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Report: Giants OT Ereck Flowers Shoved ESPN Reporter
It is unclear exactly why Giants second-year offensive tackle Ereck Flowers has it out for ESPN.com Giants beat writer Jordan Raanan. But he totally does....

Odell Beckham Jr. Scores, Apologizes To Kicking Net
Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. boiled over and smacked a kicking net in Week 3 after Skins cornerback Josh Norman got under his skin. (The kicking net smacked back.) After scoring his first touchdown of the season tonight, Beckham made amends with the equipment by giving it a hug....

FAU Celebrates Game-Winning Hail Mary Catch, Until It's Overturned On Replay And They Lose
Charlotte beat FAU today 28-23 in Boca Raton after the Owls’ game-winning hail mary catch by Kamrin Solomon was declared a touchdown on-field but overturned on replay, handing the win to the 49ers....

Colts' Jordan Todman Completely Ruins A Perfect Punt
Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee would have had the Chicago Bears pinned inside the five-yard line with his kick in the third quarter, but running back Jordan Todman, who plays on the punting unit, screwed it all up....

Baseball Players Get Really Deep When Their Teams Are Down 0-2<em></em>
Three of the four MLB division series have one team in an 0-2 hole. This isn’t a great spot to be in a best-of-five series, but it’s a very great spot for hearing the emptiest and most hackneyed postgame platitudes that athlete speak has to offer. Some highlights from this weekend, grouped by team s...

Pinch-Hitter Madison Bumgarner Ends Up On Second In The Weirdest Way
With the Giants already down 1-0 in the NLDS, Jeff Samardzija was rightly yanked after just two innings tonight, having given up four runs on six hits....

Cam Newton Ruled Out For Monday Night Game Under Concussion Protocol
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has been ruled out for Monday night’s game after suffering a concussion in last week’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons....

Pitt Offensive Lineman Scores Fat Guy Touchdown
Pitt’s Brian O’Neill runs 6'6", 300 lbs., and he also runs fast enough to score a touchdown that put the Panthers up 7-0 on Georgia Tech. All hail the fat guy touchdown!...

Johnny Cueto Was Brilliant, And It Didn't Matter
In a week that’s offered plenty in the way of high-quality postseason pitching—Corey Kluber’s virtuoso performance yesterday afternoon, Noah Syndergaard and Madison Bumgarner’s wild card duel—Johnny Cueto put up perhaps the best line of them all last night....

Julio Jones's Excellence Made A Man Lose His Job
Falcons receiver Julio Jones had a 12-catch, 300-yard game Sunday against the Panthers. In an odd coincidence, Carolina released cornerback Bene’ Benwikere today....

The Only Good 49ers Highlight Tonight Was Anthony Davis Doing Rude Blaine Gabbert Tweets
The 49ers lost to the Carson Palmer-less Cardinals by 12 points tonight in front of about 50 or 60 fans. Blaine Gabbert laid an egg and threw for 162 yards, along with a pair of picks and a pair of touchdowns. The most noteworthy thing the team did on the field was knock coconuts. The best highlight...

Enner Valencia Fakes Injury To Escape Police In Ambulance And Avoid Child Support Arrest
Everton striker and Ecuador star Enner Valencia returned to his homeland for a World Cup qualifier against Chile, where he managed to escape a series of encounters with Ecuador’s finest and avoid arrest for unpaid child support. ...

Antoine Bethea Goes In For Big Hit, Ends Up Taking Out His Own Teammate
49ers safety Antoine Bethea got a little overzealous while going for the ball (ostensibly) on this play. Instead of getting the pick or landing a hit on Cardinals receiver J.J. Nelson, Bethea slammed teammate Tramaine Brock right in the head. Brock had just managed to break up the deep ball, and he ...

Here Are The Best And Most Ridiculous Evil Clown Safety Alerts
At this point, “creepy clowns” have been spotted in over a dozen cities, and at least one has supposedly lightly scratched a young boy. Whether or not we’re ready to admit it, our days of being able to walk down the street dressed as an evil jester with a chainsaw are over. Clown Purge has arrived. ...

Joe Buck's Addiction To Hair-Plug Treatments Almost Ended His Career
Well, there’s a headline I never really expected to write....

I Still Can't Believe Madison Bumgarner Is Real
I’m largely fine with MLB’s play-in game, but there remains something almost cosmically unfair about having to win a one-game series when the opposing team can start Madison Bumgarner. ...

Madison Bumgarner Remains A Postseason Demigod
The San Francisco Giants are headed to the NLDS once again, after Madison Bumgarner shut down the Mets and the offense managed a lone moment of competence tonight to get the team a 3-0 win. The Even Year Gods have smiled down on the Giants once again, and they’re headed to Chicago just a few short w...


I Covered The Braves For A Newspaper That Didn't Exist
When my sportswriter friend asked me, back in September of 2000, if I wanted to join him at an Atlanta Braves game that he was working, my first thought was, “That sounds fun!” When he suggested that I use an outdated photographer’s pass he had in his possession, issued for a different game vs. a d...