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The Chargers Gave The Giants Two Points
Safeties are one of the most exciting plays in football. That might sound weird, since they’re only worth two points, don’t decide games very often, if ever, but they’re fun! Also, the safety is the only play in football where players celebrate by impersonating the referee....
Brian Pillman Worked Wrestling Fans As Well As Anyone Ever Did
Brian Pillman died 20 years ago today. Scheduled to wrestle at WWF’s Badd Blood PPV that night—the event with the classic first Hell in a Cell match, between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker—he didn’t show up to the arena. He’d died in his sleep overnight at a budget motel in Bloomington, Minnesota...
Sixers Fans Booed The Shit Out Of Kris Humphries<em></em>
Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian’s pretend husband for 72 days and a 13-year NBA veteran, is now on the Philadelphia 76ers. The team played its first preseason game in Philly last night, and Humphries got his first action with the squad....
College Football Player Suspended For Eye-Gouging
A Northern Illinois football player has been suspended one game for gouging the eyes of an opposing team’s player over the weekend....
Joel Embiid Is Nailing The Philadelphia Lifestyle<em></em>
Philadelphians are psyched as heck for the Sixers, but the excitement that the city feels for potential superstar Joel Embiid is something even purer and stranger than that....
Eagles Fans Took Over L.A.
The announced attendance for the Eagles-Chargers game in Carson, California yesterday was 25,374. It seemed like most of those in attendance were not there for the home team....
John Jaso Likely To Retire, Live On Sailboat
John Jaso, the dreaded pirate-looking dude who plays for the Pirates, told reporters yesterday he is probably calling it a career now that the season is over and his contract is up. Better yet: He’s retiring from baseball to sail the seven seas. No piracy, hopefully....
Philip Rivers Flips Out After He Can’t Get A Play Off
Man, Philip Rivers is pissed....
Report: NFL Floated Plan For All Players to Wear “Team America” Patches
There’s an interesting story at ESPN today about how NFL executives and owners are dealing with Donald Trump. Trump, as you may recall, called Colin Kaepernick a “son of a bitch” before last weekend’s games, adding that any player protesting police brutality during the national anthem should be fire...
O.J. Simpson Released From Prison
O.J. Simpson—the former football star, convicted kidnapper and author of the book If I Did It—was released from a Nevada prison this morning, a day earlier than expected....
High School Football Team Takes Oxy Before Game, Forfeits Entire Season
A high school football team in the Finger Lakes region of New York has forfeited its entire season after seven players took the painkiller oxycodone before a game....
Packers Fan Suing Bears Gets On Soldier Field In Atlanta Falcons Jersey
The Packers and Bears resume the oldest rivalry in professional football tomorrow night, with the Bears visiting Lambeau Field for the teams’ 195th meeting. (The series, amazingly, is currently tied 94-94-6.) One man who will be in attendance for the game is Russell Beckman....
Report: School Administrator Resigns After Selling Bootleg High School Football T-Shirts
Trenton Central High School’s freshman football team had a game on Sept. 14, and fans arriving for the game apparently had the opportunity to purchase “Trenton football” t-shirts....
Carson Wentz Said He’d Give His Game Check To Jake Elliott If He Made 61-Yard Game-Winning FG
Jake Elliott’s big kick not only won the game for the Eagles Sunday. It might’ve won Elliott a big payday....
Jon Lester Is Not Happy About The Nacho Man
Last night, Cubs shortstop Addison Russell crashed into the stands and absolutely destroyed an order of nachos a Cardinals fan was eating. It was hilarious! Watch it again, or watch it for the first time....
Goldy Gopher <em></em>Trucks Child, Celebrates Horrifyingly
There’s no other way to put it: Goldy Gopher destroyed a kid unnecessarily....
The Patriots Are Sorry They Charged Fans $4.50 For Tap Water
In his new pseudo-health book, Tom Brady warns readers not to drink tap water. “Even when you use tap water for steaming vegetables,” he writes, “it’s better to filter it first.” Sunday, the Patriots ran out of Brady’s precious bottled water at the Gillette Stadium concession stands, and then had th...
Cesaro Busted His Two Front Teeth On The Ringpost
The slingshot-into-the-ringpost spot is a staple of professional wrestling. I associate it mostly with Mr. Perfect, but a ton of people do it. It’s one of those wrestling moves that looks cool but is absolutely completely ridiculous if you think about it too much. Or even just a little! Humans aren’...
Eagles Beat Giants With Rookie Kicker’s 61-Yard Field Goal With No Time Left
Rookie kicker Jake Elliott—a fifth-round Bengals pick who was signed off their practice squad by the Eagles after Week 1—nailed a 61-yard field goal at the gun today to give Philly a 27-24 win....
Odell Beckham Jr. Celebrates A Pair Of Touchdowns By Peeing And Protesting
Odell Beckham made a nice fourth-quarter catch in the end zone to give the Giants their first points of the day against the Eagles. Then he got down on all fours, lifted his leg, and pretended to pee....