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If I was the Raiders I'd take em.......
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"Gary Bettman, the smooth-talking commissioner of the NHL,
is the most disliked man in hockey, and justifiably
so." A punchy column from The Guardian assesses Bettman's role in the current state of the NHL, from a U.K. perspective. Read Story .
Two boxing movies "Raging Bull" followed by "Rocky"
at the top. Also two baseball movies in top
5. Read Story .
Haile Gebrselassie clocks in at 2:04:26, almost a
half-minute better than the previous record. Other reports had
him sub 2:04, but I trust this IAAF report the most.
Super fan and team unofficial mascot Wilford "Crazy
Ray" Jones has died.
The former-future-hall-of-famer is reportedly intoxicated and has been
screaming insults about Padres Manager Bud Black's selection of
Jake Peavy as the opening day starter. San Diego County Sheriffs have surrounded Maddux's condo, and happened to ...
When they asked NASCAR driver Mark Martin in
2005 who he'd pick as his replacement at Roush
Racing, his answer was quick: Joey Logano. "I would put him in that car in a heartbeat," Martin said, naming a 14-year-old who wasn't even old enough to be ...
Magic Johnson's mentoring helps Warriors' Baron Davis, who
shares qualities with ex-Lakers great. Read Story .
On June 27, the U.S.S. Mariner blog wrote
an open letter to Seattle pitching coach Rafael Chaves,
telling him that talented young pitcher Felix Hernandez was getting shelled because he starts every game with fastballs and the rest of the league knows ...
No, not those Hollywood strikers . I'm talking
about Beckham's LA Galaxy beating by 12-4 Vinnie Jones's
Hollywood United FC last night to raise money for victims of the Southern CA wildfires. Apparently, England manager Steve MacLaren was in town to assess Beckham's fitness, unbeknownst to the England FA, and that is adding further controversy to an already contentious management stint.
Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter dubbed the
"blade runner" because he runs on prosthetics, has been
barred from this year's Summer Games. "An athlete using this prosthetic blade has a demonstrable mechanical advantage (more than 30 percent) ...
I calculate your team's odds of making the
playoffs and how upcoming games will impact those odds,
so you can see at a glance which of today's games matter most. Every team, division, conference and league has its own page in the tabs above. It ...
A picture of NBA star LeBron James and
the model Gisele on the cover of April's Vogue
is attracting controversy over their pose. The shot taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz has been compared by some detractors to King Kong holding Fay ...
Behind a no-hitter by the starting pitcher, Virginia
Tech defeats a team that has arrguably the best
hitting core in the history of organized softball. Read Story .
The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta ? the
1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had
18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car ? was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, where he died a short time later. ( Video ) Read Story .
On today's Mike & Mike Show on ESPN
Radio, the longtime sideline reporter reportedly compared prep basketball
phenoms to kids raised to be suicide bombers. "She said they are programmed to pursue the NBA and its big money, and likened them to ...
Losing for the first time since 2000, the
U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a
fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan. Yukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably resilient right-hander, shut down the Americans and handed them their first loss since Sept. 21, 2000 at the Sydney Games.
29-year-old Koyie Hill is in the bigs and
back behind the plate this fall for the Chicago
Cubs. Unremarkable -- except Hill cut off three fingers and a thumb with a table saw less than a year ago.
Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery, whose ex-girlfriends include
the actress Elisha Cuthbert and model Rachel Hunter, has
been suspended indefinitely by the league for the last two words in this comment: "I'm really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it's ...


Bledsoe retires