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Clarke MacArthur Goes Between His Legs For A Beautiful Assist
The Ottawa winger threaded his own needle—and a pair of Wild players—to set up Kyle Turris's shorthanded goal. Though Minnesota won, and MacArthur didn't get onto the scoresheet beyond this assist, it was pretty enough to get him named the game's second star....
Lowsman Trophy Watch: Kareem Martin Is The Last Thing A QB Sees
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....
A Three-Man Front Is A Late-Game Defensive Formation For Suckers
The weekend, as I watched the absurd denouement of the Northwestern-Michigan game, something struck me as familiar — beyond the now-routine bumblefuckery that inspires the Wildcats to turn fourth-quarter leads into triple-overtime losses. No, it wasn't simply that Michigan drove in the dregs of game...
Which NFL Teams Have Started The Most Quarterbacks, 1999-2013?
As has been noted, when Jason Campbell led the Browns onto the field in week 8 he became the team's 20th starter since the 1999 season, their first back in the NFL after the Art Modell saga. Intrigued, we decided to compile data on the rest of the NFL's starting quarterbacks over that time period, w...
This Is A Bear In A Lamborghini
I hope you enjoyed looking at this bear in a Lamborghini....
Report: Richie Incognito Also Harassed A Dolphins Staff Member
Hey, it's been a few days since we've had a report about what a gigantic shit head Richie Incognito is. So here's this, from Jason Cole at the National Football Post....
Hollywood's Most Beloved Comedian Is Martin Short
David Kamp's Vanity Fair profile:...
An Interview With Richie Incognito, Italian Teenager
Because we don't work out with Richie Incognito, we weren't able to land him for an interview. So we did the next best thing: We spoke with 17-year-old Richie Incognito, a student from Varese, Italy, and asked him his feelings on the Dolphins imbroglio....
Candy
Here's Gary Cartwright's classic 1976 Texas Monthly story on Candy Barr:...
Two Russian Children Take Turns Wrestling A Bear Cub
This is the kind of shit that used to go down in Russia back in 1997. Holy shit, Russia....
Are Silent Farts Really More Deadly? Science Has An Answer
Our buddies at AsapSCIENCE have created this short educational film that explains just exactly why you fart, why you fart at different volumes, and why those tiny little noiseless bandits are often the worst farts of all....
Jon Stewart Rips Chicago Pizza A New Saucehole
On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart tackled the council decision that named One World Trade Center America's tallest building, surpassing the Willis (née Sears) Tower. But while toasting to intracity harmony, a pair of commentators had the gall to trumpet Chicago-style deep-dish pizza as one thi...
Michigan State Fan Behind ESPN Set Is <em>Really</em> Into Usher
Spartans supporters had reason to celebrate in Chicago tonight after MSU held off top-ranked Kentucky to earn a major early-season OOC win. One Michigan State fan took the opportunity to show off his terrible dance moves on ESPN's airwaves....
People Keep Tweeting Hate And Support At The Wrong Jonathan Martin
You know what this Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin mess could use? Some levity. So let's take a moment to laugh at how dumb people on the internet are. ...
An Emotional Shannon Sharpe Rips The Dolphins Locker Room
On CBS's pregame show, Shannon Sharpe had some very strong words for the Dolphins, less about their handling of the Incognito-Martin fallout, and more about a locker room that let things get to the point where a white player can call a teammate a "half-nigger" and it's supposed to be taken in good h...
Malcolm Subban And Scott Stajcer Get Into An AHL Goalie Fight
The Providence Bruins and Hartford Wolf Pack was one extended brawl tonight—the game had 167 total penalty minutes handed out—and although five-foot-eleven Ben Youds facing off against six-foot-five Dylan McIlrath was an entertaining mismatch, the highlight of this particular chaos came when goalie...