Apparently, Comcast may be close to finally ending their deep and sadistic hatred of young men and women merely trying to get an education through the noble pursuit of athletic excellence. Also, it seems that the Big Ten could soon stop abusing their young wards by cruelly trying to turn their efforts into wads […]

The rock opera inspired by the Tonya Harding - Nancy Kerrigan rivalry in the 1994 Winter Olympics must go on.

“Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera” will still be playing in a Portland, Oregon theater, as the show has done since its original chamber opera incarnation in 2006. The first 100 theatergoers were treated to a […]

Phillies pitcher Scott Mathieson was a big “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” fan growing up, so imagine the major leaguer’s surprise when he found himself sharing a cross-country flight with Paul Reubens, the former comedian who portrayed Pee Wee Herman in TV and film during the 1980s.

They were on their way to Sarasota, where Reubens grew up […]

Bud Selig is the highest-paid stooge in professional sports.

BIZOFBASEBALL.COM (via SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL) notes that the less-than-dapper commissioner of baseball enjoyed a 4% pay raise last year, out-earning all other sports executives with $15.06 million. That’s a pretty good payday for the former Milwaukee Brewers owner, especially considering all the money he saves with his […]

Few things are more enjoyable than someone in the public eye beginning a statement with “I don’t want to sound like a jerk, but…”

When that happens, we can only hope that (a) that person will sound like a jerk, and (b) we can enjoy a rare moment of candor that’s becoming all too rare […]

All those New England clothiers with a backlog of useless 19-0 t-shirts have found a new destination for their duds besides Nicaragua or Romania:

Houston, Texas.
(Not that we’re comparing Houston to a third-world country. Or are we?)
The Rockets won their 19th straight game, beating New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night. Houston became the 4th team in […]

ESPN Championship Week is in full swing, as all those mid-major teams are getting their annual two hours of attention from the Worldwide Leader.

On Monday night, four more tickets were punched for the Big Dance:

The PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS by way of PRO FOOTBALL TALK projects the sad news that 21 employees of NFL Films have been shown the door.

President Steve Sabol delivered the awful announcement personally to the pushed-out workers last week, with some of those let go having been with the company for decades. Sabol said it was […]

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