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(Ed. Note: Our series “Puck Daddy’s Guilty Pleasures” features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month of August. Have a suggestion for a “Guilty Pleasures” guest blogger? Hit us on email. Enjoy!)

Today’s Special Guest: Dave Dameshek, host of NFL.com’s “The Dave Dameshek Football [...]

Charles Barkley has revealed in an interview if the players and NBA owners agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in time to save next season, he would be very surprised. Barkley has also previously voiced his pessimism about the NBA labor dispute situation and his views have not changed since.

Charles Barley is a respected TV analyst [...]

The current World Boxing Organisation’s light heavyweight world champion, Nathan Cleverly, is furious over the reigning Commonwealth light heavyweight champion, Tony Bellew, as the Welshman has vowed he will smash the Brit on the fight night.

The 24-year-old, Nathan Cleverly, had to take on the 28-year-old Liverpudlian [...]

WTF? What was the World Wide Leader, or The Mothership thinking on this one? Seriously?

Here’s the skinny on it from Yahoo’s Shutdown Corner:

ESPN is under fire Thursday for creating and publishing the Photoshopped image above of Michael Vick(notes) with a white face to accompany a column in ESPN The Magazine entitled [...]

Lane Kiffin has been cleared by the NCAA of any major violations committed during his short term as Vols head football coach. Finalizing an investigation of the Tennessee Athletic Department, the committee found that Kiffin and his staff committed several minor infractions, but evidence was insufficient for anything severe. The announcement[...]

NBA Lockout - Owners and Players to meet next week to discuss situationRecently, the National Basketball Players Association stated that it was ardently pursuing a solution the current lockout situation and painted a picture whereby David Stern and other NBA executives were made to look like arrogant and money hungry machines. Stern spoke out [...]

Today’s Special Guests: Mike Halford and Jason Brough from Orland Kurtenblog, the Vancouver Canucks-centric but all-things-hockey blog from the Vancouver Province.
1. The Player You Most Love To Hate
Halford: Ben Eager. The Canucks have been on the receiving end of his goonery for what feels like an eternity. Some prime examples:
To top it off, now he’s [...]

1. How many games have you tried in the new arcade?
2. How many preseason NFL games have you watched so far?
3. Last thing you cooked outside or on a grill?
4. What would your dream vacation be?
5. Do you go to local high school football games? [...]

Drafting your starting fantasy football team is easy, but equally drafting those ancillary players to help cover your potential losses is another beast altogether.

Today, I want to take a look at 10 players who I think you should consider drafting, in the event your team deals with [...]

Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged with indecent exposure in Los Angeles according to the AP. Dykstra allegedly exposed himself to several women he met on Craigslist.

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office says the 48-year-old could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each count.

Dykstra supposedly found victims [...]