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Crews In Hazmat Suits Cleaned The Locker Room After The Bucs Left

MRSA is no joke. But this is darkly comic....

Steve Smith Spits Hot Fire On Janoris Jenkins

Carolina WR Steve Smith is no stranger to trash talk, so his nasty matchup with Rams CB Janoris Jenkins was nothing new. But afterwards Smith was in rare verbal form—it looks like someone finally got under his skin....

Clemson Bro's <em>College GameDay</em> Hijinks Enjoyed Best In Super Slow-Mo

College GameDay headed to Clemson for the second time this season, which meant an extra-taxing experience on the collective creativities of fans in the Greenville-Spartanburg area. Fortunately one of them decided to use his body, rather than a sign, for laughs. ...

You Know He's Going To Try, But Should Kobe Save The Lakers?

So... we would be remiss if we didn't note at some point before opening night how bad the Los Angeles Lakers are, or at least appear to be....

Cain Velasquez And Junior Dos Santos Should Fight Each Other Forever

Cain Velasquez, the best heavyweight in the world, is nearly unique among top fighters in that he's terrifying: patient, methodical, and utterly dead-eyed. He fights like a man with no imagination, for whom nothing exists but the logic of his situation and autonomic response. It's unnerving to watch...

The Fun-Hating Spurs Threw Just One Alley-Oop Last Season

The chart above, based on data from NBA Stats, shows the number of alley-oops each team has thrown in the last two regular seasons. No surprises at the very top, although it's nice to see the mediocre/bad Blazers, Hornets, Timberwolves, and Wizards crack the top ten....

Will Instant Replay Kill The Neighborhood Play?

In the end it didn't matter. The Tigers won handily even with Stephen Drew clearly coming well off the bag on a would-be double play in the second inning. (The throw to first would be late.) But what if this extra out, which cost Detroit at least one run, had meant the game? This question's only hyp...

Braves Fans Threaten Team Boycott Over GLAAD Spirit Day Facebook Post

Today is GLAAD Spirit Day, an annual event that aims to bring awareness to bullying of LGBT youth. (You might notice a lot of people wearing purple today. That's why.) In association with the organization, every MLB team posted a link to GLAAD's Spirit Day webpage to their Facebook site. Braves fan...

Lowsman Trophy Watch: Finally, The Government Gets Something Done

Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....

Campy

Check out this excerpt from Neil Lanctot's 2011 Roy Campanella biography....

Broadway Singer Belts Out Extended National Anthem, Confuses Everyone

As all good Americans know, The Star-Spangled Banner is actually much longer than the version that gets sung at sporting events every day. Based on the video above, some of the people who recently attended minor league baseball game are not good Americans....

Report: A-Rod's Lawyer Tried To Fight Anthony Bosch's Lawyer

You know what this Alex Rodriguez appeal case has been missing all this time? A lawyer fight! Thanks to Rodriguez's attorney, Joe Tacopina, we finally got one. Someone hold Tacopina's cuff links, because he's ready to swing....

Manu Ginobili's Contract Got Lost In A Bird Attack

The New York Times has a story about the San Antonio Spurs' legacy of fostering foreign talent, and it contains a wonderful anecdote about an offseason mishap in Argentina involving Manu Ginobili's contract, a frightened intern, and an angry bird....

Breaking Training

Josh Wilker explains his love for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training:...

Cam Newton's Making The Vikings Look Stupid

This Cam Newton/Brandon LaFell connection went 79 yards for a rather effortless touchdown. And look at Ted Ginn Jr. laying a block on someone! Newton's thrown for all three of Carolina's touchdowns, and the Vikings' pass defense is just struggling....

You Can Start Playing Defense Anytime, Vikings

Hey Look, A Michigan Fan Getting Maced In The Face [Update: Video]

We're not exactly sure why this is happening, but then, isn't it more beautiful that way? ...

Gross

This play has no business working in the NFL....

Here Is The Ultimate Eli Manning Derp Face

Via The Big Lead. The Giants' struggles may not all be on the quarterback, but this image is a pretty tidy summary of what 0-6 looks like....