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Jimmy Graham's Dunk Ruins The Goalpost
After a 44-yard touchdown, Jimmy Graham's dunk celebration resulted in a tilted goalpost. Hulk out a little less, Jimmy. But keep being awesome....

Thunder Fan Hits $20,000 Half-Court Shot, Gets Respect From Jay Z
For the second straight home game, an Oklahoma City Thunder fan has made the half-court shot and won $20,000. But this dude also received congratulations from Jay Z, which are priceless....

How Jimmy Graham Became The Most Productive Tight End In Football
Calling Jimmy Graham a tight end seems dishonest. Drew Brees's favorite target is a freak who's blowing the other competition at his position out of the water in 2013. Because "Jimmy Graham is good" isn't a very compelling statement, let's go a little further. Since Graham is essentially a wide rece...


A Three-Man Front Is A Late-Game Defensive Formation For Suckers
The weekend, as I watched the absurd denouement of the Northwestern-Michigan game, something struck me as familiar — beyond the now-routine bumblefuckery that inspires the Wildcats to turn fourth-quarter leads into triple-overtime losses. No, it wasn't simply that Michigan drove in the dregs of game...

Prof Threatens To Fail Athlete For Missing Class For Championship Game
East Central College is a community college in Missouri that qualified for the NJCAA volleyball national championship tomorrow in Toledo. The ECC Falcons might have to compete without one of their best players, though, because her biology professor won't let her miss class....

Ronaldo Scores Three, Feigns Human Emotion; Portugal On To World Cup
The Portugal-Sweden playoff matchup was seen by most as little more than a matchup of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović, two of the best players in the world. Portugal won on Friday in Lisbon, 1-0, after a late diving header from Ronaldo. For Sweden to advance, they'd have to win today. That ...

Russell Westbrook Crosses Up Nuggets, Scores Russell Westbrook Layup
Just go home, Randy Foye. What are you doing, JJ Hickson? Sorry you were stuck guarding Fish out there, Kenneth Faried. ...

Derek Jeter Groupie Gossip That We Desperately Want To Believe
There's an engrossing Reddit thread asking users to share their best groupie stories. Most are about rock stars, but a handful concern athletes. Like everything on Reddit, you should believe nothing. But some of these, especially an amazing Derek Jeter story, you'll want to believe....

Ahmad Brooks Says His Flag For Hitting Drew Brees Was "Bullshit"
With the Saints driving, down three, with just over three minutes left, Ahmad Brooks sacked Drew Brees and forced a fumble that was recovered by Patrick Willis. "It was almost like Christmas early," Willis said. Well, Christmas was canceled. Officials called Brooks for a personal foul, which swung t...

Watch An Oklahoma Idiot On The Field Get Leveled By State Trooper
"Take it off!" ...

Joakim Noah Hits The Town In A Really Neat Hat
Reader Andrew sends along this picture of Bulls center Joakim Noah, taken outside of Paris Club in Chicago. It's nice to see that Noah understands how important it is to keep his head warm during these cold winter months....

Andre Iguodala Leaves Some Rich Dudes Hanging On A High Five
These three dudes were right there after Andre Iguodala's buzzer-beater to beat the Thunder, and they were right there to give Iguodala a giant high five after it happened. Look at their faces. Look at the way two of them follow through after Iguodala turns and walks away. Look at how the dude to th...

The Last Two Shots Of That Crazy Thunder-Warriors Game
Andre Iguodala's buzzer-beater capped off an insane finish to tonight's Thunder-Warriors game, giving Golden State a 116-115 win....

The Portugal-Sweden World Cup Playoff Will Be A Beautiful Tragedy
Two-legged playoffs to decide the final spots for the 2014 World Cup are being played this week and next. We've already seen Uruguay and Mexico more or less punch their tickets with mollywhoppings of, respectively, Jordan and New Zealand. Friday's European playoff matchups will undoubtedly be much m...

The Clippers Will Fight You, And Beat You
Another big test, and another big win for the Pacific-leading Clippers, a sometimes-sloppy, occasionally chippy, high-energy 111-103 slugfest over the Thunder that saw a near-fight between Blake Griffin and Serge Ibaka, with a furious Matt Barnes as the third man in....

Which NFL Pundit Made The Worst Picks In Week 10?
Originally published on Pundit Tracker...

Untied Shoelace Leads To Two Great Displays Of Soccer Sportsmanship
After collecting the ball during a match last week in the Saudi Arabian league last week, Al-Nahda goalkeeper Tisir Al-Antaif found his shoelace undone. With his big Hamburger Helper gloves, he couldn't re-tie it himself. So Al-Ittihad's Brazilian striker Jobson bent down to do it for him....

Drunk Man Tries To Steal Thunder Girls' Wooden Stool, Gets Arrested
Troy MacBeth was attending an Oklahoma City Thunder game last Wednesday when he allegedly attempted to take a wooden stool that belonged to the Thunder Girls. Why would he do that? That face has "good decisions" written all over it....