It occurs to me that we’ve gone several hours without a high school cheerleading controversy, so here you go. The parents of Mandi Jackson have filed a $100,000 lawsuit against officials of Pearl High School in Mississippi, claiming that their daughter’s cheerleading coach invaded her privacy by logging into her Facebook page and reading her […]

It’s always hard to hear about when athletes - or hell, anybody, for that matter - have strained relationships with their parents. It’s not the natural state of things and there’s no substitute for a loving parent when it comes to keeping yourself normal.

(Worse yet, she never taught him how to use a chair correctly. […]

eBay listings come in all shapes, sizes and degrees of crazy, but nothing quite beats this. Looking for that very special gift for the LeBron James fan in your family? Or perhaps you’re LeBron himself, and have forgotten several of your high school accomplishments. Well, you’re in luck. One very special fan has been scrapbooking […]

One of the most unseemly aspects of conference championship playoff games in football is the appearance of unfairness in the location of the game. Why, if a team is more highly rated and in line for a giant BCS bowl payday, should they travel to a conference opponent’s backyard at the end of the season […]

As we speak, Plaxico Burress is preparing to testify before a grand jury in Manhattan about shooting himself in the leg last year. And those of you with some familiarity with the legal system might have this reaction to that news: uhhh, wha?

(”I saved the world from having to deal with 19-0. Doesn’t that count […]