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The Blackhawks Are Unfair In 3-On-3 Overtime
The early returns on 3-on-3 overtime have been overwhelmingly positive—if it’s not necessarily more fair than treading ice until a shootout, it’s at the very least a ton more fun to watch. It’ll be just as fun to watch trends emerge: will certain strategies trump others on the wide-open rink? Are ce...
Skins Fan Enjoys Obstructed View
As the Skins took on the Buccaneers on Sunday, one fan at Washington’s stadium was doing her own thing. Specifically, she was sitting on the floor in the stands, with another fan’s crotch in her face as he watched the game....
Shirtless Eagles Fan Gives Deeply Uncomfortable Pregame Speech
This Eagles fan, who is somehow a real person and not a character from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, gave a pregame speech for the ages before the team’s Week 6 game against the Giants. Things are about to get weird!...
The Names On The FIFA Ballot Sound Made-Up
With Sepp Blatter (a pretty funny name in its own right) on his way out, the FIFA presidency is wide open. The rogues’ gallery of candidates are already positioning themselves—human rights groups accuse one potential frontrunner, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain, of literally snitchin...
Why Would Anyone Defend Greg Hardy?
Last night, the Dallas Cowboys lost in spectacular fashion to the New York Giants when the eventual Super Bowl winners answered a game-tying Cowboys touchdown by returning the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for what would prove to be the winning score. Shortly thereafter, Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy...
Greg Hardy Was Mad At Everyone Today
The Giants beat the Cowboys 27-20 today to take the lead atop the NFC East, the most comically mediocre division in football, thanks to Dwayne Harris’s fourth quarter 100-yard kickoff return. Greg Hardy picked up another sack in his second game back from a four-game suspension, but the game did not ...
Syracuse QB Eric Dungey Takes Brutal Helmet-To-Helmet Hit, Comes Back In The Game
#25 Pitt beat Syracuse today on a last-second field goal in the Carrier Dome thanks to two rushing touchdowns by RB Qadree Ollison, who has the best name in college football. In the first play of the second half, Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey was laid out with this vicious helmet-to-helmet hit fr...
<i>Return Of The Jedi</i> Was Great, You Ewok-Slandering Fools
Earlier this week, the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer came out, and our own Albert Burneko took a moment to express a bit of perfectly warranted skepticism about its prospects. HOWEVER, Bert’s post was essentially a Trojan Horse for a lengthy revisionist diatribe on Return of the Jedi. ...
Gregg Popovich Will Start Coaching USA Basketball In 2017
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will succeed Mick Krizilonski as the USA Basketball men’s coach in 2017, according to an announcement today....
Thomas Davis Dislocated His Finger Avoiding A Block, Popped It Back In, Then Made The Tackle
In last Sunday’s game between the Panthers and Seahawks, Carolina LB Thomas Davis did a very tough, gross thing. ...
ESPN's YouTube Channels Are Going Dark (UPDATE)
ESPN’s YouTube channels are going private tonight, victims of a change in the way YouTube operates because of its new subscription service, YouTube Red. ...
Security Footage Shows Giants Fan Before He Got Knocked Out By Eagles Fan
SEPTA police released this video Wednesday, which shows the scene before a Giants fan was knocked out at 69th Street Terminal after Monday’s Giants-Eagles game. ...
Tristan Thompson Finally Got Paid
First reported by Cleveland.com’s Chris Haynes and confirmed by every other basketball reporter, the Cleveland Cavaliers and power forward Tristan Thompson have agreed to a five-year, $82 million deal. This is pretty close to the five-year, $80 million deal the Cavaliers reportedly had on the table ...
Daniel Fells Is Home And His Kids Are Thrilled To See Him
Giants tight end Daniel Fells was released from the hospital yesterday, 18 days and seven surgeries after being admitted with a MRSA infection that threatened the amputation of his foot. The infection is under control—Fells will get to keep his foot—but the best part might have been when his kids go...
ESPN Gets A Ridiculous Amount Of Traffic From Fantasy Football News
ESPN may be getting ready to lay off a few hundred people, but the sports media behemoth still wants the world to know that it commands the attention of the all the world’s sports fans. ESPN just put out a rather boring press release trumpeting the 94.4 million unique visitors raked in by ESPN.com i...
Trash-Talking Giants Fan Unprepared For Eagles Fan's Hands
A Giants fan at Philadelphia’s 69th St. Terminal was just speaking truth, according to himself, and an Eagles fan presumably didn’t like whatever truth that was. So, he laid out the Giants fan. A bunch of people cheered....
What's Going On With Grantland's NFL Podcast?
Fans of Grantland’s NFL podcast, hosted by popular writers Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays, haven’t had a new episode to listen to since Oct. 13. That’s more than a little odd, given that new episodes are posted at a high frequency, usually multiple times a week. So what gives?...
Former Giants Punter Steve Weatherford Is Trolling Eagles Fans Pretty Hard
Steve Weatherford was cut by the Giants before the season, but his loyalties ahead of tonight’s New York/Philly matchup are quite clear. He’s spent the last day pissing off Eagles fans online....
Bills Fans Remain A Glorious Mess
The Bills were back at home this week, which means Western New York’s finest flocked to Ralph Wilson Stadium’s parking lots, their natural habitat. Bask in the magnificence of these Bills fans, the Free Folk of the NFL....
Lions Superfan Posts Amazing Video After Being Ejected From Game
The Lions finally got their first win of the season in a miserable overtime game today against Chicago. Lions superfan Earl Spring didn’t get to see the finish, though, because he and his bizarro world Road Warrior buddy got kicked out for, they say, standing and cheering....