Month: October 2024

Hawks star Al Horford earned a Flagrant 2 and ejection from the game for dropping an elbow on the Cavs’ Matthew Dellavedova late in the first half of tonight’s Eastern Conference Finals Game 3. Dellavedova earned a technical for his role in the incident, but that’s minor compared to what the Hawks will lose for the rest of this almost-must-win basketball game. [TNT] To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] ( PGP key) or find him on Twitter @bubbaprog. …

For the record, we're pretty sure that the Pat Forde-recommended Dead Schembechlers hate the University of Michigan more than any punk band ever hated anything, and that's saying something. So if you also hate the Wolverines, you won't want to miss the Hate Michigan Rally on Nov. 17 in Columbus, headlined of course by Ohio State's favorite punk band. From the Dead Schembechlers' Web site (with one edit by us): To help celebrate the news of the show the band has made a new song available on their MySpace page. Entitled "Chad Henne is A Mother%&*($@# Joke" it celebrates the comic mishaps of the Bucks favorite tackling dummy. The Dead Schembechlers' discography is indeed a roster of bile and loathing. We saw a few episodes of American Bandstand…

In September, we published a blog about Rockies reliever and avid baseball memorabilia collector Pat Neshek being miffed that Zack Greinke would not sign autographs for him. It ended with this line: “If you want to be really nice, send him a Zack Greinke autograph.” It’s unclear if anyone actually tried to do that. But at least one reader did send Neshek a copy of the blog post itself, printed out on a piece of photo paper, with a request for an autograph. And he got it! From reader Spencer: “I put it on 8×10 photo paper, and sent it to the PO Box he put on his website- and he signed and sent it right back!” The lovely result can be seen above. Happy endings are real. …

data-mm-id=”_1e9rlkos6″>Taysom Hill may play quarterback in Drew Brees' absence, not that you will get a straight answer out of Sean Payton about it. During a press conference on Wednesday, Payton said that the team would be preparing for Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks with two quarterbacks. One is backup Teddy Bridgewater, the other is Hill.When Sean Payton was asked a question about Taysom Hill being the No. 2 quarterback, he said, "You're assuming he's the No. 2." He said they'll approach Sunday's game with two QBs. And he said that can be an advantage against the Seahawks. https://t.co/XTlDWkyGOS— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) September 18, 2019So who is the starting quarterback? You'll just have to wait to find out because…

data-mm-id=”_mltsnl9k6″>With Super Bowl LIV in the books, the NFL season is over. That is sad. But fortunately, there are other sports to be watched, even if it isn't football or you aren't partial to the XFL. The NBA, in particular, has been chugging along with a lot of interesting storylines this year. So, for all you latecomers to the professional basketball season, here's a quick primer on the biggest storylines of the year. The Bucks Are Historically GoodLast year, the Milwaukee Bucks finished with the best record in basketball at 60-22 and Giannis Antetokounmpo won MVP while averaging 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists in 32 minutes per game. This year, the Bucks are on pace to win over 70 games (!!), are currently 42-7, and have an NBA-best 11.8 net ratin…

data-mm-id=”_a14vw7tln”>Carlos Correa gave an extensive interview to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal today. Correa took the opportunity to defend Jose Altuve's honor and make a case for the Astros earning the 2017 World Series despite cheating throughout the season. But mostly he just wanted to talk about how Altuve didn't do anything wrong. Well, maybe one thing. Via The Athletic:”Nobody wants to talk about this, but I’m going to talk about this. José Altuve was the one guy that didn’t use the trash can.

The few times that the trash can was banged was without his consent, and he would go inside the clubhouse and inside the dugout to whoever was banging the trash can and he would get pissed. He would get mad. He would say, “I don’t want this. I can’t hit like th…

data-mm-id=”_rbsx1ak1i”>NASCAR has announced it will return to racing on May 17th, kicking off its proposed schedule at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. That would begin a bold stretch that would see four Cup Series races in 11 days and seven total events in that span. It's an incredibly ambitious plan. NASCAR plans to hold two Cup races each at Darlington and Charlotte Motor Speedway. On May 17, there will be a 400-mile Cup race at Darlington, then the Xfinity series will hold a 200-mile race on May 19. That will be followed by another Cup race at the track on May 20 (500 km). On May 24, the series will shift to Charlotte where the Coca-Cola 600 will take place. The Xfinity Series will hold a 300-mile race at Charlotte on May 25, followed by a 200-mile Gander RV & Outdoo…

data-mm-id=”_tqptpbhmb”>Sometimes, most times, every time you state an educated opinion on television, uneducated trolls squirm out of the holes where they live and spit venom in your direction. Not because they have stats or facts to back up their belief. No, that would be asking too much. Their ire simply exists because you are saying something they don't like and their only defense is to go on offense and yell incoherently in your general direction. Enter ESPN NFL analyst Dianna Russini. She appeared on Get Up this morning and explained why she thinks Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't make the playoffs this year. She used stats and facts about their division rivals to back up her argument, pointing out the Saints' recent dominance and long-term cohesion and…