Email Author Sean Pendergast

2013 Stories by Sean Pendergast

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  5 Thoughts On Jay-Z's Getting Skylar Diggins The Best Graduation Present Ever!

  published May 21, 2013

  A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, like women's hoops star Skylar Diggins this past weekend, I graduated from the University of Notre Dame. And thus ends the list of things that Skylar Diggi... More >>

• Tale of the Tape, "Butchered National Anthem" Category: Alexis Normand vs Frank Drebin

  published May 20, 2013

  Music is a tough business. Thousands of artists are writing and performing tens of thousands of songs every day for little to no wage, trying to strike it big and gain some degree of relevance. Howev... More >>

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  Mario Williams Can Now Actually Arrest His Haters

  published May 20, 2013

  The relationship between former Texan Mario Williams and the city of Houston has always been somewhat dicey. It goes all the way back to the day he was drafted in 2006, when most of Houston wanted t... More >>

• Johnny Manziel Officially Concocts the Most Creative First Pitch Ever at Padres Game

  published May 17, 2013

  Cabo spring breaks, courtside NBA seats, luxury boxes at concerts, appearances on Letterman, rounds of golf at Pebble Beach, batting practice in Major League Baseball stadiums... I'm pretty sure that... More >>

• Johnny Manziel Hits Batting Practice Home Run at Petco Park (w/ VIDEO)

  published May 17, 2013

  In the game of "Bucket List," Johnny Manziel is officially running up the score on all of us. Over the weekend, the Texas A&M Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback capped off a round at Pebble Beach wit... More >>

• Oklahoma City Twitter Thugs Go in on Patrick Beverley After Thunder Season Ends (LOTS of NSFW)

  published May 16, 2013

  It must hurt to go into a season with the highest of hopes, dreams of a championship, go through the grind of an 82-game regular season to secure a one seed, and then have it all go up in smoke in a m... More >>

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  My Reply to the Astros' Statement About the Cancellation of the Wives' Gala

  published May 15, 2013

  "There's such a thing... as manners. A way of treating people. These fish have manners." -- Jerry Maguire There is no easy way to disband an event like the Astros Wives' gala, a fantastic annual spe... More >>

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  Fan Fighting League! Iroquois Steeplechase Cat Fight Edition (w/ VIDEO)

  published May 15, 2013

  I'll be honest, until this weekend I didn't even know that the Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville was a thing. Had no idea. Even after I found out it was a thing, after seeing my colleague Clay Trav... More >>

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  Former Lions WR Titus Young Arrested 3 Times in One Week

  published May 14, 2013

  A couple years ago during the NFL lockout, much was made of the arrest list compiled by NFL people during the league's self-imposed downtime. (I use the word "people" because it wasn't just players. T... More >>

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  5 Thoughts On These Way-Too-Early NFL 2013 Season Win Totals

  published May 13, 2013

  So this is my second post in about five days where I go through betting lines for the 2013 NFL season with a fine tooth comb. Keep in mind that none of the games I'm investing my time and energy in he... More >>

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  Filomena Tobias: Middle Finger-Flipping Miami Heat Fan's 15 Minutes of Fame Has Begun

  published May 10, 2013

  While the viral celebrities of the Internet age are, in our minds, all part of the same dysfunctional family (Ladies and gentlemen, the VIRAL Family! Tay, Chris, Antoine, Charles, and Zombie Kid! Read... More >>

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  DEAD GIVEAWAY: The Seven Stages of Charles Ramsey

  published May 09, 2013

  The Internet has made our lives easier in so many ways. Thanks to the Internet, we can now Christmas shop without having to leave the comfort of our own homes, Johnny Manziel can take an entire semes... More >>

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  Early Betting Lines on NFL Weeks 1 Through 16

  published May 08, 2013

  It's always good to get in on something at the beginning, at the ground floor. In the world of sports wagering, for bettors equally long on hubris and illness (gambling is a sickness, my friends), som... More >>

• It's Time for All These Anonymous People to Back Off Geno Smith

  published May 07, 2013

  I suppose that news outlets can determine what exactly constitutes news. I'm just one man, one voice in the current events wilderness. With that in mind, allow me to say this: Former West Virginia q... More >>

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  LeBron James Is Your Non-Unanimous 2012-13 MVP, and I'm Fine with That

  published May 07, 2013

  I am mesmerized by LeBron James. I'll admit, he's converted me. I am a fan. This is coming from someone who wrote four straight posts around the time of "The Decision" in July 2010 about what an ass... More >>

• Tom Brady's Latest Heat Check: Bow Tie And Bro Celebration At Kentucky Derby

  published May 06, 2013

  When it comes to sports and championships, Boston is different than most cities. Whatever the sport, every city wants to win a championship, but very few cities hate to lose as much as Boston. They le... More >>

• Most Awkward Interview Ever: Asante Samuel Discusses Gay Athletes On ESPN

  published May 03, 2013

  Earlier this week, NBA career journeyman center Jason Collins announced in a very well written SI.com article that he is gay, technically making him the first active athlete to come out and announce h... More >>

• Royce White Trash Tweets Kevin Durant

  published May 02, 2013

  When you have an NBA roster of fifteen players, and it's playoff time where the rotation shortens up and minutes become more precious, it's still up to every player on the roster to do their part to h... More >>

• Rockets-Thunder Game 5: 4 Winners, 4 Losers

  published May 02, 2013

  The Rockets began this series with the Thunder by falling behind three games to none, with a deer-in-the-headlights Game 1 preceding two very winnable games in Games 2 and 3. No team in NBA history ha... More >>

• Tim Tebow, Star Of The Omaha Beefr

  published May 01, 2013

  Yesterday, I got an e-mail from my friend R.J. Bell, founder of wagering infotainment website pregame.com. I love getting e-mails from R.J. because they always have the gambling spin on whatever the l... More >>

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  R.I.P. Tim Tebow, The NFL Quarterback (April 22, 2010 - April 29, 2013)

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Judging by the tsunami level downpour of rain and hail along with the two-hour strobe light of lightning, it was around 3:30 p.m. Houston time on Saturday when the Jets officially decided to release f... More >>

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  The Texans 2013 Draft Class: The Definitive Video Anthology (& Twitter Handles)

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Prior to the draft, at his annual pre-draft press conference, Texans general manager Rick Smith eschewed the idea of drafting for need versus looking for the best values on the board: ... More >>

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  2013 NFL Draft, First Round: 4 Winners, 4 Losers

  published Apr 26, 2013

  All right, it's Friday morning, and either you're hungover from getting destroyed by the Battle-Drink BINGO drinking card for the NFL Draft or you're mentally exhausted from sweating out all the NFL D... More >>

• Battle-Drink BINGO Drinking Game: 2013 NFL Draft Edition

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Back when the NFL Draft was a Saturday/Sunday affair, I had a couple buddies (brothers, actually, what up, Andrew and Brockr) who used to gather with some of their other friends for the entire weekend... More >>

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  CANCELED: Honey Badger's NFL Draft Party

  published Apr 25, 2013

  A few years ago, after years of conducting its annual draft over an entire Saturday and Sunday, the NFL moved the event into primetime on Thursday night. Well, more clearly, it moved the first round (... More >>