Everything is racist these days. Even the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, apparently. At least that is the latest tempest in a teapot being stirred by our busy race merchants. The website Jezebel is the latest to stir the pot claiming that because SI used locations on all seven continents and featured people in native garb [...]
Sports Illustrated has a fascinating look at the shadowy underworld of sports science con men who are peddling just about anything they can think of to desperate players. If you thought Manti Te’o was naive for falling for the fake girlfriend hoax, he’ll fit right in as a professional athlete as his brethren are trying [...]
If you were thinking that someone should have trademarked the terms “Harbowl” or “The Harbaugh Bowl,” you’re a little late to the party. Someone got that bright idea last year, when the possibility of a the San Francisco 49ers (coached by Jim Harbaugh) and the Baltimore Ravens (coached by John Harbaugh) were potential opponents, before [...]
Deadspin broke the news that broke the Internet this afternoon that Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te’o’s from Notre Dame’s famed dead girlfriend was a long running and elaborate hoax. It’s a very complicated story, but was summarized by Deadspin writers Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey in these paragraphs: There was no Lennay Kekua. Lennay Kekua [...]
Jack Curry from the YES Network is reporting that New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra is seriously considering joining Twitter. Breaking news: Yogi Berra said he is thinking of joining Twitter. I am serious. Dave Kaplan, his right hand, is pushing for it. — Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) January 10, 2013 I have three possible first [...]
As you may know by now Katherine Webb is the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. During Monday night’s BCS National Championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame ESPN’s Brent Musburger had some pretty kind words for Webb, and Auburn graduate and the current Miss Alabama. “Wow, I’m telling you. You quarterbacks, you get all [...]
The year’s only two day’s old, but I doubt we’re going to see a more highlight-reel worthy play in college football this year. That’s South Carolina sophomore defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney destroying Michigan running back Vincent Smith and forcing a fumble (which he scooped up one handed) in yesterday’s Outback Bowl. Because of draft rules [...]
For the last year runner Suzy Favor Hamilton, a 3 time U.S. Olympian and 9 time NCAA individual champion, worked for Haley Heston’s Private Collection escort service as a $600/hr prostitute under name Kelly Lundy. The Smoking Gun broke the story today ending her new career. [W]hen working as an escort, she inexplicably shared her [...]
Some things you just need to see to believe… XFC fighter Nick Newell won the XFC Lightweight Championship last night. He did so quickly (in about a minute and a half), and convincingly. What makes worth watching is that Newell was born with a condition called congenital amputation; his left arm stops just past his [...]
Tragic news today from Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports: The argument apparently started about 1 a.m. Saturday, when Kasandra Perkins returned to her Kansas City home from the Trey Songz concert at The Midland and drinks afterward with friends. Her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, lived with her and was mad that [...]
On Saturday EPSN’s College GameDay profiled Rutgers’ superfan Anthony Starego, an autistic teenager who recently kicked a game-winning field goal to help his high school football team in Brick, New Jersey upset Toms River North. It’s a piece you really shouldn’t miss, and one you’ll want to share with friends. You can read more about [...]
Flush off a dramatic 22-13 victory over USC to extend their unbeaten season and propel them into the BCS College Football Championship Game, number 1 ranked Notre Dame is sky-high right now after being largely irrelevant on the college football scene for the past two decades. ABC’s prime-time coverage Saturday night was filled with stories [...]
Two Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders, Megan M. (right) and Crystal B. (left), got their heads shaved during Sunday’s Colts-Bill game after they raised over $20,000 for cancer research. From The USAToday: Indianapolis Colts fans far exceeded the $10,000 in donations needed for a member of the team’s cheerleading squad to shave her head. So, on Sunday, [...]
Wizbang first introduced our readers to Danica Patrick before the Indianapolis 500 in 2005. Since then she’s gone on to fame, fortune, and NASCAR. Though she has but a single victory to her name since she started racing professionally in 2000, she’s become more famous every year. And now she’s single again. To celebrate we’re [...]
Michael Morse of the Washington National scored perhaps the weirdest grand slam ever witnessed in baseball history. Umpires reviewed his blast which was initially ruled a single (Morse was tagged out in a rundown) and determined that it was a grand slam. That’s when things got weird. Watch as Morse is made to pantomime his [...]
Starting this evening at the Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, regular NFL referees will be back on the job. From NFL.com The NFL reached an agreement with the NFL Referees Association late Wednesday to end the referee lockout and the two sides are working on the paperwork now, according to a league source. [...]
If you have not seen it by now, it’s being called the worst call in NFL history. Looks like Roger Goodell is going to have to reevaluate this whole replacement referee idea. I’m sure they are doing their best but these guys simply are not NFL talent. Many years ago I was a stringer (freelance) [...]
I don’t know why I find this so oddly fascinating… Hope Solo, goalie for U.S. Women’s Olympic gold medal winning soccer team, posted this photo to her Whosay account this week. The former Wizbang Olympic Babe Of The Day knows how to keep people interested…
The NFL plans to honor the passing of Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell league-wide this weekend. This could present a serious problem in Cleveland because Modell has long been vilified there for moving the Browns franchise to Baltimore. BEREA, Ohio — Art Modell will be recognized Sunday by the team he moved to Baltimore. The [...]
From The New York Times: After more than a decade of outrunning accusations that he had doped during his celebrated cycling career, Lance Armstrong, one of the most well-known and accomplished athletes in history, finally surrendered on Thursday, etching a dark mark on his legacy by ending his fight against charges that he used performance-enhancing [...]
The USA Today interviewed former BALCO chief Victor Conte who provided Barry Bonds with steroids and was sentenced to prison after another San Francisco Giant player, Melky Cabrera, was suspended for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy. They asked him how many current players are using performance enhancing drugs (PED’s), and his answer was shocking: [...]
Lauren Tannehill is the wife of the Miami Dolphins first round draft choice Ryan Tannehill. She’s one of the breakout stars of HBO’s Hard Knocks, a training camp reality TV show produced by the NFL that follows a different team every year. Lauren, with her model good looks, also shines as a pretty good egg. [...]
Today’s Olympic Babe Of The Day is U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney We selected the teenage Maroney, not for her good looks (though that doesn’t hurt), but for the way she handled becoming an internet meme. You see Maroney, who was supposed to be a lock for gold on the vault, fell on the landing on [...]
Today’s Olympic Babe Of The Day is Luciana Aymar, generally considered the greatest field hockey player of all time having won the International Hockey Federation World Player of the Year award an unprecedented seven times. She’s a national hero in Argentina, where they call her the “Maradona of field hockey.” It was thought that this [...]
Today’s Olympic Babe Of The Day is U.S women’s soccer goalie Hope Solo. Solo is one Olympic babe whose athletic accomplishments overshadow her hotness. Solo was one of the stars of the U.S. women’s 2-1 win over Japan to capture the gold medal for 2012. It’s the U.S. women’s third consecutive Olympic gold medal. Note: [...]
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