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President Obama: I'd "Think About Changing" Redskins Nickname
President Obama clearly thinks it's time to switch the Washington nickname to something less slur-y and danced around outright saying so in a recent interview with the Associated Press. He didn't say the owner in Washington was an ignominious shit for loudly and proudly announcing his intent to neve...
Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 5 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....
Who Wants To Look At Kendrick Perkins's Dislocated Finger?
Jamming a finger while playing basketball hurts, and—this might be going out on a limb here—dislocating a finger while playing basketball probably hurts more....
Brutal Monster Truck Accident Leaves At Least Eight Dead, 80 Injured
Eight people were killed and 80 were injured Saturday after a monster truck drove into the crowd at a show in Chihuahua, Mexico....
Banner Plane Crashes On Flavet Field Before Florida-Arkansas Game
Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a plane carrying an advertisement for Geico Insurance McDonald's crashed on an unoccupied car in Flavet Field, an open field at the University of Florida that, from the look of it, serves as a tailgating site for Florida games. The Gators are playing the Arkansas Razor...
Scott Shafer: Charter Member Of The Dabo Swinney Fan Club
Just before the half, Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers were thumping Syracuse 35-7. On fourth-and-goal inside the Cuse 1o, he went for it rather than just kicking the field goal. The Syracuse defense held them out of the endzone and head coach Scott Shafer pledged his everlasting love for Dabo....
'Bama Fans Made An Elephant-Float Out Of A Volkswagen
Warren: Hey Joel, know what I think I'm gonna do?...
ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...
David Pollack Doesn't Want Women On College Football Playoff Committee
David Pollack only wants people familiar with college football and capable of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each team to be part of the selection committee responsible for the playoff system beginning in 2016. And he doesn't think women can be involved because they haven't played the g...
Albert Pujols Will Sue You If You Say He Used PEDs
In what is surely a distant second in sexiness among today's baseball lawsuits, Albert Pujols is suing former radio host Jack Clark for claiming he knew "for a fact" that Pujols used steroids in St. Louis....
Here's Dusty Baker's Version Of How He Got Fired
This morning, the Reds announced that Dusty Baker is out as Reds managers after six seasons. It was ostensibly a "mutual" decision, but no one bought that. Now Baker gets to tell his side of the story, and if you believe him, he threw himself on his sword to save his hitting coach....
Chris Mullin Still Has A Sweet Jump Shot
Chris Mullin may be 50 years old, but the NBA hall of famer can still shoot the hell out of a basketball. Mullin, who is now an advisor to the Sacramento Kings, participated in an impromptu three-point contest at a recent Kings practice. Above is video of Mullins's first-round attempt. He hit 14 of...
Brad Nessler Flubs Name Of NFL Network Employee Lost To Breast Cancer
In the middle of a plug about the NFL's effort to increase breast cancer awareness, Brad Nessler mentioned Natalie Packer, an NFL Network employee who died from breast cancer earlier this year. He didn't get her name right, for one reason or another....
Man Rich Thanks To College Athletics Blasts Paying College Athletes
Paying college athletes is "the most idiotic suggestion of all time," according to Jim Boeheim, who was paid $1.8 million last year, making him the highest-paid employee at Syracuse University....
Report: Alabama Assistant Loaned Money To HaHa Clinton-Dix
After yesterday's practice, Nick Saban announced that standout safety Ha'Sean "HaHa" Clinton-Dix was suspended indefinitely. No reason given, just "violation of team rules," as with many of the other nine Bama players suspended over the past eight months. Now we've got a pretty good clue: Alabama ha...
Seventh-Tier Soccer Club Provides First-Class Blooter
The FA Cup began with 737 teams from all levels of English soccer, and thank goodness it's all-inclusive because otherwise we wouldn't have seen this 40-yard dagger from Rene Steer of St. Neot's Town in the Southern League....
All The MLB Pundits Made Dreadful Picks This Year
Republished with permission from PunditTracker....
Why The NFL's New Concussion Protocols Aren't Working
In January, the NFL announced that, starting with the 2013 season, all games would be played with an independent neurologist on the sidelines to assist with the evaluation and treatment of head injuries. It looked like the league had done a good thing. It was establishing a new, unbiased procedure t...