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Andy Dalton's Actual Contract Numbers Are Not So Crazy
If you have paid any attention to the NFL, you know that Andy Dalton's "six-year, $115 million contract" was never going to be for six years or $115 million. Well, Pro Football Talk has the details. It's basically a two-year, $25 million deal, with a series of one-year team options after that. ...
Pirates Still Stewing Over Controversial Walk-Off Loss
The Diamondbacks won last night on a walk-off fielder's choice in the 10th, as Nick Ahmed successfully broke up the Pirates' potential double-play by getting hit in the arm by Jayson Nix's throw to first. Pretty perfect positioning with that arm, actually. Maybe a little too perfect....
NFL Writers Just Can't Stop Marveling At Horseshit Contract Numbers
So Andy Dalton agreed to a contract extension with the Bengals, and even though the details of that deal have yet to be released, there was no shortage of football types gladly passing along the numbers as if they were real. Here: ...
No Rookie Can Match Mitch McGary's Dunking Skills
The NBA's incoming rookie class was collected in New York City over the weekend for the annual rookie photo shoot. While there, a few of the class' high-flyers participated in an impromptu dunk contest that was carried out over social media. Oklahoma City rookie Mitch McGary was the unquestionable...
Sheep Smokes Cyclist In Head-To-Head Race
I have no idea why this sheep was just hanging out on this road, or why it decided to race this cyclist, but I am going to imagine that it simply stands in that spot all day every day, just waiting for some dummy on a bike who needs a lesson in what real speed looks like....
Alabama Fans Sprint For Nick Saban's Autograph
There are few traditions quite like the Running of the Bama Fans, as fans run across the length of Bryant-Denny Stadium to line up for Nick Saban's autograph. AL.com has a pretty great gallery, from staff photographer Vasha Hunt. Here's the video:...
Report: Air Force Football Players Used Date-Rape Drugs At Party
The United States Air Force Academy has called for an Inspector General's investigation of the athletic department after the Colorado Springs Gazette discovered numerous honor code violations among athletes dating back to 2010, including an allegation that members of the football team used roofies t...
Mark Cuban Suggests An NBA World Cup
Dallas Mavericks owner and naked billionaire Mark Cuban has long been against the NBA's partnership with FIBA and the International Olympic committee, and Paul George's injury in Friday night's Team USA scrimmage gave him another opportunity to rip the current system of international play....
Diamondbacks Peg Andrew McCutchen In Back; McCutchen Furious
Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen took a pitch to his back in Saturday night's game against the Diamondbacks. On a 2-0 count, Arizona reliever Randall Delgado plunked McCutchen. It looked painful, but McCutchen wasn't seriously injured. McCutchen was visibly furious, not at the beaning, but beca...
Manny Machado Is Just Embarrassing Albert Pujols Now
Can someone please get Albert Pujols a jetpack, or a Rascal or something? Jesus. For the second night in a row Manny Machado showed off his stupid-strong arm and for the second night in a row, poor Albert Pujols was the victim....
Austin Jackson Pulled Off Field, Learns He's Been Traded
Just like Asdrubal Cabrera, Tigers outfielder Austin Jackson was reminded today that baseball is a business....
Tyron Smith Isn't A "Cowboy For Life." He Just Got Screwed.
Yesterday, Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith signed an enormous eight-year extension, valued at $110 million over 10 years. Today, Dallas is telling everyone that it guarantees Smith will be a "Cowboy for life." As we know by now, the numbers in NFL contracts are bullshit. But this is outrageous eno...
John Lackey Is A Cardinal, And The Red Sox's Rebuild Is Going Great
The Red Sox are apparently on some sort of accelerated turn-of-the-century-Marlins plan, where they win, bottom out, and rebuild, but it only takes them a year to go from peak to trough and back again. After landing Yoenis Cespedes earlier today, Boston has traded starter John Lackey to St. Louis ...
Donnie Yen Is The Tom Hanks Of Kicking Ass In <em>Ip Man</em>
On a good day, Hong Kong's Donnie Yen is the greatest working movie star on the face of the earth. Even in bad movies, he has a light charm, a gracefulness that shines brighter than anything his Hollywood peers can offer. There's a warmth in his presence, a gliding dignity. The sparkle in his eye ri...
Jaguars Owner Shad Khan Is One Chill-Ass Dude
Here is Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan gracing the cover of Void, a North Florida culture and lifestyle publication, while looking like the chillest old dude to have ever chilled. ...
Manny Machado Threw Out Albert Pujols Because His Arm Is Outrageous
Albert Pujols isn't winning a 40-yard dash anytime soon but, still, Machado (not to mention all of his momentum) is halfway into the dugout by the time he's ready to throw this ball and Pujols still isn't anywhere near first base. The cross-diamond throw wasn't even in the dirt, it was at Steve Pe...
New, "Grassroots" Pro-Redskins Website Is Run By A PR Firm, Of Course
Redskinsfacts.com, which just launched this month, doesn't hide its position on the team's controversial name. It features a revisionist history of the word and the team's appropriation of it, interviews with former players and Native Americans who support its usage, and invites fans to lend their...
Punch-Throwing Skipper Jack McDowell Livens Up Minor League Brawl
The Ogden Raptors and Idaho Falls Chukars, two minor league baseball teams that likely mean nothing to you, went 16 innings last night, but the best part was a bench-clearing brawl in the tenth. Even the managers got into it—including a former AL Cy Young winner....
Patrick Peterson And Richard Sherman Keep Their Beef Alive
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson just signed a $70 million contract extension, meaning he's now making about the same amount of money as Seahawks corner Richard Sherman, with whom Peterson has had an ongoing Twitter feud. Naturally, Peterson celebrated his extension with a shot at Sherm...
Surly Jack White Throws First Pitch In Detroit
Fucking Black Keys will probably do this tomorrow. Frauds. ...