Aaron Rodgers sympathizes with Alex Smith’s plight in San Francisco
Not every quarterback controversy in the NFL is a pick-your-self-inflicted poison like the New York Jets face with Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. Sometimes, an NFL team is fortunate enough to have two...
View Article2012 season in the rear view: Jeff Gordon
Vitals: 1oth in the points standings. 2 wins, 11 top 5s, 18 top 10s. 5 DNFs. Moment to remember: Yeah, yeah, yeah, there was that whole thing at Phoenix. But we're saving that for Clint Bowyer....
View ArticleThe bank is open for star Ohio PG Jack Gibbs on game-winning 3 from midcourt
In an age of near universal round-the-clock ATM access and online banking, in a sense the bank is always open. On Saturday a top point guard proved that it's always open for final shots as well. As...
View ArticleEvery team in youth league sponsored by White Sox will have ‘Sox’ in name
The Chicago White Sox recently went to several youth baseball and softball leagues in the Chicago area with a tantalizing offer for the upcoming season: The team would sponsor the entire league,...
View ArticleWatch a flying reverse triangle choke (VIDEO)
Canadian fighter Wolfgang Janssen doesn't have a nickname. Perhaps he doesn't have because his name is Wolfgang Janssen, and a nickname is not necessary. Perhaps it's because he can do stuff like this,...
View ArticleWeek 16 Power Rankings: 49ers, Patriots swap places at the top
1 San Francisco 49ers (10-3-1) Last week: 2 Going into Foxboro and building a 31-3 lead en route to a 41-34 upset of a Patriots team that rarely loses at home in December warrants moving the 49ers up...
View ArticleNHL has an emotional neutrality problem with hockey fans thanks to lockout
Whenever a pundit wants to blame the fans for the NHL lockout, that belief is rooted in the idea that we'll always come back to the League no matter how many work stoppages we suffer through. Darren...
View ArticleDale Murphy’s son draws great cartoon in support of Hall of Fame dad
As he faces his 15th and final year of eligibility on the writers' Hall of Fame ballot, Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy has received a lot of social media campaigning from his eight children. Eldest...
View ArticleSerge Ibaka has career night as Thunder trounce Spurs for 11th straight win...
Lots of NBA fans got pretty amped in the hours before Monday night's tilt between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs when we learned that Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson — who had missed...
View ArticleTommy Tuberville’s Texas Tech exit parodied by Taiwanese animation
Tommy Tuberville has now been immortalized by Taiwanese animation. Tuberville has been vilified since abruptly leaving Texas Tech to fill the vacancy at Cincinnati. But recruit Devonte Danzey claiming...
View ArticleGoalkeeper trick shots in a winter wonderland
When we last left former UNC Asheville goalkeeper Lassi Hurskainan, he was in his native Finland preventing people from drinking while boating. Well, he's still in Finland but the snow has fallen and...
View ArticleMichigan unveils new(ish) uniforms for the Outback Bowl
Michigan will be sporting new uniforms for the Outback Bowl against South Carolina and they're not all that exciting. Sorry. I know anytime a tradition-rich program like Michigan changes its uniforms...
View ArticleCheck out photos from ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ 16 finale
Check out Tracy Lee's pictures from the finale of UFC's 16th edition of "The Ultimate Fighter." Catch Pat Barry's knockout, Rustam Khabilov's suplex and more.
View ArticleMets prospect acquired in R.A. Dickey trade tweets anti-gay slur
Noah Syndergaard, a top pitching prospect the New York Mets acquired in a trade from the Toronto Blue Jays this week for Cy Young knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, presumably tweeted and deleted an anti-gay...
View ArticleCeltic offer to replace Christmas gifts stolen from London children’s hospital
London police are investigation the theft of 20 wrapped Christmas presents stolen from a non-public area of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (which was represented in the London Olympics'...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s 10 funniest hockey bloopers of 2012
Through New Year's Eve, your friends at Puck Daddy fondly recall the Year in Hockey for 2012, such as it wasn't. Tim Brent never felt so alone. When the Carolina Hurricanes forward accepted a cross-ice...
View Article5-year-old drops incredible 49ers rap with full faux Kaepernick tattoos
The world's biggest 49ers fan may not even be old enough to spell her own name, let alone the last name of the team's star quarterback. As brought to Prep Rally's attention by Off the Bench, 5-year-old...
View ArticleNick Saban says he wanted Drew Brees in Miami; Brees isn’t quite so sure
Nick Saban's sanctification as a national championship-winning coach in Alabama has largely obscured the fact that he was a washout as an NFL coach during his two years in Miami. But for Saban, that's...
View ArticleFour midseason transfers capable of making an impact for their new teams
My colleague Kyle Ringo already devoted a post to the most notable midseason transfer, Missouri guard Jabari Brown, who will be counted on to ease the pressure on Phil Pressey and replace some of the...
View ArticleTarget Practice, Week 15: Let’s review the Danario Alexander debacle
Entering Week 15, Chargers receiver Danario Alexander was looking like a must-start fantasy asset. He'd just roasted Pittsburgh, the NFL's top-ranked pass defense, for 88 yards and two TDs. Alexander...
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