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Police Seek Suspect In Rape During Texas A&M-LSU Football Game
Police issued a warrant Thursday for a suspect in a rape that occurred on LSU's campus during the Tigers' football game against Texas A&M....

Greg Hardy Is "Kraken," And He Went To Hogwarts
Donning sunglasses, Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy said his name was "Kraken" and that he attended Hogwarts during SNF's player intros. But the nickname wasn't totally random....

Lions-Eagles Is A Beautiful, Snow-Filled Mess
Snow! At a football game!...

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 14 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of the worst). Maps via 506sports.com....

Reports: Glen Tapia Rushed To Trauma Center After In-Ring Bludgeoning
An entertaining night of boxing in Atlantic City is turning dark as news that the super welterweight bout between James Kirkland and Glen "Jersey Boy" Tapia, won by Kirkland in a sixth-round TKO, left Tapia headed to a trauma center....

Infographics: Where Does Your NFL Team's Offense Come From? (Week 14)
There are just four more weeks in the NFL season, so let's take a look in on how the offenses in the league are doing, and which positions have been most productive for them. ...

Darryl Sutter's Math Will Make Your Brain Hurt
Here's Kings coach Darryl Sutter speaking at practice today, transcribed by LA Kings Insider and brought to our attention by Robert P. of Jewels From The Crown: ...

Non-QB Passing Plays Are Awesome, But Are They Actually Effective?
Jaguars receiver Ace Sanders threw a 21-yard strike in last night's win over the Texans, just one week after MoJo Drew threw an eight-yard touchdown in a win over the Browns. These variations on a play that, for lack of a better term, we'll call "someone who isn't the QB throws the ball" are always ...

"Death Star" Lotulelei Might Be The NFL's Next Great Defensive Lineman
Last season, Carolina drafted Luke Kuechly, who's currently one of the best inside linebackers in the league. This year it was defensive tackle Star Lotulelei. While he isn't even the full-time starter yet, every indication says he's going to be an absolute world-breaker, if he isn't already. ...

How The World Cup Draw Affected Each Country's Odds To Win
Hot off the presses from online sportsbook Bovada, each country's odds to win the 2014 World Cup, both before and after today's draw....

A Treasury Of Children's Insane Christmas Wish Lists
After I posted my kid's goofy Christmas wish list on Wednesday, we asked you readers to send in some of your own. You were not a disappointment to us. One guy's kid sent in the entire contents of the toy section at Target. Another reader's kid had a list that included a diagram (its instructions and...

Detroit TV Station Remembers Yankee Star Nelson "A-Rod" Mandela
How does this happen? Seriously, how does this happen?...

The Best Part Of Tonight's Texans-Jaguars Game
You haven't missed much by ignoring tonight's Texans-Jaguars game. Here's one entertaining highlight, though: DeAndre Hopkins and Alan Ball slapping each other around. Come on, guys, stop fighting about whose team is worse. They're both awful....

When Alabama Loses, The Earth Shakes: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....

Chart: Peyton Manning Marches Towards The NFL Touchdown Record
Peyton Manning had 33 touchdowns through Week 9 this season, putting him on pace to throw 59 and crush Tom Brady's single-season mark. He slacked off with back-to-back "disappointing" performances against the Pats and Chiefs (in which he led the Broncos to six touchdowns but threw just three), but w...

Mexico City Smoke-Out Only Second Strangest Delay In Spurs History
The NBA's "Global Games" are off to a hilarious start. I mean, it wasn't funny for the 22,000 Mexico City fans who didn't get a chance to watch the Spurs and Timberwolves thanks to the arena filling up with smoke, but images like Tony Parker masking up and rushing into a burning building are pretty ...

This Leafs-Habs Montage Will Almost Make You Care About Hockey
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens have played one another 790 times since 1917, the oldest rivalry in the NHL and one of the most prolific. Between them they've won 37 Stanley Cups (including six against one another) and represent the largest fan bases of Anglophone and Francophone Cana...

49ers Send Letter Reminding Fans When To Cheer
The 49ers host the Seahawks this Sunday in a massive matchup not only of the NFC West's best teams, but of two of the more competitive fan bases in football. It'll be a "red-out," but in addition to color coordination, the Niners took the time to email fans with gentle reminders to be on time, cheer...

Now Let Me Taka A Trip Down Memory Lane
The album version of Nas' mournful 1994 song "Memory Lane" is rightfully considered a classic. ...
