ESPN's earth shattering report on which side of the bed LeBron gets out on

ESPN has gone to great lengths to report on how Michael Jordan had it all wrong, LeBron James can dribble left, or right, or something. Here's an exclusive sneak peek at their forthcoming follow up report on which side of the bed LeBron likes to get out of in the morning. Let's find out!!

A very ESPN snap of LeBron James

LeBron James thinks Michael Jordan's scouting report on which side of the bed he likes to get of in the morning is wrong. And James keeps proving it. Yes, we at ESPN are supposed to be impartial, but, we frequently write sycophantic sentences like, 'and James keeps proving it'.  ESPN recently asked some guy called Michael Jordan which side of the bed The King, LeBron James gets out of in the morning. Laughably, this guy, this random Joe Punter, Michael Jordan or whatever his name was, said that he thought, and we are snickering just saying this, that LeBron likes to get out of bed on the right hand side of said sleeping device.

Within days of the story coming out, LeBron, simply put, got out of bed on the left hand side of the bed.

Just. Like. That.

The very next day, LeBron did it again, hopping out of bed on the left side, as if he was mocking the guy who made the comment, whoever he was. We can't even remember. Mickey Jordache or something?

The King - LeBron James

Appraised of the guy's comment by a drooling, slathering ESPN reporter, LeBron tilted his crown to one side and let out a Doctor Hibbert like laugh.

"That theory is wrong, I guess," James said of the Jordan report.

According to Synergy Sports, James has got out of bed on the left side 50.5% of the time in 2013.  When he got out on the left, he had toast with his cereal 54% of the time. Among the 52 players who got out of bed over 50% of the time in 2013, James had the best efficiency of getting out of bed in the league. The data shows James really likes getting out of the bed on the left side.

"Frank Walker, my first sleeping coach, taught me how to get out of bed on the left side" James said. "He wouldn't let me get out of bed on the right, until I could get out on the left efficiently. We used to do it before practice every day. He always told me I'd be a much better player if I could get out of bed on the left side"

Tune into ESPN 9 tomorrow at 8 am, where we film LeBron getting out of bed on the left side. We're calling it; 'The Decision Two: Which side of the bed today?'

LeBron James

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Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask punches Toronto player in face during game

Bruins goalkeeper takes care of business in the crease during the Boston versus Toronto playoff game seven last night

Tuukka Rask - Boston Bruins keeper

Incredible comeback by the Boston Bruins last night. Playing game seven against Toronto, for a place in the conference semi finals, they were absolutely dead and buried down 1-4 late in the game. The Maple Leafs were completely dominant to that point, and their fans were celebrating like maniacs on the streets of Toronto.

The Bruins got one back to make it 2-4, however Toronto looked nailed-on to score and salt the game away on a fast-break. Instead, Bruin's keeper Tuukka Rask made a superb save, and allowed what happened next to occur. As time wound down, the Bruins stunned Toronto with two very late goals (one with only 50 seconds left) and then scored the vital goal in overtime.

Boston moves on to play the Rangers in the conference semi finals.

Rask made a number of key saves in the comeback, but also had another interesting moment. During the game, Toronto's Joffrey Lupul decided to venture into the crease. Let's just say Tuukka Rask took care of business.

Tuukka Rask @ work

You have to love the honesty of the NHL. The honesty and also the lack of prima-donna, Diva types. Imagine for one second if the above happened in any of the other major sports. Even the NFL. ESPN would literally explode. Rick Reilly would wet himself with excitement.  Hey, whether it is right or wrong to box someone in the snout during a hockey game, it is a credit to hockey fans and the hockey media too, that this hasn't been turned (yet anyway) into a big deal.

The game was intense, someone got punched by a goalie, move along, nothing to see here. You have to love hockey, and, unless you are  Joffrey Lupul, you have to love Tuukka Rask.

The Boston Bruins

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Meet Filomena Tobias: The Miami fan who flipped the bird at Joakim Noah

Previously we brought you the story on the new poster child of the Miami Heat, an angry, ugly woman who thought it was OK to aggressively flip the bird at the Bull’s Joakim Noah. As it turns out, the media got hold of her pretty easily. Her name is Filomena Tobias and let’s just say, she has priors.

Filomena Tobias and friends

Are you ready to meet Filomena Tobias? Let’s just warn you, the chances are you are going to like her even less than when you first met her, after you read a little extra about her exploits thus far, before becoming the new face of the Miami Heat fandom. Let’s start with another websites headline today;  'Millionaire hedge fund widow cleared of foul play in death of husband flips the bird at basketball star'. Are you tantalised as yet?

It’s true, Mrs Tobias was cleared by police in the mysterious drowning of her husband at the couple's Jupiter, Florida home in 2007 after her husband's siblings accused her of foul play.  Filomena and Seth Tobias' (the fourth in a line of four marriages that didn’t work out for Filo!) marriage was allegedly fraught with drugs and violence but although Mr Tobias' siblings suspected her of foul play in his death, she was cleared.

Want to know how the financial aspect of this went down? Delighted you asked.

Under the settlement, Tobias’s brothers Sam and Spence took complete control of Tobias Brothers Inc., a private company, which makes it difficult to value. Filomena inherited “the balance of the estate” which would include the couple’s $3.3 million Jupiter home. Under Florida law, the “inventory” of an estate is sealed.

The New York Times reported on the lives and times of the Tobiases in a completely unrelated 2007 story. Some quick highlights for you to enjoy

• A former assistant to Seth Tobias told the police that Filomena Tobias confessed to him that she had cajoled her husband, who was on a cocaine binge, into the water, promising him sex with a male go-go dancer known as “Tiger.”
• In March 2006, the police were called to the Tobiases’ home because of a domestic disturbance. A few days later, Seth Tobias filed for divorce. It was one week before the couple’s first anniversary.
• Filomena Tobias claimed that she had caught him having an “adulterous affair” and that he had “gambled away tens of thousands of dollars and used other funds on illicit habits.”
• At one point, Filomena Tobias bought a Porsche on her credit card and then cried when her husband told her to return it, one friend recounted.
• They also secretly frequented a gay bar called Cupids in West Palm Beach
• Filomena Tobias once paid a “300-pound gay con man and Internet psychic with a long criminal history” named Billy Ash as much as $2,500 per month for his advice.
• Filomena would often appear at the office and demand cash. “Give me 15,000 f—— dollars. Give me 15,000 f—— dollars,” she hissed on one visit, according to the former Circle T staffer

She’s quite the catch, right?

Watch out buddy - you could be next!

Perhaps the single most annoying aspect of all of this, is the comments that came from her step-daughter, Victoria Racanti; 'She's embarrassed, but she is being a good sport. She was having fun just like any other fan. All she has to say is that people need to get a life.'

A quick note to Mrs Racanti, no, she is not being a good sport, she was being an obnoxious moron. Furthermore, she was not behaving like any other fan. She was behaving like 1% of fans, the knuckle dragging 1% that pulls stunts like that. There is zero excuse for her stupid actions.

You know, the more we go through the process that is this clown's 15 seconds of Internet fame, one thought remins truly shocking

Who could have imagined it, a relaxed and 'zen' Joakim Noah is coming across as, yes, likeable!

Rare shot of Filomena Tobias not flashing the bird at opponent player

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Miami Heat fans have a new poster child

Obnoxious woman and man at Heat versus Bulls game captured for eternity giving Joakim Noah a ‘Miami farewell’

Obnoxious Miami heat fans

Last night the Miami Heat demolished the upstart Chicago Bulls on their home turf 115-78 to ease into a 1-1 tie in their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series. During the game, noted Bulls hot–head Joakim Noah got into it with a zebra and got tossed for his troubles.

As he exited to the locker-room, a Miami couple charged the guard rail to the tunnel and, well, as you have probably guessed by now, the above happened.

It should first be noted that the Heat were winning by 37 points at this point. Imagine these imbeciles reactions if it had been closer. To focus on the main element of the picture, the Miami woman who is so gleefully waving her middle finger in Noah’s face, it would be interesting to know how long it took her to sprint down from the luxury club suites. Whether they like it or not, this woman is now the face of the Miami Heat fan base. Before we appear to be too eagerly driving the knife in here on Heat fans, please bear in mind two things. First, before the ‘Big Three’, Heat games had all the atmosphere of a funeral. Heat playoff games were just as bad. Pre-LeBron, as the Celtics spanked Miami out of the playoffs, their home playoff games were laughably attended. Second, it has to be remembered that the Miami Heat are the same team that recently had to send out a flyer telling their front-running fans how to act at NBA games. No, seriously.

As we said, the woman is now the poster child for Miami Heat fans. Everything about her screams fake, from the glittering gold encrusted jewellery and handbag, the screaming, over the top blouse and white pants to the contorted, angry face. Take a closer look and enjoy her flabby, shiver inducing under arm fat. We predict that’s next on her plastic surgeon’s to-do list.  What is clear is that this new found media exposure is really going to give her something to talk about with the gals at the country club, as they sit back and enjoy a $250 pedicure together

Whatever about the 'woman', We have no clue what Paul Simon is doing behind her. We would like to imagine he's shouting, 'Look out, Noah, this 'woman' is going to shove her finger up your nose!'

Or, singing it, as the case may be

On a somewhat serious note, huge kudos must go to Noah for remaining composed in the face of such arm flab waving hatred.

You stay classy, Miami, you stay classy.

The next Miami tourism board poster campaign is revealed

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The Chinatown Yellow-Faces consider name change in light of Redskins debate

World Series champion San Francisco based team consider new name options less wildly racist than ‘Chinatown Yellow-Faces’ as country continues to be divided by Redskins debate. Other equally racist-named teams also considering change. 

Redskins lids and logos - not racist? Sure, as long as you are OK with teams called 'The Yellow-Faces' or 'The Black-Faces'.

A D.C. City Councilman David Grosso, independent, plans to introduce a resolution to the council declaring that no one in the district should have to tolerate "derogatory terminology relating to any people's racial identity," adding that the Redskins name "dishonors the name Washington." Grosso said he has the support among fellow council members and that "it's time to make a change."

The Redskins are of course not the only professional sports team in the United States with an openly racist nickname. The San Francisco MLB World Champion 'Chinatown Yellow-Faces' are one of the better known teams with a similarly racist nickname, and the NBA of course has the ‘Brooklyn Black Faces’.

The Yellow-Faces are famous for their baseball cap logo, which is simply a silhouette of Bruce Lee wearing what appears to be a kimono. The Brooklyn Black-Faces logo appears to be another Jerry West-like silhouette depicting in this case Beyonce kneeling at and hugging Jay Z’s right leg, with a bag of an unknown substance in one hand and a smoking glock pistol in her other hand.

People have been so wrapped up and indeed invested in the fervent, vociferous debate around the Redskins disgracefully racist name, that no one has paid any attention to the tiny interest groups that are trying to get the Yellow-faces and the Black-Guys names changed also. It would appear as if the names and also logos have simply been accepted, as demonstrated by the millions of fans of both teams that attend games wearing Yellow-Face and Black-Guys logos.

However, many fans of the Yellow-Faces in particular are disgusted at the prospect of a politically correct name change, and have been voicing their opinions loudly on FOX News. Walter Sobchak, a military veteran and semi-professional bowler, interviewed in a coffee shop, pounded the counter of same with his fists and declared ‘I didn’t watch my buddies die face down in the mud in Nam so some lefty, liberal, PC freak could go changing the names of the team my Dad, Grandad and great Grandaddy supported!’

Sobchak is a member of the lobbying group called ‘Yellow-Faces forever’ which is fighting to keep the racially insensitive name attached to the San Francisco team. ‘’What was it Robert Griffin said, we are all slaves to the tyranny of political correctness?! Dude couldn’t have been more right’’.

Robert Griffin Jnr was, of course, traded last night to the ‘Savannah Slaves’, the new expansion NFL team from Georgia, who’s logo is another Jerry West type silhouette, this time a pre-Civil war chain gang, working in what appears to be a cotton field.

We have reached out to the Griffin camp to see if he still holds on to the same ideal that political correct left wing types are ruining his freedoms.

We shall, as always, keep you posted.

Town-hall meeting of the group ‘Yellow-Faces forever’ showing solidarity with racist Redskins logo fans

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LeBron James becomes second NBA player to come out after Jason Collins

Great drama across the NBA today as first Jason Collins and then LeBron James 'come out' as gay. Word from the James camp is that LeBron is 'way more super gay' than Collins.

LeBron - gay for himself

A super dramatic day across the NBA today. The news first began to unfold with the Wizards center Jason Collins bravely becoming what is being recognized as the first player from a major sport in the United States to 'out' himself as gay. Within 7 minutes LeBron James announced himself as also being gay, with a caveat.

''I do not understand the fuss about this Washington guy'' LeBron said through a statement issued during an impromptu ESPN hosted event called 'The Delusion'. ''I am gay too, and clearly far more important than this other guy. I am super gay, for myself.''

Whilst it has always been clear that LeBron clearly loves himself a great deal, it was not known that the Miami star was in actual fact, fully gay for himself. The news, however, will not come as a surprise to those that have seen his enormous ego drive a particularly stunning narcissistic brand of self promotion.

Reports indicate that the LeBron statement came quickly after the Collins version. LeBron's people are vehemently denying the Miami star was simply perturbed to be off the front pages of ESPN for five minutes. ''That is absolute garbage. We have an agreement in place with ESPN that means LeBron will be front-and-center on a daily basis, so, we can tell you with absolute certainty that is absolute rubbish.''

When pushed by incredulous reporters to delve deeper into his incredible announcement, LeBron made it clear he was only gay for himself, and not other men. ''Oh man no, God, no, I aint into other dudes, no way man'' the star proclaimed loudly. ''I am just gay for myself. I love myself, and I love myself so much, that I am gay for myself, you know what I mean, man?''

The rapping, dunking, headphone selling star went on to summarize that ''Now that I have come out as clearly the biggest NBA star to be gay. you can go back to talking about me..''

LeBron - and friend

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ESPN's earth shattering report on which side of the bed LeBron gets out on

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Was the Anibal Sanchez trade worth it for the Redsox?

Last night Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 Braves. As he shines for the Tigers, Redsox followers have to consider, was the 2005 trade that sent him and Hanley Ramirez to Florida worth it?

Anibal Sanchez in his Redsox minor league days

Mention Jeff Bagwell and Redsox fans old enough to remember shudder involuntarily. Bagwell was a hot prospect in the Boston minor league system until he was traded for the somewhat-less-than-immortal relief pitcher Larry Anderson in 1990. Anderson played but one season in Ye Old Towne. Bagwell went on to smash 449 home runs in a glittering Major League career. That trade has quite literally haunted an entire generation of Redsox fans.

Last night Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez submitted a Pedro Martinez like performance in striking out 17 Atlanta batters in just 8 innings during Detroit's 10-0 win. Where do Boston come in to the picture? As recently as 2005 Boston traded both Sanchez and Hanley Ramirez to the Florida Marlins for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell.

Immediately after reading that you can ascertain that the trade was nothing as poor for Boston as the Bagwell debacle (from the talent mentioned). However, if it wasn't an absolutely terrible trade, then what was it for the Redsox? Good, bad or in-between?

First things first, the trade accomplished exactly what Boston wanted in the short run. In 2007 the Redsox added another World Series title to the one they won in '04, and both Beckett and Lowell were a huge part of that victory, and both were the toast of the town.

Josh Beckett, already something of a favourite in Boston for leading the Marlins past the Yankees in the 2003 World Series, set the tone with a dominant game one outing, striking out 9 batters and generally over powering the Rockies. Mike Lowell ended up with the Series MVP award (and to this day continues to be a wildly popular Redsox player, even in retirement).

How did the major two Sox farm system trade pieces pan out for the Marlins? Sanchez is full of promise, as indicated by his 17 strikeout showing last night. Hanley Ramirez is a bit of an enigma. He has fallen out with managers for a perceived lack of hustle, and has spent a considerable amount of time on the disabled list also. Put it this way, despite his, ahem, massive talent, he is no Jeff Bagwell. Not yet anyway.

There is also another element to consider from the Redsox point of view.

In the great Boston clear-out of 2012, the Sox front office managed to get away with dumping the enormous salaries of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett on the Dodgers. Not only did they get rid of questionable clubhouse personalities, they also cleared up a huge chunk of free-agency change for the 2013 season.

Apart from the financial success of the trade with the Dodgers, Boston also managed to land a few decent players in return (Allen Webster and Rubby De La Rosa look like particularly tasty pitching prospects in particular).

So, adding it all up, after trading away Sanchez and Ramirez, Boston won the World Series, eventually dumped Beckett's big salary, and have grabbed at least two excellent prospects through doing so.

Anibal Sanchez is going to be a decent-to-good front-line starter for the Tigers for the next 5 years, however, adding the fact that Hanley Ramirez can't stay healthy and taking into consideration how Boston got the most out of Beckett and Lowell, you can really only come to the conclusion that the trade was definitely still very beneficial for Boston.

One thing you can definitely say, it was also definitely no Bagwell situation part two.

No one can deny Beckett got the job done in his early Boston days

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