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Melky Cabrera will be this year’s batting champion, according to projection...
And you thought Jose Reyes got people fired up with the way he sat his way to a National League batting title last year. As has been mentioned more than a few times since the news of Melky Cabrera's...
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Vanessa Bryant did not have her cosmetic surgeries to keep Kobe happy, she...
We read it, so you don't have to. Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has clearly had some cosmetic surgery, recently, but she swears it's just regular cosmetic surgery, and not "trying to keep Kobe Bryant on...
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Tip Drill: Twelve late-round fantasy sleepers for 2012 drafts. Shhhh.
The term "sleeper" might just be the most dangerous word in fantasy, but it's also the most tantalizing. Depending on the size, shape and composition of your league, the word can mean very different...
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Texas A&M and Colorado name starting quarterbacks
College football has two new starting quarterbacks this year. Texas A&M announced that redshirt freshman Johnny Manziel will take the Aggies' season-opening snaps, and Jordan Webb, a transfer from...
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Alabama fan sports $1,700 tattoo and it is glorious (PHOTO)
America is in an economic recession, so people are cutting back and using their money for necessities — like groceries, gas and a $1,700 Alabama back tattoo. Yep, necessities. It is college football...
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NJ Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek nearing deal after dodging bankruptcy
What a difference a few months makes for the New Jersey Devils. They went from middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference to a Stanley Cup Finalist (before seeing their captain take his puck and go...
View ArticleRussell Westbrook is kind of a jerk, mustard-wise, but James Harden is...
Whether your taste in apparel runs toward teal "EVERY DAMN DAY" T-shirts, track pants and crew socks that make you look sort of like a grampa when worn with sneakers and shorts, or (like mine) away...
View ArticleMissy Franklin appears on Leno hours before her first day of school (VIDEO)
While most high school seniors spend the last night before the first day of school getting ready for the upcoming year, Missy Franklin spent hers a little differently: She appeared on "The Tonight Show...
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Opening Time: Felix Hernandez is perfect; can Eric Young survive Jim Tracy?
Yes, Felix Hernandez is getting the lead bullet today — but it's going to be a tidy one. What is left to debate on Hernandez, anyway? We all know he's an elite pitcher. We all see the accrued and...
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Joe Posnanski writes a column explaining the challenges of writing Joe...
When Joe Posnanski began writing a book on former coach Joe Paterno, he had no idea it would take such a crazy turn. One day, Posnanski was writing about a great man, coach and molder of young minds...
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Jaromir Jagr in a Dallas Stars jersey: Awkward, considering it’s the wrong...
All this hullabaloo about the Collective Bargaining Agreement has helped obscure some of next season's most significant storylines. Like, for example, the fact that Jaromir Jagr is in the Western...
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Jay-Z’s profile about his work with the Brooklyn Nets reveals a strange NBA...
So, this is an odd one. In detailing Brooklyn Nets part-owner Jay-Z's influence on the team he has a financial stake in; the New York Times dropped a strange little bombshell that we can't quite get...
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Gabby Douglas gets a makeover, fueling more ridiculous debate about her hair
Whether it was badminton teams losing matches on purpose, dubious refereeing in the fencing competition or North Korean soccer players taking the field under the wrong flag, the London Games featured...
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More rookie nightmares: Brenton Bersin’s car rendered undriveable
You know what would be a bad feeling? Walking out to the parking lot and seeing your car wrapped in layers and layers of plastic wrap. You know what would be even worse? Working get all that sticky,...
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Which top player will miss Rafael Nadal the least at the US Open?
Rafael Nadal isn't playing the US Open and his top competitors all expressed similar disappointment at the absence of their fierce rival. While we believe the sentiment expressed by Roger Federer,...
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Create-a-Caption: ‘Hmm … so how much *is* this going to stink?’
The media could ask Arron Afflalo whatever they wanted during the press conference introducing him as a member of the Orlando Magic; he, and he alone, would be asking the truly meaningful questions....
View ArticleDTotD: Israel keeper gets big air, does faceplant after collision with opponent
During the second half of Israel's friendly against Hungary on Wednesday, Israel keeper Dudu Aouate played a game of chicken against Hungary striker Adam Szalai and nobody won. Aouate decided to be...
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Kansas City Chiefs fan has a Chiefs glass eye (PHOTO)
This is Steve Graham. Steve lost an eye in an accident 45 years ago, right around the time he became a die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan. A few years ago, he had an artificial eye made with the team's...
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Who do you trust to fix NHL revenue sharing: Owners or the players?
The single most overrated victory in collective bargaining between the NHL's owners and players will be in the "public relations war", because one side never had a chance to claim victory. The owners...
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Jim Harbaugh gets over his officiating headache, may have had the NFL’s help
It's pretty clear that around the NFL, head coaches are apoplectic over the inconsistency (there's a tactful word) of the league's replacement officials. After Saturday's 20-9 loss to the Houston...
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