Michael Jackson’s death affected the sports world in many ways, from his music video with Michael Jordan to his epic Super Bowl performance, to say nothing of the effect his life had on individual athletes. So it’s no surprise to see a CFL player pay tribute to him during a touchdown celebration. Sounds like a […]

The Cubs should be used to killing their fans with massive coronaries and crushing disappointment, as well as the inexorable passage of time, but this is a new one. One fan is vowing to eat only 500 calories a day until the Cubbies put together a 5-game winning streak. Might as well book that […]

Landon Donovan is the face of U.S. Soccer: talented but underachieving, too good for MLS but not good enough to the top European leagues. David Beckham is the face of what US Soccer would like to become. The two have always been at odds in that sense, but never more overtly or more publicly than […]

Who says there’s no such thing as organizational personality. Following in the footsteps of Bobby Cox’s ML record 145 ejections, Braves minor league coaches seem to be upholding a tradition of epic manager meltdowns. Thursday, it was Class-A Rome (Ga.) Braves manager Randy Ingle showing you don’t need to be insane to argue a […]

UFC 100 is coming up, and with it, a mea culpa. I didn’t give MMA its due. I thought it was a fad. But the premier promotion is up to their 100th event with no signs of slowing, and I have to admit that at this point in time, MMA is healthier than boxing.

So, as […]

Can’t say we expected this one. After ticking off just about everybody from Ron Paul to Paula Abdul, Brüno has offended a most unlikely group: the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s not-so-subtly gay Austrian fashionista took a trip to the States for his latest movie, and stopped off in Los Angeles to do […]

You, like us, might have a had a good chuckle over those pictures of Tony Hawk skating down a White House hallway. You might have thought it a bit of harmless fun; a great chance for Hawk, and a lighthearted moment for the administration. You must not work at Fox News.

(Nice photo, Zapruder)
Turns out the […]

“Red Sox Nation” may be a myth, but there is a Boston bar in just about every city in the country. So with the Sox coming to down, some Boston fans wanted to know where in DC he could find a bar to watch the games with like minded individuals. They made the mistake […]

If you’re born with a stutter, don’t go into public speaking. If you’re born without hands and feet, don’t go into MMA. And if you’re allergic to grass, maybe professional tennis player isn’t the job for you.

Viktor Troicki is allergic to grass, and not in the Rafael-Nadal-is-only-good-on-clay sense. As if having to play national hero […]

Pssh, you call those “riots,” Los Angeles? If you’re not setting fires and fighting with police before you leave the arena, it’s not a real riot. Perhaps we’d be better as a nation at this if we paid more attention to soccer.

Romania, which knows a little something about riots, had their soccer final Saturday. While […]