We've all been there. You're traveling somewhere & end up watching a game in an airport bar, only to find that it's time to board and the game isn't over yet. Some Canadian travelers on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver unwisely booked their flights for during the gold medal match with the United States. I guess they didn't think Canada would…

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Last night, Saturday Night Live showed their love (?) of curling, which really was just an excuse to make bad Gyne-Lotrimin jokes while showing an ESPN Classic curling match from 1987. While the "classic" match featured Finland and Paraguay, the only part of the SNL skit that was at all entertaining was Will Forte's portrayal of Greg Stink, while…

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Drew Brees! You've just won the Super Bowl! Where are you going to go? I'm going to go on the Oprah Winfrey show and have her awkwardly rub at my face! Drew Brees' birthmark on his face is widely known in the sports world. By this point, most bloggers have moved on from remarking on it. But not…

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At the end of the first quarter of tonight's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies launched a shot from past half court in an attempt to beat the buzzer. Gay successfully got the shot off in time. So much time that there was still a full seven seconds left on the clock.

This is what happens when you lay people off and replace them with a team of monkeys with typewriters. The day after the New Orleans Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship, this was the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle's sports section. Saints 31, Packers 28. That's quite the impressive scoring line from a team that was ice fishing or…

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