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Kirk Gibson Is <i>Pissed</i> At Ryan Braun
Kirk Gibson, a manager of a Major League Baseball team, has called out Ryan Braun. He's super pissed at Braun and went so far as to mention how his wife blames Braun personally for stealing a World Series appearance from the Diamondbacks. Do you see how crazy this PED scandal is making people? ...
Sorry, But You Have To Do More Than "Want It"
OK, we are back on a normal schedule now, I promise. Sort of. Maybe. I don't know. Can you ever really make a promise like that? I could die or, you know, win the lottery or something. Haha I'm just kidding, I would never waste money on things that aren't high-end electronics or food and drink. The ...
We Finally Saw An Idiot On The Field In Person
By "we" I mean "Tim Burke," and by "saw" I mean "properly recorded video with a smartphone in landscape mode."...
Former Marine Can't Play Football This Year Because Of NCAA Oversight
The NCAA has ruled that Steven Rhodes—a 24-year-old former Marine, now a walk-on freshman at Middle Tennessee State splitting time at tight end and defensive end—must redshirt his freshman year because he played intramural football at his military base. Hooray, NCAA!...
Russian Runners Share Kiss On Winner's Podium
Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova joined an ever-growing list of athletes to extend a middle finger at the bigoted law Russia recently passed with this kiss after winning gold in the women's 4x400 relay at the World Athletics Championships. ...
Someone Is Lying In This A-Rod Circus
Actually, circus is no longer a useful word. We just need to make up a new one to describe what is going on between the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez because it is an absolute colossterfuck. Rodriguez's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina made several serious allegations against the Yankees and president ...
Houston Woman Really Digging Texans This Year
This woman spends a solid chunk of time picking her nose. We'll leave it up to the experts to decide whether she goes full-Cole. ...
Henderson Alvarez Almost Successfully Bunts With Levitating Bat
Henderson Alvarez had a rough fourth inning against the Giants last night. He gave up four runs thanks to a couple of walks, a couple of hits, a wild pitch, a three-way brain fart at first base and a balk. The next inning he tried to bunt his way on and managed to make solid contact on a pitch that...
Yasiel Puig Initiates Launching Sequence, Throws Out Marlon Byrd
Puig was unable to record the out on Justin Turner's little flare to shallow right in the second inning in Los Angeles, so he just mowed down Marlon Byrd foolishly attempting to advance to third instead. Watch more angles—it looks like he's throwing a golf ball from his ear—and listen to Vin Scully...
Alfonso Soriano Is A Breath Of Fresh Air
In two nights, Alfonso Soriano has four home runs and 13 RBI. In those same nights, the Yankees have demolished the Angels 14-7 and 11-3. He's played 17 games for the Yankees this season and has seven home runs. It is 2013 and Yankee Stadium is chanting "Soriano" like it's 2003. ...
And now, a couple of sentences written about Amar'e Stoudemire: "Stoudemire has been selected as one of the judges for this year’s Miss America Pageant on Sept. 14, according to the Knicks website. He and former ‘N Sync member Lance Bass are headlining a panel of judges next month that includes name...
Pelicans Forward Ryan Anderson's Girlfriend Dead Of Apparent Suicide
New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson found his girlfriend, model and The Bachelor star Gia Allemand, unconscious in her apartment Monday night after an apparent suicide by hanging. He called 911 and she was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans where she was placed on life support....
Dog Identified In Doggie Lineup Beats Charges Of Biting A Jogger
There are a number of facts that headline presupposes, two of which are: a municipality or other official body put together a doggie lineup and that same body was unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the dog identified was responsible for the biting. What follows is the story of Jackie, a ...
NBA Mascot Attends Wedding, Is Life Of The Party
This is Moondog. He is one of two mascots for the Cleveland Cavaliers and he recently attended Ben and Ashlee's wedding reception....
Fan Dies From Upper-Deck Fall At Turner Field
A man is in critical condition (update: police have since confirmed the man died) after he fell "at least 30 feet" from the upper deck at Turner Field tonight. Details are sparse, but according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the man was transported to the hospital around 9:00 p.m....
The Derek Jeter Mask Is Terrifying
I don't want to go so far as to call it Nightmare Fuel, but this is a goddamned mess. It is hypnotizing in all the wrong ways....
Here's A Soccer Player Pantsing An Opponent Right In Front Of Referee
Chesterfield F.C.'s Gary Roberts was all set to take a free kick when Russell Penn of Cheltenham quietly kicked the ball out of Roberts's desired position. That's when Roberts pantsed him....
Who Killed Nugget II? Solving The Death Of Southern Miss's Mascot
The 1992 death of Nugget II, the University of Southern Mississippi's Golden Eagle, is cloaked in mystery. A federal investigation and autopsy revealed two possible causes of death: The eagle's body contained lead shotgun pellets, and it suffered from malnutrition. But no blame was ever assigned, an...
For The Cleveland Browns Fan Who Has Nothing Left: A Hearse
A man is selling his Browns-colored hearse that he has used for six years as a tailgating car. It's a Cadillac with just a shade under 100,000 miles. It doesn't run and it's got a flat. I am wasting a lot of time trying to think of a more appropriate team/tailgate vehicle combination than a Clevelan...