Accidents and injuries are a part of racing and sports in general, so Jeff Burton is probably taking it all in stride after he slammed into the wall during Friday’s Sprint Cup practice for Sunday’s Dickies 500. He will have to start in his backup car for Sunday’s competition after he gets rid of his headache and while this does change the equation for Jeff and the upcoming race, he’ll certainly continue on as normal.
The crash was apparently due to problems with the power steering and not due to driver error; apparently he couldn’t turn his car when needed. His …read more

Phil Mickelson grabbed the lead after three rounds at the HSBC Champions, after a torrid finish to his round of 67.  “Lefty” made an outstanding three birdies over his final five holes to go from a two-stroke deficit to a two-stroke lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney.  Woods, the second round leader, made birdie on No. 10, but that was it for his round, finishing with a 2-under 70, leaving him at 12-under for the tourney.
Expect the photogs to be out in full force on Sunday, with the ideal final pairing of Mickelson and Woods.  The two haven’t been …read more

The 7-0 Indianapolis Colts are battling the 5-3 Houston Texans this weekend. The Texans have been playing some good football this season and may give the Colts a good run for the money at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Perhaps the biggest opponent for the Colts though is battling their own challenges with injured players. Many people really wondered about the Colts this season with a new head coach in Jim Caldwell and the release of Marvin Harrison from the receiver squad. The bigger challenge though has been injured players. With so many new and young players in the lineup …read more

Have you seen some of the Onion Sports Network clips floating around YouTube and other video outlets? They are absolutely hilarious. For those of you unfamiliar, The Onion delivers the snarky, false side of news and does it in a way that makes you go “waa?” and then “hahaha.” They have a series of video clips that deal with sports stories, like this one:
In a press release, Comedy Central announced that it has worked out a deal for The Onion to do a scripted comedy series that will “take on the whole universe of modern sports — …read more

Manny Ramirez decided to take the money. Ramirez picked up his $20 million option to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He could have tested free agency but the slugger will take the sure thing.
If the Dodgers had a choice, they probably would have liked Ramirez to opt out. The 37-year-old wasn’t too dominant last season. He hit .290 with 19 homers and 63 RBIs. The most noise he made was when he was suspended for testing positive for PEDs.
Ramirez also angered a lot of people with his antics — as is usually the case. As the saying goes, it’s …read more

Tyler Hansbrough, who is regarded by many as one of the best players in college basketball history, was able to make his debut for the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. The former North Carolina star was very impressive in his 14 minutes of action.
Going up against the Washington Wizards, Hansbrough had 13 points and five rebounds. He was 3-for-7 from the field and 7-for-10 at the line. The Pacers ended up blowing out the Pacers 102-86.
The Pacers were led by Danny Granger’s 22 points, six rebounds, four steals, two assists and two blocks. TJ Ford and Dahntay Jones had 18 …read more

Glen “Big Baby” Davis already has an NBA Championship under his belt.  But he wants to become an NBA All Star before he goes back to his other love: football.
The 6-foot-9, 290-pound forward for the Boston Celtics was once a standout football player in high school, but like Greg Paulus he decided to accept a basketball scholarship to LSU instead. (Paulus was rated the top high school quarterback in the country before he accepted a scholarship to play basketball at Duke University for Coach K.) Davis just signed a $6 million two-year deal with the Celtics, so he won’t be …read more

After the Yankees won the World Series, Alex Rodriguez partied it up with his girlfriend Kate Hudson and some of his teammates, including Derek Jeter. They all went to 1OAK and partied until late into the night. People says A-Rod even got up and showed off his singing ability, warbling “We Are the Champions.” (Wouldn’t you have loved to have seen that?)

Also at the party was Kate Hudson’s stepfather Kurt Russell. People there said Kate and A-Rod were “affectionate with each other,” and after Kate left Kurt Russell stayed behind and bonded.
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The 2009 MotoGP season will come to an end this weekend for all classes with a wildcard in the mix that will be someone to watch in the coming years. 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies will be making his debut appearance in the ranks of the world’s fastest sport on two wheels this weekend in the final race of 2009 MotoGP season in Valencia. He’ll be nervous for sure because no matter how successful he was in Superbike, MotoGP is a different ball game. He did have the best rookie season in the history of Superbike though, so if …read more

The fate of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes had been up in the air for some time before coach Urban Meyer announced that he’d be suspending the player for the first half of the Vandy game next week. Although no penalty was called during the game, Spikes clearly stuck his hand into the face mask of Washaun Ealey of the Georgia Bulldogs last week.
Here’s the video, in case you haven’t seen it:
The SEC agreed to this punishment, but football fans everywhere have been grumbling that the punishment wasn’t harsh enough. So, Spikes decided to take matters into his own hands. After …read more