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Chicks who kick

The other kind of Celtic dance
I’ll admit that cheerleading teams have always irked me.

By: NEELY STEINBERG | July 30, 2008

Return of the U

Sports blotter: "Plant City, indeed" edition
Remember the days when the University of Miami dominated college football?

By: MATT TAIBBI | July 30, 2008

Fight club

Why Bostonians can’t get their smackdown fix
It’s Saturday night and I’m looking for a fight.

By: JONATHAN SEITZ | July 23, 2008

Bad times for kickers

Sports blotter: "Not so high on the hog" edition
Here’s a depressing-ass story that tells you everything you need to know about the life of a retired mediocre athlete.

By: MATT TAIBBI | July 16, 2008

Lemon laws

Sports blotter: "Go Dawgs" edition
The University of Georgia Bulldogs football team has a fun fall to look forward to.

By: MATT TAIBBI | July 09, 2008

Collective effort

So what happens next?
Making money watching Tom Brady? Sign me up!

By: NEELY STEINBERG | July 02, 2008

Caged cat

Sports blotter: The end of Chris Henry . . . or is it?
“Sports Blotter” fans are already well-versed in the career of former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry.

By: MATT TAIBBI | July 02, 2008

Sports blotter: "Marcus Vick and more" edition
According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him several times to move away from an intersection.

By: MATT TAIBBI | June 25, 2008

Gimme some truth

In praise of Ultimate Fighting
Can it be a coincidence, I ask rhetorically, that we have all of a sudden become very interested in watching highly trained men smack the shit out of each other?

By: JAMES PARKER | June 25, 2008

Judgment night for Doomsday

Roxbury-born fighter John Howard is climbing the ranks of mixed martial arts, one chokehold at a time
Two men circle the middle of a 24-foot-wide, black chain-link cage in Allston’s Wai Kru gym.

By: JONATHAN SEITZ | June 25, 2008

VIDEO: Throw some C's on it

2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics celebrate
2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics celebrate

By: PHOENIX STAFF | June 20, 2008

Streetball spectacle

The other end of the court
The other end of the court

By: NEELY STEINBERG | June 18, 2008

More from Tyson

Sports blotter: "Yikes" edition
One of the things about being a non–Pacific Islander guy with a giant tribal tattoo on your face is that people are forever questioning your judgment.

By: MATT TAIBBI | June 18, 2008

A different sort of horse

Sports blotter: "The opposite of 'Celtic Pride' " edition
Remember former Celtic Chris Herren?

By: MATT TAIBBI | June 11, 2008

Big Brown and the Triple Crown

Business as usual?
Horses may not talk, but money does.

By: JEFFREY GANTZ | January 30, 2009

Trouble in Iowa

Sports blotter: "Also trouble in Washington" edition
Gross, nasty, disgusting story out of Iowa recently — from Iowa City, to be exact, home of the University of Iowa.

By: MATT TAIBBI | June 04, 2008

Zip line

Sports blotter: "Guns and skimasks" edition
There was an extraordinary incident in Akron, Ohio, this past week involving 20-year-old Rydell Brooks, a sophomore guard on the UA Zips basketball team.

By: MATT TAIBBI | May 28, 2008

You go, Carl

Sports blotter: "This year's Otis Nixon award" edition
Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Carl Eller is an early candidate for this year’s Otis Nixon Award, given to the athlete who most repeatedly shows up in the news following clashes with the criminal-justice system.

By: MATT TAIBBI | May 21, 2008