Luol Deng Finally Receives Bulls' Blessing For 2012 London Olympics - SB Nation
26 May 2012, 8:18 am
The lanky small forward battled through torn ligaments in his left wrist for the second half of the NBA season and into the playoffs, but the team had been pushing for him to get surgery in the offseason so he would be ready for next year ...

Soccer: Soccer women go under microscope - New Zealand Herald
25 May 2012, 11:49 pm
Diminutive midfielder Betsy Hassett and lanky striker Hannah Wilkinson were being put under the microscope on a gruelling treadmill and something called the Humac Norm Isokinetic Dynamometer when the Herald called at the institute in Mairangi Bay.

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins: 100 days into the toughest job in corporate Canada - Globe and Mail
25 May 2012, 8:58 pm
The lanky, 6-foot-6 Bavarian physicist is about to officially replace two of Canada’s most famous businessmen. He fiddles with one of the company’s PlayBook tablets as he waits patiently for them to arrive. “I love this system,” he says.

Before he was famous: Jeremy Clarkson as cub reporter - Lancashire Evening Telegraph
25 May 2012, 3:25 am
A retiring weekly editor’s search through the picture archives resulted in the discovery of a lost gem. For the lanky young reporter at the back of this Rotherham Advertiser team shot from the early 1980s is none other than Top Gear presenter ...

Veteran actor to share tales at festival salute to Westerns - Memphis Commercial Appeal
24 May 2012, 4:55 pm
Born Justice Ellis McQueen Jr. in Beaumont, Texas, lanky character actor L.Q. Jones borrowed his professional name from the character he played in his debut film, the World War II action epic "Battle Cry," in 1955. Because of its fanciful origin ...

'Big Bang Theory' Star Jim Parsons is Gay, By the Way - YAHOO!
23 May 2012, 3:02 pm
Jim Parsons, the lanky, Texas-born actor who has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe award for playing persnickety genius Sheldon Cooper on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, acknowledges that he is gay and in a 10-year relationship, the New York Times reveals.

A's place McCarthy on DL with sore shoulder - YAHOO!
20 May 2012, 2:37 pm
An MRI last week showed no damage to McCarthy's right scapula. A stress reaction in his scapula last year is what sidelined the lanky right-hander almost seven weeks. The good news for Oakland: McCarthy returned sharp - and injury free - the rest of the way.

Kevin Durant slows Kobe Bryant before stopping the Lakers - Los Angeles Times
20 May 2012, 11:52 am
Kevin Durant might be listed at 6-feet-9, but an Oklahoma City teammate called the star forward 6-10. And Lakers Coach Mike Brown went so far as to call Durant a 7-footer. No matter, Durant's contribution Saturday was immeasurable in the pivotal Game 4 of ...

Nationals vs. Orioles: Ross Detwiler struggles in 6-5 loss to Baltimore - Washington Post
19 May 2012, 10:16 pm
He then did, the shoulders of his lanky 6-foot-5 frame slouched, arms at his sides, his face sporting an utterly blank stare as he looked out into those same stands. Hours after his place on the pitching staff seemed solidified Saturday ...

Lefty Tyler Anderson pitches first official game in Rockies' system - Denver Post
19 May 2012, 2:07 am
Tyler Anderson is on the clock. The lanky left-handed pitcher whom the Rockies made their first-round draft pick in June made his professional debut last week for Asheville, the Rockies' affiliate in the Single-A South Atlantic League.