May 2013
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Saskatoon police mourn homeless drunk they... →
He was one of the most recognizable residents in Saskatoon and some people consider the Prairie city a little different now that he’s gone.
This article has nothing to do with sports, but I was so touched by this story that I wanted to share it with you here. Awaiting a Friday night full of promising sporting events, it’s important to be mindful of what a luxury it is to care about...
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Sexuality In Sports: Older Players Fueling A Young...
The movement for LGBT equality has been on the forefront of American politics and society over the last several years with professional athletics finally joining the party as sports stars spanning the globe have trickled out of the closet.
John Amaechi, Gareth Thomas, Robbie Rogers and Brittney Griner have all publicly disclosed their sexuality in recent years, proving that yes, some of the...
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Heat Blast: Chicago Billboard Hilariously Mocks...
Sports fans often obliterate the boundaries of good taste when supporting their teams. The free, fun-loving nature of the games which we all grew up playing sure seems to have a regressive impact on adults, doesn’t it? It’s a fine line to walk, but whomever created the billboard below nailed this tightrope act with expert precision.
Complex Magazine posted photos of an...
March 2013
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Renaissance Men: NFL Players Lead Supreme Effort...
Tenaciously supporting a minority that so many in the majority have yet to understand takes considerable strength and courage, perhaps in its own way, requiring even more bravery than donning pads and a helmet on Sundays. Speaking out in favor of marriage equality has put NFL players Chris Kluwe, Brendon Ayanbadejo and Scott Fujita (all heterosexual, in case you were wondering) on a new kind...
January 2013
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Culliver's Travels: Spare Us The Backpedal, Phony...
Dear Chris, Hey man, how’s it going? I would like to sugar coat the meaty contents of this letter by first saying congratulations on making it to the Super Bowl, as you and your 49ers teammates have made the city of San Francisco beam with football pride for the first time in many years. That is wonderful. More importantly, I have a personal favor I’d like to ask of you. Please...
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Like It Or Not, PR Shapes The Way We View Lance...
Public Relations, perception. Crisis Management, image repair. Gatekeepers, buffer zone. The role of a Public Relations team is incredibly important in a time of crisis, and boy, can the job be daunting. It truly does take a village. Even the staunchest of Lance Armstrong supporters can no longer deny the the fact that the world’s famous cyclist cheated, as the man who was stripped...
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Anna Welker Apologizes For Negative Comments About...
Emotions ran high after the Baltimore Ravens earned a trip to the Super Bowl with a 28-13 win over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. While the Ravens celebrated their victory with tears, chanting, laughter and even some post game trash talk, there were those on the losing side also experiencing a host of emotions, theirs, of the less joyful variety. A screen shot of a...
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Te’o Teammate: “He lied, but the media blew it...
The sports world suffered a twitter-breaking case of shock and awe today with Deadspin’s piece detailing what appears to be the phony story concocted about the late girlfriend of Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te’o. While the American public and the media sure felt duped, one of Te’o’s teammates wasn’t surprised, telling PepperOnSports.com that the players on the Fighting Irish football team...
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Cycle of Vile: Criticism Shifts Gears as...
For the first time during his career a public figure, Lance Armstrong is set to let some amount of truth spill from his lips into the ears of a national television audience, thanks to an interview conducted by Oprah Winfrey.
Instead of focusing on the first public admission of doping from one of the supreme narcissists the sports world as ever seen, many have mysteriously unleashed their...
December 2012
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Cowboys: Players Partied At Nightclub Before Car...
Have you ever had that feeling when you show up somewhere, and something is off? You know something isn’t quite right, but you can’t put your finger on it? That eerie, sour sense of mystery likely flooded the air circulating through the Dallas Cowboys facility soon after the players arrived early Saturday morning, just hours after the death of one of their teammates. It was an...
October 2012
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Gossip Girls: Marlins Players Ostracize Bell, Side...
The personality and intrinsically entertaining human being that is Ozzie Guillen tweeted an interesting photo Sunday. The Miami Marlins manager posted the pic (above) of he and his wife having dinner in Madrid with some friends. The caption reads, “dinner in madrid yes we having good time, stanton, ricky and petey. cenando en madrid que bueno.” Ozzie’s three pals are...
July 2012
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Football Players Get Played By Prostitute
Well isn’t this special?
A few friends of mine have had that “uh-oh” moment (typically in Vegas) when they realize the nice, sexy stranger they brought home for the evening is no longer in their hotel room and has run off with money, jewelry, electronics, etc. Oops!
A few SMU football players one upped that scenario as they were taken by not just any sexy stranger, but by a...
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Dread Scott: Comeback and Collapse Bring Drama To...
Tiger who? Despite the fact that the world’s most famous golfer was out of the running down the stretch, all eyes were on the 18th hole of the Open Championship when Adam Scott arrived at the tee. Adam Scott, looking for his first major victory, could taste it after playing 68 holes of solid golf. The Australian started the final round of play with a four-shot lead and continued to roll...
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Living The Dream: Team USA 2012 Looks To Emerge...
Today I accidentally caught myself using “Dream Team” in reference to the USA men’s basketball team competing in the 2012 London Olympics. I quickly corrected myself as the words sounded blasphemous the second they left my lips. The 1992 “Dream Team” is irreplaceable, not only because of the star-studded roster, but because that team was a historical first that...
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What'cha Gonna Do When They Come For You? NFL...
Just like us fans, Roger Goodell is likely praying for the start of the NFL season to hurry up and get here. Not because the NFL commissioner loves the game, which surely, he does. Instead, the football season serves as a major distraction to keep the NFL’s players from getting into trouble, aka, getting pinched by the cops. 28 active NFL players have been arrested (as of July 20) since...
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It's Time To Send Penn State Into The Lion's Den
Penn State University needs an overhaul. Period. An independent investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that rocked the campus and collegiate football powerhouse revealed a massive coverup by legendary coach Joe Paterno along with some of the most powerful administrative employees like the athletic director and university president. When the news of a police investigation of alleged...
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Middle Man: Same Agent Represents Both Dwight...
One thing we’ve learned from the Dwight Howard sweepstakes is that no deal is a sure thing until it’s done. Signed, sealed, delivered. First it was the Nets. Then it was the Rockets. Then it was the Lakers. Now it’s the Nets. Again. In the last 24 hours, Yahoo! Sports hoops gurus Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc Spears have reported a proposed deal revolving around the Magic...
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Usual Suspects Are The Least Exciting In MLB...
A few days before the brightest stars in baseball head to Kansas City, the All-Star Game has already seen several curve balls come its way. From the surprising dominance of knuckle ball pitcher R.A. Dickey to the emergence of rookie Mike Trout and controversy surrounding fellow young buck Bryce Harper’s spot on the roster, baseball’s most famous heavy hitters seem to be an All-Star...
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Women's Tennis Pushing Players To Pipe Down. ...
During last year’s Wimbledon tournament, I wrote an article about the heinous grunting in tennis after Caroline Wozniaki, one of the top women on tour, criticized a fellow player’s incessant noise making. “I think there are some players who do it on purpose,” Wozniaki told The Guardian during Wimbledon in 2011. “They don’t do it in practice and then they come into...
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Blood, Chokeholds and Booty Shorts Draw Americans...
Some are calling the rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen in UFC 148 not only the biggest fight of the year, but perhaps the most anticipated event in the history of the sport. Just ten years ago, the Ultimate Fighting Championship barely had a history to speak of, much less the ability to gain national media attention and millions of viewers. Here we are in 2012 where the public...
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Source: Lakers "very interested" in making move...
The Los Angeles Lakers are considering an offer from the Orlando Magic that would send Dwight Howard to L.A. in exchange for Andrew Bynum, a source close to the situation tells PepperOnSports.com. I know, I know. You’ve heard it all before. Here’s the fun part:
The source says the Lakers have informed one player that he might be part of the package deal and that he could be traded...
June 2012
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Heat Subsiding: Does Championship Buy LeBron James...
Ahhhh yes, the so-called “coronation of King James” finally happened Thursday night as the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1 for the NBA Championship. LeBron James, the self-proclaimed King, earned his crown in his ninth season in the League, leaving everyone asking questions like “is this redemption,” and “does a title signify the pinnacle for James...
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O Tiger, Where Art Thou?
So close, yet so far, seems to be Tiger Woods’ motto these days as the golf legend continues to seesaw between success and disappointment on the course. I suppose it’s no fault of Tiger’s that people overreacted to his U.S. Open lead after 36 holes. Since when should a halftime lead ever be presumed safe, in any sport? While perhaps tickled with a minor sense of excitement,...
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From 3-0 to 3-2: Is A Historic Tide Turning On The...
The Kings went from trying to make happy history by winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise’s 45-year existence to possibly ending up on the wrong side of history with a hockey collapse of epic proportion. In a seven-game series, a 3-0 lead looks insurmountable regardless of the sport. A deficit of that magnitude has never been overcome in an NBA playoff series. The...
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NBAARP: Out With The Old, In With The New
If you’ve watched even one NBA playoff game this year, you’ve probably heard “the end of an era” used in reference to (insert any old team here). The cliche might be warranted, depending on the team. Should the Celtics big three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen dissolve in any fraction during the offseason (win or lose against Miami, or Oklahoma City),...
May 2012
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Old School vs. New School: NBA Conference Finals...
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS It’s a battle of old school versus new school in the Western Conference Finals as the good ol’ San Antonio Spurs look for a fifth championship while the young Seattle Super Sonics….errr, Oklahoma City Thunder strive to make their first-ever trip to the NBA Finals. Both teams have only ONE loss between them through the first two rounds of the playoffs, a...
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Angels vs Devils: Stanley Cup Final Preview
From their colors to their coasts, the Devils and Kings couldn’t be more different, yet in other areas, these teams have quite a bit in common, especially their underdog status. Nobody expected the No. 6 seed Devils, or worse, the No. 8 seed Kings to be around in June playing for the Stanley Cup, but alas, here we are, with Jersey and L.A. as the last teams standing.
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Rocket Science: How Bleach Blonde Hair And A Pool...
You might want to think twice the next time you ask your favorite celebrity to take a photo with you. The keepsake could land you smack dab in the middle of a federal trial. Wrapping its sixth week of testimony, the Roger Clemens perjury trial remains slow (two jurors were dismissed for falling asleep), complex (scientific experts used the number “quintillion” during testimony) and...
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NFL Wide Receiver Tweets HIV Test Results Photo
Bravo David Clowney. Wow, never thought you’d see that sentence in print, did ya? Ya, me either, especially not after Clowney landed in hot water for tweeting “kill yourself dude” to an online heckler. But we are a nation of forgiveness and second (okay, third, fourth and maybe fifth) chances, right? Right! I think the Buffalo Bills wide receiver deserves a gold star or two for...
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ECF Game 3: Lundqvist Shines As Rangers Top Devils
They say history often repeats itself and the New York Rangers are living proof of it. The Rangers’ third-round playoff series against the New Jersey Devils has mimicked the first two seesaw-like rounds in which the East’s No. 1 seed won the first game, lost the second, and rebounded for a Game 3 victory. The home team Devils actually dominated the first two periods showing plenty...
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California Dreaming: How L.A. Can Take Down The...
Who could’ve seen this coming? Every resident Staples Center team has made it out of the first round of the playoffs, each team finding itself as the lower seed the rest of the way. It’s crazy but true as the Lakers, Clippers and Kings are all on a roll, the hockey team, shockingly, finding the most success in the post-season thus far. For now, we’ll set our sights on...
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Orioles, Nats and Dodgers: Next Stop, The Twilight...
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. L.A. Dodgers. Washington Nationals. Cleveland Indians. Baltimore Orioles.
Major League Baseball has entered the Twilight Zone. Many of baseball’s typical cellar dwellers have played their way to the top of their respective divisions, leaving fans and pundits alike eye-rubbing and head-shaking. The...
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NBA Playoff Round Robin
Nuggets at Lakers, Game 7
The Lakers need to get a grip. Now. On one hand, I’m not worried because I’ve seen this sad act before. The last time the Lakers won an NBA title, the Houston Rockets took them to seven games in the first-round series, which was in no way indicative of what was to come in the rest of the playoffs. We all know the Lakers are superior to the Nuggets,...
April 2012
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Wilted Rose: Scent of Disappointment Surrounds...
After last season’s transformation under then-rookie head coach Tom Thibodeau, 2011-2012 was supposed to be “the” season in which Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls would fully bloom into a team that could legitimately challenge the Heat for a spot in the NBA Finals. But something was wrong from the start. First and foremost was the NBA lockout which kept many players away...
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NHL Playoffs Semi-finals Preview
If the semifinals at all resemble the record-breaking first round of the NHL playoffs, Hockey fans are in for a treat. Yes, the first round of postseason play featured a whopping 16 overtime games (of 48 games total) - three of which featured multiple extra periods - and three 7-game series involving a No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seeded team. The first round offered up plenty of surprises as the No....
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Perfection and Disaster Coincide Giving Baseball...
A stellar 24-hours of baseball began with a star-studded, Hollywood-esque birthday party for Fenway Park as the Red Sox (and Yankees) celebrated the historic landmark’s centennial. The festivities were all flash and no substance as New York handily beat Boston 6-2, the visitors leaving not as much as a party favor for the host team. As many of us watched pitcher Felix Dubront and the Red...
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Playbooks & Pajama Parties: Tebow and Manning are...
Well isn’t this precious? Not only will Eli Manning soon share a stadium with Tim Tebow, but the Super Bowl-winning Giants quarterback will also welcome the Jets rival into his New Jersey neighborhood! Various news outlets reported that Tebow, the Jets recently-acquired backup quarterback chose a residence not in the so-called golf course community where his teammate QB1 Mark Sanchez...
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Royals Outfielder Jeff Francoeur Sends 20 Pizzas...
I watched a TV interview with Francoeur today and this dude is awesome. The KC outfilder threw a baseball wrapped in a $100 bill up into the stands and told the A’s fans that “beer and bacon is on me.” HA! And it only gets better from there. What a cool story. Click the link to read it: ...
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L.A. Story: Dodgers and Angels Surprising Role...
Has hell officially frozen over? One might think so with the Dodgers, Nationals and Mets boasting the first, third and fourth best records in all of baseball, respectively. Making some sense at least are the Rangers with the second-best record in the league, but with the Orioles leading the AL East, something is definitely fishy in the majors right now. I know it’s hard for some of you...
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No Home Ice? No Problem For Hockey's Underdogs In...
A lot of people “don’t like” hockey. Most of said people have never watched a game or a playoff series and likely have little-to-no understanding of the game they choose to blindly bash, otherwise, they would certainly sing a different tune. Only a few games into the postseason this year and we’re already witnessing upsets-galore as the NHL is taking us on one heck of...
