http://thebiglead.com Sports, Media, Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/07/sensitive-mets-pull-credential-from-newspaper-blogger-because-he-wrote-a-book-that-was-critical-of-bumbling-owner-fred-wilpon/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/07/sensitive-mets-pull-credential-from-newspaper-blogger-because-he-wrote-a-book-that-was-critical-of-bumbling-owner-fred-wilpon/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:51 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=158341
Yes, the Mets are free to credential who they want, but this seems petty.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/07/sensitive-mets-pull-credential-from-newspaper-blogger-because-he-wrote-a-book-that-was-critical-of-bumbling-owner-fred-wilpon/feed/ 48 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/24/roundup-snowmobiler-trapped-by-avalanche-caroline-wozniacki-lost-in-the-australian-open-his-schlong-appeared-on-family-feud/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/24/roundup-snowmobiler-trapped-by-avalanche-caroline-wozniacki-lost-in-the-australian-open-his-schlong-appeared-on-family-feud/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:07:10 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=154125
Syracuse got back on the winning track. Jimmer had an efficient night from the field. Mitt Romney's tax returns, anyone? Also, watch a woman give birth in a moving car.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/24/roundup-snowmobiler-trapped-by-avalanche-caroline-wozniacki-lost-in-the-australian-open-his-schlong-appeared-on-family-feud/feed/ 237 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/19/roundup-mark-wahlberg-apologized-for-his-insensitive-911-comments-vanilla-ice-will-perform-at-pistons-game-watch-gang-brutally-beat-chicago-teen/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/19/roundup-mark-wahlberg-apologized-for-his-insensitive-911-comments-vanilla-ice-will-perform-at-pistons-game-watch-gang-brutally-beat-chicago-teen/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:39 +0000 Stephen Douglas (CRM!) http://thebiglead.com/?p=152787
Elisha Cuthbert, Trey Junkin, fan attacks mascot, LeBatard and his dad lose their minds, John Grisham's baseball novel and Murray State is 19-0.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/19/roundup-mark-wahlberg-apologized-for-his-insensitive-911-comments-vanilla-ice-will-perform-at-pistons-game-watch-gang-brutally-beat-chicago-teen/feed/ 271 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/23/parcells-presence-being-felt-as-playoffs-loom/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/23/parcells-presence-being-felt-as-playoffs-loom/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:23:58 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=147053
With the New York Giants and New York Jets playing each other tonight at MetLife Stadium in a battle for playoff positions, one man's name is on the mind of many fans: Bill Parcells.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/23/parcells-presence-being-felt-as-playoffs-loom/feed/ 2 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/qampa-jim-boeheim-bio-author-talks-about-the-life-legacy-controversy-surrounding-the-syracuse-coach/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/qampa-jim-boeheim-bio-author-talks-about-the-life-legacy-controversy-surrounding-the-syracuse-coach/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:36:41 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=145822
Last month, Color Him Orange: The Jim Boeheim Story (Triumph Books) by veteran writer Scott Pitoniak hit book shelves. Author Scott Pitoniak about Boeheim, the book and the controversy that could damage Boeheim's legacy.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/qampa-jim-boeheim-bio-author-talks-about-the-life-legacy-controversy-surrounding-the-syracuse-coach/feed/ 0 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/book-review-john-u-bacons-three-and-out/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/book-review-john-u-bacons-three-and-out/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:30:40 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=145297
We often fantasize about being a fly on the wall, present for some seminal moment. In Three and Out, John U. Bacon is that fly for one of college football’s most puzzling plots: why Rich Rodriguez collapsed at Michigan.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/18/book-review-john-u-bacons-three-and-out/feed/ 6 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/09/qampa-sportswriter-george-vecsey-takes-a-swing-at-paterno-the-nba-stan-musial/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/09/qampa-sportswriter-george-vecsey-takes-a-swing-at-paterno-the-nba-stan-musial/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:25:24 +0000 Barry Janoff http://thebiglead.com/?p=136277
George Vecsey has been called a dean of American sports writers, a term he himself rejects. The native of New York was a sportswriter for Newsday (1960-69) before joining The New York Times, for which he has also covered such topics as politics and religion. Vecsey has authored or collaborated on more than a dozen [...]]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/09/qampa-sportswriter-george-vecsey-takes-a-swing-at-paterno-the-nba-stan-musial/feed/ 1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/21/the-roundup-jeff-pearlman-defends-his-walter-payton-book-a-moves-like-jagr-parody-who-is-getting-rick-neuheisals-job/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/21/the-roundup-jeff-pearlman-defends-his-walter-payton-book-a-moves-like-jagr-parody-who-is-getting-rick-neuheisals-job/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:18:28 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=131332
Videos! Skateboarding, the end of Qaddafi's life, and Juron Criner's sick TD catch.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/21/the-roundup-jeff-pearlman-defends-his-walter-payton-book-a-moves-like-jagr-parody-who-is-getting-rick-neuheisals-job/feed/ 145 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/18/roundup-the-76ers-have-been-sold-jordan-jefferson-got-the-rest-of-his-shoes-back-a-college-qb-said-this-is-what-im-getting-paid-for/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/18/roundup-the-76ers-have-been-sold-jordan-jefferson-got-the-rest-of-his-shoes-back-a-college-qb-said-this-is-what-im-getting-paid-for/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:38:02 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=130400
There were some complaints about Gretchen Mol, so I had to step my game up and bring back everyone's favorite female Entourage character.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/18/roundup-the-76ers-have-been-sold-jordan-jefferson-got-the-rest-of-his-shoes-back-a-college-qb-said-this-is-what-im-getting-paid-for/feed/ 258 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/qampa-nhl-great-stan-mikita-talks-hawks-olympics-gretzky-hull/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/qampa-nhl-great-stan-mikita-talks-hawks-olympics-gretzky-hull/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:00:24 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=129087
Stan Mikita set the standard during an NHL career that lasted from 1958-1980, all with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was a two-time league MVP, four-time scoring leader and a member of the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup championship team in 1960-61.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/qampa-nhl-great-stan-mikita-talks-hawks-olympics-gretzky-hull/feed/ 3 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/04/roundup-vanderbilt-football-coach-recruiting-by-helicopter-yankees-season-hinges-on-aj-burnett-its-good-to-be-michael-lewis/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/04/roundup-vanderbilt-football-coach-recruiting-by-helicopter-yankees-season-hinges-on-aj-burnett-its-good-to-be-michael-lewis/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:11:14 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=126583
Today's a huge day for NBA fans. No, that's not included in the roundup, but rather it's just a heads up.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/04/roundup-vanderbilt-football-coach-recruiting-by-helicopter-yankees-season-hinges-on-aj-burnett-its-good-to-be-michael-lewis/feed/ 160 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/01/qampa-how-loretta-hunt-got-big-john-mccarthy-out-of-the-cage/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/01/qampa-how-loretta-hunt-got-big-john-mccarthy-out-of-the-cage/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:01:15 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=126288
Author and journalist Loretta Hunt worked with legendary referee “Big” John McCarthy on his autobiography, 'Are You Ready? Let's Get It On.' whose title echoes his trademark intro before fights.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/01/qampa-how-loretta-hunt-got-big-john-mccarthy-out-of-the-cage/feed/ 0 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/29/people-are-ripping-jeff-pearlmans-walter-payton-bio-before-its-even-out/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/29/people-are-ripping-jeff-pearlmans-walter-payton-bio-before-its-even-out/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:57:18 +0000 Sam Eifling http://thebiglead.com/?p=125416
Eventually time will iron out Payton’s legacy the way it has for Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb. There’s a reason people keep talking about the legendary bastards long after they’re gone.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/29/people-are-ripping-jeff-pearlmans-walter-payton-bio-before-its-even-out/feed/ 171 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/27/qampa-jennie-finch-may-throw-like-a-girl-but-her-softball-pitch-is-definitely-hard/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/27/qampa-jennie-finch-may-throw-like-a-girl-but-her-softball-pitch-is-definitely-hard/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:50:25 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=124897
Satchel Paige used to say about his fellow Negro Leagues player, "Cool Papa" Bell, "He was so fast, he could turn out the light and jump in bed before it got dark." The same could be said about Jennie Finch, arguably the greatest female softball player the sport has ever seen.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/27/qampa-jennie-finch-may-throw-like-a-girl-but-her-softball-pitch-is-definitely-hard/feed/ 1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/21/qa-with-dave-zirin-about-his-book-the-john-carlos-story/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/21/qa-with-dave-zirin-about-his-book-the-john-carlos-story/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:00:40 +0000 Sam Eifling http://thebiglead.com/?p=123258
We talked about John Carlos, regrettable Brent Musburger quotes and what he believes is a resurgence of politics in sport.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/21/qa-with-dave-zirin-about-his-book-the-john-carlos-story/feed/ 84 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/15/espns-keith-law-vs-author-michael-lewis-over-scouts-and-smarts/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/15/espns-keith-law-vs-author-michael-lewis-over-scouts-and-smarts/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:30:54 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=121917
Law didn't seem happy that scouts were portrayed as "dim-witted bowling pins for Beane and Brand to knock down with their spreadsheets." Law, of course, used to be a scout.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/15/espns-keith-law-vs-author-michael-lewis-over-scouts-and-smarts/feed/ 234 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/03/qampa-how-tom-landry-and-vince-lombardi-became-and-still-remain-giants-in-the-nfl/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/03/qampa-how-tom-landry-and-vince-lombardi-became-and-still-remain-giants-in-the-nfl/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:55:38 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=119182
Award-winning writer Ernie Palladino looks at the Landry-Lombardi legacy, in his new book "Lombardi and Landry: How Two of Pro Football's Greatest Coaches Launched Their Legends and Changed the Game Forever."]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/03/qampa-how-tom-landry-and-vince-lombardi-became-and-still-remain-giants-in-the-nfl/feed/ 0 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/01/qampa-bio-shows-why-even-at-84-joe-paterno-still-roars/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/01/qampa-bio-shows-why-even-at-84-joe-paterno-still-roars/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:50:39 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=118565
Few college football coaches have sustained more of a legacy or legend than Penn State's Joe Paterno. Frank Fitzpatrick has authored 'Pride of the Lions,' a new biography on the Hall of Fame coach, that takes us from his roots in New York to his arrival in State College and through the ups and downs of his amazing career.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/01/qampa-bio-shows-why-even-at-84-joe-paterno-still-roars/feed/ 1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/28/qampa-pat-kirwan-keeps-his-eyes-on-the-nfl/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/28/qampa-pat-kirwan-keeps-his-eyes-on-the-nfl/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:54:30 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=117305
Pat Kirwan began his NFL career in 1972 after coaching high school and college football. He was an area scout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1983-86) and Phoenix Cardinals (1989). He then spent eight years (1989-97) with the New York Jets, beginning as a defensive assistant coach and advancing to director of player administration, where [...]]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/28/qampa-pat-kirwan-keeps-his-eyes-on-the-nfl/feed/ 1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/24/qampa-matt-long-faces-the-challenges-of-life-and-now-motivates-others-to-do-the-same/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/24/qampa-matt-long-faces-the-challenges-of-life-and-now-motivates-others-to-do-the-same/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:14:35 +0000 BigLeadSports http://thebiglead.com/?p=116814
In December 2005, while riding to work on his road bike, NYFD veteran Matt Long was hit and nearly cut in two by a bus. Long, also a triathlete and marathoner, was given less than a 5% chance to live. However, after more than 60 operations, he was strong enough to compete in both the Ironman and the New York City Marathon. He also author a book about his challenges in 'The Long Run.']]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/24/qampa-matt-long-faces-the-challenges-of-life-and-now-motivates-others-to-do-the-same/feed/ 1