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Sadly, This Great Picture Of Ronaldo Stealing Messi's Girl Is Fake
Cristiano Ronaldo won his second Ballon d'Or yesterday, awarded to the year's best soccer player. He beat out Lionel Messi, who had won it four years in a row. Ronaldo's win was expected (though neither he nor Messi had each other in their top three), so the highlight of the gala was the above photo...
Sean Payton Fesses Up: Marques Colston's Lateral Was A Designed Play
Marques Colston's very forward pass was one of the odder endings to a football game, and at first glance, one of the dumbest. But the Saints stayed strangely silent on the question of whether Colston was ad-libbing. Now we know: It was a designed play....
Arbitrator Calls A-Rod's Conduct "Unprecedented"; A-Rod Sues Everyone
Below you can read Alex Rodriguez's full suit against both Major League Baseball and the players' union. Filed in a New York district court today, it seeks to overturn the arbitration panel's ruling that imposed a 162-game suspension, keeping Rodriguez out of baseball for all of the 2014 season....
White Sox Hotel Rooming List Reveals Some Great Fake Names
This is the White Sox rooming list for a 2012 midweek series in St. Louis. We don't know the provenance, but we hadn't seen it until Anthony sent it to us, so we're passing it along....
Tywin Lannister Narrates BBC Olympic Promo
Charles Dance, the actor who plays Tywin Lannister on Game of Thrones (and the bad guy in Last Action Hero, as if I had to tell you), lends his voice to this commercial for the BBC's coverage of the Sochi Olympics....
Robert Griffin III Has Had It With Fans Complaining About Dumb Things
The Skins QB has stayed largely silent since the end of the season—he's been around long enough to know that after a 3-13 season, you can't win no matter what you say. But on Friday he made a lengthy post on Facebook. On the face of it, it's a response to one stupid person complaining about the arm ...
Pimp Sues Nike For Making Weaponized Shoes
Today in Frivolous Lawsuit Theater: Convicted Portland pimp Sirgiorgio Sanford Clardy is serving a 100-year prison sentence for, in part, stomping a john with his Air Jordans. Now Clardy's suing Nike for not labeling their sneakers as weapons....
What Does Peyton Manning's "Omaha" Mean?
“Omaha” was trending on Twitter during the Broncos’ win over San Diego. Omaha, Neb.’s tourism board took notice. It was hard not to, with Peyton Manning barking the snap count directly into CBS’s parabolic microphone, and hence your living room....
Pastor Holds One-Minute Church Service In Order To Make 49ers' Kickoff
This is Pastor Tim Christensen of Gold Hill Lutheran Church in Butte, Montana. He's a big 49ers fan, and unfortunately for him, his 11 a.m. service yesterday coincided with the kickoff of 49ers-Panthers. So Pastor Tim got a move-on....
Peyton Manning Just Wants A Bud Light
After advancing to the AFC Championship, Peyton Manning was confronted with questions about a report that an offseason medical exam will determine his NFL future. He's not worried about his neck. He's just worried about when he'll be able to get his hands on a cool, crisp, refreshing Anheuser-Busch ...
Seahawks Ban Californians From Buying NFC Championship Tickets
I hope everyone's ready for a full week of two insufferable fan bases shitting up comment sections everywhere....
<em>60 Minutes</em> Presents The Case Against MLB
Not 36 hours after an arbitrator largely sided with MLB and pegged Alex Rodriguez's suspension at all of 2014, Bud Selig took a bizarre, televised victory lap. A double-length 60 Minutes segment that publicly (and for the very first time) laid out the evidence against A-Rod, featuring sit-down inter...
Who Is America Rooting For This Weekend?
Below are four maps showing which team in each of this weekend's games has more Facebook fans in every county in America....
Grade Schooler Hurls No-Look, Over-The-Shoulder Buzzer-Beater
Via Bob's Blitz, this is young Spencer McKinley nailing the unlikeliest of buzzer-beaters. Poor form, good result, give him J.R. Smith's roster spot....
Gate Car Spins Out, Crashes Into Horses
Disturbing video here from Freehold (N.J.) Raceway, but know that four drivers went to the hospital and all horses survived....
The Secret Of The Seahawks' Defense? Fouling, Maybe
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating look at the dominant Seahawks secondary, which seems to have been able to turn just about everyone into a star. Part of that is the remarkable amount of pressure they bring, but another part—perhaps—is as brilliant as it is simple. Maul receivers, because th...
Reply Allpocalypse Brings Media World To Screeching Halt
This afternoon, the Columbia Journalism School sent out a mass email to hundreds of media members inviting them and their organizations to register for an upcoming career fair....
136 Hall Of Fame Voters Release Their Ballots
As has been the case in recent years, the BBWAA gave its members the option to have their Hall of Fame votes made public. Here they are—136 of the 571 ballots....