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The World's Most Valuable Sports Teams, Visualized
Column Five has put together an interactive that visualizes Forbes's list of the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world. The takeaway: It's good to be good, and it's good to be old. ...

Cool Flix
Check out Chris Ozer's photographs for Jimmie Johnson racing. ...


Unnamed Sources Don't Get More Pointless Than This
Exclusive! Must credit PFT! Professional athlete excited for sporting event!...

You Must Be 18 To Play
I found this at a thrift store in South Carolina. How could I pass it up? (And yeah, the photo is blurry which only adds to its appeal.)...

Buffalonian Intimately Familiar With Tom Brady's Bathroom Habits
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Idiot On The Field Helps His Team Advance To The Playoffs
During Saturday night's Brazilian Serie D match between Aparecidence and Tupi, an Idiot On The Field altered the outcome and sent his team into the playoffs....

Bench Collapses Under Maryland Soccer Fans
Friday night's Maryland-Duke soccer game saw a record-breaking attendance of 8,397 at Ludwig Field. That large, supportive crowd partially explains why this bleacher row collapsed under some enthusiastic fans....

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 1 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....

Disturbing Allegations Emerge In Vanderbilt Rape Case
Further details have come out concerning the June 23 rape of a 21-year-old woman that led to the dismissal of four Vanderbilt football players, including junior college transfer, Brandon Vandenburg. According to a report from BuzzFeed, the incident was worse than previously reported and at least one...

Cool Charts: NFL Team Salaries By Position
This week, The Guardian released an excellent interactive graphic on the salaries (technically, the cap hit) of NFL players by team and position. Franchises that look like cheapskates are generally heavy in rookie contracts–nothing in the NFL is as cost-effective as talented young blood–but it's sti...

Nike Forced Schools To Return Gear That Needed More Swooshes
No controversy here, just a friendly reminder of who actually runs sports. More swooshes! We need more swooshes! People won't see the swooshes!...

Even After Seven TDs, Peyton Manning Can't Escape John Elway's Shadow
According to the Columbus Dispatch, it was ol' No. 7 who put a historic hurting on the Baltimore Ravens last night. There's never really a good excuse for mistaking John Elway for Peyton Manning, but this definitely shouldn't happen the morning after a record-setting performance like the one Manning...

Peyton Manning's Night Deserves Its Own Page In The Record Book
Maybe that vigilante Denver sportscaster had it right—Ravens banners didn't belong anywhere near the same city as Peyton Manning. After a seven-touchdown performance, the 37-year-old made an early statement that Denver would like to host the season opener again next year....

Infographics: Which NFL Teams Are This Season's Biggest Road Draws?
With the NFL season set to kick off in mere hours, Vivid Seats has released data on which teams are the best and worst road draws–in terms of ticket prices–for the 2013 season. The Broncos come out on top, increasing ticket prices by an average of 53.7 percent when on the road. While Denver has abov...

King Sun's Memorable Tupac Diss Record
I first heard this King Sun diss record late one Thursday night—or was it Friday morning?—on the Stretch and Bob KCR show. This was in the spring of 1996. It's my favorite of the East Coast-West Coast diss records that came out around that time. Man, I remember walking into Fat Beats the day Tupac d...

Anthony Dixon Turned Down $24,000 To Give Up His Number
49ers running back Anthony Dixon (born 9/24) wore No. 24 in high school. He wore it in college. It's his number. But when he was taken in the sixth round by San Francisco in 2010, he was issued 33. No. 24 belonged to veteran back Michael Robinson, and no one expected Dixon to be around long enough f...

Shane Victorino's Nifty Catch Gives Way To Slapstick Routine In Stands
Here we have a happy-go-lucky Red Sox fan, his mood perhaps buoyed by the effects of a few alcoholic beverages, becoming a whirlwind of destruction following a brief encounter with Shane Victorino....

The 16 Fall Movies You Should Be Excited About: A Guide
Labor Day is the signpost every year that the sugary summer junk is behind us and that the nutritious square meal of awards season has finally arrived. That's the theory, anyway: In actuality, summer movies like Before Midnight and Fruitvale Station will be as well-received as any Oscar bait, and th...
