gifting for those closest to us. That includes our favorites characters in the world of mixed martial arts. We choose to re-gift. Bleacher...
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Puck Headlines: Giroux, Richards to return; Li’l Marty Brodeur
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Martin "Li'l Marty"...
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Towson is one loss away from going a full year without a win
The last time Towson won a game, Osama Bin Laden was still alive, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger were still happily married and Foster the People's "Pumped up Kicks" hadn't yet gotten regular...
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Boston Celtics 2011-12 Season Preview
Usually NBA season previews are best read in October, back when football games hardly mattered, Midnight Madness was a few weeks away, and baseball was winding down. Perhaps with the last of the...
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This is Luis Suarez wearing a shirt in support of Luis Suarez
Prior to Liverpool's match against Wigan on Tuesday -- a day after the FA announced Luis Suarez will be banned eight matches (pending appeal) for using a racial insult against Patrice Evra -- all the...
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Lames: Ho, ho, no! Eli to play Grinch in Battle for Big Apple
Each week the Noise highlights 10 bold names who he believes are destined to torpedo your team. For those playing the Lames home edition, each player must be started in at least 50 percent of Yahoo!...
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Yahoo! Sports’ list of the top 10 sporting gaffes of 2011
The 2011 sporting year had its share of blunders, from head coaches who didn't know how to work the phone to golfers who couldn't connect with a tee shot. Yahoo! Sports Blogs counts down the best of...
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Yahoo! Sports Blogs’ Top 10 sports villains of 2011
There were enough real villains in sports this year to fill a bigger list than this. Rather than focus on them, this list highlights those whose malfeasances were on, or regarding, the field of play....
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Video: Bowler doesn’t let go of ball, falls in gutter
Josh Blanchard wasn't having a very good day on the lanes. The PBA rookie was rolling a 129 in the ninth frame of a World Championship qualifier in Las Vegas. Then, it went from bad to much, much...
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Thierry Henry is already scolding Arsenal fans
Less than a week after Thierry Henry come off the bench to score a "fairytale" winner in a FA Cup third round match against Leeds in his first match back with the club that already built a statue for...
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Sunday’s Three Stars: Evgeni Malkin’s 5-spot vs. Tampa Bay; Rene Bourque head...
No. 1 Star: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins For all the reasons we listed earlier, Malkin's 5-point game — including a natural hat trick — in the Penguins' 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning was...
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Headlinin’: Russell Shepard reverses course
Making the morning rounds. • Turns out those bridges were flame-resistant. Two days after inexplicably throwing his name into the NFL Draft, LSU receiver Russell Shepard posted on his Twitter page...
View ArticleVideo: Johnson Wagner, living large at the Sony Open
You don't see names like "Johnson Wagner" anywhere but in golf, and you don't see mustaches like Wagner's anywhere at all, except maybe on high school football coaches. But on Sunday at the Sony Open,...
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