A 67-year-old is now a fixture in Virginia’s student section
LostLettermen.com, a college football & men's basketball website, regularly contributes to The Dagger. Here's a look at Virginia's 67-year-old undergraduate student, Jerry Reid. If you've seen the...
View ArticleKobe Bryant fires a few hilarious salvos at Jeremy Lin
The biggest thing to take away from Thursday's thrilling (ugly, yes, but thrilling) Lakers win in overtime over the Boston Celtics was the realization that this rivalry is really in its death throes....
View ArticleAsk and you shall receive: Lorenzo Fertitta’s late night Twitter scrum
As far as breaking news from the press conference dais, Dana White plays it close to the vest. Immediately after the pressers, it's a different story. His boss Lorenzo Fertitta prefers Twitter. He was...
View ArticleBoston Bruins’ Nathan Horton has a concussion rehab setback
Earlier this week, Boston Bruins Coach Claude Julien declared that there wouldn't be any more health updates on Nathan Horton, the Bruins' forward out with what was described as a "mild" concussion...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Game Show Friday, Mats Sundin debates and did...
It's a (gettin' down on) Friday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: GAME SHOW FRIDAY! One lucky...
View ArticleTodd Haley could be in for a bumpy ride in Pittsburgh
Out of the frying pan, into the fire? For former Kansas City Chiefs head coach and new Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, it may indeed be so. After he was fired from a Chiefs team...
View ArticleWest Virginia put up a billboard of the Orange Bowl score, in case you forgot
West Virginia is on its way to the Big 12 and it's bringing a little braggadocio with it. The university, this week, put up two billboards along interstate highways in Morgantown boasting about the...
View ArticleTip Drill: Five draft habits of lousy fantasy owners
Just so we're clear from the start, the world needs lousy fantasy owners. I don't actually want them to change anything about their in-draft behavior. They play a vital role in the fake-sports...
View ArticleKevin Love would like the NBA to take the MLB’s approach on All-Star games
Speaking with the Associated Press' Jon Krawczynski on Thursday, Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Love offered this up: No. No. No. Nooooo. NO. No. NOOOOO. No, and no. And we're upset about this...
View ArticlePeyton Manning’s face on all 32 NFL logos
This is Manning Face. It's an expression made over the course of an NFL game by either Peyton or Eli Manning that suggests: a) the quarterback can't believe the incompetent fools who fill out their...
View ArticleThe Cardinals Hall of Fame can now be found at Bill Clinton’s library in...
Bill Clinton feels the Cardinals' pain. Well, at least the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock does. In a strange series of circumstances, 100 items from the team's Hall of Fame museum...
View ArticleVirginia signee Justin Anderson posterizes defender on massive slam … then...
Here at Prep Rally we've come across plenty of fabulous poster dunks, some more impressive than others. Yet we may never have come across this before: A top recruit who throws down a huge dunk over an...
View ArticleAnderson Silva goes 1-2 with Amazonian tribesman
Above, you can see longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a clinch with the member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil. According to the good people at Sherdog, he was taping a television...
View ArticlePlayoff or no playoff, reformed BCS is in it for the long haul
One of the recurring themes this offseason (the recurring theme, so far) is the renewed fight for the soul of the BCS, an even higher-stakes game than usual this year for two reasons. One: The growing...
View ArticleAlex Morgan poses in bodypaint for SI Swimsuit issue
Following U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo's naked lawn watering in ESPN The Magazine's body issue, Alex Morgan -- Hope's U.S national teammate and fellow recipient of an impressive number of Facebook...
View ArticleIsner hands Federer rare Davis Cup loss, gives Americans 2-0 lead in Switzerland
Roger Federer looked like he wanted to be anywhere else in the world. Once he saw how good John Isner looked, he played like it too. The 16-time Grand Slam champion was playing in a first-round Davis...
View ArticleAfter Scott Gomez scored, other candidates for NHL goal drought obsessions
There may never be another Scott Gomez Goal Drought. It was the perfect storm of elephantine contract, given out before low-wage back-end years became the popular way to circumvent a large cap hit; a...
View ArticleKatie Collier breaks scoring record, named McDonald’s All-American while...
It's been a heck of a week for Katie Collier. Just months after many questioned whether she would be able to compete during her senior season at all because of treatment for leukemia, Collier set a...
View ArticleThe Giants won the ‘Brain Bowl,’ too
The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl this past Sunday not just by being better between the lines but, according to Dr. John F. Murray, by being better between their...
View ArticleNot the most romantic bunch, MMA stars give out Valentine’s Day advice
The big day - for women - is just a few days away. Guys know it's get the job done or else on Valentine's Day. Dave Farra did a nice job of rounding up several stars from both the female and male...
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