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John Tavares Hit In Face With Puck, Pulls Out Own Tooth
Well this is disgusting. Early in the second period in Chicago Friday night, Islanders captain John Tavares got hit in the face trying to dig out a puck along the boards and must have knocked a tooth loose. When he eventually made his way to the bench, he just yanked that sucker out. You can actual...
When Chyron Is More Honest Than The Head Coach
The Broncos are saying all the right things ahead of their historic mismatch with Jacksonville. After Wednesday's practice, John Fox said "We don't look at point spreads...This team has beaten us four out of the last five times. There's no one here taking anyone lightly." KUSA's lower third cut thro...
Simone Biles Vs. The Racists: Are Black Gymnasts The New Black QBs?
Last week in Belgium Simone Biles made history by becoming the first woman of color to win an all-around title at the world championships, just a year after Gabby Douglas took the top spot at the Olympic Games....
Here Is The Ultimate Eli Manning Derp Face
Via The Big Lead. The Giants' struggles may not all be on the quarterback, but this image is a pretty tidy summary of what 0-6 looks like....
Watch This Awesome First Person POV Of A Famous Horse Racing Jockey
These really never get old. Here's John Velazquez riding Greyfall, a two-year-old colt, at the Keeneland Race Course. He wore "camera glasses" (off-brand Google Glass?) and captured video of exactly what it looks and sounds like to be out on the track. ...
English Soccer Is Dead, And It Deserves To Be
World Cup qualifying runs this week, and a lot of what's going on involves glorified exhibition play. Continental giants like the Netherlands and Italy are booked for Brazil, as is our great nation; other teams of interest, like Germany, Spain, Portugal, and France are more or less box-checking. The...
Out My Window
Katerina Cizek’s Out My Window project is seriously dope. ...
How Those Painfully Awkward Local Commercials With Athletes Are Made
You've probably seen a local commercial with one of your area's athletes, and it was most likely awful and unnatural. For me, nothing will beat Dustin Pedroia's cringe-worthy Sullivan Tire ad. ("I don't believe it. It's Jim Rice.") This funny video featuring Scott Hartnell proves that there's a scie...
Sources: Magic Johnson Left ESPN Because Of Bill Simmons
So, why did Magic make his sudden announcement that he's leaving ESPN, less than three weeks before the NBA season begins? An announcement so sudden that the newest addition to NBA Countdown, Doris Burke, appears to have had no idea it was going down?...
Which <em>College GameDay</em> Host Has Made The Dumbest Picks This Year?
Originally published on PunditTracker....
Magic Johnson Is Leaving ESPN
ESPN announced today that Magic Johnson is leaving NBA Countdown and the network. Johnson, per ESPN, is leaving "due to his other commitments," which haven't been a problem in the past....
What Makes A Stanley Cup Champion? More Hockey Interactives To Explore
Continuing our industry-leading coverage of interactive hockey infographics, the charts above are a selection from an excellent piece of data viz by Dark Horse Analytics, which explore the relationship between payroll/attendance/offense/penalties and team performance....
Hoboken Mayoral Candidate Burns Eli Manning In Dumb Open Letter
Poor Eli Manning. He's already five weeks into what is by far the worst season of his career, he's been playing with what is essentially a permanent Manning Face, and now he's catching shit from some guy who's running for the mayoralty of Hoboken, N.J. ...
The Fall Of Texas Track Coach Bev Kearney Required Awesome Hubris
Texas Monthly this week threw a Proustian 12,800 words at the sad, strange story of Bev Kearney, and if you manage to read the entire thing, because perhaps you've had a flight canceled or you're pulling a double shift in the parking garage tollbooth, you'll likely follow a winding trajectory in try...
New Mexico Fans Have Raised The $2,000 A Rival Fan Should've Won
Last week we brought you the smh-worthy tale of the cosmic nut-punt that went down at a New Mexico State football game. Tired of empty stands, university honchos had whipped up some cash awards to entice students to witness the (winless) Aggies, with a $2,000 prize reserved for a randomly selected s...
Which One Of These NFL-Themed Vanity Plates Sucks More?
Welcome to the first edition of NFL Vanity Plate Suck Off, which is a thing that I just made up and will probably never happen again. Anyway, both of the vanity plates pictured above were recently shown to us by readers, and I can't decide which one sucks the most. So I'm asking for your help. Pleas...