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Which NFL Teams Have Started The Most Quarterbacks, 1999-2013?
As has been noted, when Jason Campbell led the Browns onto the field in week 8 he became the team's 20th starter since the 1999 season, their first back in the NFL after the Art Modell saga. Intrigued, we decided to compile data on the rest of the NFL's starting quarterbacks over that time period, w...
How The NFL Used To Punish Teams For Crowd Noise
Last month, Kansas City Chiefs fans broke CenturyLink Field's record for world's loudest stadium. Not long ago, however, that kind of in-game crowd noise was explicitly forbidden in the NFL rule book. This isn't all that surprising, as the NFL has a habit of hating its fans....
After A Nightmare, Hoop Dreams
[TACLOBAN, Philippines—Some kids playing basketball on a makeshift hoop in a village wrecked by Typhoon Haiyan. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images]...
LeBron James Was Straight Wrecking Fools Last Night
For some reason I think LeBron remembers what happened in the 2011 Finals. Of course, you can never tell with him. Sometimes he goes for 39-6-4 just because he can....
The Final BCS Champion Will Be Legitimate, Like Always
Rumors of the BCS's humiliation were greatly exaggerated. While many in the college football playoff camp would have liked nothing more than to see a BCS Armageddon with undefeated Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State teams, last week's results prove once again that the current system is not the booge...
Charles Barkley On Using "Nigga": White America Doesn't Get To Decide
Well, if we wanted a National Conversation, we sure do have one now! Last night, Charles Barkley said his piece about the use of "nigga." This was brought on most directly by Matt Barnes's tweets, in which he expressed his frustration with standing up for his "niggas" only to be fined for it by the...
Children's Song Will Teach Young Knicks Fans How To Face Despair
The fight for the future fandom of New York's children has finally been memorialized in the instant classic, "Who Do You Like Better, The Knicks or the Nets?" As expected, the lyrics prepare today's youth for the existential agony that is being a Knicks fan, without addressing that other team at all...
This Fake <em>30 For 30</em> About Space Jam Is Actually Kind Of Funny
What if I told you that the greatest basketball player of all time retired in the middle of his prime, and that this retirement involved a trip to Looney Tune Land, where he would compete in the most important basketball game ever played? This is 30 for 30: The Space Jam Game....
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Translated Neymar Interviews Are A Gift [Updated]
Barcelona forward Neymar's play has people calling him a genius, but if recent interviews are any indication, we may have been selling the guy short by limiting that descriptor to his athletic ability....
A Gallery Of Mascots Trying To Look Serious
Have you ever thought how ridiculous it looks when mascots—generally created to entertain children and hype up the crowd—are forced to put on their best pensive faces and look respectable during moments of silence? Neither had we, until coming across this When Saturday Comes forum thread celebrating...
Florida State Running Back Demonstrates How To Run Over A Defender
Turns out, it's a lot like it sounds. The defender's lucky that James Wilder Jr. was close to the end zone, otherwise he probably would have been dragged along for another ten yards or so. Photo by Nell Redmond/AP Images...
Russian Hockey Team Makes Gold-Medal Worthy Olympics Music Video
Oh my god, oh my god, this video is really too much. Russians! They're so cute and kitschy!...
Rafael Nadal's Serve From Second To Second
Nadal's in London playing in the ATP World Tour Finals, where this multiple-exposure picture was taken. We now can see the shift from "okay, toss it up gently" to "NOW MURDER THAT THING!" moment to moment. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images...
Richie Incognito Once Called Warren Sapp A "Nigger" During A Game
During today's Dan Patrick Show, Warren Sapp recalled the time Richie Incognito called him a nigger during a game. In this short clip, Sapp evokes much of the complexity that surrounds the Incognito controversy and the use of the n-word in general....
Tiger Woods Hits Golf Ball For Money
With the PGA Tour in its offseason, Tiger Woods has ample time to focus on his other passion: making money. His latest stop on the gravy train has him in Istanbul, Turkey, where yesterday he got paid to become the first man to hit a golf ball from Asia to Europe. Neat(?)...
Nearly Eight Minutes Of Zlatan Ibrahimovic Scoring Amazing Goals
Here's a collection of some of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's most stunning goals from over the years. Though the stank face impulse will be strong, try to keep your eyes open for the whole video, they only get better....
Wendell Scott, NASCAR's Racial Pioneer
Darrell Wallace Jr. became the second black driver to win a NASCAR national series event on October 26th. The first was Wendell Scott back in 1963. While not exactly the Jackie Robinson of NASCAR, the tribulations Scott endured during his racing career were severe...
The President And Bill Russell Combine For One Really Great Hug
Bill Russell and President Obama share an embrace underneath the recently unveiled Russell statue. It looks like Bill Russell gives the best hugs....