That’s Roy “Pennybags” Hibbert to you.
Hibbert chickened out and didn't actually wear the monocle during the press conference. However, we discovered that he actually wore it during the game, as seen here.
Via: Brent Smith / Reuters
Roy Hibbert Escalates NBA Fashion Wars With Deployment Of Monocle
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The Incredible True Story Behind Sergio Garcia's Epic Collapse
Tiger Woods had very little to do with it.
This weekend Tiger Woods won The Player's Championship, which is commonly referred to as the golf season's 5th major. But the biggest storyline wasn't Tiger's win, it was his rivalry with Sergio Garcia.
Via: Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
With merely two holes to play Garcia, a Spanish golfer who was involved in a pouty feud with Tiger over the weekend, was tied with Woods. The possibility of an tension-filled playoff loomed, until Sergio improbably imploded on the difficult Par 3 17th, hitting it into the water twice.
Via: Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
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Penn State's Disgraced President Was The Highest-Paid Public-School President In The Country Last Year
What’s the opposite of “just desserts”?
Via: Jason Minick, File / AP
Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier, who stepped down in November 2011 as a direct result of the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal and now faces criminal charges, made $2.9 million during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. That's serious money, particularly for a guy who was disgraced during the course of earning it.
But what's even more remarkable is that that $2.9 million was unrivaled by any other public-school president in the country during that same year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
As reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Chronicle's survey found that, thanks to severance pay, retirement pay, and deferred compensation — a significant sum thanks to his 16 years as president — Spanier out-earned the next closest, Auburn's Jay Gogue, by about $350,000. Spanier made approximately $2,558,000 of his $2.9 million thanks to these perks, which are traditionally written into presidents' contracts but seem particularly egregious when they're triggered by the kind of event that concluded Spanier's career, i.e. resigning in disgrace. Adding another level of absurdity to this, Spanier remains on Penn State's payroll: he was placed on paid administrative leave from a tenured professorship.
(Spanier claims to be innocent of the charges against him, which include endangering the welfare of children, obstruction, conspiracy, perjury and failure to properly report suspected abuse.)
Don't hurt for the presidents who trailed Spanier, though. Median compensation during that fiscal year for public universities' top leaders was $441,392.
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The Human Version Of The Most Annoying Sound In The World
Bulls center enthusiastically applauds opponents for arguing with each other.
Via: Jeff Haynes / Reuters
The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat have recently become bitter rivals. With three ejections in the past three games, and nine technical fouls in Game 2 alone, this series has also become one of the most physical in recent playoff history.
At the front of all this is Joakim Noah, who prides himself on being an aggressor and irritator. After being ejected in Game 2, Noah did not show any caution in Game 3, shoving Heat big man Chris Anderson in the first quarter.
So, naturally, when the Bulls had a swing of momentum, and the Heat players began to fight with themselves about a defensive lapse, Noah decided to step in...
And obnoxiously cheer Bosh and Chalmers on.
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Bryce Harper Line Drive Only LOOKED Like It Killed This Cubs Pitcher
Scott Feldman Anguish Face dot jpg.
Let's say you are a Nationals fan watching the team yesterday via MLB.tv, as a good fan does when they can't watch a local broadcast. You get up for a second and come back to this image right before the broadcast cuts to commercial.
WAIT, WHAT? IS THAT CUBS PITCHER DEAD?
Not quite! Here's what you would've seen if you'd watched Bryce Harper's at-bat the first time around.
Clearly, the ball comes nowhere near to impacting Feldman's noggin. Maybe he was just yelling in frustration because he thought he'd given up a hit.
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Baseball's Most Eccentric Player Demonstrates The Perfect Slide
Manny continues being Manny, even in Taiwan.
Manny Ramirez is arguably the most confounding player in MLB history. He was simultaneously one of the most prolific hitters and airheaded fielders of all time. Boston Red Sox fans affectionately called this phenomenon "Manny being Manny."
Via: Elsa / Getty Images
After multiple drug suspensions the 40-year-old outfielder has found himself playing for $25,000 a month for the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan.
Via: MANDY CHENG / Getty Images
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Millionaire ESPN Columnist Writes Laziest Article In Sports History
It must’ve taken him at LEAST ten minutes to finish this “poem.”
Via: Michael Buckner / Getty Images
Rick Reilly is a very well-compensated sportswriter for ESPN. He used to be great at his job. Now, he is less so. And today's column — a poem about the Jets — might be his nadir. I've selected some choice "stanzas" and matched with images that convey the reaction you will feel. You will feel progressively worse about Rick Reilly, your own life, and the state of mankind. Eventually, you will feel so angry that you turn into Nicolas Cage. Enjoy.
QB or not QB
That is the question.
Who should the Jets start?
Who should the Jets shun?
Source: katienotopoulos
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How To Know If You Are The Biggest Nerd In The World
A simple, one-question test.
There are many reasons someone is called (or considers themself) a nerd. Sometimes it's because he or she is an over-achiever in school. Sometimes it's because he or she loves comic books or some other piece of media that is seen as outside the mainstream. Sometimes it's just because of glasses. But how can you tell if you're not just a nerd, but actually the world's biggest nerd?
There's actually a simple one-question test to answer just that question.
Are you ready?
Here goes.
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Soccer Fans Take A Powerful Stand For Gay Rights
Pride, not prejudice.
Fans of the Portland Timbers of the MLS are known for big, emotional displays like this crowd-sung national anthem from 2011.
Source: youtube.com
Or this giant banner fans displayed after the Boston Marathon bombings.
Via: Don Ryan / AP
Well at Sunday night's Timbers-Chivas USA match, Portland fans made a heart-warming gesture toward the gay community.
Via: Don Ryan / AP
Including an awesome, giant banner.
Source: facebook.com
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LeSean McCoy Thinks Matt Barkley Is Named Mark
The Eagles running back needs to brush up on the new roster additions.
Running back LeSean McCoy is pretty good at hitting the gaps in the O-line, accelerating in the open field, and stiff-arming the secondary.
Via: Sgt. Austin Hazard/USMC/MCT
Of course, "Mark" Barkley isn't bad as far as Weirdly Unintentional Nicknames go, but McCoy can surely do better.
Via: Michael Conroy / AP
"Who, Mick Foley? Great QB. He and Matt should have a fun time competing for the starting job."
Maybe it's Nick Foles.
Via: Mel Evans / AP
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Boston Bruins Complete Epic Comeback With Game 7 Overtime Winner
Patrice Bergeron will never have to buy a Narragansett in Boston again.
For fans of the Boston Bruins — who were down 4-1 to the Maple Leafs tonight in the third period of Game 7 of their first-round series — what could be better than longtime Bruin Patrice Bergeron scoring, at home, to cap a comeback with 50 seconds left?
Source: youtube.com
PATRICE BERGERON SCORING AGAIN IN OVERTIME.
Is there anything better than overtime playoff hockey?
SPOILER ALERT: No, there is not.
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"Posterizing Your Friends" Should Be The Next Big Fad
Man, this kid got totally dunked on.
First there was "Icing," then came "Planking" and the "Harlem Shake," and now we have "Posterizing Your Friends."
It takes some careful three-person timing to pull off.
Not a bad windmill, by the way.
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This Is The Objectively Wrong Way To Play Basketball
Who knew that there was such a thing!
During Monday night's evisceration of the Bulls by the Miami Heat, Chicago's fourth-string point guard, Marquis Teague, took the Bulls' already-crummy performance and buried it somewhere in the Earth's crust.
That's right: trying to break up a pass to the Heat's Chris Andersen, Teague — who is eight inches shorter than Andersen — ends up tipping it into his own basket.
The play happened on a fourth-quarter Heat possession, when the Bulls looked to be beaten. At that point, this might have been the only way the game could've gotten any worse. And it did.
The Heat lead 3-1 and will attempt to put Chicago away Wednesday night in Miami.
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Bryce Harper Picked A Fight With An Outfield Fence
He lost.
Bryce Harper has built a reputation for being an unapologetic, brash and incredibly exciting baseball player.
Via: Rob Carr / Getty Images
Harper appears to have the talent and determination to become one of the best baseball players we've ever seen, which makes it easy to forget he's only 20 years old.
However, last night, Dodger Stadium's right field fence took it upon itself to humble the cocky Las Vegas native a little bit.
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How A Sports Folk Hero Disintegrates
Nate Robinson had been having a magical playoffs. Tuesday night, we were reminded of the fact that, in sports, these things don’t always work out.
Via: Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images
Along with the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and teammate Jimmy Butler, the Chicago Bulls' Nate Robinson had been a major part of the success story of this year's playoffs. After seven years of wandering the NBA — first the New York Knicks, then, briefly, the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Golden State Warriors — the 5'9" point guard had become better known for the stupid things he did, like getting in fights and shooting on his own basket, then the fact that, when he focused for more than 12 seconds, he could score in droves.
In 2012-13, it looked like Robinson had finally maybe found a place. Playing in all 82 games for the first time in his career, Robinson seemed to have adjusted to coach Tom Thibodeau's disciplined, demanding style, and when the playoffs rolled around, the shorthanded Bulls, expected to fall early because of their overmatched, backup-filled lineup, managed to beat the Nets in seven — including a 34-point Robinson performance in a double-OT win. Then, adding to the surprise, the Bulls beat Miami in Game 1, with 27 points from Robinson. He was becoming a folk hero, and Chicago had a potential miracle on its hands.
That didn't happen. The Bulls lost their next three, reaching their nadir Monday night during a 23-point loss. Struggling most of all was Robinson. Here's a supercut of his missed shots last night as a sort of tribute and memorial to Chicago's gallant playoff run without Derrick Rose. Thanks for the memories, Nate.
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Is Joe Paterno Still Alive?
A burning question that someone apparently has.
ESPN anchor Bob Ley posted the following letter, which he received from a fan, to his Twitter account today.
Source: twitpic.com
So let's give this some critical thought. Really break down the theory and the possible scenarios under which it could be true. Is Joe Paterno secretly still alive?
But maybe he faked his death.
So you mean he's not hiding out in the "heart of Nittany Lion country"?
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Redskins Owner, Other Americans Remain Resolutely Unenlightened On Racial-Slur Issue
In the last two decades, the nation has completely turned itself around on gay rights, but opinions on “Redskins” have barely budged.
Via: Library of Congress
In the United States, you can usually assume that the civil rights situation for any given minority group is going to get better over time. The process may take, you know, hundreds of horrible years, but for the most part, a group that's getting crapped on can at least know that things will be somewhat less awful in the future. Twenty years ago, for example, it would've been seen as stupid or quixotic to propose legal gay marriage or run for president as a black man. Now Washington, D.C., is home to a black president running a government that's rapidly ending organized discrimination against gays and lesbians. But D.C. is also home to an insult to civil rights and basic human decency that's demonstrated a surprisingly un-American resistance to progress: a football team with a racial slur for a nickname.
That would be the Redskins, of course, whose name is once again in the news thanks to a National Museum of the American Indian panel and a D.C. city council member who suggested changing it to Redtails in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen WWII fighter pilots. Redskins owner Dan Snyder got self-righteous about declaring that he'd never change the team's name, acting as if his stand against the dignity of a tiny minority group were some profile in courage. What's more, the public seems to be behind him: Only 11% of those surveyed in a recent Associated Press-GfK poll thought the name should be changed. The AP notes that this number is up only four percentage points from 1992, the last time the Redskins played in the Super Bowl and the last time a national audience was polled on the issue. And four points is the margin of error on the poll.
1992 happened to be a significant year for the gay-rights movement as well: a case challenging Hawaii's refusal to allow gay couples to marry was pending before the state's Supreme Court, while presidential candidate Bill Clinton campaigned on the position that gays should be able to serve openly in the military. The court case resulted in a 1993 decision leading Hawaii toward same-sex marriage; Clinton's move on gay rights led Congress to pass the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in 1993 as well. It was, in many ways, the beginning of the national debate about gay rights that is ongoing today. And the contrast between Americans' progressing attitudes toward gay people and their attitudes toward this particular American Indian slur in these last two decades is...significant. According to Gallup, American sentiment regarding the legalization of gay marriage has gone from 68%-27% against to 53%-46% in favor in the last 17 years. Now 77% of Americans say they know a gay person; that number was only 42% in the year Clinton was elected.
No one in the NFL or Redskins organizations need wait until a majority of Americans oppose the use of "Redskins" to do the right/obvious thing and change it, of course. But some movement on that front might force their hand. It's said that the best way to get someone to change their mind on gay rights is to have one of their friends or family members come out of the closet. But Native Americans are only 1% of the population, a portion that's even lower in D.C., which makes sense, because "Our Most Popular Sports Team Is Called [Your Ethnic Group] Sucks" is not a good slogan for selling people on moving to your city. It's going to take something besides person-to-person interaction to change the national mood (and the mood of D.C. fans) on the issue. You'd think that thing could just be taking a half-second to realize that it's absurd to have a football team with a racial-slur nickname in 2013. But that's what a reasonable person watching the Redskins might've thought in 1992 too, and two decades later, only the names on the backs of the jerseys have changed.
Daniel Snyder.
Via: Evan Vucci / AP
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21 Reasons Everyone Is Talking About Andrew Wiggins
Meet college basketball’s newest superstar.
This afternoon, Andrew Wiggins, the No.1 ranked senior in high school basketball, announced that he'll be Kansas Jayhawk next season.
The reason that's a big deal is some analysts consider Wiggins to be the best NBA prospect since LeBron James. Here's why:
Because 6-foot-8-inch 18-year-olds don't spin this fluidly...
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11 Of The Many, Many Things That Have Happened Since The Knicks Were Last A Relevant Playoff Team
It’s been a while for the ‘Bockers.
Via: Al Bello / Getty Images
The Knicks play Game 4 of their second-round playoff series against the Pacers tonight. This might not seem to be a particularly noteworthy accomplishment. After all, eight teams make Round 2 every year (that's over a quarter of the league). What makes the Knicks' presence noteworthy is that they haven't been relevant in the playoffs — which we're defining as having won at least one Round 2 game — in THIRTEEN YEARS. May 21, 2000. That was the last time the Knicks put one on the board in the second round. The only other teams that didn't win a Round 2 game during that span are the Bobcats and Wizards.
13 years is a long time. Here are some things that have happened during those 13 years:
Tim Duncan got ten THOUSAND rebounds.
Via: Jeff Chiu / AP
There were more dunks in the WNBA (six) than Knicks postseason appearances (five).
Via: NBAE/Getty Images
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Russian Youth Hockey Brawl Trumps Every NHL Fight Ever
In America we usually save this behavior for the parents.
Fighting has always been a fundamental part of hockey. It's an agressive sport and bloodlust has always been ingrained in its culture.
Via: Jim Rogash / Getty Images
Even to a comical degree.
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