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The Vikings Had To Stick With Case Keenum (For Now)
Mike Zimmer made it official today: Even though Teddy Bridgewater is finally back, healthy, and ready, Case Keenum will start at quarterback for the Vikings in Sunday’s showdown against the Rams. Then again, Zimmer really had no choice. Sure, Bridgewater likely still represents the future of the fra...
Report: Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar To Plead Guilty In Sex Abuse Cases
Larry Nassar—who has been accused by more than 140 women and girls of sexually abusing them under the guise of medical treatment while he was a doctor with USA Gymnastics and Michigan State—is scheduled to plead guilty in two of his criminal cases, the Lansing State Journal reported today. According...
The Eight Truths I Learned From Humping Athletes
This piece originally appeared in the April 1995 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with permission....
Two Georgia Tech Basketball Players Suspended For Accepting Benefits
Georgia Tech basketball senior Tadric Jackson and sophomore Josh Okogie have each been suspended three and six games, respectively, by the NCAA after accepting benefits from Ron Bell, a former friend of Yellowjackets head coach Josh Pastner....
NCAA Rules Braxton Beverly Immediately Eligible To Play For NC State
Four-star freshman point guard Braxton Beverly has spent the past month in basketball purgatory, but today, the NCAA did something reasonably logical for once when it reversed its initial ruling and made Beverly immediately eligible to play for NC State....
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Tom Savage Was Born To Be Strip-Sacked
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
Ben's Cat, The Horse No One Believed In When It Counted, Is Dead<em></em>
Laurel Park hosted a memorial service over the weekend for Ben’s Cat. “It was just like a funeral for a person,” said trainer King T. Leatherbury....
Tennessee State Player Expelled From School For Punching Out Coach During Game
Tennessee State defensive end Latrelle Lee was kicked off the team and then kicked out of the university altogether, after twice punching the Tigers’ head strength coach T.J. Greenstone during Saturday’s game....
How Not To Make Coffee
How you make coffee is, you bring the dried and roasted and probably ground seeds of a Coffea plant together with some water, typically hot, for some period of time, and this turns the water into coffee. That’s it. It is not a complicated procedure....
Jaguars Junction: Week Nine
The last time we checked in on the Jacksonville Jaguars, football, they possessed a record of three wins and two losses. And now? ...
This Martellus Bennett Situation Is Very Strange
Newly acquired Patriots tight end Martelleus Bennett was on the field for seven snaps last night, catching three balls for 38 yards. It was a strange place for him to be, given that just days earlier he had been released by the Packers for failing to disclose what appeared to be a serious shoulder i...
It Is Unsafe To Be A Colts Quarterback
Quit whining, loggers and crab fishermen; the most dangerous job in America is Colts quarterback....
Jaguars Run A Fake Punt For A 56-Yard TD
Up 37 early in the season against Baltimore in London, Jacksonville decided not to limit themselves. They ran a fake punt to running back Corey Grant for a huge gain of 58, setting up another score against a then-helpless Ravens defense....
The Thrills And Spills Of Watersports
Let’s discuss a slippery topic....
Martellus Bennett On Getting Cut By The Packers: "They Tried To Fuck Me Over"
After getting cut by the Packers on Wednesday for “failure to disclose a medical condition” and signing with the Patriots on Thursday, Martellus Bennett gave his side of the story about how his time in Green Bay ended in a long, expletive-filled rant on Instagram....
What Happens To A Brain When It Gets Rattled
Today’s column is about brain injuries....
Colombian Soccer Player Directs Racist Slant-Eye Gesture At South Korean Players
South Korea hosted Colombia in an international friendly earlier today. During a minor dust-up between players, Colombian midfielder Edwin Cardona made the slant-eye gesture in the faces of some South Korean players....
Dead Letters: "Millennials.....All Bluster And No Balls"
Subject: Josh Freeman...
Jockey Punches His Horse, Gets Two-Week Suspension
An Australian jockey has been suspended for two weeks for jumping off his horse and punching it in the stomach before a race on Wednesday....
Packers Cut Martellus Bennett With "Failure To Disclose A Medical Condition" Designation
The Green Bay Packers announced today that they’ve cut TE Martellus Bennett, tagging him with the “failure to disclose a medical condition” designation. That label will allow the Packers to potentially reclaim $4.2 million out of Bennett’s signing bonus from when he signed a three-year contract with...