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Goodbye, Kid.

grum@work — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:41 -0500

Miami Marlins to unretire number.

grum@work — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:48:53 -0500

In a move that may distract people from the crazy home run spectacle in centerfield, the Marlins have gone full-on stupid with the #5.

Iditarod Dog Runs Away in Alaska

rcade — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:27:35 -0500

The German musher Silvia Furtwrangler had a small problem after she arrived in Alaska to prepare for the Iditarod sled dog race a week ago. Her lead dog, Whistler, escaped the truck and ran into the woods around Anchorage. Neither cries of "Whistler, kommen sie!" nor moose steaks and bacon lured him back, and he was seen at various places around town for four days. Finally, a brownie and roast beef lured him into the garage of someone who saw him on the news. "Iditarod dogs bolt from their mushers seemingly every year -- often during the race, but sometimes before, when teams arrive in Anchorage and skittish huskies, unfamiliar with the city, disappear into neighborhoods," reports the Anchorage Daily News.

Jeremy Lin, Get Your Nuts Out of My Face

rcade — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:46:49 -0500

Back in August, YouTube celebrity Kevin Wu got a basketball lesson from significantly less famous Golden State Warriors guard Jeremy Lin. Wu then gave Lin a YouTube lesson.

Alabama Fan, Real Man of Genius

rcade — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:25 -0500

Hey, Alabama fan with seats behind the backboard, how do you feel about the Florida Gators victory over the Crimson Tide Tuesday night?

The Forgotten Story of 17 November 1993

holden — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:30:29 -0500

Rob Smyth at The Guardian gives a rundown of an incredible night of football in the final matches of European qualifying for the 1994 World Cup.

The Best Ivy League Players of All-Time

yerfatma — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:33:04 -0500

just one more reason to miss Bob Ryan when he retires (from The Globe anyway) later this year.

North Texas Coach Dan McCarney Suffers Stroke

rcade — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:57:55 -0500

University of North Texas head football coach Dan McCarney suffered a stroke on Sunday at his Denton, Texas, home and is recovering in the hospital. "I was just sitting down to eat a sandwich when my left side went numb," said McCarney, 58, who coached at Iowa State for 12 seasons and just finished his first with the Mean Green. "The doctors -- and they've been fantastic -- say I'm fine. ... Nothing wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't cure."

Glasgow Rangers Football Club Enter Administration

Mr Bismarck — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:35:30 -0500

Winners of 54 Scottish Championships, 60 Scottish cup competitions and a European Cup Winners Cup, Rangers choose to enter administration on their own terms before HMRC could force the club to accept an Administrator of Her Majesty's choosing over tax debts.

They will almost certainly suffer a ten point penalty as a result, effectively handing the Scottish title to main rivals Celtic.

Glasgow clubs Rangers and Celtic dominate Scottish football to the extent that no one else has been crowned the country's champion since Aberdeen in 1984/85. Celtic claim they don't need Rangers despite the threat of the SPL becoming a one horse race.

J�rgen Klinsmann Tries to Teach Football to America

rumple — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:08:05 -0500

Klinsmann knows that his new freedom has a lot to do with the relative unimportance of soccer in America. There are Americans who say that soccer isn't a sport for men, but for girls and pansies who don't have what it takes to play American football. In this sense, America isn't too weak for soccer; rather, soccer is too weak for America. These attitudes have helped American soccer, especially the national team, carve out a comfortable niche for itself. The team has never been under the unconditional pressure to win. "In this sense, the environment is different in the United States," says Klinsmann. "If you lose a match here, nobody cares. Then people say: 'Oh, you lost yesterday. No problem.'" (gallery).

Randy Moss Wants to Return to NFL

rcade — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:21:31 -0500

After retiring from the NFL before the 2011 season, Randy Moss wants to play next season, he announced on Ustream in a chat Monday morning. "I just wanna go to a team and play some football," said Moss, who also used the freedom of personal Internet broadcasting to show off a bag of his own hair and reveal that it smells like sauerkraut.

Mickelson Erases 6-Shot Deficit in 6 Holes

rcade — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:42:06 -0500

Phil Mickelson turned a six-shot deficit into a two-shot lead in only six holes at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Sunday, winning over third round leader Charlie Wi. In the second-to-last group with Tiger Woods, Mickelson ended up beating him by 11 shots. Woods shot a final-round 75, worse than his amateur playing partner Tony Romo. "In one of the most shocking rounds we've seen from him since his first-round implosion at the 2011 PGA Championship, Woods completely lost it at Pebble Beach," writes Jonathan Wall of Yahoo's Devil Ball Golf.

Manningface

rcade — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:36:52 -0500

Peyton Manning is known as one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time. He holds many NFL all time records and led his team to victory in in Super Bowl XLI. Manning has lost significant playing time due to a serious neck injury and it is not clear if he will return to the Colts next season, or to football at all. If he does decide to return to the gridiron to try and win another championship (to catch up with his little brother on that score) there is no clear consensus on what team he could possibly end up joining. With that speculation in the mind of every NFL fan this offseason, artist David Rappoccio has begun to visualize what it might look like if Peyton joined your local team (via MetaFilter).

Pitchers and Catchers Report

rcade — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:52:48 -0500

The four greatest words in the English language were uttered a week early this year. Seattle Mariners hurlers and backstops arrived Saturday at their Cactus League home in Peoria, Ariz. They were given extra time to prepare for their two-game MLB season opener March 28 and 29 against the Oakland A's. (The A's aren't reporting early.)

Jeremy Lin Drops 38 on Lakers

rcade — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:25:59 -0500

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin scored 38 points and dished seven assists in a 92-85 victory Friday over the Los Angeles Lakers. Lin, an undrafted 23-year-old out of Harvard cut by two other teams earlier this season, has become an overnight sensation after scoring 25, 28, 23 and now 38 points in his first four starts with the team. "It is not often that a guy is going to play four games, the best you are going to see, and nobody knows who he is," said flabbergasted and flummoxed New York coach Mike D'Antoni.