SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Mark Sanchez Is The Second-Worst Quarterback In The NFL
Through seven weeks, Peyton Manning (79.4) has himself in a familiar position, ranked as the best quarterback in the NFL based on ESPN's Total QBR (scale of 0-100) which measures a player's all-around...
View ArticleRUMOR: Rory McIlroy To Join Tiger Woods As Face Of Nike Golf For As Much As...
Rory McIlroy, the number one ranked golfer in the world, is set to hit the endorsement free agency market at the end of the year. According to Brian Keogh of the Irish Times, there is speculation that...
View ArticleThe NBA Made A Super-Intense Ad That Will Make You Anxious For The Season To...
After two weeks of preseason NBA games, we can say without any doubt that we're excited for meaningful basketball to start. That will come in exactly one week with three games, two of which will be...
View ArticleVegas Sportsbooks Think Notre Dame Is More Of A Pretender Than A Contender
Notre Dame is in the top five of the BCS for the first time since 2006. And despite being 7-0 against what some feel is the toughest schedule in college football, the gamblers are giving the Fighting...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Is Still A Winner, Even If Official History Says He Cheated
Speaking as an ex-bike racer and a cycling fan, I never really liked Lance Armstrong. I was always an Eddy Merckx man. I admired how he would begin his season in the mud and rain of the early Spring...
View ArticleRussian NBA Player Explains Culture Shock With An Anecdote About Bribing Cops
Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Alexey Shved is getting a ton of help in his transition to the NBA from fellow Russian player Andrei Kirilenko. Kirilenko has been in the league for 10 years, and he's...
View ArticleCardinals Player Destroys Car To Honor Late Mother And Support Breast Cancer...
NFL players and coaches continue to wear pink this month to support breast cancer awareness. And while cancer has touched the lives of most people in one form or another, for Nick Eason of the Arizona...
View ArticleThe NBA Embraces The Positional Revolution In A Very Subtle Way
The NBA removed the center position from the All Star ballot this year. In a move that reflects the league-wide trend away from traditional positional distinctions, fans will instead vote for two...
View ArticleThe 15 Best Quarterbacks In The NFL Right Now
With nearly half of the NFL season gone, the quarterback hierarchy is finally reverting to form. By averaging three very different statistical metrics — traditional QB rating, ESPN's Total QBR, and...
View ArticleThis Behind-The-Back Drop Shot Might Be The Tennis Shot Of The Year
This comes from an indoor tournament in Switzerland between Grigor Dimitrov and Viktor Troicki. The 62nd-ranked Dimitrov hit an insane behind-the-back drop shot by seemingly dangling his racquet...
View ArticleFamed Coach Wants To Lower The Rims In Women's Basketball To Make Sport More...
Geno Auriemma, who has led the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team to seven national titles, feels the sport is not as popular as it should be. And to fix the problem, Auriemma told...
View ArticleThe 10 Highest-Paid Players In This Year's World Series
Despite the success of some small-payroll teams in Major League Baseball this season, the two teams in the World Series are both among the eight teams with the largest payrolls. The Tigers ($132.3...
View ArticleSandoval Becomes Unlikely Hero, Ties World Series Record With Three Home Runs...
Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval did something that had only happened four times in the history of baseball. He hit three home runs in a World Series game to carry San Francisco to a game one...
View ArticleThree Clips That Sum Up Justin Verlander's Dismal World Series Performance
If you would have been told before the season that Justin Verlander was going to face Barry Zito in game one of the World Series, you would have thought the Giants were in for a world of hurt. But it...
View ArticleThe Lakers' Awful Preseason Has Exposed A Major Flaw
The Lakers are 0-7 in the preseason for a very simple reason: depth. The starting five of Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol, and Dwight Howard is terrifying. But look what the...
View ArticleCheerleader With A Prosthetic Leg Nominated For A College Football Award
If Patience Beard's prosthetic leg didn't have zebra stripes, you might not know that the Arkansas cheerleader had one of her legs amputated as a child. And she is doing so well, that she has been...
View ArticleHow To Tell Your Favorite Sports Team Is For Sale
Today, Bloomberg is hosting the Dealmakers Summit, where a bunch of private equity heavy-hitters talk about the nitty-gritty of the business. So far, one of the most fascinating panels has been about...
View ArticleSPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Passing In The NFL Continues To Skyrocket
At some point, the onslaught of passing in the NFL will slow down. But we aren't there yet. Not even close. This season, the NFL is averaging 480.8 yards passing per game. And while that number will...
View ArticleNBA Backpedals, Will Not Place Ads On Uniforms...For Now
The NBA angered a lot of fans earlier this year when the league approved the addition of ads to jerseys starting in the 2013-14 season. However, according to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, the NBA has...
View ArticleThese Boston College American Flag Uniforms Are Hideous
Boston College will wear these Under Armor uniforms against Maryland on Saturday. They are part of the Wounded Warrior project, which is great, but they're also a bit loud. The gold clashes with the...
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