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What The Hell Is This Eagles-Broncos Preview Video?
The Philadelphia Eagles tweeted this preview of tonight's game against the Broncos a few days ago. It's goddamned weird....

Lane Kiffin Was Fired In The Most Cold-Blooded Way
After last night's 62-41 loss to Arizona State, USC head coach Lane Kiffin was unceremoniously dumped like a bag of trash at the airport by athletic director Pat Haden. Judging from the details, he never saw it coming, and needed a ride home from LAX....

Bull Rider Somehow Gets Up After Bull Brutally Swings Him Into Gate
This run by Cody Nance ended poorly for him, as the bull used its surroundings to inflict as much pain as possible. Ouch. Somehow, Nance walked away from this. Related: The bull's name is Walk Off....

Sam Bradford Doesn't Need This: Your Rams-49ers GIF Roundup
San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11: The 49ers' 1-2 start to this season was a bit of a shock, considering their baffling turd of a home game facing the Colts, but San Francisco looked much better on short rest against the Rams, cruising despite Patrick Willis and Nnamdi Asomugha sitting out. And now th...

Brazilian MMA Fighter Dies Minutes Before Weigh-In
MMA fighter Leandro "Feijao" Souza died Thursday before weigh-ins for Friday's Shooto Brazil 43 card....
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Diana Taurasi And Seimone Augustus Kiss, Have To Be Separated [Update]
Basketball players have been hit with technical fouls for silly things—see Rasheed Wallace receiving a second T and getting ejected for staring—but what about kissing a player?...

Watch Mariano Rivera Leave The Field At Yankee Stadium, Forever
Tonight marked the last time Mariano Rivera would throw a pitch at Yankee Stadium. With the Yankees trailing 4-0 against the Rays, Rivera retired four batters over the eighth and ninth innings. When Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came to the mound to take Rivera out, it turned into one of those time...

Former Chargers Safety Commits Suicide
Paul Oliver, a former NFL safety who played the majority of his career with the San Diego Chargers, killed himself at the age of 29....

Carlos Ortiz's Flip-Flopping Might Make It Harder To Convict Aaron Hernandez
The testimonies of Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace are crucial for the prosecution if it wants an airtight argument that Aaron Hernandez shot and killed Odin Lloyd. So far, Ortiz and Wallace stood by accounts that ended Hernandez pulling the trigger, but now, Ortiz is altering a big detail in his s...

Jason Giambi Hits Pinch-Hit Walkoff Home Run, Is 42 Years Old
Jason Giambi brought the Cleveland Indians one game closer to a postseason berth by hitting a pinch-hit walkoff two-run homer against the White Sox tonight. Yes, the 42-year-old Giambi is still in the MLB, and he can still occasionally destroy pitches....

Hugh Douglas Arrested For Allegedly Choking Woman During "Rough Sex"
Former NFL player and ESPN pundit Hugh Douglas was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging that he assaulted a woman at a hotel in Connecticut....

Korean Baseball Player Wastes Awesome Bat Flip On Foul Ball
Choi Jun-seok really thought he hit a no-doubt home run on this swing. Nope! Choi had to shamefully trudge back and pick up the bat he so eloquently tossed aside. Nothing sadder than a wasted bat flip....

If You Tweet Mean Things About Colin Kaepernick, He Might Favorite It
Most athletes on Twitter tend to ignore the noise of their replies, and for good reason. There are scores of people with dumb, hateful opinions out there. Colin Kaepernick, however, deals with it in a less popular way....

Pittsburgh Stinkers: Week 3 Sunday Night GIF Roundup
Bears 40, Steelers 23: Ben Roethlisberger threw for 406 yards, but the Bears still demolished the Steelers. Even though Chicago allowed Pittburgh to cut down a 24-3 lead, the team stymied a full comeback by Mike Tomlin's crew. The Bears are 3-0, and although this team was talented before Marc Trest...

Sabres-Leafs Game Featured Line Brawl And Goalie Fight
Preseason hockey might not count for anything, but the Sabres and Leafs didn't care, getting into a line brawl in the third period of tonight's game....


Play To The Whistle, Sheldon: Your Week 3 Late Games Roundup
Jets 27, Bills 20: The first battle of AFC East rookie QBs was must-see TV, in that it was extraordinarily ugly. New York was flagged for 20 penalties, breaking a team record for most penalties in a game. (The NFL record was 22; oh, so close!) The Jets took a 20-6 lead in the third quarter, and some...

Look At All Of These Goddamn Bees At Angel Stadium
The Mariners-Angels game was delayed Sunday, on account of bees at Angel Stadium. Thankfully, a Getty photographer documented the bee nuisance....

Hey, Look, The Patriots' Rookie Receivers Actually Played Pretty Well
After poor performances from New England's rookie WRs Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins through two weeks, some reactionary writers did what they did best: They flipped the hell out....

Tom Brady Bitches At Himself: Your Week 3 Early Games Roundup
Patriots 23, Buccaneers 3: Without Danny Amendola or Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots managed to make their rookie receivers drop less. Kenbrell Thompkins had two touchdowns on three catches, and Aaron Dobson had seven catches for 52 yards. Brady threw a pick in the end zone in the third quarter, and th...