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Alabama vs. Texas A&M.
Crimson Tide vs. Aggies.
AJ McCarron vs. Johnny Manziel.
Katherine Webb vs. Sarah Savage.
CBS Sports kicks off its 13th consecutive season of SEC college football Saturday, Sept. 14 (2:30 CDT) with the much anticipated rematch between Alabama and Texas A&M.
Danica Patrick will be racing on Memorial Day weekend for the ninth straight year this weekend. In those seven of those nine years, Danica Patrick competed in the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Patrick had her moments in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” At Indy in ’05, she lead three times for 19 laps and finished fourth in her first Indy 500; becoming the first woman to lead laps and score a top-five finish at the Brickyard.
She also posted the fastest lap on the opening day of practice. Although she’s been doing absolutely nothing lately; finishing in the 20s and 30s pretty much every week of NASCAR, she still has a fair amount of glory at Indianapolis.
“One Lap Downica” had a practice lap of 229.880 mph on Indy Pole Day; the fastest turned by any woman in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Patrick ended up qualifying fourth, the best-ever starting position for a woman in the race.
2013 is really a make or break year for Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears. The front office has done their best to improve that train wreck of an offensive line in front of him. Kind of.
He’s had Brandon Marshall, a legit #1 target, back with again for over a year. And he’ll finally be playing in an offense that suits his talents. Possibly.
So all the pieces are in place for him. Maybe.
Will this finally be the year Jay Cutler lives up to the hype that accompanied him when he was traded from Denver to Chicago? Like all Chicago sports experts (or at least people perceive me to be a Chicago sports expert for some reason) I received a ton of texts that day saying something to the effect of:
“OMG!!! WE GOT JAY CUTLER!!! WE HAVE CUTLER! WE’RE GOING TO WIN 27 SUPER BOWLS! THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY IN BEARS HISTORY! I’M MORE EXCITED ABOUT CUTLER THAN THE DAY MY KID WAS BORN!!!!!!!!!!!”
Or something like that.
Can the Indiana Pacers upset the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals? Most people seem to think Miami will take this series and move on to the Finals versus the winner of the Memphis Grizzlies-San Antonio Spurs Western Conference Finals.
Not so fast.
Indiana played Miami tight down to the very last second of overtime in game one. On the road, the Pacers took the Heat to extra time before falling 103-102. Unfortunately, coming up short on defense in the final possession. The Pacers also had to deal with the referees swallowing their whistles in crunch time too. In the series opener, Indiana shows it has a real fighting chance in this series.
Watching Jose Canseco melt down on Twitter used to be funny.
Used to be.
Canseco is “obvs a cray” as the kids would say in today’s modern lingo. But Canseco craziness isn’t as laughable now that he tweeted the name, phone number and picture of a woman who accused him of rape. What’s with California sports personas tweeting about sexual assault and rape today?
First, the LA Kings let a Los Angeles sports talk radio host take over their Twitter account. And he made a sexual assault joke. Now Canseco live tweets his potential rape charges.
Kelly Crull is a Fox Sports reporter/host based in San Diego. You’ve seen her covering Padres games in MLB, as well as the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. Kelly Crull, 28, hosts San Diego Padres weekly, the video magazine show on Fox Sports.
She worked two years at KOCO-5 before joining the Thunder in 2010, also will fill in as sideline reporter for Padres telecasts and various other games on the regional network. Laura McKeeman also has joined the network as the primary sideline reporter. (Oklahoman)
Enter FOX Sports/Scout.com & Miss Pinellas County 2012 Laura McKeeman.
When it comes to recruiting new female sports reporters, the new AAA ball seems to be an amalgam of beauty pageants, bikini models and cheerleaders.
Laura McKeeman fits right in. You may have seen her doing the “social media” segments during the Pac-12 Tournament outside Staples Center. (She kind of struggled there a bit the first night. Well, more than a bit actually).
You know how you got sick of Facebook when you mom and your grandmom joined it? Well, a lot of people feel that way. At least a lot of young people.
According to a recent survey, teenagers have been complaining that too many adults are on Facebook, and too many people are using it as a social media app therapist. A new study published Tuesday about online behavior said Twitter was providing less drama than Facebook. It conveyed that teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.
We know Chip Kelly is one of the nation’s most innovative football minds and his approach to training seems to differ somewhat to the rest of the league, but is it fair to question his methodology already?
An unfortunate, off-color sexual assault joke was tweeted on the LA Kings Twitter account tonight.
Most official sports teams Twitter accounts are very dry and dull. And/or overly positive all the time. The LA Kings Twitter account is an exception. At times it can be quite funny, snarky and irreverent. Unfortunately, the LA Kings went a little too far by letting Kevin Ryder, of the Kevin and Bean show on KROQ Los Angeles, live Tweet the LA Kings vs. San Jose Sharks Stanley Cup playoff game.
Ryder took over during the second period of Tuesday night’s game.
The NFL Draft is moving from April to May. Possibly. This NFL Draft move, should it happen, would help make May much less of a boring, dull sports month. Seriously, when the NBA Draft Combine is the highlight of the month, ouch babe. That’s why they tell you in the stock market, “sell in May and go away.”
According to CBS Sports:
More breaking Kate Upton news.
Because of course, Kate Upton news is always the most important kind of news you’ll find. Kate Upton high school yearbook photos have surfaced on “the internets.” I only included the pictures from when Kate Upton was legal. So you don’t have to feel like a creepy weirdo for looking at these pics.
You can feel like a creepy weirdo in general for looking at Kate Upton pictures at work. Then again if you’re a red-blooded male, or female for that matter, how can you not look at Kate Upton photos at work? Beats working, right?
