“Home is where the heart is, right?”
— PHIL JACKSON, head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, in response to a question on whether he’d retire at the end of the season. (via ESPN.com)
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Super Bowl 2014 Belongs to New York / New Jersey
The late, great Frank Sinatra is smiling. Come 2014, the NFL’s biggest game will be played just off Broadway.
Fast Facts: NHL Legend Steve Yzerman
For 27 years, Steve Yzerman was a fixture for the Detroit Red Wings. On Tuesday, he jumped south for a new hockey opportunity.
Stanley Cup Finals: Duncan Keith’s Missing Teeth
Dental diatribes are commonplace across NHL locker rooms.
Quotes: Boston Red Sox’s Marco Scutaro
“I know the whole country of Japan hates me. Sorry, sorry. My bad,”
— MARCO SCUTARO, on being unable to preserve his Japanese teammate Daisuke Matzusaka’s no-hitter bid in the eighth inning of the Boston Red Sox’s game against …
Roger Federer on Rafael Nadal: “No Complex Whatsoever”
Over the past five years, Roger Federer has lost to only one man at the French Open: Rafael Nadal. With 2010’s edition set to start in less than 48 hours, Federer is still the one facing most of the questions.
Lance Armstrong’s Busy Day: On and Off the Course
On Thursday morning, it was a war of words with fellow cyclist Floyd Landis. By Thursday night, Lance Armstrong’s focus had shifted to his health.
Quotes: Lance Armstrong Responds to Floyd Landis
“I would remind everyone that this is a man that has been under oath several times with a very different version … This is somebody that took close to a million dollars from innocent people for his defense under a different
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Floyd Landis: Fast Facts
Up until recently, Floyd Landis was in a lengthy legal battle to recover his 2006 Tour de France victory, lost after a test showed Landis had elevated levels of synthetic testosterone in his blood.
Why Do the 2012 Olympic Mascots Look So Strange?
Welcome to the world, Wenlock and Mandeville. Who they, you ask? Only the cartoon animation mascots unveiled for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London 2012.
Quotes: Floyd Landis Admits to Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Accuses Lance Armstrong
“I want to clear my conscience. I don’t want to be part of the problem any more.”
— FLOYD LANDIS, cyclist and winner of the 2006 Tour De France (later disqualified), admitting he took performance-enhancing drugs in an …
Quotes: Paul Pierce’s Hacked Twitter
“Anybody got a BROOM?”
— PAUL PIERCE, or, rather, someone pretending to be him, via Twitter after Pierce’s Boston Celtics took a 2-0 lead over the Orlando Magic in the NBA playoffs last night. While the tweet was widely …