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Dan Snyder's Stooge Has Spotted A Symbol of Organizational Dysfunction
Here's a surprise: Craven Dan Snyder hand-puppet Chris Cooley took a break from manning the office of Exalted White Ex-Player at D.C.'s Snyder-owned ESPN radio affiliate to go in, for the umpteenth time, on former teammate Robert Griffin III, to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post yesterday....

So What Happened With The FSU Player And The Crack-Smoking Prostitute?
On Christmas Eve, while most of America was indulging in Christmas carols, bad bowl games, and General Tso's chicken, Tallahassee police released information on two investigations involving Florida State athletes. That seemed to all but ensure that nobody would actually read them, so I'm revisiting ...

Kirk Cousins: If RGIII's The Starter, I Want Out
With so many crap teams hitting the reset button today, you may have briefly forgotten about Washington, the kings of dysfunction. Well, here's your reminder: they're still a mess, and they're content to come back with the same coach and GM. But it seems they're going to need to clear out at least o...

LeBron Can't Finish At The Rim, And It's Sad
As you may have noticed, the Cleveland Cavaliers kind of stink right now, and there are many things—Kevin Love playing some of the worst ball of his career, their extremely leaky defense, an old and shallow bench—one can point to while trying to explain why. But one of the more alarming developments...

The Cavaliers Are Stinking Out The Joint
The Cavs got their asses kicked inside-out by the terrible, terrible Pistons last night, 103-80, in Cleveland. They're 18-12 on the season, 5-5 in their last 10 games, fifth in the woeful Eastern Conference. They stink....

Gustav Nyquist Holds Puck For About Half A Minute Before Scoring
Gustav Nyquist's overtime winner against the Senators last night can't fit into a GIF. You need to watch the full video to appreciate it. The Red Wing got the puck at 1:17, and scored with 48 seconds left....

Dez Bryant Is Still Doing Amazing Things
Dez Bryant has been a human highlight reel this season, and this play against the Redskins today was so outstanding officials initially called it an incomplete pass. The play was reversed upon review, and declared a touchdown....

What Is This Nebraska Fan Doing?
ESPN cameras caught this Nebraska fan discussing something loudly with an entire section of USC fans tonight in San Diego at the Holiday Bowl. The Trojans have had a decent lead most of the game, so this 'Huskers fan couldn't possibly be taunting.. could he? ...

Basketball Teams Kicked Out Of Tourney Over "I Can't Breathe" Shirts
The boys and girls basketball teams from Mendocino High School (California) had their invitations to a tournament at Fort Bragg High rescinded because they might possibly wear "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts during pregame warmups, according to The Guardian, though the boys team later had their invitatio...
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Starlin Castro Arrested In DR After Nightclub Shooting [UPDATE]
Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro has been arrested after a nightclub shooting that left six people injured, according to a report from Dominican newspaper El Caribe. Castro's arrest comes three weeks after his agent said he had been cleared of involvement in a previous Dominican nightclub shooting....

Report: Rex Ryan Has Already Cleared Out His Office
How positive is Rex Ryan that he is going to be fired after six season as the New York Jets head coach? According to a report from Dom Cosentino, Ryan has already cleared out his office in advance of Sunday's game at Miami. Jets owner Woody Johnson has reportedly hired former Texans GM Charley Casse...

Anthony Davis Volleyball Spikes Manu Ginobili's Shot Straight To Hell
If you put your ear close to your laptop speaker and turn the sound up high enough, you can actually hear the ball itself screaming in terror, just before Anthony Davis pounds it into the parquet at the speed of light. Great googly moogly. It actually traveled back in time on its way down. Manu's ...

Did Brennan Clay Finally Get His Revenge On DeMarco "Spray Tan" Murray?
Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray missed practice Thursday with a reported illness. According to a source whose tips have proven accurate in the past, however, Murray wasn't sick. He was dealing with some off-the-field matters concerning girlfriend Heidi Mueller, thanks to a scorched-earth maneu...

It Took Four Days For Alex Smith To Find Out He Had A Lacerated Spleen
Alex Smith isn't going to start for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday because he has a lacerated spleen. Smith suffered the injury during last Sunday's game against against the Steelers, but he didn't find out what had happened to him until yesterday....

<i>SportsCenter</i> References Guy Who Drove To Temecula To Fight A Kobe Hater
@SnottieDrippen and @MyTweetsRealAF, the two guys who almost came to blows over a Twitter argument about Kobe Bryant, have really made it. ...

Somehow, Chiefs WRs Still Haven't Caught Any Touchdowns
It is one of the most bizarre streaks I can recall, and 60 minutes away from a piece of pointless, fascinating history, and if your team is already out of it, you could do worse this Sunday than tuning into Chargers-Chiefs to see if Kansas City can complete its entire season without having one of ...

John Wall Is In Control
You may have skipped yesterday's Christmas Day game between the Knicks and Wizards, in part because the craptacular Knicks were involved, and in part because a certain level of pacing is required when there are 12 hours of basketball to watch. If you did skip it, you didn't miss the greatest game ev...

The Cardinals' Starting QB Will Be Ah Who Cares
This whole thing may be purely academic; the Cardinals are zeroing in on a road wild-card game, and Drew Stanton will probably be back by then. But, for the NFL completists out there: the third-stringer appears to have regained the inside track from the fourth-stringer for a likely-meaningless Week ...

Shaq Just Tackled A Christmas Tree ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah, I don't know either. ...
