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Pissed Off Oilers Fan Throws Hoodie, And Phone, Onto The Ice

The Edmonton Oilers have been pretty terrible since losing the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, and they're probably going to be terrible again this year. But Oilers fans can take solace in the fact that bitter rivals Calgary are supposed to be even worse. Winning the Battle of Alberta isn't as nice as m...

The NHL Believes Strongly In Player Safety

John Rocker Made An Ass Of Himself On <em>Survivor</em>

As ready-made Survivor villains go, John Rocker was always a bit too good to be true. A beefy dude with a hot temper, a notorious past, an empty head, and a (presumably) well-stocked bank account? Fans might have been rooting for him to stick around for hate-watching purposes, but there was no way h...

We Have A Halloween Cereal Problem

It's Halloween season, now, and if you've taken your keen consumer eye into certain participating supermarket chains, you may have noticed the (for a limited time only!) return of the familiar monster-themed General Mills cereals of yore: Count Chocula, Franken-Berry, and Boo-Berry....

MMA Fighter Live-Tweets Police Standoff While Holed Up In House

Jason "Mayhem" Miller, a professional MMA fighter who is best-known for hosting Bully Beatdown on MTV and starting a post-bout brawl at a match he wasn't involved in, is currently live-tweeting his standoff with police....

Lions Catch Laser-Pointing Jabroni, Ban Him Indefinitely

Mark Beslach, the guy who bragged on Twitter about shining a laser pointer in Kyle Orton's face at the Bills-Lions game, was caught. Police charged him with disorderly conduct, and the Lions banned him indefinitely from Ford Field....

AHL Mascot's Backstory Totally Includes A Dead Firefighter [Update]

Via Puck Daddy, this is Scorch. He's the newly revealed mascot of the AHL's Adirondack Flames. He was probably purchased a local Halloween superstore. But his shoddy construction and uninspiring photoshoot locations are probably the least problematic thing about him....

Boxer Gets Punched In The Dick So Hard He Can't Continue, Loses Fight

Last night on ESPN's Wednesday Night Fights, Carlos Velasquez took on journeyman boxer Jean Sotelo. Velasquez was heavily favored, and for the round and a half, dominated Sotelo. Then he punched Sotelo right in the dick....

Sweet ESPN Martial Arts Broadcast A Throwback To Network's Early Days

If you're old enough to remember any of the 80's, you know that ESPN wasn't always the home to 24-hour jabbering analysts and NFL talk shows. In its more fledgling days, the WWL aired whatever content to which it could obtain rights; thus, Americans were introduced to wacky hat-wearing and fingerg...

Redditor Asks How Much Pumpkin To Put In His Cincinnati Chi--[Gunshot]

Behold, the worst of all the things: a Redditor putting pumpkin in his diarrhea sludge! ...

Report: N.J. High School Football Players Sexually Assaulted Freshmen

Sayreville (N.J.) Superintendent of Schools Richard Labbe cancelled Sayreville War Memorial High School's football season Monday amid claims of hazing, though the details were unknown. But a parent of a Sayreville player talked to NJ.com today, and what happened sounds horrific and inhumane....

Chandler Parsons Is Probably Thrilled To Be Away From Dwight Howard

First, watch this video of Howard catching up with his old teammate before last night's preseason game....

There's Nothing Wrong With The Dodgers Spending A Lot Of Money

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal has a column up today that rightly marvels at the St. Louis Cardinals' ability to consistently win in the postseason. Things take a weird turn, though, when Rosenthal starts referring to the Los Angeles Dodgers as the "Dollars."...

The Thinking Fan's Guide To The 2014-15 NHL Season

We enter a very different NHL after the "Summer of Stats," and we have the Maple Leafs to thank....

Did Everyone Know That Cole Aldrich Has A Gross Fake Tooth?

I did not know about this fake-tooth situation, and I find it a bit unsettling that he can remove it and pop it back in so quickly. It's even worse when you incorporate sound:...

The Nats Are Gone, But Bryce Harper's Taters Are A Joy Forever

The Washington Nationals were bounced from the postseason last night, but not before Bryce Harper did the thing he's been doing all series and murdered one last baseball into the sky....

Giants Outlast Nationals To Advance to NLCS

There was a moonshot of a home run, a phenomenal defensive gem, a solid pitching performance, and questionable managerial decisions. But when a fluky series came down to a fluky play, the Giants won 3–2 against the Nationals because they always seem to get a fluky play or two in the postseason....

University Of Alabama Relents, Daisha Simmons Will Play At Seton Hall

The saga of former Alabama basketball player Daisha Simmons looks like it is finally coming to an end. The University of Alabama announced Tuesday night that they had changed course and were supporting Simmons's waiver request to be able to play basketball at Seton Hall this upcoming season. If you'...

Yasiel Puig Benched For Game 4

Yasiel Puig has barely been a warm body since the start of September, but Don Mattingly chose today's potential elimination game to make the change. Puig is out of the lineup, replaced by nonentity Andre Ethier....

Struggling Brazilian Soccer Team Hires Weirdo Hypnotist

Walking barefoot on glass. Walking barefoot through hot coals. Bending iron poles with your neck. These are the things Olimar Tesser, Portuguesa's newly-hired team hypnotist, believes are the keys to dragging the Brazilian club out of the relegation zone....