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Middle-Aged A's Fan Fights All The Cops Before Getting Tasered
We've seen our share of rowdy and violent sports fans, but this guy right here is something else. ...
Tony Romo Was Tony Romo, Until He Was Tony Romo
Broncos-Cowboys was the most satisfying game of the season, and not just because it was the sort of record-breaking, no-defense, aerial shootout the NFL seems to be moving toward. No matter what your opinion of Tony Romo coming in, it was confirmed. A win for the Broncos, perhaps a moral victory for...
Do You Believe In Magic? Restoring The Dodger Way
Over at ESPN, Howard Bryant has a long piece on the rebuilding of a once-proud franchise:...
Ninety-Nine Points: Your Week 5 Late Games Roundup
Broncos 51, Cowboys 48: It seems appropriate that there were only two late games this week, because this game had enough combined scoring, excellent QB play and drama to keep you hooked....
Peyton Manning Briskly Jogs For A Rushing Touchdown
All 11 Cowboys swarmed Knowshon Moreno and forgot about Peyton Manning, allowing him to shuffle his way into the end zone for his first rushing touchdown in five years. Look at his little fist pump! So happy....
Pretty Footwork, Dez Bryant
Tony Romo found Dez Bryant in the very back of the endzone for the Cowboys first score of the game. Bryant got both feet just down in the endzone before falling out of bounds....
Running Uphill Is The Worst, But You Should Probably Still Do It
I am now mere weeks away from some kind of buffalo/cow/large land-mammal-themed relay race in Kansas City and a few weeks more removed from the Wine and Dine half-marathon in Florida. I'm also going on a booze sabbatical. Things are terrible lately. Come, join in the misery and music. Here's the Spo...
Stephen Vogt Is Your Newest Unlikely Postseason Hero
The most compelling bat of last night's Tigers-A's game came in the bottom of the seventh. Oakland had runners on second and third with two outs, and backup catcher Stephen Vogt did his best to make Justin Verlander look mortal....
President Obama: I'd "Think About Changing" Redskins Nickname
President Obama clearly thinks it's time to switch the Washington nickname to something less slur-y and danced around outright saying so in a recent interview with the Associated Press. He didn't say the owner in Washington was an ignominious shit for loudly and proudly announcing his intent to neve...
Banner Plane Crashes On Flavet Field Before Florida-Arkansas Game
Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a plane carrying an advertisement for Geico Insurance McDonald's crashed on an unoccupied car in Flavet Field, an open field at the University of Florida that, from the look of it, serves as a tailgating site for Florida games. The Gators are playing the Arkansas Razor...
ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...
How To Make A Lasagna And Prepare For Hibernation
Time was, as summer rounded into autumn, you kept an eye out for that first cool, dry weekend after the leaves started to turn, when the air remained genuinely chilly in the shade all day long, and then you tilted back your floppy coppola hat, hooked your thumbs into your suspenders, gazed thoughtfu...
Did Wil Myers Blow This Play, Or Was He The Victim Of Gamesmanship?
Here's Rays outfielder Wil Myers, in the fourth inning of today's playoff game against the Red Sox, doing God knows what....
Return Of The Meme: McKayla Maroney Vaults Again
One year and three leg surgeries after London, McKayla Maroney has returned to competition on the vault. And from a performance standpoint, not much has changed. She does the two-and-a-half twister that made her famous (before the meme made her even more famous) just as well as she did at the Olympi...
Underwater Polar Bear Basketball Is The Best Kind Of Basketball
While other polar bears are spending their days doing frivolous things like swimming laps and eating fish, this badass right here is getting his game tight. ...
Look How Much LeBron's Hairline Receded From NBA 2K13 To NBA 2K14
Some thanks for flinging off the headband and using your forehead as one of those Super Mario invincibility stars for that entire fourth quarter, huh? Jerks. Though I guess the real question is why video game LeBron looked like that last year in the first place. ...
Shitbag Browns Owner Yuks It Up
Look at this evil motherfucker. Laughing it up as the Browns eked out an ugly win. This time next year, Jimmy Haslam could be in federal prison. Never forget that if supervillains were real, they'd start as sports owners....
Chris Mullin Still Has A Sweet Jump Shot
Chris Mullin may be 50 years old, but the NBA hall of famer can still shoot the hell out of a basketball. Mullin, who is now an advisor to the Sacramento Kings, participated in an impromptu three-point contest at a recent Kings practice. Above is video of Mullins's first-round attempt. He hit 14 of...