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Away from all the fines and drama, the San Antonio Spurs have the NBA’s best...
Out of nowhere, out of quite literally 15 years of acting the nice guys and go-to role models, the San Antonio Spurs are suddenly a bunch of bad dudes. The team was fined a quarter of a million bucks...
View ArticleOutside the Game: Alfred Morris goes from humble beginnings to the top of the...
Few expected him to walk away with the franchise records for carries and rushing yards by a rookie, but Washington Redskins rookie running back Alfred Morris always believed he could make it in the...
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Early career change enabled Illinois-Chicago coach Howard Moore to find his...
Long before he burned through his cell phone battery every day wooing high school hoops prospects, Illinois-Chicago coach Howard Moore spent his workdays delivering a slightly different kind of sales...
View ArticleDouble-pass Hail Mary ends first half of California sectional championship
At this point in the prep football season, everyone has seen a few Hail Marys. Similarly, everyone has seen their share of wide receiver option passes. Wide receiver option Hail Marys? That's not so...
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Create-a-Caption: Tayshaun Prince can’t believe he’s this open
"Like, I know nobody has watched us play in about two years, and I don't expect everyone to know I'm shooting nearly 47 percent from the floor, 44 percent from 3-point range and 85 percent from the...
View ArticleJohnny Manziel presents David Letterman’s Top 10 list (VIDEO)
Johnny Manziel already had the Heisman Trophy, the unending devotion of Texas A&M fans and a model girlfriend, and then he got to appear on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday. We've...
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Like it or not, Atlanta’s getting a new football stadium, and the Georgia...
The Georgia Dome is a perfectly serviceable football arena in downtown Atlanta, a 71,000-seat facility opened in 1992 that's hosted everything from Super Bowls to Final Fours to Olympics events. And...
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LeBron James, after Charles Barkley criticized Dwyane Wade’s play: ‘Charles...
To someone with an eye for advanced statistics, there are a whole lot of markers that point to a decline in Dwyane Wade's athleticism. His rebounding, steal, and block rates are all way off from last...
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Craig Peacock of the Belfast Giants gruesomely shows you what skate to face...
Above is Craig Peacock of the Belfast Giants in more attractive times dancing to Mariah Carey and post-injury from over the weekend. You might remember the 24-year old forward from his featured role in...
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Mostly NFL Notes: Adrian Peterson a medical marvel
Since returning from injury, DeMarco Murray has 44 carries for 136 yards, good for a 3.1 YPC mark, although he's salvaged fantasy value by scoring twice. Among Murray's 21 rushing attempts Sunday, his...
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John Axford hangs his Robert Goulet mustache award among cherished liquor
Some professional athletes gather their trophies and stow them in their closets or basements, never to see them again until they put them up for sale in order to raise some cash. Others, like Greg...
View ArticleCalifornia title game mysteriously hosts 6,000+ fans on just 3,789 sold tickets
Corona (Calif.) Centennial High's CIF state regional Open Division championship victory against Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne should be remembered for Centennial's near miraculous last minute touchdown...
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Target Practice, Week 14: Last call on Josh Gordon
Programming note: It's a travel day for the author, so this week you're getting a just-the-facts version of Target Practice, free of bullets. I could have pushed this feature back a day, but I like to...
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Baseball signed by 1929 Yankees hits auction after being owned by a...
Back in 1929, a group of New York Yankees that included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig signed a baseball. It ended up in the possession of a Benedictine monk who placed it in his room at St. Benedict's...
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Blake Griffin says Terrell Owens wanted to play basketball for the Clippers
Terrell Owens, NBA player? It could have happened this past summer. The L.A. Clippers' Blake Griffin, speaking Tuesday morning on "The Dan Patrick Show," said Owens wanted to latch on to the Clips....
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Ilya Bryzgalov is a cosmonaut; NHL/NHLPA meeting scheduled; KO punch AHL...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • So much to love in this...
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Paul Tagliabue finds ‘conduct detrimental,’ but vacates all Saints player...
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has issued his ruling after hearing from parties on all sides in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, and Roger Goodell's predecessor has made a surprising...
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Zoila Gurgel has a good sense of humor about being choked out (VIDEO)
Bellator champion Zoila Gurgel lost by technical submission in a non-title fight to Jessica Eye over the weekend. It was an impressive showing by Eye, who is 9-1. A standing arm triangle isn't a...
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West Ham banner (with wrong colors) appears in episode of The Simpsons
West Ham made an unlikely appearnce in The Simpsons during a recent episode titled "The day the earth stood cool." A banner featuring the Hammers' crest and a yellow and green color scheme (instead of...
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ESPN axes BracketBusters, ending an innovative event that outlived its...
Like the last embers of a campfire, BracketBusters died quietly Tuesday. ESPN's announcement that it will end the made-for-TV mid-major showcase after its 11th edition this February did not spark much...
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