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Kevin Connors and Adnan Virk were hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter on Saturday night following the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight, and one of them screwed up big time during the intros. Whomever was voicing over the intro before the show began …
The Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 101-88 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday, and there was plenty of respect exchanged between the teams after the game. Well, except for the two Celtics who skipped out early. Kevin Garnett …
Fans of Brock Lesnar may have to postpone their hopes of seeing the former UFC heavyweight champion return to the Octagon. According to UFC President Dana White, a recent meeting between the two did not go well. “The meeting we had didn’t …
There was no Triple Crown bid at the Belmont Stakes, but the finish to the race was as thrilling as it gets. Race favorite Union Rags came from behind to beat Paynter by a neck. Even though I’ll Have Another pulled out of the race because of an …
From promoting rap albums to doing weather reports on Canadian TV, Metta World Peace is always broadening his sports horizons. Now it looks like he’ll be venturing into a completely new realm — movies. TV Guide reports that the wacky …
The Mariners used six pitchers to no-hit the Dodgers in Seattle on Friday for the 10th combined no-hitter in MLB history. Mariners reliever Tom Wilhelm came in to pitch the 9th to save the 1-0 game, and his inning involved a controversy. Dodgers …
It looks like the NBA Store jumped the gun yet again. For a brief period on Friday evening, a “Beat the Heat” Oklahoma City Thunder T-shirt (pictured above) was being sold on NBA.com. If you look carefully, you’ll notice an NBA …
We already knew that Mark Cuban doesn’t mind spending money or living lavishly, so is it possible that he booked Bon Jovi to play at a party at his mansion? Delonte West says that’s the case. The Mavericks guard tweeted on Friday about …
Chad Ochocinco was released by the Patriots on Thursday after an unsuccessful season with the team. The primary reason for his release is that he never could pick up the Patriots’ offense. Or, as Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe put it, …
Alexei Ramirez received a wonderful surprise on Friday when he was presented with a replacement gold medal from the 2004 Olympics. The White Sox shortstop was part of Cuba’s gold medal winning team at the Olympics in ’04, but his medal …
We make plenty of mistakes here at LBS, so I don’t mean to pick on ESPN too heavily with this. But … you have to admit the timing and severity of this mistake was pretty amusing. LeBron James had just gone off for 45 points in Game 6 for …
The story of a Kentucky fan’s prosthetic leg that was found at sea by a shrimp boat captain has a happy ending. On Thursday, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported about a shrimp boat captain who caught a prosthetic leg that had a Kentucky …
Usain Bolt (yawn) won the 100 meter race at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, and he also ran into a girl trying to hand him flowers after the race. Bolt ran the race in 9.79 seconds, which is just absurdly fast (though not as fast as …
The Tampa Bay Rays know it’s not Labor Day yet, so they decided to get their white clothing in while they had a chance. Yup, for the team’s road trip from New York to Miami, they wore all white. Manager Joe Maddon even wore a bow tie for …
Either the Celtics believe in the power of positive thinking, or they’re the cockiest team in the NBA. Not long after they were blown out at home by the Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, the above photo was tweeted out by the …
The Heat beat the Celtics on Thursday night to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals, and that has created a packed sports schedule for Saturday. The Celtics-Heat game is scheduled to start at 8:30pm ET, and it will be competing for viewers …
