In 10th grade I stood up in front of my synagogue and explained that I didn't believe in God, this story might just change my mind.

As the Miami Heat flew to Cleveland for LeBron's first game back their plane started experiencing difficulties, specifically a "wing flap issue." Two fire trucks met the plane on the runway as it landed (safely) at 2:30 am. 

The Heat arrived at their hotel without any further issue, at least until the game tonight and LeBron gets showered in boos from the former hometown faithful. 

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High school hockey is one of the more important sporting activities out there and the reason for that is because the players know how to play to the crowd. Here are some St. Louis area high schoolers scoring and celebrating. I like the creativity. 


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Before his games Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco loves to go after the opposing DBs via Twitter. Gearing up to play the Saints this weekend, Ocho went after safety Darren Sharper with this message:



So Sharper responded with a simple, basic reply:



Burn! Simple, elegant, it's ME in a Twitter message form. 

Ochocinco was saddened by this missive and replied once more:


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Hamed Haddadi (left) is not the most skilled of basketball players, he's averaging less than 4 minutes a game, 0.3 points and two rebounds a game for the Memphis Grizzlies. All Star he is not. 

One thing he is now, accused domestic assaulter.  

It seems Haddadi and his girlfriend Goolnaz Karbalaeinematmoeeny (gesundheit) (right) were about to have sex when an argument over a sexual position and some jealousy crept into the boudoir. Karbalaeinematmoeeny was apparently "extremely intoxicated" and when officers arrived on the scene she was bleeding, as was Haddadi. 

So, let's get to the interesting "sexual position"; while the police didn't include that in their report, I think we can all agree he was driving hard for a back-door outlet pass right? I mean, you don't usually run out of bed and into a bathroom throwing a soap dispenser over just some reverse cowgirl right?

At least I don't...

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Stuart Appleby and his sponsor Callaway wanted to show off how their clubs give you at home power and what better way to showcase that than by a standard, real world demonstration. 

Or they could go with Appleby trying to outhit a speeding Lamborghini Gallardo. Can he do it? Watch and see. 
 

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Tom Brady is a handsome man. I can say that because I too am stunningly handsome. We can recognize our own kind. However, Tom Tremendous may be less than perfect; he might be losing his hair!

While his mane has attracted much attention (even though CBS refuses to acknowledge it in his player photo) this season – Gisele loves it, so it stays – it may be all a big Andre Agassi-style fake. Or at least a last-ditch attempt to live it up before you lose it all. 

The National Enquirer is reporting that Brady's car was seen outside the Leonard Hair Transplant Associates in Rhode Island. Dun-Dun-DUN! That would be the same Dr. Leonard who is self-described as "New England's foremost authority on hair restoration."

While the good doctor's office would neither confirm nor deny if Tommy is a patient, another hair doctor uninvolved suggested that doing the treatments during the season is highly unlikely. Then again, that's just what Tommy boy would WANT us to think! 

I'm all hither and yon over this story. Is Tom juicing those locks or not? Does he use 2-in-1 conditioner or more expensive products? Will Gisele leave him over this? Does anyone have her cell phone so I can console her?

[AP]

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Stephon Curry is really good at basketball. While known primarily more for his deadly shooting ability, Curry also can use his hands to dish the rock. Take this half-court alley-oop that he tosses up like it's nothing. You got game sir!

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Brian Cashman has a busy offseason; the diminutive Yankees general manager has a tempestuous contract negotiation with franchise icons Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera ahead of him while also trying to woo Cliff Lee to the Big Apple. However, those issues haven't taken up all his time, or his goodwill. A resident of Darien, Connecticut, Cashman will be participating in the nearby Stamford Heights and Lights event, appearing dressed as one of Santa's elves. Fortunately, he has the height for it. 

That isn't all though, Cashman intends to rappel down the 350-foot Landmark Building as part of the festivities on Friday and Sunday. Wearing a harness, elf costume and working without a net, Cashman will make his way down, when asked if he was scared Cashman replied that "nothing is scarier than general managing the Yankees."

Event organizer Sandy Goldstein for one is impressed with Cashman's cojones, "You are in a harness and you have to step off of the roof of a 22 stories-high building," Goldstein said. "I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China. This is not for the faint. You really have to be macho to do this."

 On Monday Cashman will jet back to Orlando for the baseball winter meetings.

[ESPN] 

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Here's a question I often ponder: how do you know for certain you're a low-life piece of shit? It's one I struggle with constantly, is that me? Is it not? How am I to know? If only things could be more cut-and-dry like, for instance, the low-life pieces of shit who broke into the car of the late NHL head coach Pat Burns, mere HOURS after he was buried following a long battle against cancer, while the family were holding the wake. 

Thieves smashed the window of Burns' former car, making off with signed jerseys from each NHL team, family photos, some jewelry, Pat's Movado watch, an iPad and two suitcases of clothes, including the bedsheets from the hospital's palliative-care unit. The Montreal police believe the thieves were well aware of who they were stealing from.

"They went through his stuff," said Const. Anie Lemieux of the Montreal police, noting Burns' wallet was in the car.

"The person who left with the shirts and everything knows that this is Pat Burns' stuff."

Many of the items that were in the car were intended to be donated to charity auctions. 

I can only hope that the Montreal police honor their one-time colleague in Burns by finding the people responsible and then pummeling them with their beat-sticks for hours. The pieces of shit responsible are lower than low.  

[TSN] 

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It's possible you didn't hear, LeBron took his talents to South Beach and the Miami Heat. It's also possible that you might have missed the fact that since signing on as Dwyane Wade's sidekick the Heat have been dismal this season; it turns out you need more than 3 players to make a serviceable NBA team, quel surprise.

After having carte blanche in Cleveland where his slightest whim was attended to, in Miami that hasn't happened as much, head coach Eric Spoelstra doesn't cow-tow willy-nilly and it's possible LeBron is already tuning his coach out. During their Saturday game against the Mavericks, after the Heat called a timeout LeBron walked off the court towards the bench. Spoelstra was out on the court and LeBron walked right by him without saying anythingl; however, actions speak louder than words and LeBron instead of talking shoulder-checked his coach. 

Classy!



Is a Pat Riley-helmed Heat team a near-certainty now? Methinks so.

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