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Brandon Marshall Is Better Than Drew Brees, And Other Fantasy Truths

Fantasy football may not have all the blood and sweat and violence and trauma of the game as it's played on the field, but there's at least one way in which it's just like the real thing: as John Madden put it, "usually the team that scores the most points wins." How you get those points may be ver...

Where Have You Gone, Mickey Mantle?

I'm in a taxi, trying to get to Yankee Stadium. I'm late and I've got my uniform on. But when I get there the guard won't let me in. He doesn't recognize me. So I find this hole in the fence and I'm trying to crawl through it, you know? But I can only get my head in. I can see Billy and White and Yo...

Anthony Pettis wins the UFC lightweight title. There is a prevailing theory that winning MMA is necessarily kind of dry; Pettis—a preposterously flashy striker who won the title in his home town with a brilliant armbar probably even he didn't see coming—is its refutation, and his win makes us happy....

Welcome Back, College Football

Theory: people with three-word names are either assassins or college football fans....

FAU Spiked The Ball On Fourth Down

When you're one of the worst teams in major college football, you need all the breaks to go your way and to call a perfect game. FAU lost by several touchdowns to the University of Miami tonight, and the way they ended the game might suggest why they struggled so much....

The Great Santini's Rules: You Gotta Win By 2

One-two-three: cry....

Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Charged With DUI

Mike Budenholzer's tenure as the new head coach of the Atlanta Hawks isn't exactly off to a roaring start. The former Spurs assistant was arrested early Thursday morning in Atlanta and charged with a DUI....

Jerry Jones Says He Has A Super Brain

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently got a CT scan, and afterward he had this to say about it to the Dallas Morning News' Rainer Sabin:...

Irritating bracket can't get geography right either: "Romantics will regard the Killers as this year's Gonzaga, or more recently, Butler — a mid-major with a solid program, and a dynamic man out front. ... Consider these similarities: the Killers' Las Vegas home base and those mid-majors' Southweste...

Braves Player Channels NASCAR Driver During Postgame Interview

As we've pointed out before, the Atlanta Braves hold a huge lead at the top of the NL East, and members of the team are probably having trouble finding ways to keep themselves entertained as they slog through the end of the season. That brings us to Elliot Johnson, who decided to pretend to be a NAS...

Watch Hunter Pence Hit The Longest Home Run Of 2013 (So Far)

Hunter Pence demolished a ball in the first inning of tonight's Giants-Rockies game. Even though the feat happened at Coors Field, where balls regularly get knocked out of the park, it's still damn impressive....

Young Gun: Dempsey Pounds Willard

Slide on over to Deadline Artists for this look into the past—Grantland Rice's 1919 column on the Jack Dempsey Jess Willard fight:...

Wing-Eating Contest Ends With A Pantsing And A Punch In The Face

To clarify: The winning dude-bro gets pantsed. The shirtless loser who does the pantsing gets punched in the face—and seems so surprised to get punched in the face. We've got no details on this other than what you see here, but if that Jacksonville sign in the background is any indication, this happ...

Bored Baseball Players Victimize Teammate With Gum-On-Hat Prank

This is what happens when it's August and your team has a 13-game lead in the division. ...

[UPDATE] Siragusa Forced To Sell Restaurant License After Drunk Patrons Die

UPDATE: In the official press release regarding the matter, Siragusa is not listed as an owner of this specific Tiffany's. The owners are Bruno D'Uva Sr., Bruno D'Uva Jr., and Lisa Barna....

Matt Bonner Starred In A Commercial For Baby Carrots

Apparently, baby carrots are a thing that can be endorsed, and the Red Mamba is contributing his likeness to sell a specific brand of baby carrots. Who knew?...

Woman Flashes Boobs During Cycling Race On NBC Sports Network [NSFW]

Today's Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge made its way through Vail, Colo. Much like any live cycling broadcast, the mountains were a challenge....

Police Investigating Robbery Claim Over Home Run Ball At Giants Game

On Wednesday, in the seventh inning of the Red Sox' blowout win over the Giants, Stephen Drew hit a three-run homer. NESN's cameras showed a man who triumphantly came up with the baseball. But San Francisco police are currently looking for that dastardly individual. They say he's a villain who robbe...

Panthers Player Ejected For Kick To The Groin

Running back Armond Smith is fighting for a spot on Carolina's depth chart, but his chances seem a little bleaker after being kicked out of last night's preseason game against Baltimore....

This Photo Of Cronut Customers Buying Breakfast In Line Is Very Sad

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