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One of the more surprising and possibly overlooked coaching moves of the offseason was Mike Vrabel leaving Ohio State for the Houston Texans. Vrabel, a former linebacker with the Steelers, Patriots and Chiefs, got into coaching after retiring from …
Nando De Colo broke his nose during Thursday’s San Antonio Spurs-Brooklyn Nets game, but the tough guy didn’t miss much of the action. De Colo got hurt on an elbow from Andrei Kirilenko with about four minutes left in the second quarter. …
If you saw Bob Costas doing Olympics work on NBC at all Thursday, your first question probably was “what the heck is up with Bob Costas’ eye?” and why is he wearing glasses? Turns out that the veteran broadcaster developed an eye …
Once you hear how Jonas Valanciunas’ last name is pronounced, it’s not as hard to say as it looks. It’s pretty simple: val-un-chew-nas. But don’t tell that to Charles Barkley. Listening to him try to pronounce …
Chris Kaman was seen laying down on the Lakers’ bench during the third quarter on Wednesday because hey, with all the empty chairs, why not stretch out? We posted the picture and wrote about it here at LBS, and it sorta went viral. It was also …
If you were a young baseball fan during the late ’80s and early-mid ’90s, chances are you collected baseball cards and were a fan of Ken Griffey Jr. Junior just embodied cool. He had a great smile, always had his hat turned backwards, hit …
The Brooklyn Nets have rallied after a terrible start to the season that put head coach Jason Kidd’s job in jeopardy. Brooklyn was 10-21 at one point and reports said Kidd could be fired before the All-Star break. But the Nets have played well …
Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger and Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner died on Thursday at the age of 91. Though Kiner isn’t remembered as one of the greats of the game in the same context as Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle or Joe DiMaggio, he …
Hank Haney and Tiger Woods have been trading some subtle jabs over the past few weeks, and things seem to start with Haney sharing his long held view that Tiger is working out too much. Haney, who is Tiger’s former swing coach, shared his …
You know that look your wife or girlfriend gives you when she asks what the Valentine’s Day plans are and you tell her “staying home and watching you cook me dinner”? Yeah, that’s the glance LeBron James shot Dwyane Wade after …
Marshawn Lynch may have an aversion to the media, but he sure seems to love his fans. Particularly the ones holding bottles of 66 proof cinnamon-flavored whiskey. As sent in to Deadspin, Lynch was chilling at the front of a duck boat during the …
Clippers announcer Ralph Lawler is a real character. During Wednesday’s Miami Heat-Los Angeles Clippers game, Lawler and commentator Michael Smith joked about Chris Birdman Andersen’s tattoos when the Heat forward came to the free throw …
Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors were the victims of possibly the worst foul call of the season. Down to the Sacramento Kings by six in the final 30 seconds of Wednesday night’s game, Lowry took a pass and made a 3-pointer that should have …
The Los Angeles Lakers literally ran out of players in their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, yet they still won 119-108. As mentioned in our post about Chris Kaman taking a nap on the bench, the Lakers started off the game with …
The Los Angeles Lakers had so few players available for Wednesday night’s game in Cleveland, Chris Kaman decided to take advantage of all the leg room. With the Lakers up by over 20 points on the Cavaliers in the third quarter, Kaman took a …
Even though Adoree Jackson announced midday Wednesday that he was going to play college football at USC, his signed letter of intent had not been sent to the school several hours later. There has been some speculation that his father, Christopher, …
