Don Cherry says "No" to women in the locker room

Written by Ken Fang on .

Leave it to Don Cherry to spice up a dull Saturday night. During his regular appearance on Hockey Night in Canada, the bombastic curmudgeon opened his weekly CBC segment commenting on the controversy over Chicago's Duncan Keith who snapped at a female reporter in Vancouver earlier this week. Cherry forgetting that women have had access to locker rooms for a couple of generations now, said they should not be allowed in. 

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Julie Alexandria gets not one, but two Gatorade showers from the Nationals

Written by Ken Fang on .

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The Washington Nationals have initiated new MASN field reporter Julie Alexandria to the team. How you ask? By giving her the postgame Gatorade bath. 

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San Jose Sharks announcer receives $99 speeding ticket on Wayne Gretzky Drive

Written by David Rogers on .

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San Jose Sharks announcer Randy Hahn received a puzzling letter in the mail from a rental car company in Edmonton. Hahn had recently rented a car from the company while the Sharks were visiting the Edmonton Oilers, but he wasn't sure why they were contacting him after his trip. As it turns out, Hahn was driving a bit too fast on Wayne Gretzky Drive in Alberta and was caught speeding by a traffic camera. 

The result? A humorous and pretty ironic $99 ticket that matches The Great One's sweater number. 

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Viewing Picks for April 27, 2013

Written by Ken Fang on .

All Times Eastern

 

Arena Football
Tampa Bay Storm at Spokane Shock -- CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Carlton Blues vs. Adelaide Crows -- Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Middleweight Title Bout: Sergio Martinez vs. Martin Murray -- HBO, 8:30 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, New York, NY
Unified Super Lightweight Championship: Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah -- Showtime, 9 p.m.

Amir Khan vs. Julio Diaz -- Showtime, 11:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Texas at Baylor -- Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma -- Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.
Michigan at Indiana -- Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Texas at Baylor -- ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Big City Classic, East Rutherford, NJ
Cornell vs. Princeton -- ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. Syracuse -- ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

Loyola (MD) at Johns Hopkins -- ESPNU, 2 p.m.

College Softball
Georgia at Florida -- ESPNU, noon
Iowa State at Oklahoma -- Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m.
Michigan at Nebraska -- Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.

 

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AA Podcast #44 - Steve Kerr

Written by Matt Yoder on .

On this week's podcast we're joined by one of the preeminent basketball analysts in the land, Steve Kerr of Turner Sports. The five time NBA champion has been busy the last month calling not just the NBA Playoffs, but the Final Four as well as leading one of the most experimental broadcasts in sports in an all-analyst booth. Steve chats with AA about that experience as well as...

-What his trademark play by play call would be.
-The biggest challenge in covering the NCAA Tournament and how he was welcomed by Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg.
-How the style of play in college basketball can be improved.
-The predictability of the NBA Playoffs' first round.
-How he would react to Derrick Rose's injury as a teammate.
-Why the Knicks are the Eastern Conference's threat to Miami.
-The Spurs being the best in the west, even before Russell Westbrook's injury.
-How his time in Phoenix helped his broadcast career and his itch to get into coaching.

In case you've missed any of our podcasts, check out all of our interviews by subscribing to the AA Podcast on iTunes or our AA Podcast RSS Page.  Steve is on Twitter and you can follow his musings about life at @SteveKerrTNT.

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Mocking the 2013 Mock Drafts

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With this year by all accounts being one of the most muddled, unpredictable NFL Drafts, what better time than this to examine just how much of an expert the alleged NFL Draft experts truly are.  In this day and age, nearly every NFL fan with access to a keyboard and the internet attempts to project the 31st pick in the NFL Draft with the accuracy of Joe Bauserman.  (What you thought I would make a Tebow joke, there?)

Mock drafts are a dime a dozen and taking them with a grain of salt may be giving too much credence to these prognostications.  While guys like Mel Kiper, Todd McShay, and Mike Mayock have made a career out of studying the drafts, you might be surprised with just how much of an inexact science proves to be.  Between trades shaking up the 1st Round order, smokescreens, and players rising or falling, projections from respected national writers and draft experts fall well below the Mendoza line.

Wednesday night I compiled 12 mock drafts from around the internet from ESPN, NFL Network, NFL.com, Yahoo, CBS, Bleacher Report, and more.  These results were the most recent mock draft published at that time and excluded any draft day changes a mocker could make in the hours leading up to the event.

You can find all the results from our Mocking the Mocks Database at this link with the final scoreboard and additional notes below.  

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Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker and fiancee get E! reality show

Written by Reva Friedel on .

The recent E! upfronts wound up surprising us – mostly because they don’t have every single time slot dedicated to a Kardashian (really, I’m surprised Keeping Up With Rob’s Sock Business hasn’t been made yet). But also, because the network is trying to out-dumb itself with new, horrible, reality TV shows.

We already gave you multiple examples of how reality TV and athletes do not mix. And yet, here we are again.

Coming this summer: Love And Other Contact Sports: Eric And Jessie, chronicling the pending nuptials of singer Jessie James and Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker.

The description of the show is as follows:

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NFL Network Round 1 NFL Draft Report Card

Written by Brad Gagnon on .

Earlier today we shared our report card for ESPN's coverage of Round 1 of the NFL Draft.  Now it's NFL Network's turn.  Would their draft grades fare worse or better than their competition in Bristol? Here's our report card for the key contributors involved in NFL Network's live coverage of Round 1 of the NFL draft.

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ESPN Round 1 NFL Draft Report Card

Written by Ryan Yoder on .

Two years ago, we gave ESPN their due for finally realizing that less was indeed more in their coverage of the 1st round of the NFL Draft. Gone was the cast of thousands, gone were Steve Young and others constantly butting in with nothing to say. Instead, ESPN trimmed the fat by reducing the main stage to draft veterans Chris Berman and Mel Kiper Jr. and new centerpiece to the ESPN NFL stable, Jon Gruden. The streamlined 2011 ESPN broadcast was immediately an upgrade over past years. However, last year ESPN failed to further evolve the coverage, stubbing their toe with an inability to keep up with unfolding events. Also, ESPN once again struggled with their insiders tipping picks throughout the round, infuriating some viewers. How would this year's coverage, the emphasis on preserving the entertainment aspect of the draft, and ESPN's stable of draft personnel fare when facing our own draft grades?

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Real Tweets from Real People: Hawk Harrelson on MLB Now

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On Thursday's edition of MLB Now, Hawk Harrelson joined Brian Kenny and Harold Reynolds to discuss his disdain of sabermetrics. Of course, Harrelson's appearance did nothing to prove his point (as you can tell in the video above), and drove fans up the wall. Here are some Real Tweets from Real People discussing Hawk's appearance...

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