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Video: Mike Tyson?s E:60 Interview
2008-04-30 11:10:00 Tyson sat down with Jeremy Schaap of ESPN for an interview and discussed his newfound sobriety, his old career, and his loyal fans. It’s good to see him off of drugs (which is probably the reason he’s gained weight), but he still doesn’t seem completely happy. But then again, when you’ve lived through 40 years ... More About: Video , Mike Tyson , Interview , Mike , Tyson
The 3 finalists for the Hart Trophy
2008-04-30 04:29:00 The Hart Trophy is the MVP award of the NHL. The three finalists are Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin and Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin… Now Stank-0 has just started watchin playoff hockey again so Stank-0 can’t speak on the merits of the other two, but AO has been written ... More About: Finalists
Karl Malone?s Son, Demetrius Bell, Reveals Inner Douche-ness Of His Dad
2008-04-30 02:57:00 I’ve never liked Karl Malone, never-ever-ever…ever liked Karl Malone. The whole country good ole, cowboy boot-wearin, gun totin thing never really appealed with me. I rooted against the Utah Jazz every chance I got, and I loved seeing Michael Jordan stick a dagger in their heart during his final season. In fact, I still ... More About: Bell , Ness
A Special Shout Out To Roger Clemens [R. Kelly Style]
2008-04-30 01:38:00 For those on the late bus (like me), it’s been revealed that Roger Clemens may have had an “inappropriate relationship” with country singer Mindy McCready while she was under the age of 18. Clemens denied any wrongdoing through his attorneys, but McCready told The New York Times “I cannot refute anything in the story,” ... More About: Style , Kelly , Special , R Kelly
Bill Parcells Gave Jason Taylor The Cold, Pasty, Liver-Spotted Shoulder
2008-04-29 07:53:00 In my last post, I gave the Dolphins front office a little props for possibly trading Jason Taylor so he could play for a team that competes. Well, according to this article in The Miami Herald, not everyone appears to be huge Taylor fans. Jason stopped by the Dolphins facilities to visit team mates participating ... More About: Dancing with the Stars , Cold , Bill Parcells
Wow? A Sports Team With A Heart?
2008-04-27 19:04:00 Pro Football Talk picked up on a Sun Sentinel article that quoted Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga saying Jason Taylor “deserved” to be traded. That’s a classy move coming from a franchise that has absolutely no chance of winning. Jason Taylor has given the Dolphins 9 or 10 years of hall of fame qualty play, ... More About: Sports , Heart , Team
Mike Tyson Is Fat Now [The Camera Adds 65 Pounds]
2008-04-26 01:49:00 I don’t know why… but I didn’t see this one coming. Mike may be crazy, ill tempered, foul mouthed, and dabbling in drugs, but he’s never been fat. Maybe it’s because he’s been on a series of dinner tours where he also does public speaking and meet-n-greets. I still got love for Mike though, even ... More About: Mike Tyson , Camera , Boxing , Tyson
Cris Collinsworth In Madden 2009? But WHY???
2008-04-25 20:31:00 It was revealed that Brett Favre will be the cover boy for Madden 2009 today. I don’t have a problem with that. However, I DO have a problem with Cris Collinsworth and some guy named Tom Hammond being the new in-game announcers. I’ve never liked Collinsworth, and I hate the fact that I have to ... More About: John Madden
50 Cent And Floyd Mayweather Came To Blows In The Closet (see what I did th
2008-04-24 20:42:00 Earlier this month, I posted audio of 50 Cent briefly acknowledging his fight with Floyd Mayweather . But yesterday during an interview with Angie Martinez on Hot97, 50 gave a detailed explanation as to how and why the fight started. It turns out that they came to blows while inside of Floyd’s bedroom… alone. You can ... More About: Boxing , Floyd Mayweather , King Kong
The Big D circus just got one clown bigger
2008-04-24 05:32:00 The Dallas Cowboys have dealt a fourth round pick for Pacman Jones. ISO (In Stank-0’s opinion), the Titans shot themselves in the foot by distancing themselves from Pacman after “making it rain.” That lowered Pacman’s value on the open market, then they got pissy because the Cowboys wouldn’t sweeten the pot. ... More About: Circus
Poll: When Will Chad Johnson Cave In To The Bengals?
2008-04-23 10:41:00 I won’t rehash the entire story because by now we already know whats going on. Chad says he won’t report to the Bengals at all this season, and coach Marvin Lewis has decided to call his bluff and say “prove it”. So my question for you guys is simple, how long will Chad Johnson wait before ... More About: Poll , Chad Johnson
Anquan Boldin Wants To Be Traded Out Of Arizona
2008-04-23 10:20:00 I saw this coming from ten miles away. Due to an extreme act of incompetence in the front office of the Arizona Cardinals, Larry Fitzgerald was able to shake down the organization for a 4-year $40 million dollar contract. While that was all fine and well for Larry, it creates a huge problem for the ... More About: Anquan Boldin
Video: Jordan ?Maybe? Commercial - Become Legendary
2008-04-23 09:09:00 Nike should be paying me as much as I talk about their products, but I love their commercials. This clip for brand Jordan is really good. More About: Video , Commercial
Nike And Kanye West Team Up For The Air Yeezys
2008-04-21 11:19:00 The world’s leading sports apparel company and the world’s hottest rapper have teamed up to create the Nike Air Yeezys. These shoes were seen for the first time during Kanye West ’s Grammy performance in February, but now we get an official close up. In true Kanye fashion, the shoes glow in the dark (which is ... More About: Shoes , Team
Baracky: The Video
2008-04-21 11:03:00 Okay, Sportaphile is late on this…. but it’s too good not to post. This mash-up of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and Sylvester Stallone’s boxing masterpiece is fantastic. More About: Video , Boxing
Video: Kimbo Slice Addresses Chuck Liddell (And The Rest Of The Haters)
2008-04-18 23:01:00 Some of you may have read the news a week or two ago, where Chuck Liddell had less than flattering remarks about Kimbo Slice. UFC president Dana White echoed Liddell’s comments last week, and also claimed Kimbo Slice was knocked out by Forrest Griffin during sparring. Kimbo responded to both comments in the video below, ... More About: Video , Rest
The must see matchup of the entire playoff?s first round
2008-04-18 17:55:00 Stank-0 has written about the other two matchups, here and here, however, this matchup has it all. STAR POWER. HISTORY. STYLE CONTRAST. Next up, (3) San Antonio (56-26) Games remaining: 0 (0 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 0 (6) Phoenix (55-27) Games remaining: 0 (0 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 0 The Suns have prevailed in the season ... More About: Entire , Round
Westside!
2008-04-17 18:01:00 Having finished the LEastern conference its time to go back back to Cali Cali. (1) Los Angeles (57-25) Games remaining: 0 (0 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 0 (8) Denver (50-32) Games remaining: 0 (0 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 0 The Lakers have pwnd controlled the Nuggets. REGULAR SEASON SERIES Lakers lead 3-0 Nov. 29: at Lakers 127, Nuggets 99 Dec. 5: Lakers 111 at Nuggets 107 Jan. ...
Video: Daniel Akinyemi vs. Derek Strong - BET?s Iron Ring Knockout
2008-04-17 10:30:00 Lot’s of people are asking for this one…. Daniel Akinyemi slammed Derek Strong so hard that it knocked him out cold. It was even more impressive because Strong had Akinyemi locked in am armbar the entire time. It appears Akinyemi broke his arm during the move, but viewers were left in the dark ( until ... More About: Video , Ring , Iron
NBA playoffs, part iii
2008-04-17 03:03:00 (3) Orlando (51-30) Games remaining: 1 (1 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 1 vs. Div: 1 (6) Toronto (41-40) Games remaining: 1 (0 Home, 1 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 0 The Magic hold the season series edge. REGULAR SEASON SERIES Magic lead 2-1 Nov. 7: Magic 105 at Raptors 96 Feb. 20: at Raptors ... More About: Playoffs , Part
Is Baseball Still ?America?s Game? If It?s Full Of Latinos?
2008-04-16 22:09:00 There’s been a little study floating around for the last day or so stating that only 8.2% of the MLB was African-America n. While the number of black players is decreasing, it’s also true for white players. Several factors have contributed to a noticeable rise in Latino athletes in the game. While watching ESPN’s First Take ... More About: Baseball , Game , Full , Latinos
Where?s All The Hoopla For Ken Griffey Jr?s 600th Home Run?
2008-04-16 07:48:00 If you’re scanning a sports website or TV channel this week, you’ll see tons of news on the NBA playoffs, or Tiger Woods hurting his poor knee. What you WON’T see is much of any celebration on Ken Griffey Jr . approaching the 600th home run milestone. I believe this is so unfair and hypocritical because ... More About: Home , Home Run
NBA playoffs part I
2008-04-16 04:42:00 Eastern Conference (1) Boston (65-16) Games remaining: 1 (1 Home, 0 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 1 (8) Atlanta (37-44) Games remaining: 1 (0 Home, 1 Away) vs. +.500: 0 vs. Div: 1 As Stank-0 mentioned here, this is the first part of a multi-part series posted here and here. First round in ... More About: Playoffs , Part
Craziness Comes In Threes
2008-04-15 11:30:00 Ron Artest and Mike Tyson made the news in the same day? Things like that don’t happen as a result of pure coincidence. There’s got to be a third athlete in serious need of therapy who’s going to pop up on the news any moment now. Hardwood Paroxysm brings the story of Ron Artest’s personal ... More About: Boxing
How Hood Are Bernard Hopkins? Teeth On A Scale of 1-10?
2008-04-14 09:30:00 Bernard Hopkins had a very hard life, but was eventually able turn things around and become a hall of fame boxer. Hopkins had 7 siblings and only a mother to care for them (his father drank himself to death), and had to resort to robbing drug dealers to support himself. That’s hood. Bernard Hopkins was stabbed ... More About: Boxing , Hood , Teeth , Bernard Hopkins
TGIF: Serena Williams? Booty Gets A Breather
2008-04-11 22:20:00 R’ra somehow describes the Serena bikini pictures perfectly. Commenters on a lot of blogs are saying shes out of shape, but she defated the #1 tennis player in the world last week, so she can’t be doing that bad. two more pics below More About: Serena Williams , Tennis , Williams , Booty
Money really can?t buy everything
2008-04-11 05:07:00 Bill Self, of the newly crowned National Champion Kansas Jayhawks, has turned down Oklahoma State. Stank-0 wrote about this here. For those not in the know, Oklahoma State University has a billionaire booster, T. Boone Pickens. Pickens famously donated $165M to the school. Self could have easily been the highest paid college basketball coach, and only ... More About: Money
Email Subscriptions Now Available For Sportaphile
2008-04-11 02:23:00 For those of you who don’t use RSS and want to subscribe to Sportaphile, we now offer instant email updates. As soon as new posts are added here on the site you’ll also have them in your box to read at your leisure. All you need to do in order to sign up is enter your ... More About: Email , Subscriptions
Video: Kobe Bryant Jumps Over A Moving Aston Martin
2008-04-10 23:52:00 Whoa… this is crazy. I’m about 89% sure this is real… The crazy things athletes do to promote their new (ugly) Nike Hyperdunk shoes. Shout out to Sportable for having it first. heres another copy of the video in case the one above dies… Kobe bryant jumps over a moving Aston Martin by 20PoundINC More About: Video , Moving , Kobe Bryant
Ricky Hatton Wants A Rematch With Floyd Mayweather ?. AHAHAHAHA!!
More articles from this author:2008-04-10 23:32:00 This guy CAN’T be serious. Does Ricky Hatton get off on pain? Is he a closet sexual deviant? That’s the only logical explanation for wanting a rematch with a fighter who outclassed him in the ring. The end of the fight wasn’t even controversial, he got knocked the F’ out, plain and simple. But somehow Hatton ... More About: Mayweather , Floyd Mayweather , Floyd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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