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Much to his dismay, the Seattle Mariners decided to shut down Felix Hernandez and skip his scheduled start in the season finale on Sunday. King Felix will miss a chance at solidifying his Cy Young candidacy, but it shouldn’t matter; Hernandez …
There aren’t many places where you can do something great and be reprimanded for it seconds later, but that’s life in the NFL. Dannell Ellerbe, the second year linebacker from Georgia, picked off a pass in Baltimore’s preseason game …
You’ve probably been to several ballgames throughout you’re life and never had a chance at catching a foul ball. And getting one in BP or between innings when a player tosses one in the stands doesn’t count. Nothing compares to …
A freak out over a foot fault? Hmm, where have we seen that before. It seems like a common thing in tennis: things aren’t going well for a player so he or she starts taking it out on the judges. Yeah, like that’s really going to help keep …
Dominique Jones was drafted by the Grizzlies and traded to the Mavericks this year after spending three seasons at South Florida. The 6’4″ guard was one of the best scorers in college basketball you never heard of. He threw in 46 against …
The NFL is full of tough guys and macho men. Players compete despite having broken bones, sprained joints, and torn muscles. Regardless of the condition, coaches have expectations for players and that is for them to practice and play no matter what. …
We’ve had quite a few misadventures in bullfighting lately. Well, maybe misadventures is not the correct term since all the disasters seem to be par for the course. We’ve seen a bull gore a matador in the nuts, a wimpy matador flee the …
If Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie struggled last year because of a hip injury, the excuse for his poor 2008 season was being distracted dealing with all his fatherhood issues. Specifically, Antonio Cromartie’s kids number eight, span five …
Tim Tebow may have played well in his first preseason game with the Denver Broncos but not everything was great. We told you that his throwing motion was too long and now we’re discovering that his physical running style may need to be …
Texas A&M may have gone 6-7 last year but it wasn’t because of poor play at the quarterback position. Jerrod Johnson was a stud for the Aggies, throwing for 30 touchdowns and just eight interceptions, while adding eight more TDs on the …
With the new media age we live in, items that used to be private business within teams spills out to the public most often via players’ twitter accounts. As a result, we’ve seen the funny haircuts the Patriots, Jaguars, and Broncos all …
One of the most bizarre stories in sports the past few days has been the news that the Knicks are hiring Isiah Thomas as a consultant for the organization. This is mind-boggling on several levels. First, Thomas serves as the coach at Florida …
Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips said on Monday that he hated the Cardinals and called them bitches. Word must not have gotten to the Cards until Tuesday because when Phillips came up to bat in the bottom of the first, catcher Yadier Molina had …
Braylon Edwards was once a disgruntled receiver on a bad Cleveland Browns squad who had problems dropping the ball. After an awful game in October, Edwards beat up a club promoter and the Browns shipped him out of town to New York. Now, …
With his stint on Dancing With the Stars well in the past, Chad Ochocinco Johnson has moved onto his VH1 dating show Perfect Catch. The entire show is frivolous nonsense and tests actually confirm the loss of four IQ points per episode watched. But …
For some reason many professional sports teams this year have decided to take advantage of having so many people in the same place at the same time. The Cavaliers held a snuggie night and then the Angels later broke their record of most people …
