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Appalachian State's New Logo Might Have Been Drawn By A Child
At gunpoint, I'd say the guy on the left was a sea captain, or maybe the Gorton's Fisherman. With Appalachian State moving up to the FBS next season, they needed something a little more evocative of "mountaineer." So they're switching to the guy on the right, presumably after an intense design compe...

Vernon Davis Tackled By His Dick
Rams safety T.J. McDonald took down 49ers tight end Vernon Davis by grabbing on to whatever he could. "Whatever he could" happened to include Davis's crotch....

Solid Manningface
After an interception by Kansas City's Quintin Demps that bounced off of 90 different things, Peyton treated us to some Manningface. Beautiful....

Meet The Guy Who Won The First Ultra Marathon He Ever Ran
Zach Miller is a 25-year-old dude who travels the world while working on a cruise ship. Last week, he won the country's oldest ultramarathon, the JFK 50 Mile, a race he'd never heard of until October and a distance he'd never come close to running before. His time of 5 hours 38 minutes and 53 second...

Alabama's Kicker Should Stay Off Of Twitter For A While
Alabama placekicker Cade Foster missed all three of his field goal attempts in last night's 34-28 loss to Auburn. Because of his bad night, Nick Saban brought in backup Adam Griffith, whose one and only miss was returned by Chris Davis for the game-winning touchdown. Some Crimson Tide fans found Fo...

Ohio State Reacts To Auburn Upset Over Alabama
Whether Ohio State will actually get to, or deserves to play in, the BCS Championship is a debate we only have to endure for a few more months. Nevertheless, OSU is undefeated and Alabama no longer is. The Buckeyes are in a better position than they were when they barely survived Michigan and they'r...

Hear The Auburn And Alabama Radio Calls From The Missed-FG Runback
This is the incredulously jubilant call from the Auburn booth. Rod Bramblett stars again this week with a guttural "They're not gonna keep them off the field tonight."...

The Game-Tying And Game-Winning Auburn Touchdowns In A Wild Iron Bowl
Auburn began the drive on its own 35 with 2:15 left in the game, down seven. Six consecutive rushes from Tre Mason later and the Tigers were Alabama 39 with 32 seconds left. On first down, Nick Marshall looked to pass it to Mason for a seventh consecutive time but tucked it back inside, rolled to ...

Auburn Has This One Sewn Up
The offenses are bursting at the seams! A.J. McCarron just threaded the needle! He's got the Heisman sewn up! I already used that one, crap! What's next, the Ironing Bowl?...

DeMarcus Cousins Continues Strict No-Handshake Policy Against Clippers
The LA-Sacramento handshake feud is officially the Capulets and the Montagues of our generation. No Sacramento King will ever again exchange ritualistic-verging-on-meaningless signs of mutual respect with a Los Angeles Clipper. Not while DeMarcus Cousins is around....

Charles Barkley Pounding Shots In A "Good Luck, Coach Saban" Shirt
Former Tiger Charles Barkley was spotted out in Auburn last night, prepping for his alma mater's matchup with Alabama in today's Iron Bowl. Here's a relevant paragraph published earlier in the week....

Russell Westbrook's OT Game-Winner, In A Perfect Courtside Video
How do you not love everything about this?...

Furious Bo Pelini Nearly Hits Official With His Hat
This day is getting worse for Bo Pelini. He was hit with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty after swinging his hat in a rage and almost hitting an official in the face. Nebraska now trails Iowa 24-10. Someone give Bo some leftover turkey, and let him fall asleep peacefully....

Bo Pelini Releases His Grumpiness On Sideline Reporter At Halftime
Nebraska was trailing Iowa 14-3 at halftime, and head coach Bo Pelini took out some frustration on ESPN sideline reporter Quint Kessenich, who asked for Pelini's reaction to the two interceptions thrown by Huskers quarterback Ron Kellogg III. "Well, what do you think? What kind of question is that?...


Mike Tomlin Steps Onto Field, Prevents Jacoby Jones From Scoring TD
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin sees Jason Kidd's staged soda spill and raises him an "'accidentally' step onto field and prevent Jacoby Jones from reaching the end zone on a kickoff return."...

Wake Forest And Kansas Basketball Players Have Lots Of Arms
Arms and arms and arms. Yards of arms. Arms that are feet long....