http://thebiglead.com Sports, Media, Entertainment Sun, 27 May 2012 04:09:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/21/ryan-howards-workouts-are-off-limits-and-the-team-isnt-answering-questions-about-cortisone-shots-to-his-achilles/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/21/ryan-howards-workouts-are-off-limits-and-the-team-isnt-answering-questions-about-cortisone-shots-to-his-achilles/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:08:31 +0000 Tim Ryan http://thebiglead.com/?p=183961
The first rule of Ryan Howard is you do not discuss Ryan Howard.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/21/ryan-howards-workouts-are-off-limits-and-the-team-isnt-answering-questions-about-cortisone-shots-to-his-achilles/feed/ 71 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/02/roundup-former-nfl-1st-round-picks-arrested-by-the-fbi-crazy-arkansas-lottery-ticket-story-butler-will-join-the-atlantic-10/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/02/roundup-former-nfl-1st-round-picks-arrested-by-the-fbi-crazy-arkansas-lottery-ticket-story-butler-will-join-the-atlantic-10/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:28 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=179434
Fraud edition. Well, except for Melanie Iglesias. Nothing shady about her cat daddy.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/02/roundup-former-nfl-1st-round-picks-arrested-by-the-fbi-crazy-arkansas-lottery-ticket-story-butler-will-join-the-atlantic-10/feed/ 262 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/04/at-least-one-member-of-the-milwaukee-media-seems-to-be-sick-of-ryan-brauns-coy-act/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/04/at-least-one-member-of-the-milwaukee-media-seems-to-be-sick-of-ryan-brauns-coy-act/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:35:31 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=172340
How lustily will fans boo Braun?]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/04/at-least-one-member-of-the-milwaukee-media-seems-to-be-sick-of-ryan-brauns-coy-act/feed/ 56 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/31/ryan-braun-prefers-not-to-discuss-beating-a-drug-suspension-by-talking-about-beating-a-drug-suspension/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/31/ryan-braun-prefers-not-to-discuss-beating-a-drug-suspension-by-talking-about-beating-a-drug-suspension/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:40:10 +0000 Tim Ryan http://thebiglead.com/?p=171723
The Brewers star continues to be vaguely chatty.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/31/ryan-braun-prefers-not-to-discuss-beating-a-drug-suspension-by-talking-about-beating-a-drug-suspension/feed/ 6 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/28/former-notre-dame-wide-receiver-take-a-shot-at-mvpalleged-cheater-ryan-braun/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/28/former-notre-dame-wide-receiver-take-a-shot-at-mvpalleged-cheater-ryan-braun/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:35:46 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=170999
Hopefully, this won't be the last player to mention Braun's positive PED test.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/28/former-notre-dame-wide-receiver-take-a-shot-at-mvpalleged-cheater-ryan-braun/feed/ 53 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/19/ryan-braun-is-struggling-in-spring-training-which-means-nothing-yet/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/19/ryan-braun-is-struggling-in-spring-training-which-means-nothing-yet/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:33:54 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=168268
What's the matter? No Prince? Or no "help?" ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/19/ryan-braun-is-struggling-in-spring-training-which-means-nothing-yet/feed/ 109 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/08/theres-a-conspiracy-keeping-jose-canseco-out-of-mexican-league-baseball-because-he-uses-testosterone/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/08/theres-a-conspiracy-keeping-jose-canseco-out-of-mexican-league-baseball-because-he-uses-testosterone/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:53:15 +0000 Stephen Douglas (CRM!) http://thebiglead.com/?p=165501
You don't think these pythons are natural? Wait, don't answer that.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/03/08/theres-a-conspiracy-keeping-jose-canseco-out-of-mexican-league-baseball-because-he-uses-testosterone/feed/ 34 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/29/ryan-braun-vs-dino-laurenzi-the-urine-sample-collector-who-you-got/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/29/ryan-braun-vs-dino-laurenzi-the-urine-sample-collector-who-you-got/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:00:07 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=163528
Ryan Braun's knee injury last summer hasn't really been talked about. Interesting quotes from Braun less than a month before he failed the drug test.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/29/ryan-braun-vs-dino-laurenzi-the-urine-sample-collector-who-you-got/feed/ 152 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/24/ryan-braun-probably-needs-to-tell-everyone-why-he-had-so-much-synthetic-testosterone-in-his-system/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/24/ryan-braun-probably-needs-to-tell-everyone-why-he-had-so-much-synthetic-testosterone-in-his-system/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:55:24 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=162397
Ryan Braun's meeting the media today, but will he come clean?]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/24/ryan-braun-probably-needs-to-tell-everyone-why-he-had-so-much-synthetic-testosterone-in-his-system/feed/ 198 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/26/yale-qb-who-chose-harvard-game-over-rhodes-interview-had-already-been-disqualified-for-sexual-assault-accusation/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/26/yale-qb-who-chose-harvard-game-over-rhodes-interview-had-already-been-disqualified-for-sexual-assault-accusation/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:50:35 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=155275
"A female student went to Yale’s Sexual Assault Harassment and Response and Education Center, claiming Witt had assaulted her in her dormitory room."]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/26/yale-qb-who-chose-harvard-game-over-rhodes-interview-had-already-been-disqualified-for-sexual-assault-accusation/feed/ 27 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/08/texas-man-pretends-to-be-high-school-freshman-in-order-to-try-and-play-football/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/08/texas-man-pretends-to-be-high-school-freshman-in-order-to-try-and-play-football/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:37:26 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=143264
The Friday Night Lights photo is because Coach Taylor could have totally used Taylor Smith at East Dillon high.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/08/texas-man-pretends-to-be-high-school-freshman-in-order-to-try-and-play-football/feed/ 49 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/26/you-should-probably-read-this-story-about-dirty-college-basketball-recruiting/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/26/you-should-probably-read-this-story-about-dirty-college-basketball-recruiting/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:00:25 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=132688
Less than one month to Maui!]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/26/you-should-probably-read-this-story-about-dirty-college-basketball-recruiting/feed/ 14 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/ex-con-in-chicago-thinks-the-ncaa-should-be-going-after-charlie-strong-and-louisville/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/ex-con-in-chicago-thinks-the-ncaa-should-be-going-after-charlie-strong-and-louisville/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:31:00 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=116938
Smart move by the NCAA: Granting immunity to athletes if they'll help the NCAA with an investigation.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/ex-con-in-chicago-thinks-the-ncaa-should-be-going-after-charlie-strong-and-louisville/feed/ 190 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/recounting-college-footballs-scandalous-2011-offseason/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/recounting-college-footballs-scandalous-2011-offseason/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:12:29 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=116601
The college football offseason has been oppressive, a relentless onslaught of scandals, further exposing the sport for the fetid, hypocritical cesspool it has become. Before the regular season deflects our attention and, for the most part, absolves these schools’ sins, let us reflect.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/25/recounting-college-footballs-scandalous-2011-offseason/feed/ 177 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/16/down-goes-the-u-yahoo-sports-drills-the-miami-hurricanes/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/16/down-goes-the-u-yahoo-sports-drills-the-miami-hurricanes/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:05:28 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=115075
Ka-boom.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/16/down-goes-the-u-yahoo-sports-drills-the-miami-hurricanes/feed/ 303 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/27/the-roundup-a-man-woke-up-in-a-body-bag-in-a-morgue-big-12-coaches-give-longhorn-network-the-stiff-arm-nhl-players-as-kids/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/27/the-roundup-a-man-woke-up-in-a-body-bag-in-a-morgue-big-12-coaches-give-longhorn-network-the-stiff-arm-nhl-players-as-kids/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:30:27 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=110016
Music and TV and video games, oh my! And also a mountain lion, a butt-stabber, and a massive sinkhole. Yes, there's actually some sports in the roundup.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/27/the-roundup-a-man-woke-up-in-a-body-bag-in-a-morgue-big-12-coaches-give-longhorn-network-the-stiff-arm-nhl-players-as-kids/feed/ 318 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/20/the-roundup-the-david-salinas-plot-thickens-a-high-school-baseball-record-lesley-visser-is-getting-married/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/20/the-roundup-the-david-salinas-plot-thickens-a-high-school-baseball-record-lesley-visser-is-getting-married/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:06:04 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=108419
Also in the roundup: Uruguay defeated Peru 2-0 in the Copa America semifinals, Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood retired, Arizona star receiver Juron Criner is healthy and will play this season, and Santana Moss will be hosting a strip club night in Miami.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/20/the-roundup-the-david-salinas-plot-thickens-a-high-school-baseball-record-lesley-visser-is-getting-married/feed/ 243 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/19/former-espn-college-football-analyst-accused-in-ponzi-scheme/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/19/former-espn-college-football-analyst-accused-in-ponzi-scheme/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:07:40 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=108009
Football coaches who Jim Donnan allegedly took money from in a Ponzi scheme: Barry Switzer, Frank Beamer and Tommy Tuberville.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/19/former-espn-college-football-analyst-accused-in-ponzi-scheme/feed/ 27 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/14/ncaa-sternly-but-really-feebly-to-gene-chizik-were-not-done-with-you-yet/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/14/ncaa-sternly-but-really-feebly-to-gene-chizik-were-not-done-with-you-yet/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:45:12 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=107263
Remember that scene in Wild Things were Kevin Bacon (a police officer) is talking tough to Matt Dillon at the police station? And Dillon hilariously curses him out in front of other cops, and Bacon is left there with nothing to say? Kevin Bacon is the NCAA. Matt Dillon is Auburn.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/14/ncaa-sternly-but-really-feebly-to-gene-chizik-were-not-done-with-you-yet/feed/ 106 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/13/anthony-davis-is-already-being-asked-about-the-rumors-and-kentucky-fans-are-already-unhappy/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/13/anthony-davis-is-already-being-asked-about-the-rumors-and-kentucky-fans-are-already-unhappy/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:50:28 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=107020
Kentucky fans - and the athletic department, apparently - would rather you not mention the Chicago Sun-Times story from 2010 about Anthony Davis.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/13/anthony-davis-is-already-being-asked-about-the-rumors-and-kentucky-fans-are-already-unhappy/feed/ 23