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Wondering how Tom Brady and Wes Welker would get along after Gisele ripped the Patriots’ receivers for dropping passes in the Super Bowl? Apparently they’re doing just fine. X17 Online published several photos of Tom and wife Gisele on …
Mets pitcher Jon Niese reported to spring training with a new look this week. Yup, Niese got a nose job and says he’s lost 10 pounds since getting it done because his breathing is now improved. But the reason he got it done is the best part. …
Many people were wondering about Jeremy Lin’s reaction to the offensive ESPN mobile headline that appeared after the Knicks’ loss Friday night. Lin, who heard similar racial taunts in college, is forgiving. “I don’t think it …
ESPN announced Sunday that they fired the employee responsible for the offensive Jeremy Lin headline that appeared on their mobile website after Friday’s game. They also announced that TV anchor Max Bretos was suspended 30 days for using the …
What’s more surprising than Steve Novak scoring 14 points on 4-5 shooting from three-point range is that “Discount Double Check” has become the way people refer to a title belt celebration. That is some impressive branding work by …
Even the founder of Facbook seems to have caught the Linsanity fever. Yup, Mark Zuckerberg, who is not known as a sports fan, checked in at the Knicks-Mavericks game Sunday. Maybe he was there to support Jeremy Lin who also attended Harvard. Only the …
Not even star players from foreign countries are immune to a little rookie hazing. Timberwolves forward Kevin Love tweeted Sunday that teammate Ricky Rubio would be wearing the Justin Bieber backpack seen above for the rest of the season. It’s …
Some women have no shame. Yes, one female fan brought a Jeremy Lin sign to the Knicks-Mavericks game saying “I want you LINside me.” She was proud enough to wave it during the game too, and the ABC cameras actually showed it:
Phil Mickelson hit an errant tee shot on the Par-4 15th hole of the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles Saturday that actually ended up in a spectator’s shorts. Yes, the ball literally ended up stuck in a fan’s shorts. Mickelson sliced his …
Randy Moss did not play in the NFL last season, but he announced last week he’s planning to make a comeback for the upcoming season. Warren Sapp, his former teammate in Oakland, says he wouldn’t sign the wide receiver. “I’ve already …
Even though they play different sports and one was much more well known in college than the other, there is a great deal of similarity between the way the media and fans have attached themselves to Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin. There was nothing more …
Turns out ESPN Mobile and ESPN television anchor Max Bretos weren’t the only ones to use an offensive slur against Asians when discussing Jeremy Lin. Knicks radio voice Spero Dedes did too. On his final call of the Knicks’ 89-85 loss to …
The information shared in a private conversation between Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett and a fan became public when the fan, eager to share his story with friends, wrote about the experience on a blog, forcing the coach to deny their …
MSG had already toed the line of racism when they showed a picture (or fan’s sign) of Jeremy Lin’s face above a fortune cookie Wednesday. ESPN has gone clear past that line and straight into the offensive with the above headline seen on …
Gary Carter only spent five seasons in New York, but the city loved him enough to light up the Empire State Building in the Mets’ orange and blue colors Friday in his honor. Carter died Thursday because of brain cancer. He was an 11-time …
A feud between Shaq and Jalen Rose that has been brewing since at least 2010 reappeared on Thursday night. Jalen, now a DUI getting, racist statement making NBA analyst for ESPN, sent the following tweet Thursday evening mocking Shaq’s girth: …
