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We’ve all had that fantasy of going back to youth sports or high school to dominate the competition, run the school, and live up the dream life. Unfortunately for many of us, we only get one chance in life unless your name is Danny Almonte or …
Anyone who can drop 55 points in an NBA game — not to mention one during their rookie season — is obviously a special basketball player. Brandon Jennings is very good. He’s just a little too weird for me. He may be less of a tool …
Somehow it all comes back to the Cincinnati Bengals, that death sentence of a team. Last year they gave big contract to wide receiver Lavernaues Coles whom they figured would replace the departed T.J. Houshmandzadeh. They figured wrongly. Coles never …
The calls were heard loud and clear prior to the rematch between Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn at UFC 118: Edgar got a friendly decision from the judges in their last fight and would not be so lucky this time around. We couldn’t have been more …
Making his MMA debut at UFC 118 in Boston Saturday night, James Toney defied the critics; he lasted just over three minutes — two more than many people expected. If you thought this was going to be a matchup of boxing vs. MMA, as it was billed, …
I was already blown away when I heard that Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman clocked in at 102mph on the radar gun back in March. The amount of people on the planet who can throw 100mph or greater is scarce, and even still, 102 is going pretty well beyond …
ESPN has been rolling out a a video of former pitcher Curt Schilling breaking down Stephen Strasburg and his mechanics over the past few days. There is quality analysis in the video and some excellent side-by-side comparisons of Strasburg against a …
Sports trivia: what’s the difference between the following video of a high school football player running the wrong way and throwing the ball behind him and the play where DeSean Jackson flipped the ball up in the air before he crossed the …
Derek Anderson is going to start at quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals in the all-important third preseason game on Saturday night against the Chicago Bears. From a fan’s standpoint, the NFL preseason is meaningless. For a player, there …
For Washington Nationals fans, the news cannot get much worse regarding Stephen Strasburg. About a month ago we pondered whether or not Nationals fans should be concerned about Strasburg’s shoulder. We came to the conclusion that there was no …
Haircut hazing has officially reached epidemic status. Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention as closely in past years or maybe it wasn’t as well-documented, but I don’t ever remember more rookies — and now freshmen — …
Bryce Harper’s athletic ability is obviously through the roof. Anyone who has as much buzz surrounding them as he does at such a young age must have something going for them. However, if his ejection video and Stephen Strasburg’s …
Tim Cowlishaw is officially backtracking after he Tweeted with absolute certainty that Darrelle Revis and the New York Jets would announce a new deal on or around Wednesday. Huge surprise, right? Maybe Cowlishaw really did have a trusted source …
Pete Carroll may have left recruiting violations and a graduate student girlfriend behind when he left USC to coach the Seahawks, but he brought his sense of humor with him. The best pranks on 250-pound men are those that frighten them. Carroll did …
If it looks like Dwyane Wade and sounds like Dwyane Wade then it has to be Dwyane Wade, right? Of course, unless you don’t recognize him. D-Wade went undercover to sell Gatorade at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store that appeared to be in the …
Whenever there’s a hot girl involved in the world of sports, the inevitable question always arises: will she pose in Playboy Magazine? Unfortunately for sports fans Jennie Finch was a no, but luckily athletes like Amanda Beard and Ashley …