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There's No Crying At The Pee Wee Super Bowl
A new magazine story from Jeanne Marie Laskas is good reason to be excited. Her latest for GQ, "There's No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl" looks like another sure shot:...
<em>SNL's</em> Jay Pharoah Does A Tremendous Shannon Sharpe Impression
Jay Pharoah is SNL's master impressionist, and although his Barack Obama may be a bit uninspiring, his Shannon Sharpe leaves nothing to be desired. Our only complaint has to do with his tie knot. That sucker needs to be much, much bigger....
Zach Bogosian Barfed Up An Easy Goal
Corey Perry's game-winner for the Ducks, coming with 5:31 left, goes in the books as unassisted. Zach Bogosian knows he did his part....
Peyton Manning Briskly Jogs For A Rushing Touchdown
All 11 Cowboys swarmed Knowshon Moreno and forgot about Peyton Manning, allowing him to shuffle his way into the end zone for his first rushing touchdown in five years. Look at his little fist pump! So happy....
Julie Hermann Supervised Lax Coach Accused Of Physical, Mental Abuse
The Louisville Cardinals women's lacrosse coach is accused of abusing her players, and current Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann is tied into the mess....
Every James Bond First Edition
From The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. ...
The Student Who Didn't Win $2,000 At An NMSU Game Is A Badass
Recently New Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers made a generous offer: Students who attended the games of the woeful post-WAC Aggies would receive prizes, including $2,000 cash for a certain lucky someone if he or she happened to be in the stands after the third quarter....
Athletes Among Us: The Stories Behind These Cool Photographs
Last year the photographer Jordan Matter released a super-cool book called Dancers Among Us. He put dancers in everyday situations—in the middle of a park, a subway station, on a busy sidewalk—and photographed them, out of context, doing their dance moves. As a follow-up to the book, Matter has rel...
Eagles Respond To Peyton Manning Audible By Yelling "Papa John's!"
Peyton Manning and hard-drinkin' Papa John Schnatter have long been engaged in a lucrative business relationship. This fact was not lost on the Eagles' defense, which attempted to disrupt Manning's audibles during yesterday's game by screaming, "Papa John's!" at him. ...
Chart: Eli Manning Has Started 150 Consecutive Games; We Are Old
Eli Manning made his 150th consecutive start for the Giants this Sunday, completing 18 of 37 passes for 217 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The excellent New York Times graphics team has put Manning's feat of longevity into historical context, creating an interactive chart that chronicle...
Through Four Games, The Broncos Have Been Better Than The 2007 Pats
The 4-0 Broncos are annihilating right now; that's not news to anyone. The eye-popping part, though, is how they're beating teams at a pace significantly surpassing the 2007 Patriots, a team that also dropped huge amounts of points on opponents in the regular season....
EA Sports Settles With Former Players For $40 Million. Next: The NCAA?
Yesterday it was announced that EA Sports is at least temporarily getting out of the college football video game business, after settling lawsuits brought by thousands of former players claiming their likenesses were used without compensation. It's chump change for the players, but one big fish stil...
Aaron Hernandez's Girlfriend Indicted For Perjury
The Bristol County District Attorney's office announced today that Aaron Hernandez's girlfriend Shayanna Jenkins has been charged with perjury. She's accused of lying to the grand jury that eventually indicted Hernandez for first-degree murder. Citing documents and text messages, investigators belie...
Atlanta-Milwaukee Brawl Was Brewing For Three Months
An awful lot to unpack from last night's Brewers-Braves bench-clearing scrum/fracas/donnybrook/other term that only gets used for baseball near-brawls. It started after Carlos Gomez took his time rounding the bases after homering off Paul Maholm, jawing at three different Braves along the way. But i...
Zigging And Zagging And Then Ending: <em>Don Jon</em>, Reviewed
1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of those actors for whom I find it nearly impossible not to root. He has an inherent, innate likability about him that doesn't seem forced, calculated or manufactured; he's a labrador puppy you have beers with. Now, I don't know anything about Joseph Gordon-Levitt in r...
Peyton "FIGJAM" Manning: Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> GIF Roundup
Denver 37, Oakland 21: Fuck I'm good, just ask me. Yeah, you are Peyton. You're pretty effing good. This little smirking moment came after Manning successfully changed a play at the line, converting a third-and-six pass to Demaryius Thomas for a first down early in the third quarter. It wasn't a bi...
Manny Machado Injured His Knee And Everything Is Awful
Orioles do-it-all third baseman Manny Machado was running out an infield hit in the seventh inning of today's game against the Rays, when he stepped awkwardly on the corner of the bag and collapsed in a heap. He was removed from the field on a stretcher....