Larry Brown Sports
Brown Bag it, Baby
You remember Nate Smith, don’t you? He’s the 11-year-old boy who made a $50,000 shot at halftime of a charity hockey game a few weeks ago. At the time we told you there might be an issue with Smith collecting the $50,000 prize. The …
As we get closer to the start of the NFL season, we’ll continue to provide you fantasy football advice. We’ve given you tips on a few different running backs and quarterbacks thus far, and now it’s time for a few sleeper tight ends …
Earlier this week we told you that a baby giraffe was born at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Bay Area last Friday. The folks in charge at Six Flags decided to name the giraffe after Giants rookie Brandon Belt. Incidentally, Belt’s nickname with …
The man who will soon be known as Metta World Peace has made a guarantee. Appearing live on Stephen A. Smith’s radio show Wednesday night, Ron Artest expressed confidence in the Lakers’ ability to win a title in the upcoming season. …
Oscar de la Hoya is out of rehab and apparently trying to cleanse his soul. He admitted in a recent interview with Univision that he cheated on his wife, though his qualifier was that it wasn’t on the Tiger Woods level. He also admitted that …
The Yankees and Red Sox are two of the most popular teams in baseball. They routinely pack the house for home and road games and they draw the biggest ratings on TV. They have the best players and they both are extremely successful. Oh yeah, and when …
Ryan Braun took an amazing tumble during Wednesday night’s Brewers-Cardinals game. Braun fell after rounding third and was tagged out, keeping him from recording an inside-the-park home run. On Thursday, Braun’s Brewers teammates decided …
A Lexington, Ky. family has carved John Calipari’s face into a 10 acre field of corn. The maze is part of the Giants Corn Maze at Kelley Farms, a Halloween attraction that’s open from late September-October. In addition to the Calipari …
Virginia Tech had a female kicker try out for their team on Monday and she left a positive impression. Lauren Luttrell, who kicked for Spotsylvania High in Virginia last year, decided to see if she could walk-on to Virginia Tech as a kicker. The …
In the span of a few months, Alex Morgan and many of the players on the U.S. women’s soccer team went from unknowns to celebrities. Morgan, Hope Solo, and Abby Wambach seemed to have gained the most notoriety since the World Cup. They’ve …
Ryan Braun is one of the most talented players in baseball. He has a good throwing arm, he hits for power, and he has speed on the bases. Unfortunately the speed doesn’t really matter if he can’t stay upright. Witness: Hey, at least he …
We have a category here at LBS we like to call “screw ups,” and it’s a place we file anything from headline mistakes to broadcasting blunders. As you could imagine, it’s a category no publisher or broadcaster ever wants to …
Giants rookie Brandon Belt has been nicknamed “baby giraffe” by the team’s broadcasters. The nickname is a reference to Belt’s goofy style and all around awkwardness. In that regard, he is not too dissimilar from a baby …
The UFC recently announced a groundbreaking deal that will see their events televised on FOX four times a year for the next eight years. It’s the type of partnership that can help MMA go mainstream, which is something I’ve openly …
Jon Bones Jones is defending himself against accusations that he has a spy in Rampage Jackson’s camp. Writing on Twitter Tuesday, Jones addressed Jackson, taking a shot at him in the process. “Just so you know, I’m not a person who …
Fans watching the Rams-Chiefs preseason game last Friday may have noticed something different about Steven Jackson. The St. Louis running back was missing his trademark dreadlocks hanging out the back of his helmet. The story behind the missing …
