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The New Thing Teens Are Doing Is Called The "Mannequin Challenge"

Teens: They’re annoying, but we turn to them for the newest cool trend, then mangle and repurpose it until someone works it into a boring ad campaign three months after everyone’s moved on. The latest entry in cool things by teens is the “mannequin challenge.”...

Vox Scams Readers Into Thinking Prescient World Series Tweet Was A Scam [Update]

How incredible was it that the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, baseball’s two most hard-luck franchises, would meet in the same World Series? Throughout the postseason, as the fates of the two teams converged, a certain prognostication from two years ago kept reappearing on Twitter:...

Terry Francona Eats Garbage Late At Night And I Get It

We all (and by “we all” I mean “I”) remember the tale of Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona eating 17 popsicles in one night. It was his second-greatest achievement after winning the 2004 World Series, and well ahead of winning the 2007 World Series. Over time, it’s clear that Tito has a prope...

What's Going On With Alex Smith?

The Kansas City Chiefs are making a change at quarterback: the team will start Nick Foles over Alex Smith for Sunday against the Jaguars. Tyler Bray will be the backup; Smith won’t even dress. Is Smith still suffering the effects of brain trauma from Sunday’s game against the Colts? The Chiefs aren’...

Bills Fans Come Together, Love One Another (While Keeping Their Clothes On)

Deadspin has published enough footage of Bills fans behaving badly to fill a DVD that would otherwise feature the team’s underwhelming season highlights, and occasionally, other Bills fans grouse about it. Not every Bills fan blacks out and jumps through a shitty table, they say. Some of us are norm...

Five-Year-Old Bills Fan's Birthday Cake Has A Message For Tom Brady

A reader who would like to remain anonymous sent in these photos of his son’s birthday cake. More information, if you need it:...

Inspiring: Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Allow Dinosaur To Perform At Game

The Denver Broncos cheerleaders donned Halloween costumes for Sunday’s game, but one performer stood out above the rest, mostly because of the enormous head. An actual T-Rex, who for some reason wasn’t wearing a getup, danced on the field and participated in the routines:...

Report: Patriots Send Jamie Collins To Cleveland In Inexplicable Trade

What the hell is this?...

Here's The Moment Brandon Tate's Day Ended

Bills receiver Brandon Tate left today’s game after Patriots safety Devin McCourty delivered a hit on him in the third quarter. Getty Images stringer Tom Szczerbowski captured the moment of contact in which Tate’s body stopped, but his face stayed in motion, because football is a game of constant co...

Rob Gronkowski Credits His Mom For Supporting His Quest For 69 Touchdowns

Rob Gronkowski, a talented “Who Farted?” tank top drafted in the second round, broke Stanley Morgan’s Patriots record for total touchdowns after he scored his 69th TD today against the Buffalo Bills. After the game, Gronk recognized his mom and her encouraging message to him on Saturday....

Broncos Coach Wade Phillips Carted Off After Sideline Collision

Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips left today’s game on a cart after a San Diego Chargers player collided with him on the sideline during a play....

Chiefs QB Alex Smith Leaves Game After His Head Bounces Off The Turf [Update]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith is being evaluated for a concussion after taking a hit to the head in today’s game against the Indianapolis Colts....

Jimbo Fisher Lays Into ACC Officials After Losing To Clemson [Update]

Third-ranked Clemson rallied late to edge No. 12 Florida State Saturday night, 37-34, and stay undefeated. FSU head football coach Jimbo Fisher wasn’t upset with the Tigers as much as he was at the penalties called by ACC officiating....

Report: Baylor Regents Say Art Briles Failed To Report An Alleged Gang Rape

In May, Baylor released a report on law firm Pepper Hamilton’s investigation into since-departed head coach Art Briles and the sexual-assault scandal at the university’s football program. The strange thing was that its report wasn’t actually a report; instead, it was a brief “finding of facts” that ...

Sixers Fan Who Flipped Off Russell Westbrook Is A Part-Time Comedian

The Sixers fan who hit Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook with the double bird salute during Wednesday’s game has come forward to apologize and reveal something personal about himself: He’s a part-time comedian....

Arsonist Sets Anthony Pettis's Cars On Fire

Milwaukee police are investigating a fire that torched three of UFC fighter and former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis’s cars in his driveway early Thursday morning. ...

Can You Top This Halloween Costume?

There’s an obvious bias here, but reader Chris B. has sent us the best Halloween costume we’ve seen this year. He included a video of the “video”:...

Chuck Pagano Really Loves To Chop

Let's Remember Some Vines

The app Vine is on its deathbed, which made me think about that Vine where that kid crosses over a baby on a basketball court. Maybe you’ve forgotten about Vine :( But now you remember it. Let’s remember some other Vines:...

Bob Diaco Fails To Keep His Cool As He Defends UConn's Manufactured Football Rivalry

The Central Florida Knights beat the Connecticut Huskies Saturday in the college football rivalry game known as the Civil ConFLiCT, and earned the right to take home the trophy. UCF passed, instead leaving the prize on a bench. On Tuesday, UConn head coach Bob Diaco, who established the artificial e...