Email Author Sean Pendergast

2013 Stories by Sean Pendergast

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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 >>

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  2013 NFL Draft: Prop Bets to Keep It Interesting on Thursday Night!

  published Apr 24, 2013

  The NFL Draft has always been an event that's required an incredible amount of patience. With ten minutes between picks in the first round (and for you ADD-afflicted youngsters out there, be glad -- i... More >>

• Zapruder Analysis of A.J. Clemente's (F-Bomb-Dropping News Anchor) 15 Minutes of Fame

  published Apr 23, 2013

  As I wrote about yesterday, Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz kind of recalibrated the acceptability scale for the F-word on Saturday when he dropped it in the middle of his brief speech welcoming Bo... More >>

• Astros Outfielder Rick Ankiel Gets a Popcorn Shower (w/ Hilarious Baseball Fan Vids)

  published Apr 22, 2013

  When it comes to your Astros, it's hard to find wide sweeping bliss in a team that's 5-13 with a total payroll of $20 million (not sure if you've heard, but that's $8 million less than Alex Rodriguez ... More >>

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  Boston Red Sox' David Ortiz: "This Is Our Fucking City"

  published Apr 22, 2013

  When real tragedy like the bombings at the Boston Marathon last Monday occurs, one of the phrases that gets uttered seemingly every time is that "sports helps the healing process." Now, most of the... More >>

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  The Texans' 2013 Schedule Is Here!

  published Apr 19, 2013

  In 2011, the Texans finally broke through with their first double-digit win season in franchise history. They took home the AFC South crown and beat the Cincinnati Bengals at home in a playoff game be... More >>

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  Awesome National Anthem from Boston to Start Your Day Off Right

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Back in the day, before there were 800 channels on television that all went around the clock every day all year long, television stations would actually have a beginning and an end to their programmin... More >>

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  Pat Summerall, the Voice of Football (1930-2013)

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Every age group of sports fans has a precious few announcers whose voices serve as the collective narrator of their greatest sports memories (which, as I've stated many times, for various reasons, typ... More >>

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  Boston Bombing: Former New England Patriot Joe Andruzzi Was Rescuing People Yesterday

  published Apr 16, 2013

  As is tradition on the third Monday every April, thousands of Bostonians and Boston visitors took the day off to celebrate Patriot's Day. On paper, Patriot's Day serves as a tribute to the Battles o... More >>

• Mike Rice (Insane Ex-Rutgers Coach) Is Maniacally Coaching 7th Grade Girls

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Anyone with kids who play sports is familiar with the age-old question -- any time it's revealed that a coach of a collegiate sport engages in some degree of borderline (or in many cases, over-the-bor... More >>

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  A-Rod Might Be (Okay, Probably IS) Fibbing AGAIN (w/ Steroid Denial Video Montage)

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Sports is big money, and for every $100 million contract where a team sees a return on their investment and then some, it feels like there's five where a team walks away with some serious buyer's remo... More >>

• How Does the 2013 QB Class Stack Up According to the "Parcells Rules"r

  published Apr 12, 2013

  A few months ago, former head coaching great Bill Parcells was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, slated to be inducted this summer. If you're looking for the reasons why, there are obviously p... More >>

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  Uh-Oh, Royce White May Have Knocked Up Another Groupie #BeWell

  published Apr 12, 2013

  The NBA's D-League's playoffs begin this week and, for interested Rocket fans, just know that your Rio Grande Vipers are taking on a bunch of things called the Maine Red Claws (presumably with Mr. Kra... More >>

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  The Rockets Are Back in the NBA Playoffs! Their Complete Rebuilding Anthology

  published Apr 11, 2013

  With four games to go in the 2011-2012 season, the Rockets were coming off a 117-110 loss to Dallas, a loss in which Dirk Nowitzki provided a stark reminder to last season's Rockets team that they wer... More >>

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  The Wait Is Finally Over!!: Way-Too-Early Odds On March Madness 2014 Are Out

  published Apr 10, 2013

  As is the case in almost everything in 2013, the shelf life for enjoyment of the 2013 NCAA men's championship game (a thrilling 82-76 Louisville win over Michigan) was a total of about five minutes be... More >>

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  Louisville 82, Michigan 76: 4 Winners, 4 Losers

  published Apr 09, 2013

  A roller-coaster first half, which had Twitter in a frenzy of hyperbole, led to a grinding second half, and in the end experience won out as Louisville knocked off Michigan 82-76 to win Rick Pitino's ... More >>

• March Madness Final Four: Championship Game Prediction and Prop Bets!

  published Apr 08, 2013

  So, here we are. Championship Monday. A lot of you had Louisville in the finals, almost none of you had Michigan in the finals, and you sure as shit didn't have then knocking off Wichita State (barely... More >>

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  The 10 Shortest Wrestlemania Matches of All Time

  published Apr 05, 2013

  When I do these wrestling posts, one of the things I hear from readers is that the amount of content and embedded video in the post will typically derail them for an entire day at work. Well, the last... More >>

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  Tale of the Tape: Douchy Astro Boyfriend vs Frightened Diamondback Boyfriend

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Through three games, your Houston Astros are 1-2. Believe it or not, that's the good news. Yes, a 54 win pace is the good news. Here's the bad news: They were one out away from having a perfect gam... More >>

• Geno Smith's Former QB Coach Refutes Scathing Draft Evaluation

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Driven largely by back-to-back classes flush with immediate impact players, expectations have changed for highly drafted rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. Consider that two years ago, six of the top 3... More >>

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  March Madness Elite 8: 4 Winners, 4 Losers

  published Apr 03, 2013

  And then there were four! (I know, on the list of lame, cliched, bloggy catchphrases "And then there was (however many are left)" is right behind "Houston, we have a problem." but I'm still a little... More >>

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  (UPDATE: I'm an Idiot) Chandler Parsons's Curious Case of (Ahem) "Food Poisoning"

  published Apr 02, 2013

  UPDATE: Apparently the boys at the Dream Shake blog perpetuated the story below about Chandler Parsons, complete with Twitter corroboration from Parsons' friends, as an April Fools' prank. What you re... More >>

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  Help for Hacks: A Comprehensive List of Athletes Getting Paid More Than the Astros' Entire Payroll

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Comedy is a combination of hard work, creativity and timing, and -- depending on which comedians you talk to -- an ample amount of drugs may or may not be involved as well. I don't claim to be a pro... More >>

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  Comparing Tony Romo's New Deal To Matt Schaub's: The QB Contract Conundrum

  published Apr 01, 2013

  Quarterback problems. They're like everyday relationships.They take on different flavors and magnitudes, but pretty much every NFL city has them. Some are theoretically good problems to have: New En... More >>

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  As It Turns Out, The Texans Could've Very Easily Kept Connor Barwin

  published Mar 29, 2013

  "I think Brooks (Reed) and Connor (Barwin) played well. Sometimes because they're not numbers, the perception out there is somebody is not playing well because they don't have sacks, but I can tell yo... More >>