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Wanda Sykes picked a pretty good month to debut her new comedy show. When Tiger Woods collided with various roadside objects during his 2:30 a.m. drive on Friday, it didn’t seem at the outset as if there was much more to the story than clumsy driving. But by Saturday we had all kinds of wacky…
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I see that PETA has now wrapped its claws around Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire, who’s the latest athlete to take off articles of clothing at the behest of the animal rights group. His message? Enjoy my tattoos, everyone. Oh, and also don’t wear fur. Following the jump, a famed figure skater also joins the…
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Football head trauma debate heats up after San Jose HS player left in coma
Nov 30, 2009, 3:45 PM EST
Football head injuries are in the news once again, as you Steelers and Cardinals fans — and most of all you fantasy owners — surely know. But while Mike Tomlin’s roster shenanigans with Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner’s occasional dizziness make for interesting dinner topics, a drama of a more somber, weighty sort is playing…
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White House party crasher chick infiltrated Redskins cheerleaders?
Nov 30, 2009, 2:30 PM EST
It was in the film Zorro, the Gay Blade in which Bernardo, dressed as an aquatic animal, tries to sneak into to a costume party without an invitation, prompting the immortal line: “May I see your invitation, senor beaver?” Apparently it’s much easier to sneak into official White House functions, as seen pictured to the…
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Was Tiger Woods simply headed to the local convenience store for some mustard relish when he inadvertently backed into a fire hydrant, hit a tree, and had to be rescued from his vehicle by his golf club-wielding wife? (Actual events may vary). The truth may never be known; Tiger’s strategy seems to be to stay…
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The greatest quarterback comeback from yesterday? Many might say Vince Young leading the Titans past the Cardinals, and I’ll admit that was impressive. But what is all that gnashing of teeth and rending of garments far to the north? Must be Saskatchewan Roughriders fans; how could we forget that they played the Grey Cup yesterday?…
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Deion Sanders weighs in on shocking Goldy Gopher kid-trampling controversy
Nov 27, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
As you’ve no doubt seen, the latest viral sports video involves a six-year-old football player who lays a couple of vicious hits in a Huntington (N.Y.) youth football game. But young Nyrel Sevilla may have met his match in Goldy Gopher, the University of Minnesota mascot who is not above trampling Pop Warner youngsters if…
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Floyd Mayweather gets his Oprah on, buys woman a new car in 15 minutes flat
Nov 27, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
Remember when Floyd Mayweather Jr. used to make it rain with actual $100 bills? Yeah, those were the days; when we all used to scamper from Vegas club to Vegas club hoping to catch a c-note or two in our beer glasses. (Hey! This one’s fake!). Mayweather is still making it rain, apparently; but I…
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I’m no lawyer, but Ron Artest’s Thanksgiving Day Twitter diatribe against the state of Indiana — while pretty entertaining — doesn’t really seem very wise. Ron, as you may know by now, may be in a bit of serious doo-doo over allegations that he and his sister defrauded the government in a welfare scheme. While…
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Iverson has 'a change of heart' about retiring? What the Favre?
Nov 26, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
Has Allen Iverson “pulled a Favre,” as it is known in athletic parlance? Stephen A. Smith, who first reported that the Memphis Grizzlies’ guard had announced his plans to retire, is now writing that Iverson “may have had a change of heart” about the whole thing. The problem is that this development is buried deep…
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Look, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. But Ron Artest is the guy who, as a rookie with the Chicago Bulls, once applied for a job at Circuit City so that he could get the employee discount. So is it possible that he directed his sister, Latoya Holmes-Ivey, to apply for welfare even though he…
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So some University of Oregon students have produced a rap video which praises their football team, and the thing has gone way viral … but you knew that. The video is pretty wholesome, but the problem is that the Oregon Duck mascot appears in it. And this has angered the frozen ghost of Walt Disney.…
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The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is almost here, and many people I know are boasting that they are already planning the trip. Sounds like fun, except for the vicious monkeys. According to several reports, marauding gangs of baboons have been terrorizing Cape Town and other South African cities for years, and the problem…
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The 21-member USA women’s hockey team to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics will be named on Dec. 17, and I have my fingers, toes and my dog’s paws crossed in hopes that Jocelyne (on the right) and Monique Lamoureux both make it. Because what in the history of the world has ever failed to…
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Drive-by painting of Bruin Bear shakes UCLA campus, launches shenanigan war
Nov 25, 2009, 3:30 PM EST
As Otter once said, this war could take years, and cost thousands of lives. USC’s Tommy Trojan statue is under around-the-clock guard at this hour after vandals from that school struck against UCLA’s beloved Bruin bear statue, in the runup toward Saturday’s 79th football showdown between the rivals. Located in the middle of the Westwood…
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My Bodyguard: Mick Foley, Jon Stewart jump to defense of young gay-rights activist
Nov 25, 2009, 2:30 PM EST
Jon Stewart is on vacation this week, but I had missed his inspired segment on gay rights that originally aired this past Thursday, so last night’s rerun was a fresh show to me. If you haven’t seen it — and even if you have — I recommend taking a look at the video following the…
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In a story due to come out Dec. 7, Michael Glynn of the National Enquirer reports that Tiger Woods has been involved in a rather lengthy affair with a former television producer and New York nightclub hostess named Rachel Uchitel. The sad part of it is that this story actually seems solid; begging the question,…
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Jimmy Clausen wears dark helmet visor to hide shiner, fight crime
Nov 25, 2009, 10:00 AM EST
Mark Tuesday as the day that Jimmy Clausen turned to the Dark Side; he’s more machine now than man. Sad. We still don’t know which eye was blackened when he reportedly was sucker-punched outside of a South Bend bar at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday night, because on Tuesday coach Charlie Weis wasn’t talking about the…
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Of all the things you expected to see on television tonight, I’ll bet this is not one of them. Consider this your sneak preview of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and you’re welcome. Glazer was the referee, by the way, in a tetherball showdown between Charles Barkley and Kimmel, which was taped on Tuesday and I’m sure…
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Insanity of the Istanbul Derby includes raining beer, stadium on fire
Nov 24, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
There’s a video bouncing around the Internets today of a soccer player trying to execute a corner kick amidst a deluge of beer, from cups being launched from the stands nearby. Eventually police form a barrier with their riot shields and the game is resumed. Video follows the jump, but the poster had no real…
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NBA uniform manufacturing headed overseas? Senator says Hell nah!
Nov 24, 2009, 2:45 PM EST
As you know, NBA uniforms have been made right here on our shores for more than 40 years: A genuine source of pride for any true-blooded American (except when the Clippers are on TV). Now, Adidas, which has the exclusive contract to make the unis, has announced that it’s taking the whole shebang over to…
