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Alabama's Reuben Foster Sent Home From NFL Combine After Trying "Do You Know Who I Am?" With Hospital Worker
Alabama’s Reuben Foster—the top linebacker in this year’s draft—has been sent home from the NFL combine after getting in a “heated altercation” with a hospital worker, according to ESPN....
Georgetown Should Fire John Thompson III, And Probably Won't
With the Georgetown basketball team in the midst of its second straight losing season; fresh off four straight losses, including two to Big East basement-dwellers St. John’s and DePaul; devoid of hope for a post-season appearance; and the fan base drowning in its own toxic frustration, firing off a ...
The Ben Bishop Trade Is Startlingly Smart
The first reactions to Sunday’s Ben Bishop trade were naturally along the lines of What the hell? Bishop, probably the best goalie in Tampa Bay Lightning history, is headed to a Kings team that only the day before got back its own franchise goalie, Jonathan Quick, after a four-month injury rehab. Bu...
Jameis Winston Tells Elementary School Girls To Be "Silent, Polite, Gentle"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston went to Melrose Elementary in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, and what was supposed to be a breezy photo op turned into yet another instance of Winston being a dumb shithead in public....
Wow! Look Upon Colby Rasmus's Beard, And Puke<em></em>
There’s no polite way to say this: These photos of Colby Rasmus are the worst thing I’ve ever seen....
High School Coach Loses Gig After Banning Nick Saban From Campus
Parkway High School (La.) coach David Feaster spoke very candidly about Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban during an interview on 104.5 ESPN on Wednesday, and he’s now paid a price for that honesty....
Michigan Dunks Their Way To Upset Of No. 11 Wisconsin
Michigan’s Moe Wagner and Zak Irvin combined to score 39 points as the Wolverines downed a lackluster Wisconsin team 64-58 in Ann Arbor....
Louisiana High School Coach Bans Nick Saban From Campus For "Not Being Ethical"
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron rode out a potential boycott last week and got himself back into the good graces of New Orleans-area football coaches. Now, it’s Nick Saban’s turn to get on the wrong side of a high school coach....
Jabari Parker Tears ACL, Will Miss 12 Months Of Basketball
The Milwaukee Bucks announced today that third-year forward Jabari Parker tore his ACL in his left knee, and after surgery will likely miss the next 12 months of basketball....
Jabari Parker Goes Down In A Heap With Scary-Looking Knee Injury
Khris Middleton returned to the Milwaukee Bucks tonight after a long injury layoff, so, naturally, the Basketball Gods exacted their revenge. Young sprightly Bucks star Jabari Parker left tonight’s game against the Miami Heat with a gross-looking knee injury in the third quarter. His left knee buckl...
Steve Sarkisian Named As New Atlanta Falcons Offensive Coordinator
Steve Sarkisian will be the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator as the team attempts to move forward from its incredible Super Bowl loss and convince NFL fans that the team shouldn’t be excommunicated from the league....
Jabari Parker Was Benched For Telling The Media That He Spoke Up In A Team Meeting
Bucks forward Jabari Parker was benched last night for telling reporters that he shared an unpopular point of view in a team meeting, according to ESPN....
Jameis Winston Sexual Battery<em></em> Lawsuit Formally Dismissed
This morning, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed two lawsuits involving Jameis Winston, finally ending a four-year legal saga. A sexual battery lawsuit filed by Kinsman against Winston in 2015 and an earlier suit filed by Winston against Kinsman for defamation were both dismissed. The pair settle...
Here's A Video Of Alabama Fans Watching Their Team Lose The Championship
AL.com filmed three groups of Alabama football fans as they reacted to two crucial scores in Monday’s CFP Championship: Jalen Hurts’s 30-yard touchdown to give the Crimson Tide a lead with two minutes left, and Clemson receiver Hunter Renfrow’s game-winning TD with one second left. Don’t skip ahead;...
Clemson's Offensive Line Turned Da'Ron Payne Into A Blocking Sled
For an interior defensive lineman, short fourth downs and goal-line stands seem like the most exciting situations a football game can offer the position—their shot to get low, blow through an aggressive wall of meat, and make the play in the backfield. But as Alabama’s Da’Ron Payne discovered, if y...
It's Deshaun Watson's Time
This National Championship game felt familiar, Clemson slogging early against a world-class Alabama defense before, gradually, luring them into exactly the Tigers’ type of game: a shootout. (The only difference being, maybe, that this year the clock ran out with the score in Clemson’s favor.) The co...
That Last Alabama Drive Was Terrifying
More than any other team in sports, Alabama football feels the most futile to root against. Over and over, they’ve stamped out nascent comebacks with two well-timed turnovers or turned a 14-10 game into a 28-10 game in two minutes of work. These are the sorts of ways you can win games when you’re bi...
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Clemson's National Championship-Winning Touchdown, As Heard On 10 Different Networks [Update: Now With Alabama Radio]
Clemson capped off a national championship finish we’ll never forget with Hunter Renfrow’s touchdown catch with just one second remaining. Above is how it sounded on ESPN; below are how commentators on eight other networks—including Clemson radio—reacted to the play....
Clemson Dethrones Alabama And Wins National Championship With Last-Second Touchdown
The National Championship rematch between Alabama and Clemson was just as fraught and close as 2016's all-time classic, but unlike last year, it ended with Alabama getting their hearts ripped out and Clemson wining their first title since 1981....
This Is Not Targeting, Somehow?
Mike Williams hung on and got the first down here, but it cost him a huge shot from Alabama DB Tony Brown. There was no penalty called on the play, even if it appeared to be a fairly clear targeting violation. The Tigers held him out for the rest of the drive, but ESPN reported that he was medically...