Monday night UNC beat Duke in a women’s basketball game, and Edward G. Robinson III (apparently his real name) of the RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER (via FANHOUSE) reports on an ensuing celebration that almost led to the arrest of North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell.

(UNC celebration visual aid)
Excerpt: “After her third-ranked Tar Heels […]

Remember last year when new Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal said that Steve Nash’s two MVP awards were tainted? Paul Coro and Doug Haller of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC called him on the comment yesterday.

“No, I never said that,” O’Neal said Thursday.
“Did I? If I said that, delete it from the files.”
So now Shaq has […]

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY, fine purveyor of Joe Tiller look-alike photos, has another fun college football recruiting story somewhat from the Kevin Hart file.

(Tiller look-alikes are dope)
EDSBS points us to a COLUMBUS DISPATCH report that letters were sent to Ohio State football recruit Willie Mobley before signing day falsely claiming that the […]

The LONDON TIMES has an account of training techniques by the Chinese that we really hope is a massive exaggeration. But if it is true, it wouldn’t surprise us.

The tale comes from a Dutch rowing coach named Diederik de Boorder, who was coach of the Holland women’s rowing team who won the bronze medal in […]

We lived in the South for over 10 years, and covered NASCAR during that time. We wouldn’t say we love the sport as much as say, the mustard barbecue in South Carolina, but it was fun following it.

The chase for the cup thing now has us too confused to really care much about the *sport* […]

One of the great things about Gilbert Arenas is that he’s one NBA star not afraid to speak from his heart - or about his loins.

DC SPORTS BOG spies Agent Zero having a quick one-page chat with MEN’S JOURNAL. The mag asked Arenas a few questions, such as his favorite drink (Corona & a Shirley […]

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reveals autopsy details from the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor.

According to the autopsy report, the bullet that killed Taylor “ripped first through his right leg and then the left, and possibly came from a 9mm handgun.”
Besides the bullet wounds and “a small abrasion on Taylor’s right biceps,” no other […]

The new Yankee Stadium promises to have it all - party suites, luxury suites, outdoor suites, a conference center, giant center-field video screen, members-only restaurant, and even a martini bar.
All this for the low, low price of $1.3 billion.

WNBC in New York reports on the updated cost for the Bronx Bombers’ new home - a […]

Alex Marvez of FOX SPORTS learns that even a trip to paradise can’t calm Chad Johnson down.

Ocho Cinco is in Hawaii as a Pro Bowl alternate (replacing Randy Moss). But the south seas experience can’t soothe the sullen receiver about his current career with Cincinnati. After Thursday’s practice, Johnson ripped into the Bengals for the […]

• FAN IQ reveals that Shaq is bringing so much more than just basketball skills to the citizens of Phoenix.

• AZ SPORTS HUB bears down word that Arizona coach Mike Stoops called Arizona State a “junior college“.
• THE 700 LEVEL finds Dwayne Wade & Rodney Carney trading back-to-back in-your-face dunks.
• First it was PTI. Then […]