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Ten years ago, as the Jacksonville Jaguars took their 14-2 record and No. 1 AFC seed into the 1999 playoffs, they suffered a case of premature celebration with the early release of Uh Oh -- The Jaguars Super Bowl Song . The football gods and Touchdown Jesus responded with a crushing 33-14 loss ...
NCAA Football
Oregon Ducks
Jacksonville Jaguars
Super Bowl
Tennessee Titans
Oregon State Beavers
Although French striker Thierry Henry has admitted he cheated and believes the France/Ireland World Cup qualifier should be replayed , FIFA has rejected Ireland's request for a replay. AP columnist John Leicester draws this conclusion from the Hand of Frog incident: "Soccer players just can't be ...
Soccer
Thierry Henry
France
World Cup
FIFA
Retired NBA star Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002
NBA
Jayson Williams
Uga VII given name "Loran's Best" the Georgia mascot who roamed the sidelines of Bulldog football games, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah. He died of heart-related causes according to his owner, Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler. He was only four-years-old and had just completed his ...
Other
Over the last decade or so we've heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs in sport, and not enough about supposedly performance inhibiting drugs. Now watch an animated video recalling that day in June 1970 when the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter against the San ...
MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
November 20, 2009 SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle : A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger. posted by huddle to ...
NCAA Football
Ole Miss Rebels
Stephanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL player Chris Spielman, has died after a 12-year fight against breast cancer. She was 42. The mother of four, Spielman discovered a lump in her breast at age 30 during a self-exam. A charity fund that she created has raised more than $6.5 million for ...
NCAA Football
Ohio State Buckeyes
Greg James
In a historically close vote, Lincecum beat out the favored Cardinal pair for his second Cy Young award...in as many tries.
MLB
Cy Young
Not sure if I'd go this far, but here's a video of an entire wedding party wearing Baltimore Ravens jerseys. The bride has on a Joe Flacco #5 jersey, while the groom sports a Ray Lewis jersey. Complete with the groom imitating Lewis' pregame dance. No confirmation whether Kyle Boller caught the ...
NFL
Baltimore Ravens
Joe Flacco
Ray Lewis
Kyle Boller
November 19, 2009 SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle : A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger. posted by huddle to ...
NCAA Football
Ole Miss Rebels
Bill Harke, a professional caddy on the PGA and LPGA tours, has an awesome sports story to tell -- but it isn't about golf. He caught Tom Brady's first pass when they were both freshmen at Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif. "I just did this little out pattern, and Tom threw it right in my ...
NFL
Tom Brady
Scioscia wins the AL award after leading the Angels to the ALCS after the tragic death of Nick Adenhart. Jim Tracy wins the NL award after taking over the Rockies midseason and leading them to the playoffs.
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
ALCS
Nick Adenhart
Jim Tracy
Colorado Rockies
November 18, 2009 SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle : A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger. posted by huddle ...
NCAA Football
Ole Miss Rebels
If Real Salt Lake defeats the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS title game on Sunday, it will become the first team in an American pro sport to win a championship with a losing record. The team was 11-12-7 during the regular season, squeezing into the eighth and final playoff slot by a single point. ...
Soccer
Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy
Major League Soccer
The lone member of the NHL's 600 goal/2000 PIM club, Brendan Shanahan, announces his retirement after 21 seasons. Could head of the NHLPA be in his future?
NHL
Brendan Shanahan
The Buffalo Bills have fired head coach Dick Jauron after the team's 3-6 start, NFL.Com reported Tuesday afternoon. Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to a 13-3 record and the NFC North division title in 2001, amassed a 24-33 record leading the Bills.
NFL
Dick Jauron
Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears
Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is flying to Serbia to have fluid from a horse placenta massaged over his injured ankle. Van Persie, 26, suffered a partial tear of ligaments while playing for the Dutch national team and is expected to be out six weeks. ESPN Soccernut runs down other miracle ...
