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2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Arrivals

Roundup: Germans Sick of Bailing Out Europe, Texas Frat Suspended For Sex Shows, Nancy Grace…Shudder

Posted September 28, 2011, 8:00 am by Ty Duffy (210 Comments)

Carlos Tevez refused to play for Manchester City last night. Corvallis is safe. Dallas? Not so much. The Kardashians think men should wear underwear with suits (we concur). Peyton Manning spilled a beer on himself.

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Roundup: Joe Pavelski’s Game-Winner for San Jose, Bowers to Skip Draft & Vince Young Returns?

Posted April 15, 2011, 8:36 am by Jason McIntyre (161 Comments)

Eva Longoria … Jennifer Lawrence in GQ is worth a few minutes … Sheriff Joe, noooo! … feels like how the NCAA punishes less-prominent schools because big programs cheated … the University of Colorado is closing its journalism school … Florida high school won’t let kid take his college girlfriend to the prom … the [...]

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Stat Analysis of Sports in Television and Movies

Posted April 2, 2011, 11:00 am by Jason Lisk (3 Comments)

Hollywood Stat Revolution: The fine young men at the Harvard Sports Collective have finally worked on something truly worthwhile, a series on Hollywood sports. Through advanced statistical analysis, we’ve learned Jimmy Chitwood is incredible, Shawn Bradley as an alien is still worthless, Trey Parker > Matt Stone at Baseketball, the Fresh Prince was justified in keeping the ball [...]

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Man Shatters Framed Picture of A.C. Slater at Mullet-Themed Sports Bar

Posted January 13, 2011, 11:45 am by Tim Ryan (68 Comments)

Sad Day for Bayside High, Sad Day for Americana: “Police were called last week to Mullets Sports Bar & Restaurant in Homer Glen to deal with an angry customer who allegedly shattered a framed photo of A.C. Slater, a fictional, mullet-wearing jock played by Mario Lopez in the 1990s television series ‘Saved by the Bell’. [...]

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90210 Day (September 02, 2010, Get It?)

Posted September 2, 2010, 10:00 am by Jason McIntyre (265 Comments)

90210 day will happen once every 100 years, and to honor this glorious event, we celebrate with, of course, lists! Our favorite characters in the show’s history followed by five of our favorite moments (well, moments that we could find on the web).

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Brandon Morrow’s 17-strikeout 1-hitter the 4th Best Pitching Performance Since 1920?

Posted August 9, 2010, 2:15 pm by Jason McIntyre (171 Comments)

Bill James: The stat-lover has a metric called “Game score,” and according to said metric, Brandon Morrow’s 17-strikeout, 1-hit shutout of the Rays Sunday tied for the 4th best single-game pitching performance since 1920. It’s too bad the Blue Jays’ victory will barely register as a mustard burp on the season when it’s time to [...]

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Maxim Hot 100 List for 2010 Features Erin Andrews, Lindsey Vonn and Does a Terrible Job Ranking Ashley Greene

Posted May 10, 2010, 10:30 am by Jason McIntyre (99 Comments)

Maxim Hot 100: The magazine came out with its ‘Hot 100′ for 2010. No. 1 is Katy Perry. Athletes/sports-related women who made Maxim’s vaunted list – Danica Patrick, 25; Erin Andrews 58, Lindsey Vonn 59. Andy Roddick’s wife Brooklyn Decker is 2nd, Matt Kemp’s girlfriend Rihanna is 5th, Rick Fox’s girlfriend Eliza Dushku is 26th, [...]

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