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Snedeker set for big week in Atlanta, and at Ryder Cup
Reuters - 20 Sep 2012 01:10
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Golfers often talk about pacing themselves for big events and Brandt Snedeker says that will be his top priority at this week's elite Tour Championship before making his Ryder Cup debut for the United...
Calvin Johnson Back At Practice For Lions: Fantasy Implications
SB Nation - 20 Sep 2012 17:47
Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson practiced on Thursday, a day after sitting out to rest his sore ankle. Johnson also missed a day of practice last week and still had eight catches for 94 yards in Week 2 against...
Movie Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ With Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams
The New York Times - 20 Sep 2012 23:56
“Trouble With the Curve†is the anti-“Moneyball.†The old-time scouts from that earlier film, mocked for their superstitions about “intangibles†and “instincts,†get their ...
Jets' Revis to play, calls game 'must-win'
ESPN - 20 Sep 2012 23:55
Darrelle Revis said he was cleared by doctors to face the Miami Dolphins, a huge boost for the Jets (1-1) in what he described as a pivotal AFC East matchup.
Vogue Profiles A Vogue-Appropriate Version Of Tim Tebow [Tebowmania]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 23:54
How does the nation's leading women's fashion magazine justify a profile of a homeschooled evangelical second-string football player? You Vogue him up, that's how. You make Tim Tebow into a style icon (when he's not) and...
Keyon Dooling waived by Celtics; will retire
Fox News - 20 Sep 2012 23:46
The Boston Celtics have waived veteran guard Keyon Dooling, who announced his retirement through agent Kenge Stevenson."Keyon has decided that he has given the NBA 12 good years and that it's time to pursue other interes...
Bud Selig Hopes It Takes Tiebreaker Games To Decide The Wild Cards [Bud Selig]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 23:45
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Commish ...
Late Shelvey goals lift Liverpool past Young Boys
Fox News - 20 Sep 2012 23:34
Jonjo Shelvey scored twice inside the final 14 minutes to help Liverpool get off to winning start in Group A of the Europa League as the Reds downed Swiss side Young Boys 5-3 at the Stade de Suisse on Thursday.An own goa...
Martellus Bennett Once Started A Gang Whose Sole Purpose Was To Steal Ice Cream
Sports Grid - 20 Sep 2012 23:32
Martellus Bennett is quickly carving out a niche as a lovable football goofball, the Clinton Portis of 2012. And if he can cut down on some of his mental lapses, that goofball persona -- combined with increased productio...
A's LHP Anderson out for Season With Side Strain
ABC News - 20 Sep 2012 23:21
Athletics LHP Brett Anderson out for season after straining right oblique muscle
Fun With Graphs: How UFC Fights End, Sorted By Weight Class [UFC]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 23:15
Reed Kuhn, of the excellent Fightnomics, has run the numbers, and they've been graphed. Are there more knockouts and stoppages the higher you go in weight? A resounding yes. Don't you love it when the conventional wisdom...
Bats: Keith Hernandez to Shave Mustache at Mets' Final Home Game
The New York Times - 20 Sep 2012 23:14
The graying mustache will be shaved by a barber in the plaza outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field on Sept. 27.
Jerry Sandusky Has Been Implicated In A 1970s Child Prostitution Ring
Sports Grid - 20 Sep 2012 23:13
The New York Daily News is reporting that 48-year-old Greg Bucceroni of Philadelphia has sent an email to Poly Prep, a high school in Brooklyn, claiming that he was a child prostitute in a ring that included several men,...
Tim Tebow Poses For Vogue Magazine, Hints At Political Aspirations After Football
IBTimes - 20 Sep 2012 22:58
Although he hasn't been much of a factor for the New York Jets so far this season, Tim Tebow is again the talk of New York because of his appearance in an upcoming photo spread in Vogue magazine. Famed photographer Annie...
Rose blossoms at East Lake with fast finish
Reuters - 20 Sep 2012 22:46
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Britain's Justin Rose sank a curling birdie putt from 52 feet at the par-three last to grab an early one-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the elite Tour Championship.
Here's A Picture Of JaVale McGee Riding His Segway [That's So Javale]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 22:45
Reader Patrick sends us this picture of JaVale McGee riding his Segway around the 16th Street Mall in the heart of downtown Denver. Because McGee keeps his followers regularly updated on Twitter, we went to see if McGee ...
RGIII says Rams took 'cheap' shots
USA Today - 20 Sep 2012 22:35
Redskins QB sloughs off rough play but hopes Bengals will be "more professional."
Goal: A Little Traveling Music
The New York Times - 20 Sep 2012 22:33
Soaking up the cultural offerings through the itinerant life of a professional soccer player can be an education.
Golf Tidbits: Couples narrowly makes Hall of Fame
Fox News - 20 Sep 2012 22:33
"I don't know exactly the full criteria of becoming a Hall of Famer," Fred Couples admitted Wednesday at the press conference that announced his election to the Hall of Fame.The criteria for PGA Tour players to make the ...
Free Alex Smith's Hat! [Capgate]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 22:25
Yesterday, Alex Smith revealed that the NFL has threatened him with $15,000 fines if he continues to wear his San Francisco Giants cap during press conferences. It's non-approved gear from a competing league, you see, an...
Ballhawk Zack Hample Was Kicked Out Of Nationals Park Last Night, And He Is Pissed About It [Zack Hample]
Dead Spin - 20 Sep 2012 22:11
We've met Zack Hample before, and we haven't exactly been kind to him. That's because Hample is a ballhawk—a member of that fraternity of obsessive dudes who hang around ballparks and trample babies whenever Omar I...
Chad Johnson avoids jail time
USA Today - 20 Sep 2012 22:07
The former NFL wideout agreed to a plea with Miami prosecutors.