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Hamed Haddadi is finally joining up with the Grizzlies
When NBA players returned to their teams post-lockout in December, it was a joyous time for all. People were finally getting back to work, like the GOP presidential candidates tell me our country...
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Smarter Stats: New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
NFC Championship Where: Candlestick Park When: Sunday, January 22, 6:30 PM ET The Week 10 matchup between the Giants and 49ers (a 27-20 San Francisco win) was more atypical than indicative when it...
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The remarkable story of Haiti’s women’s soccer team and their recovery from...
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Much of the focus in this Olympic qualifying tournament is on the top-ranked Americans and the host Canadians, understandable given that they're the two favourites to advance to the...
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The 11 worst dressed players at the Australian Open
While compiling our quarterly Grand Slam best and worst dressed lists, we realized something disheartening. The same names kept cropping up on the best list at every major. Roger Federer, Maria...
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Azarenka snaps at lineswoman after blown call on match point
Victoria Azarenka cursed at a lineswoman following a blown call on match point and continued the outburst minutes later when she eventually won her third-round match against Mona Barthel. The...
View ArticleWatch Evgeny Kuznetsov row his kayak to center ice during goal celebration in...
Evgeny Kuznetsov is going to be a star before he even plays a single game with the Washington Capitals. His exploits at World Juniors — from his scoring to his offending stodgy critics — are one facet...
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Gina Carano’s ‘Haywire’ opening to very good reviews
The chances Gina Carano returns to get punched in the grill anytime soon gets slimmer and slimmer by the second with the release of her new movie "Haywire." The L.A. Times wrote glowingly about the...
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Jets owner Woody Johnson denies that team is ‘toxic’
The long New York Jets nightmare of a season is now over, and team owner Woody Johnson is hopeful to put behind him more drama than MTV's "The Hills." Not that we would know. The Jets endured a...
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Thursday’s Three Stars: Predators’ Rinne posts shutout; Wild, Sabres still...
"... the other, warped / in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale / bigger than any man, an unnatural birth /called Grendel Zdeno Chara by country people / in former days." No. 1 Star: Pekka Rinne,...
View ArticleMore links! And Maicon makes hitting the top corner look easy!
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle... From Inter's 2-1 Coppa Italia win over Genoa: Maicon says, "What, you can't do this?" [101gg] The goal...
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DTotD: Valencia fan bounces ball off Levante keeper’s head
Levante goalkeeper Gustavo Munua was trying to quickly retrieve a ball that flew into the stands during his side's 4-1 Copa del Rey loss to Valencia. When he tried to do so, the Valencia fan who...
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Christine Sinclair, Canadian superstar, leads Canada to 6-0 victory over Haiti
VANCOUVER, B.C.—When someone says "Canadian superstar athlete", the first image that comes to mind is likely that of a hockey legend like Wayne Gretzky or Sidney Crosby. One of the top stars Canada...
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Kansas has dismissed Brock Berglund, but the school refuses to release him
When Brock Berglund found out via Twitter that Kansas had dismissed him, he wasn't bitter, but thrilled that his long battle with the Kansas athletic department was over and he was free to pursue his...
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Giants issue Sergio Romo bobblehead that looks a lot like Luis Tiant
Bobbleheads can be tricky. There's a science and an art to getting the doll to look like the player. Sometimes, the bobblehead engineers succeed. Sometimes they fail. Sometimes ... Take the bobblehead...
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KU coach Bill Self wants national anthem left alone
Kansas coach Bill Self has little to be upset with these days. His thinnest roster in nine years on the job in Lawrence is overachieving, in the driver's seat early on in the Big 12 race and fresh off...
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Ken Morrow’s game-worn Team USA ‘Miracle on Ice’ hockey jersey up for auction
In September 2010, the "Miracle on Ice" was back in the news after it was learned that the gold medal of Mark Wells, a defenseman on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, would be going up for auction....
View ArticleAussie teen Tomic wins crucial game due to shady non-challenge (video)
Serena Williams' least favorite rule made another appearance in a Grand Slam late Friday night at the Australian Open. It took place in the opening game of the fifth set between Bernard Tomic and...
View ArticleGina Carano compares sex and MMA on ‘Conan’
We've had a lot of Gina Carano coverage lately, as the onetime Strikeforce title contender has been making the rounds to promote her movie "Haywire." This might be considered piling on, but during her...
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Baltimore elementary school to kids: Wear purple or sit in the library
The Baltimore Ravens have a "Purple Fridays" caravan that motors around the city hosting pep rallies for their precious purple Ravens. They've done it all year and it continues into the playoffs. One...
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Harbaugh parents will stay home for championship games
On Sunday, the Harbaugh family will have one son coaching in a championship game on the East Coast and another coaching in a championship game on the West Coast. After some deliberations, mom and dad...
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