Picture Danny Woodhead and Gheorghe Muresan
They're like Russian nesting athletes.
Video Drugged Up Kid Doesn't Want Dwight Howard to Leave the Magic
He must be the Magic exec who drunk dialed Howard.
News David Stern Rejects 2008 Trade of Pau Gasol to the Lakers
“I didn’t feel the trade was fair for the small-market Grizzlies,” said Stern. “I mean, looking back, they really got fleeced. So I am voiding the deal for basketball reasons.”
The commissioner’s decision attaches a huge question mark to the last four NBA seasons, in which Gasol and the Lakers made three NBA Finals and won two.
“I guess that means the Lakers lose those two championship,” said Stern. “Or not. I don’t know. Maybe we could have a computer simulate those seasons or ask some kid to do it on NBA 2K. There are obviously a lot of questions and I don’t have the answers. When you start meddling in things, this is what happens, okay? Just let me meddle.”
Opinion The Worst Sports Gift You Ever Received: Issue #1
Ever receive a horrible and/or hilarious sports gift? Send your submissions to OverheardSP at gmail.
Without missing a beat, my dad (a Giants fan) said, “We thought you would. It’s a replica Jim Kelly Super Bowl ring.” I stopped laughing.
- Andrew
For Christmas in 2006, all I wanted was a Brian Urlacher jersey to wear in case the Bears went to the Super Bowl in 2007. Instead, on Christmas morning, I unwrapped a men’s XXL #30 Mike Brown jersey. I’m a girl. It was like a tent on me. But since my parents couldn’t find any jerseys in my size, let alone an Urlacher one, they bought the M.Brown jersey and got me matching orange leggings so I could wear it as a dress.
- Jami
Picture Wizards' Season Highlights Include Not Getting Killed at Home by the Mavericks
Hey, it's hard to market a franchise that awful.
Opinion Honest Sports Ticket Fine Print
Opinion The 25 Scrappiest Athletes of All-Time
SportsPickle readers voted to elect the scrappiest athlete of all-time. After more than 60,000 votes from dozens of contenders, here are the athletes you determined to be the most scrappy.
25. Theo Fleury
Fleury scored 1,000 points in the NHL, won a Stanley Cup and an Olympic gold medal and did it all at 5-foot-6. He even gutted through a season with Crohn’s Disease. His last name means “flower” in French, but tell him that and he’ll probably punch you in the ribs or even higher up your body if he can reach.
24. Martin St. Louis
St. Louis has scored 80 or more points in a season six times during his career despite being only 5-foot-8. The Lightning captain is also the highest-ranked hockey player in the voting. Of course, if the NHL itself had been a voting option for scrappiest, it would have won in a landslide.
23. J.J. Barea
At 6-feet, 175 pounds, Jose Juan Barea exploded onto our scrappy radar with his scraptastic contributions to the Dallas Mavericks’ championship run. Just 27 years of age, expect Barea’s scrappy stock to continue to rise as the sports world’s scrappiest — or “mas animoso” — Spanish-speaking basketball player.
22. Moredecai “Three Finger” Brown
All the evidence you need is in the name. If your nickname describes your body post-amputation or farm machine accident, you’re pretty scrappy. The 239 wins, 2.06 career ERA and Hall of Fame spot are almost overkill.
21. Troy Brown
He was a possession receiver who agreed to play defensive back to help the team. He regularly got cut or was forced to take a pay reduction. He was only 5-foot-10. He didn’t come from a college football power. And he played in Boston. Put all that together, and you have the makings of the scrappiest athlete of all-time! Who knows what it is about him that kept voters from placing him higher on the list. A true mystery. Hmm. Hmmmmm.
Video Now Lebron James is Mocking Plaxico Burress, Too
If that touchdown had been late in the game, Lebron would have shot and missed his leg.
News Rudy Gay Bullied by Teammates for Effeminate First Name
“All my life I have been bullied for the perceived feminine qualities of my first name, and it has only gotten worse since I started playing professional basketball,” said Gay during a small press conference this morning. “I am here today to announce that I will no longer tolerate it.”
Gay stated in the press conference that throughout his career he’d been called names like Trudy, Judy, Rhubarb and Rudy Tooty Fresh ‘N’ Fruity by teammates both to his face and behind his back.
Gay said that the ridicule is particularly merciless when he under-performs and teammates call him Moody Rudy, making snide insinuations that he is menstruating and that that is the cause of his poor performance. He also said that teammates will avoid coming near him in the shower or on the bus for fear of catching “Rudy Cooties.”
“Honestly, Rudy isn’t even a very effeminate name. I don’t know any girl Rudys, except for Rudy Huxtable, I guess, and she’s not a real person,” said Gay. “What about players with names like Nenê or Emeka or Shannon? No one’s hatin’ on them.”
Opinion The Muppets and Their Athlete Equivalents
Derek Jeter = Kermit the Frog
Ndamukong Suh = Miss Piggy
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