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National Congress Of American Indians Releases Anti-Redskins Ad
Just in time for the Super Bowl, the National Congress of American Indians has released a simple, yet powerful, commercial directed right at Dan "you can use caps" Snyder. For nearly two minutes we see video and images of American Indians living their everyday lives while the narrator lists the var...
This Could Just Be What All The Other States Call Texas
As of this posting, you can still find this—which is filthy, childish and funny all in one—on ussoccer.com....
The Ravenously Shameless Pastel Brutality Of The Miami Marlins
The following was originally published in the 2014 edition of Baseball Prospectus. In a departure from established practice, this year's edition features contributions from a wide array of outside writers, who came through with a series of essays that shows off the full stylistic diversity of contem...
So, You Think You Can Leave Derek Fisher Hanging? You Cannot!
Fish will just wait your ass out, punk. He's got all the time in the world....
High Schooler Hits 80-Foot Buzzer-Beater To Send Game Into OT
This is Temidayo Yussuf of St. Joseph Notre Dame High School hitting one of the most ridiculous shots you will ever see. With his team down by three and 0.6 left on the clock, Yussuf grabbed a rebound following a missed free-throw and immediately launched the ball 80 feet in the other direction. So...
The Aftermath Of The Worst Drop In Super Bowl History
Originally published as "Smith hates for it to end like this" in the Jan. 22, 1979, edition of the Miami News. Reprinted here with the author's permission....
Middle Schooler Puts Bleach In Opponents' Gatorade
A middle school student in Gaffney, S.C., has been disciplined after admitting to spiking an opposing basketball team's Gatorade cooler with a capful of bleach....
Doug McDermott Hits Game-Winner From 25 Feet Out
Doug McDermott, Creighton's do-it-all forward, dropped 39 points on 15-26 shooting against St. John's last night, and none were sweeter than his last three. ...
A Complete Roundup Of Fans' Idiotic David Price Trade Proposals
Originally published in Baseball Prospectus. The 2014 edition of Baseball Prospectus is on sale now....
Here's Jonathan Quick's Olympic Mask
We've already seen Ryan Miller's America-out-the-ass mask for the Sochi games. Now we've got Jonathan Quick's. Patriotic? Meh. Shiny? Oh my, yes!...
Anthony Bennett Finally Scored Double Digits In An NBA Game
We haven't heard from sad, miserable, oh-god-how-was-this-guy-the-first-pick-in-the-draft Anthony Bennett in a while, but today brings good news! In his 33rd career game, Anthony Bennett dropped 15 points and eight rebounds in 31 minutes. It was the first time Bennett has scored 10 or more points i...
High School Students Chant "We Want Slurpees" At Indian Basketball Player
A group of students chanted "We want Slurpees" while a player of Indian descent shot free throws at a high school basketball game last Friday....
MLB Approves Protective Caps For Pitchers
If there hasn't actually been an increase in the number of pitchers struck by line drives, there's at least been more awareness of player safety. To that end, MLB has officially approved the on-field use of a padded cap for pitchers. But will any actually wear it?...
Pete Seeger Talks Baseball
I found this post over at Hardball Talk—the late Pete Seeger talking baseball. ...
Marshawn Lynch's Media Day Interview Was Short And Sweet
Marshawn Lynch is known for being a bit reclusive and wary of speaking to the media, but Deion Sanders was able to corner him for a few minutes of screen time on NFL Network today. Things got off to a good start; Lynch just replied, "smooth" when Sanders asked him how he was feeling. "You look good...
Wilt Spins
From Up North Trips comes this cool photograph of Wilt Chamberlain. Wonder what record he's playing?...
D-Leaguer Posterizes 7-Footer With Two Vicious Dunks
This is Ra'shad James, a 6-foot-1 guard for the Reno Big Horns, dropping the damn hammer on poor Travis Hyman. ...
NFL Logos As European Soccer Badges, Part III
They're here. It's the third release from Football as Football, an ongoing design project that is reimagining each of the NFL's 32 teams in the style of four different European soccer crests. ...