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Classic Man: Regarding Clap, Herpes, And Other Penalties
Frequently in this space, we will consult a different entry in the 1987 book The Modern Man’s Guide to Life to see how the advice therein has aged. Last week, we covered sweat lodges; today, we’re talking sexually transmitted diseases....
Replay Is Turning Baseball Into Football And I Hate It
The play above was a crucial moment in today’s ALDS game between the Royals and Astros. Down 3-2 with two outs in the top of the seventh, Royals pinch runner Terrance Gore attempted to steal third base. Despite beating the throw and the tag easily, Gore was called out—not because the umpire blew the...
Getting Mad At Greg Hardy Is The Easy Part
Ray Rice made it easy for us. Here was a running back whose performance was already trending down, took a plea deal, and followed the preferred script about begging for forgiveness. When he returned from his suspension looking for work, it was easy for teams to say no. Rice probably was going to be ...
Bret Bielema Flops, Draws Flag, Celebrates Like A Giddy Child
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema pulled out all the stops in Saturday’s loss to Alabama, including a well executed stumble to draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Crimson Tide lineman Cam Robinson....
Daily Fantasy Employees Made More Playing At Rival Sites Than At Their Jobs
The New York Times keeps hammering away at the daily fantasy scandal, this time by casting some serious doubt on FanDuel’s and DraftKings’ assertions that their employees didn’t enjoy any insider benefits while playing daily fantasy games on rival sites. ...
Eagles Fan Is Extremely Excited About His 2-3 Team
The Eagles drubbed Drew Brees’s deteriorating shoulder and the Saints Sunday, and gave Philadelphia’s media a week off from speculating that Chip Kelly’s racist, rabid, or a robot built by another NFL team that was designed to sabotage the organization. Regardless of Kelly’s purpose, at least one fa...
Report: Chase Utley Could Be Available To Play Tonight
Hoo boy. MLB’s suspension of Chase Utley was announced after 9:00 last night, fewer than 24 hours before tonight’s Mets-Dodgers Game 3. Utley has the right to appeal, and he’s exercising it—but he and the MLBPA want more time to prepare than MLB has given him. If Utley’s appeal isn’t heard today, hi...
Mets Fan Calls Into Francesa Show, Cries On Air
Will from Queens was feeling a little emotional yesterday morning, and who can blame him? His Mets are in the playoffs for the first time since 2006, he just watched Ruben Tejada get his leg broken on a dirty play, and Matt Harvey? Don’t even get Will started on Matt Harv—[stifles oncoming sobs]—Mat...
MLB Is Making An Example Of Chase Utley
In announcing Chase Utley’s suspension for games 3 and 4 of the NLDS for his takeout slide that broke Ruben Tejada’s leg, MLB pointed to its rulebook. As if anything here could be objective....
Fight In Cowboys Parking Lot Ends In Shooting, Victim Flown To Hospital
A fight in the Cowboys stadium parking lot after their 30-6 loss to the Patriots tonight ended in a shooting, with the victim flown to the hospital and the suspected shooter arrested by police. Per Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Cowboys beat reporter Clarence Hill, the victim was shot in the head and is in...
MLB Suspends Chase Utley From Games 3 & 4 Of NLDS (UPDATE)
Per a statement from the MLB Communications, Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley has been suspended for Games 3 and 4 of the NLDS for his vicious slide that broke Ruben Tejada’s leg last night. ...
Fan Spices Up Ballgame By Snorting Mysterious Substance
The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals today, 4-2, taking a one-game lead in their ALDS series. Naturally, fans at the game wanted to celebrate. And one fan had a little extra help in her celebration....
Listen To Jim Nantz And Phil Simms Debate Greg Hardy
CBS broadcasters Jim Nantz and Phil Simms had a very telling debate about Greg Hardy during the first half of today’s game between the Cowboys and Patriots. This was Hardy’s first game back since his suspension following accusations he violently beat up his then-girlfriend and threw her on a pile of...
Chiefs Fans Scrap It Out In Stadium Bathroom
Was someone trying to cut? Did one of them dribble on the other guy’s shoes? Did they wash their hands after? Why is one of the numerous Break It Up Guys wearing flip flops? So many questions, so few answers....
Jamaal Charles Goes Down With Scary Knee Injury (UPDATES)
Jamaal Charles went down without contact after he tried to cut into a hole, which he fell before he could get to, in the third quarter of today’s game against the Bears. Charles limped off the field with help. The Chiefs led Chicago 17-3 when Charles went down, but they gave up 15 straight to lose 1...
Freddy Adu Is Still Alive, Actually Playing Some Pretty Good Soccer
The last time we heard from the young man—despite being (in)famous for over a decade, can you believe he’s still only 26?—formerly known as The Next Pelé, Freddy Adu had flopped out of Finland’s league and was spending his considerable free time on the nightclub hosting circuit. But Adu did make it ...
Ruben Tejada Carted Off Field With Broken Leg After Brutal Takeout Slide From Chase Utley
A takeout slide from Chase Utley that didn’t even start until the Dodgers pinch hitter had reached second base broke up a double play but left Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada on a medical cart to be removed from the field. To add insult to injury, umpires refused to grant Tejada the neighborhood play an...
Texas Avenges Their Sick Bovine Mascot, Shocks Oklahoma
The run-in to this week’s rivalry game against Oklahoma did not go well for Texas. First, Charlie Strong called social media “the downfall of society” in response to Kris Boyd tweeting about transferring during halftime. Then, his team kind of proved him right and got into some public squabbling abo...
Oakland A's Minor Leaguer Mike Nolan Dies After Drive-By Shooting
Mike Nolan died on Thursday three weeks after he was shot outside of a Yonkers, N.Y. Burger Kings on September 18. Nolan and friends were standing around outside when their group was shot at from a car moving along Central Avenue. He was 23 years old....
Gilbert Arenas Calls Caron Butler A Snitch In Rebuttal To Locker Room Guns Story
Caron Butler’s recent account of the infamous incident in the Wizards locker room in 2009 involving Jarvaris Crittenton and Gilbert Arenas and one-to-five guns continues to make waves. The Washington Post ran an excerpt from his new book that provoked Arenas to write an rambling Instagram rebuttal t...