Questions arise over buzzer beater in major high school upset
At this point, West Charlotte (N.C.) High's 62-59 upset of traditional boys basketball power Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha Catholic School stands as one of the bigger upsets of the 2012-13 season. The...
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Jon Daniels and Josh Hamilton have breakup issues after star bolts to Angels
Perhaps it's because the great relationship movie "About Last Night ..." is being broadcast as I blog this, but with Josh Hamilton changing teams on Thursday afternoon, and seeing the somewhat terse...
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Plenty of MMA on cable television this weekend
If you don't feel like leaving your home this weekend, MMA is giving you a plenty of reasons to give in to that urge. Both Friday and Saturday nights will be filled with MMA on cable television. Tune...
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LeBron, Kobe, Melo, Durant lead 2013 All-Star game vote as 1st ballot returns...
The NBA announced Thursday the first returns in the fan vote for the 2013 NBA All-Star game, and in news that will shock precisely no one, LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Kobe Bryant of the Los...
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Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy, Brent Celek, Mike Nugent headline Eagles, Bengals...
According to Alex Flanagan of the NFL Network, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has been cleared by an independent neurologist, passing his final concussion protocol test, but was already...
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The Memphis Grizzlies have hired statistical analyst John Hollinger of ESPN.com
While their widespread adoption took some time, advanced stats are now an everyday part of following the NBA. It's difficult to read about the league without hearing about True Shooting Percentage, or...
View ArticleThe Rockets and Mavericks battle for holiday song supremacy (VIDEO)
We are currently in a very festive time of year, one when we can spend time with family, enjoy the company of friends, and luxuriate in super-special blowout sales that fuel the international economy....
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Bert Tiddle the latest to claim ownership of Messi’s scoring record
My name is Bert Tiddle and you've never heard of me. I scored 123 goals while playing for Ipswich Town in 1985 and Alan Shearer still thinks he's better than me just because he can pretend he knows...
View Article2012 season in the rear view: Ryan Newman
Vitals: 14th in the points standings. 1 win, 6 top 5s, 14 top 10s. 5 DNFs. Moment to remember: Ryan Newman, king of the stealth victory. His only win in 2010 came when he held off a race dominating...
View ArticleBrad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. talk about the new 2013 car
For a brief moment, the 2012-13 offseason was over. Sprint Cup Series teams tested the new sixth generation Sprint Cup car Tuesday and Wednesday at Charlotte, and you can check out the comments from...
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President Obama: NHL players, owners need to ‘do right by your fans’
When President Barack Obama previously opined on the NHL lockout, he was on "The Tonight Show" and told Jay Leno that "ya'll should be able to figure this out. Get this done." "Ya'll" in that case...
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Young Packers fan in Clay Matthews jersey fan tells Bears’ mascot to ‘Deal...
The rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers is fierce. It's the oldest in NFL history. The two teams play on Sunday, and if the Packers win, they clinch the NFC North. The rhetoric...
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Eagles waste early comeback against Bengals with turnover-filled second half
It was the play that perhaps best typified the Philadelphia Eagles' season, though there were many more to come. With 9:59 left in the first quarter of the Cincinnati Bengals' 34-13 thumping of Andy...
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This is the perfectly timed FourFourTwo cover about ‘Arsenal’s master plan’
It's a tumultuous time at Arsenal. After getting knocked out of the Capital One Cup by League Two side Bradford in a penalty shootout, Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis apologized to the club's understandably...
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Soccer coach wins sportsmanship fans by refusing to run up score, costing...
There are plenty of examples of coaches taking the easy, bad way out, piling up points in epic blowouts to either give their team more practice time or, occasionally, massage their own ego. It's much...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius vs. a horse. Who ya got?
Oscar Pistorius is one of the fastest men on the planet, an Olympian whose achievement is all the more impressive because of the prosthetic blades on which he runs. In Qatar this week, Pistorius ran a...
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Sean Avery is now an advertising executive on Madison Ave.
Back in March, former New York Rangers über-pest Sean Avery "officially retired" from hockey, telling Bravo TV that he had thrown his skates in the Hudson River. What's Avery been up to since then,...
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Carmelo Anthony ‘day-to-day’ after scary left ankle sprain in Knicks win over...
Carmelo Anthony headed into the New York Knicks' marquee, nationally televised prime-time matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers ranked second in the NBA in points per game behind L.A. superstar Kobe...
View ArticleWatch Ben Askren get hit in the face with a cream pie
Bellator champ Ben Askren was sitting down with the nice people at Sherdog for an interview when BAM. He was hit in the face with a whipped cream pie. Who could have done something so mischievous? Yep,...
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Breakfast Buffet: At age 42, Stanley Roberts will receive his LSU diploma Friday
1. Unlike other former college basketball players who return to their former schools to finish their degrees once their NBA careers are over, ex-LSU center Stanley Roberts had more than just a...
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