Somebody really, really doesn’t want Gary Kubiak to coach the Texans next year
Even before the season started, hell, even before last season even ended, the Houston Texans were in “Playoffs or Bust” ultimatum mode this year. 2011 was the year everything had to come together, or Gary Kubiak would finally, mercifully get his walking papers after leading his Texans to eleventy-billion straight 8-8 seasons despite boasting all-pros [...]
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New Miami Marlins logo and uniforms are the ugliest in professional sports
Holy patron saint of refined taste, what in the blue hell spit vomit all over the baseball threads in South Florida? The Florida Miami Marlins unveiled their new logos and unis and the results are excruciating on the eyes. This is the Crystal Pepsi to the Great Gap Logo Debacle of 2010′s New Coke. Yes, [...]
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Kevin Durant plays flag football with college students who follow him on Twitter
While you (and I) were drinking beer and watching Monday Night Football, Kevin Durant decided to seek out a game of flag football on Twitter. A few tweets later, he ended up driving up to Stillwater (Oklahoma) to play a pickup game with some college students. Cool? Uhh, ABSOLUTELY! http://youtu.be/IOIa20l6SXo
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Four Bad NFL Decisions – 2011 Edition
Bad decisions. I am all too familiar with them. I’ll never forget that night in New Orleans; I could have sworn that was a woman. Anyhow, the 2011 season in the NFL has exposed some clueless front offices and coaching staffs making some pretty poor choices. Many are comparable in stupidity and naivety to dropping [...]
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10 Job Recommendations For Those Suffering Through the NBA Lockout
With David Stern’s recent announcement that the NBA has cancelled two weeks of regular season games, thousands of hard-working American citizens will officially be missing paychecks. In these times of already inflated unemployment numbers this is, of course, terrible news. But while concession vendors, ushers and the like can go out and get any old [...]
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Top 10 Most Badass D-1 College Nicknames
The BCS rankings came out this week, and the run to the National Championship is officially upon us. But what if rather than wins-and-losses, the national champion was decided by the wildest, most intimidating school nicknames? We unveil our first (and only) BCS standings of school mascot general badassery. Who runs roughshod over the FBS? [...]
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The Monday Mixtape
Awwww yeah … another week of NFL action in the books. I ain’t got time wax poetic about nothin’ in particular. Hell, I ain’t got time to bleed. Looks like I picked the wrong week to trade Ahmad Bradshaw off my fantasy team: Yup. 3 TDs. Or, as Rex Grossman calls it … a Lifetime [...]
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What the hell is ‘icing’? A blog by NHL neophytes for NHL neophytes
Two NBA refugee bloggers take up hockey, with predictably awesome results. Meet Brett Duquette and Bob Gurnett. They’re just a couple of NBA fans like you, stressed as hell that the lockout appears to be headed toward development hell, and there’s seemingly no end in sight. With a sudden bevy of free evenings for the [...]
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Chad Ochocinco thinks his 3 millionth Twitter follower deserves $20k
Chad Ochocinco hasn’t stopped his creative ways of engaging fans – and whether you like the guy or not, he’s really good at the self promotion thing. Ochocinco is giving away twenty large to his 3 millionth Twitter follower. A nice chunk of change for a guy many can’t stomach, huh? You might think catching [...]
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Pete Carroll has Seahawks jersey waiting for Lebron James
The NBA lockout’s getting serious. Even King James is looking for new work. Earlier today, LeBron James tweeted: And I know one very special coach GM who’d be more than willing to scoop him up. Pete Carroll lavished loving barbs about James’ poor compensation prospects as an undrafted rookie free agent. He then wasted no [...]
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![BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees stand on the baseline as the American flag is unfurled during pre-game ceremonies before their opening game of the baseball season on April 4, 2010, at Fenway Park in Boston. (Kyodo) (Newscom TagID: kyodowc055605) [Photo via Newscom]](http://gossipsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/0405-red-sox-opening-day_full_600-150x150.jpg "BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees stand on the baseline as the American flag is unfurled during pre-game ceremonies before their opening game of the baseball season on April 4, 2010, at Fenway Park in Boston. (Kyodo) (Newscom TagID: kyodowc055605) [Photo via Newscom]")
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