When gobblers attack, part 2: The teenage chase down
Across the country on Thursday, Americans will sit down to dinner with their families and slice into a nice, freshly roasted (or fried, or broiled, or smoked, or however else you'd like to cook your...
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The Tarvaris Jackson Guide to Thanksgiving
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Everyone in the NFL will be spending Thanksgiving in their own way — six teams by playing at different times per day, most other teas by practicing, and everyone by eating. For...
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Happy Thanksgiving, from Ball Don’t Lie
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, here in the US of A, and we'd like to wish you a happy, happy one. So would Jerome Williams, in fact. So happy, he's brought two turkeys to the party. An apron, too. This...
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What We’re Thankful for in Hockey 2011: Y! Sports edition
(Ed. Note: It's Turkey Day here in the U.S., which means it's an untypical day here at Puck Daddy. Please join us in celebrating the game in these special posts today. Thanks for reading, and have a...
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Throwing Darts: Old New York was once New Amsterdam
You know the drill here. We pick five games against the number (go to Yahoo! Pro Football Pick'em) and then we watch them run around for three hours. Good work if you can get it. Giants +7 at Saints:...
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This guy got a tattoo of Tim Tebow’s name across his back
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! What are you all thankful for? Me, I'm thankful that this isn't my back. John Elway is really going out of his way to let people know he's on board with the Tebow...
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Anatomy of a Sack: DeMarcus Ware, at 1,000 frames per second
Facing DeMarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys would be a daunting thought for any offensive lineman — the former Troy standout has taken quarterbacks down 94 different times since the Dallas Cowboys took...
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Turkey Day football changes in New Jersey and California
There was a time when Turkey Day football was the biggest scholastic sporting event of the year, and it wasn't even long ago. States across the country celebrated the truly American holiday in a truly...
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What We’re Thankful for in Hockey 2011: Friends of PD edition
(Ed. Note: It's Turkey Day here in the U.S., which means it's an untypical day here at Puck Daddy. Please join us in celebrating the game in these special posts today. Here's a collection of "what...
View ArticleWorst-ranked American Samoa win first ever FIFA-sanctioned match
It took 17 years and 30 straight defeats -- including a world record 31-0 loss to Australia -- but American Samoa finally got to experience the joy of victory in a FIFA-sanctioned match this week with...
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Minnesota Wild sign 51-year-old backup; don’t play him, unfortunately
Great story out of Minnesota on Wednesday, as the Minnesota Wild found themselves without a backup goalie the morning of their game versus the Nashville Predators. With Niklas Backstrom out for...
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Detroit Bad Boys: Ndamukong Suh ejected after stomping on opponent
The Detroit Lions were hoping Thanksgiving Day would herald their arrival in the upper-echelon of the NFL. All it did was burnish their reputation as the dirtiest team in football. Star defensive end...
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Ndamukong Suh claims his foot stomp was misunderstood
Ndamukong Suh was ejected from the Detroit Lions loss to the Packers for stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith. (See the play here.) Afterwards, Suh said that he will only apologize to his teammates, coaches...
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Adventures in Officiating: Suh ejection doesn’t take McAulay’s crew off the hook
In the first of three Thanksgiving games, the Green Bay Packers' 27-15 win over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, the biggest story of all may have been the officiating from Terry McAulay's crew....
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Video: Jason Witten tackles a Cowboys cheerleader
In the Cowboys' thrilling win over the Dolphins on Thursday, Jason Witten had four catches for 43 yards, zero touchdowns and one cheerleader. When running out of bounds in the first play of the fourth...
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Naked Ronaldinho webcam video leaks, coach jokes about it
A webcam video of Ronaldinho masturbating in a bathroom has been leaked onto the internet and the only surprise here is that it's taken this long for something like this to happen. According to Globo,...
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For its final act, Texas A&M leaves the Big 12 with a deflating collapse for...
Texas 27, Texas A&M 25. It doesn't matter tonight, considering Texas fans are at least 72 hours from caring about anything other than the scoreboard after their most dramatic — and certainly most...
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Friday Morning Quarterback: LSU reports early for another test of its...
A weekly primer. GAME OF THE CENTURY OF THE WEEK ARKANSAS at LSU (-11½) • 2:30 ET Friday, CBS. What's at stake: There's more concentrated BCS mojo in Baton Rouge today than in any game this season,...
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An illustrated guide to firing NHL coaches during the season
As we reach the quarter pole in the 2011-12 NHL season, we've had one coaching change (Ken Hitchcock in for Davis Payne with the St. Louis Blues) and several other teams thinking about a change. This...
View ArticleEntire team forced to suspend season due to ineligible player
The high school basketball season has only been going on for a month (at most), and already one team has been forced to put a halt to its season. The girls basketball team at Hattiesburg (Miss.) High...
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