- 02:22 PM
- 05/17/08
"Bull Durham" is 20 years old, a fact that should make people of a certain age check for the sudden onset of liver spots. To celebrate, a "Collector's Edition" DVD goes on sale Tuesday, the third release of the film on disc. It contains the usual commentaries and extras, but unfortunately, doesn't address how anachronistic the movie has become in the ensuing two decades. Here then, a plot for a new, more realistic "Bull Durham: 21st Century Edition."
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
You can take the dog out of the track but you can't take the track out of the dog.
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
"The chief executive officer of Tribune Company says he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea. Zell has a suggestion for the makers of DoubleMint and Juicy Fruit.
'Perhaps the Wrigley Company will decide after getting it for free for so long that's time to pay for it,' he said."
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sampras defeats Federer in straight sets. "Sampras never faced a break point and converted one of two against his opponent as he handed Federer a 7-6 (8), 6-4 defeat at the Venetian Macao arena, wrapping up a three-match Asian exhibition series between the two tennis greats."
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Rob Stone versus 1 million Scoville units: "It was like somebody tasered my mouth."
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
56*? Does Joe DiMaggio's streak deserve an asterisk?
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
"While the race car can reach top speeds of 160 mph, had a 22-race career and is one of only two street legal Nextel Cup cars, Barry said he always observes speed limits when off-track. Still, he said, he’s been stopped 'quite a few times' while promoting NASCAR, whiskey and 'responsible drinking.' When he does, he said, he takes the opportunity to educate police officers about the legalities of the high-powered ride."
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
The top 10 worst sports team names ... because marketing departments like a challenge .
posted on Sep 13, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
50 greatest sporting insults. My personal favorite: 22. "What problems do you have, apart from being unemployed, a moron and a dork?" -- John McEnroe calls it how he sees it to a tennis spectator.
posted on Aug 3, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Politically correct baseball - the first, second and third basemen became "base persons," the batboy was the "bat person" for the night and the shortstop turned into the "vertically challenged stop."
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
The best athletes ever, by number. A team of SI.com's finest numerologists crunched the data on jersey numbers to come up with the best performers (across all sports) at each number from 00 to 99 (Eddie Gaedel was a lock at 1/8).
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Jimmy Walker dead at 63. Walker was the only player from a New England college ever to be drafted #1 in the NBA draft, and was the father of Michigan's Jalen Rose. At one time, they held the NCAA Division I record for career points scored by a father and son.
posted on Jul 4, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick, Kyle Busch out of #5 Kellogg's car? Press conference at 11AM Eastern tomorrow.
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
1996 Tour de France winner admits to doping - "His admission Friday means the top three finishers in the 1996 Tour have all been linked to doping — and two have admitted cheating."
posted on May 25, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Griffey Jr. to fan: You couldn't touch the threads on my jock!
posted on May 14, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Dear Senator Brownback: Please refrain from using Peyton Manning as the quarterback in your football analogies.
Love,
Cheeseheads
posted on May 12, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Former 49er's LB Kevin Mitchell dead at 36.
posted on Apr 30, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
MLB Credits Hank Aaron With 50 Lost Home Runs In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach.
posted on Apr 27, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Nobody's better at losing than the Phillies. Join in the fun and help them celebrate 10,000 losses as a franchise.
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Kiteman and the first pitch: Veterans Stadium, Opening Day, 1972. (via Fark)
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Mailman coming back for one more delivery: After spending the last several weeks contemplating a comeback, the former two-time NBA Most Valuable Player has decided to return for the Jazz's playoff run.
posted on Apr 1, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Asterisk 73 = $238.14. Dave Doolin, a hardware engineer from San Jose, is a Giants fan. But he’s a little tired of the antics of a certain left fielder and his pursuit of certain baseball records. With MLB.com’s unwitting help, he did something about it.
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Thailand in Olympics-era Hockey Record. An inspiring headline, until you read the article.
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Mascot's antics nearly cost D-League team a victory. "Da Bull was suspended for two games and assigned by the team to 50 hours of community service. A replacement mascot will perform in his absence." Replacement mascot? This just seems like an all-around weird story.
posted on Jan 25, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Brad Maynard, on being voted 'Hottest Chicago Bear': "I don't know what's sexy about being 32, married with three kids and balding."
posted on Jan 18, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
And your 2007 MLB HOF candidates are ...
posted on Nov 27, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Talk about your coincidences. Marshall football team gets a bit of a scare in the air.
posted on Nov 10, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Don't be the guy," Brad Childress warns his players before their bye week. As in "Don't be the guy who gets arrested and embarrasses the organization".
posted on Oct 10, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
You always hurt the one you love. Baltimore Orioles' Jay Gibbons injures his own wife with a foul ball.
posted on Sep 24, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Five Duquesne basketball players wounded in shooting.
posted on Sep 17, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Jason Giambi is furry and riding shotgun - you got a problem with that?
Be sure not to miss the sidebar article, featuring the "All-Time Yankee 'Stache Roster".
posted on Sep 2, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Aug 27, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
The dead ball era is back with the announcement of the Vintage Base Ball Association. (last link may be slow or down due to high traffic)
posted on Aug 24, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Will the AZ Cardinals play in Pink Taco Stadium? "There is zero chance of this happening," said Mark Dalton, director of media relations for the Cardinals. "We are in serious and legitimate naming rights discussion with several companies, this is not one of them."
posted on Aug 21, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Eddie Johnson is not a child molester. The other Eddie Johnson is.
posted on Aug 11, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Little League controversy erupts in Utah. Intentional walk of power-hitter during championship game has unintended ramifications.
posted on Aug 11, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Damon has a reputation within baseball clubhouses as being a creepily ardent admirer of his own butt. Finally, despite his remarkable ability to chase down fly balls in center field, he throws about as well as your 11-year-old niece." The Top Ten Sports Pretty Boys as ranked by Mo Arora of AskMen.com.
posted on Aug 10, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Chorizo joins the sausage race at Miller Park.
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Buck O'Neil leads off for both teams in a minor-league all star game.
At the age of 94.
posted on Jul 18, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Flappage explained.
posted on Jun 22, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Doc" Gooden back in jail, apparently couldn't keep his nose clean.
posted on Mar 15, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Oral Roberts University's odds of winning the NCAA men's hoops tourney are five sextillion to one. So they have that going for them. Which is nice.
posted on Mar 14, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
'I Won't Retire Until I've Tarnished Every Record In The Book' Barry Bonds expounds on his decision to stick around for a while longer.
posted on Mar 4, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Kurt Busch, reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, was detained in Maricopa County for suspicion of DUI. Asked to comment, Jack Roush, his current team owner, said "I don't plan to take any action myself. I'm not looking down the road with Kurt, based on the fact that he has his release and he'll be doing something else. He'll be under new management and new oversight next year and I'll just stand aside and watch and see how that works out for him."
posted on Nov 12, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Noelle Pikus-Pace, ranked number 1 in the world in the skeleton event, had her leg crushed in an accident at the Calgary Olympic Park. The first American woman to ever win the overall world cup skeleton title suffered a compound fracture of her lower left leg when an American four-man bobsled manned by a rookie driver and rookie brakeman overran their stop area and plowed into Pikus-Pace and two other sliders at about 60 mph.
posted on Oct 19, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Viagra Comeback Players of the year are ... (hint: not Rafael Palmeiro)
posted on Oct 6, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Eight division titles in a row for the Bronx Bombers. If Boston loses on Sunday and Cleveland wins, they will meet at Fenway Park on Monday to decide the AL's last playoff berth. If Cleveland loses on Sunday, the Red Sox get the wild-card berth no matter what they do.
posted on Oct 1, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Joe Bauman, whose 72 home runs in one season stood until eclipsed by Barry "Big Head" Bonds died today at the age of 83, his melon still in proportion to the rest of his body.
posted on Sep 20, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Shaquille O'Neal finds a way to make me feel bad for hating him. Dammit, Mister run-over-everyone, why do you have to have a heart?
posted on Sep 10, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
"I'm thinking about [riding the Tour de France next year]" Armstrong said Monday. "I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."
posted on Sep 5, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
AJ Foyt Survives Bee Attack. He'd have been stung fewer times, but he slowed down on the backstretch.
posted on Aug 9, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Jul 26, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Michelin has started refunding 120,000 disgruntled fans who saw only six cars participate in June's US Grand Prix. In a bid to restore its US reputation, Michelin vowed to refund ticket holders and buy 20,000 tickets for next year's race - to be handed out free of charge.
posted on Jul 15, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Message to high school football players: Don't tackle anybody too hard this fall. If you do, make sure your team doesn't win. Otherwise, you might be deemed a criminal.
posted on Jun 27, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
USGP SNAFU Michael Schumacher earned his fourth United States Grand Prix victory, leading 51 of 73 laps in his Ferrari on June 19 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The victory came in a six-car starting field after seven of the 10 Formula One teams – representing 14 cars – elected not to race after Michelin, the tire supplier for the seven teams, advised against using its tire due to safety concerns.
Wow, I bet that was exciting.
/sarcasm
posted on Jun 19, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Shane Hmiel has been suspended from NASCAR's Busch series, again, for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy. No word on whether Dale Jarrett was the one that turned him in.
posted on Jun 2, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Fatemeh Angela Harkness has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates on a U.S. warrant. Followup to this post.
posted on May 28, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Is this a joke? He's in the draft?" LSU has lost another basketball player to the NBA draft. First Brandon Bass, and now Curtis Heroman. Actually, Heroman declared first, back on April 15. Only Heroman never played basketball at LSU.
posted on May 17, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Tiger has the weekend off. For the first time since 1998, Tiger Woods misses the cut.
posted on May 13, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Buy yourself a one-day pro baseball contract with the River City Rascals of the independent Frontier League One at-bat and a half-inning in the outfield guaranteed. Bring your own shoes and glove!
posted on May 5, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Fire 'em in there, parents! Alternatively: Why Johnny Can't Hit.
posted on May 4, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Great Sunflower Seed Shortage of '05 looms. Jayson Werth doesn't mind. (l:letmein3254 p:blahblah)
posted on Apr 30, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
IT THROWS THE LOTION AT THE BASKET ball reporter.
posted on Mar 15, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
A trade doesn't just involve personnel. Sometimes, there are unintended consequences.
posted on Feb 1, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Big Unit to NYY in a three-way deal with the Dodgers.
posted on Dec 16, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Angela Does NASCAR How a femme fatale hoodwinked stock-car racing, then skipped town, leaving behind a dead husband and an embezzling lover.
posted on Dec 5, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Kurt Busch is the 2004 Nextel Cup champion, in the closest points race ever. What are your thoughts on the new championship format? Did it make the season more exciting?
posted on Nov 21, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
[Scott] Cate is a multimillionaire - he won't divulge exactly how much he is worth - who has turned Cottonwood High's athletic facilities into premier venues. To some, he is a savior who has taken their children, many of whom struggle with school work, and given them a place to hang out where they can hone their athletic skills and focus on their academic goals in the tutoring program he runs. To others, he is a meddling father who uses his money to recruit players so his son Alex, the Colts' junior starting quarterback, is surrounded by talented athletes.
posted on Sep 27, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Jul 1, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
NFL to overturn Owens deal and send him back to the Niners.
posted on Apr 1, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Even the wieners have Spring Training.
posted on Mar 17, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Rick Majerus to retire. University of Utah men's basketball coach Rick Majerus has been hospitalized with heart problems and will retire at the end of the season.
posted on Jan 28, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Shauna Rohbock is back in the driver's seat. You may remember her from this post (or not).
posted on Dec 23, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
Harry Caray's restaurant buys the Bartman ball for $106K, and intends to destroy it as a "catharsis" for the fans.
AHAHAHAHAHAAA. (Sorry, Cubbie fans)
posted on Dec 19, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
Shauna Rohbock, the driver for the U.S. womens' bobsled team, has been called to active duty by the National Guard. This will cause her to miss the World Cup competitions beginning next month, and may keep her out of the 2006 Olympics in Torino.
posted on Dec 11, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
NASCAR floats trial balloon for new points system. Looking to create a "post-season" of sorts, NASCAR suggests a change to the points system wherein only the top ten drivers with ten races remaining would be eligible to win the championship. It's not being well-received.
posted on Dec 10, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
Tony Renna becomes the 67th person to die at Indy and the first to die there since Scott Brayton in 1996. Any chance we'll hear calls for increased safety in the IRL like we have in NASCAR?
posted on Oct 22, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result