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Here's Video Of A Ref Getting Gang-Jumped During A Florida Youth Football Game
What you're about to see is what happened when things got out of hand when the Sarasota Gators faced the North Port Huskies at Riverview High School. It wasn't so much the Huskies, though. It was pretty much all Gators....
The First Announcer Flub Of The College-Football Season Arrived After Just 21:28 Of Game Time
Don't know who's in the ESPNU booth for the Louisville/Murray State game, but the guy's flat-out right. Players should not worry about play cocks, what with so much else going on in the first game of the season....
Turns Out Ohio State Is Not Done Suspending Its Players For Minor Infractions
According to Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, tOSU will make running back Jordan Hall, corner Travis Howard, and safety Corey Brown sit out its first game against Akron. You guessed it: "impermissible benefits of $300 or less at a charity event earlier this year." [@PDBuckeyes]...
Al Golden Bites His Tongue, Says Miami Suspensions Are Fair
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: despite all this, Golden would not rather be back at Temple....
Introducing Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So
Some people hate college football. Some people are obsessed with criticizing college football. The Deadspin College Football Top 25 Or So loves college football. We love college football so much, we will spend the season ranking the sport according to its own logic, even where that logic might seem ...
Welcome Back To College Football, Where God's Away On Business
Spencer Hall at Every Day Should Be Saturday has published his annual ode to college football, and this one's a haunted, Tom Waits-y doozy, in accordance with the NCAA's summer of scandal....
On The First Play In School History, Tennessee High School Goes All The Way
Summit High School in Spring Hill, Tenn., just came into existence this year. Built to serve a growing school-age population, Summit only has freshmen and sophomores, for a total enrollment of about 500. But like any school, they wanted a football team. So they threw one together as fast as they c...
SprtsCntr: Did You Know ESPN Airs College Football?
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
ESPN Will Put Unranked Texas In The Top 25, Now That They Own The Longhorn Network
If you consume an ESPN product, be it online or broadcast or magazine, we hope you are prepared to hear about Texas at least as often as the teams that actually matter, no matter how many games they lose. This is what happens when they invest $300 million in a team-specific network. ...
Dwight Howard Went To The Mall In Japan And Dunked On A 12-Foot Giraffe
That's pretty much all that happens here. Well, that and the basket is about 11 feet off the ground....
Pitcher Who Set An Olympic Strikeout Record Arrested For Cooking Meth Near An Alabama Grammar School
Here's a short version of Billy Lyle "BJ" Wallace Jr.'s life: Such a good baseball player as a youth that he made the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, notched a record 14 strikeouts in a game vs. Italy, was the the third pick in the MLB draft, signed a $550,00 contract with the Expos and knocked around the ...
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update
As you probably already know, the Knox City Greyhounds lost their season opener to Crowell 47-36....
Eric Bledsoe Can Fly
Here's a final look at last night's Goodman-Melo game—we posted highlights earlier today—from photographer Colin A.J. Murphy for Voice Media. You can see the full photo here....
BCS Head Says A Playoff Wouldn't Work Because When FCS Teams Do It, They Don't Sell Out
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock seems to forget that those are FCS school and no one cares to begin with....
High School Football Team Penalized For Excessive Celebration In Tribute To Dead Friend
Well, here's a sad story with no redeeming value to it! In Louisville, Ohio last Friday, the local high school football team came from behind to score a go-ahead touchdown with just over a minute remaining. This is the good part....
Retired Grandfather Crushes Matt Damon's Uncle In Old Person Swimming
Retired breast cancer surgeon and grandfather of three Roger Allsopp today became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. At 70 years and four months, Allsopp beat the 2004 Guinness record held by George Brunstad, who was a youngish 70 years and four days when he crossed the Channel and who a...
Watch Highlights From A Summer-League Game In Which LeBron And Durant Do A Lot Of Dunking
The Goodman and Melo league teams played in front of about 5,000 people at Morgan State University in Baltimore last night. Carmelo Anthony had recruited LeBron James and Chris Paul to join the Baltimore side, which means that this game was much more Kevin Durant vs. King James than it was D.C. vs...
BEARS!!! At The Rangers Game, Yo
Your morning roundup for Aug. 31, the day we spent way too much time reading about the Yarn Harlot's visit to this year's Sock Summit. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. [Photo: MOCKSESSION, obvs.]...
The Nationals Are Now Using Their Mailing List To Send Fans Ads For Discount Furniture
Damn it, Bob of Bob's Discount Furniture. We expected more out of you. Never mind that you already advertise during Mets and Red Sox games. The Nationals? Really?...
Visual Evidence That Ray Allen Has Never Moved His Right Elbow
Papa Shuttlesworth taught him well. [via Got 'Em Coach]...