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Archives for January 2012

Oregon High Schooler Taylor Travess Compares Win to ‘Losing Your Virginity’

When high school players have microphones in their faces, they typically don’t know what to say.  The art of giving an interview is an acquired skill.  Even college players oftentimes have trouble with postgame press conferences (see: Holloway, …

Giants Punter Steve Weatherford Rips Jets, Former Coach Mike Westhoff

After the Giants hit a game-winning kick to defeat the Niners in the NFC Championship game, punter Steve Weatherford went crazy. Weatherford was the holder on the play, and the snap wasn’t perfect. The muddy conditions made life difficult, but …

Andre Ethier Punks Dustin Pedroia, Poses as Boston Radio Caller (Audio)

You know how they say what goes around comes around?  An American League MVP found out exactly what that phrase means on Wednesday afternoon.  You might remember a few months back when Dustin Pedroia pranked David Ortiz by telling him the Red Sox …

Rex Grossman: Redskins Were a Damn Good 5-11, You Didn’t Want to Play Us

We love you, Rex Grossman.  We really do.  We admire the fact that you can go from starter, to backup, to starter, to Super Bowl, to backup, to starter, to backup, to kind of starter and just take it like a man.  Mike Shanahan has not exactly given …

Ben Crane Jokes About Returning to His Gymnastic Roots in Viral Video

This Ben Crane character is quite the hoot. Back in April, we shared the dance video he made to prove he wasn’t some boring stiff. Now he’s released a video called “The Lost Love,” where he talks about returning to his …

NFL Will Allow Players to Tweet During Pro Bowl at Designated Tweet Stations

The NFL is always looking for ways to spice up the Pro Bowl. As we all know, the Pro Bowl now takes place between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. Although the game is still painfully boring, the NFL thought more people would …

Cleveland Sports Writer Reportedly Pulled from Browns Beat for Calling Team Owner ‘A Pathetic’ and ‘Irrelevant’ Figure

Tony Grossi used to be the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Browns beat writer. Cleve Scene says Grossi was pulled from the job because of a spiteful tweet directed at team owner Randy Lerner. Here’s what he wrote about Lerner last week: Some …

Blues’ Andy McDonald Calls Alex Ovechkin Skipping All-Star Game ‘Classless’

Alex Ovechkin is currently serving a three-game suspension for a hit against Pittsburgh’s Zbynek Michalek that the NHL deemed illegal. Whether he deserves the suspension or not has become overshadowed by Ovechkin’s decision to skip the …

Nike Introduces New Platinum Uniforms for Nine College Teams (Pictures)

What do you think?  Personally I think they all look too similar.  According to a press release that Kentucky Sports Radio passed along, Nike will soon be introducing the Nike Hyper Elite Platinum uniform for select college basketball teams, all of …

Mark Cuban Says Letting Players Play for Olympic Team is ‘Stupidity,’ Calls Olympic Basketball ‘Meaningless’

Above all else, Mark Cuban is a businessman. That is the reason he is one of the most successful men in America. He may love guys like Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd on a personal level, but at the end of the day, they are assets to his company. Cuban …

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Carlos Beltran Says Mets Fans Should Get Over the 2006 NLCS

Any highly-paid player who does not bring a championship to a bitter fan base is at risk of becoming a scapegoat.  When the Mets signed Carlos Beltran to a seven-year, $119 million contract back in 2005, their fans immediately began thinking …

Calvin Johnson Flies Lions Wide Receivers to Pro Bowl as a Thank You

Unfortunately for all you die hard Pro Bowl fans out there, the best receiver in the NFL will not be able to participate this weekend.  Calvin Johnson has been nursing a sore Achilles tendon, meaning he will have to miss the big game.  However, he is …

Jason Terry Raffling Off Duplicate Championship Ring for Traveling Team

The time has finally come. The Dallas Mavericks are set to receive their championship rings on Wednesday night before they play the Timberwolves. After some speculation that Mark Cuban was going to come up with something more unique than rings, he …

Lightning Fans Campaigning to Save Mascot Thunderbug’s Job

I hate to say I told ya so, but I did.  People were blasting this Bruins fan last week for flipping out on the Tampa Bay Lightning Mascot, Thunderbug, after Thunderbug sprayed him directly in the face with silly string.  After the fan became enraged …

Jim Courier Asks Novak Djokovic One of the Dumbest Questions You’ll Hear (Video)

I’m pretty sure former world No. 1 and current analyst/reporter Jim Courier was trying to ask Novak Djokovic a question about his conditioning Wednesday, but whatever he intended to say came out all wrong. Novak beat David Ferrer in straight …

Jorge Posada Is a Hall of Fame Catcher

How is it possible for someone to play 17 seasons for the Yankees, win four World Series, make five All-Star games, and still be underrated? Maybe we should ask Jorge Posada, because he managed to do it. Posada held an emotional press conference …

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