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U.S. Biathlete Gives Up Olympic Spot To Twin Sister
Tracy and Lanny Barnes entered last weekend's IBU Cup event in Italy competing for the last open spots on the U.S. Olympic biathlon team. But Lanny fell ill and wasn't able to participate in three of the four races, and landed just outside the cutoff to make the squad—just behind Tracy. The next mor...
State Hate: Which State Is Your State's Enemy?
Alabama: Mississippi...
Watch Drake And Jimmy Fallon Play Beer Hockey
Finally, we get to see what beer hockey—the drinking game that was recently invented by an unidentified Canadian—looks like in action. And it's all thanks to Jimmy Fallon and Drake. ...
An Oral History of Kurtis Blows' "Basketball"
Dumb fun from SB Nation. ...
Predators Goalie Carter Hutton Probably Made The Save Of The Season
It sounds like hyperbole, but tonight's save by Predators goalie Carter Hutton will likely be the best of the season when it's all over. Absurd....
POV Footage Of Falcons Hunting Is Better Than Most Action Movies
Suzanne Kane, a researcher at Haverford College, found an accurate and thoroughly thrilling method to track a falcon's hunting strategy: strap a camera to the bird and study the results. With the help of some falconers, Kane compiled awesome footage of some falcons taking down prey. Thanks to YouTub...
PSA: Please Don't Leave Tom Brady Hanging
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady doesn't always have his high-fives reciprocated, and it's become an enjoyable trend. This public plea addresses that problem and urges someone—anyone—to slap hands with Brady, but honestly, seeing him looking like a doofus with his hand in the air is just too good. (Se...
Woman On Top: Tonya Harding Knew Everything, Says Jeff Gillooly
Tonight, ESPN's "30 for 30" series airs The Price of Gold, a look at the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga that features rare present-day interviews with Harding, still proclaiming her innocence. Not appearing in the documentary? Jeff Gillooly, the mastermind behind the plot....
This Is The Best Thing Seahawks And 49ers Fans Have Ever Done
Seahawks fans! 49ers fans! Here is a way for you to one-up and trash-talk each other, without annoying the crap out of the rest of us: See which fan base can donate more money to a worthy cause in each other's city....
How Many Ads Are In Your College Sports Broadcast?
In O'Bannon vs. NCAA, the defendants made a stunning claim. Collegiate athletes cannot be paid for appearing in televised games, the NCAA argued, because those games—like, say, the Vizio BCS National Championship—are First Amendment-protected news programs, and not commercial broadcasts....
Man With Seahawks Super Bowl Champs Tattoo Doesn't Regret It Yet
Tim Connors is serious about this. So serious, he got his ink done back at the beginning of the regular season....
The History Of How We Follow Baseball
The history of how we follow baseball. ...
The Real Reason Ashley Wagner Made The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team
On Sunday, U.S. Figure Skating gave the final spot on its three-member women's Olympic team to Ashley Wagner, even though she had fallen twice the previous day during an "embarrassing" skate at the national championships in Boston. The other selections were Gracie Gold, the newly crowned national ch...
No, Fans Won't Stop Watching If College Players Get Paid
Defending itself in the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, the NCAA has made some stunning claims. One, backed by an NCAA-commissioned poll, is that people so hate the idea of paying players that they will stop watching college sports if amateurism ends. In the filings, ex-CBS Sports President Neal Pilson estimat...
The Wizards' Bandwagon Cam Is Brilliant
If you show up to a Wizards game decked out in the opposition's gear, prepare to be shamed on the jumbotron. This is the Wizards' bandwagon cam (we got a glimpse of this last night, but now we have video), which picks out fans who flaunt their flimsy affiliations with powerhouses like the Heat so th...
No, Paying Athletes Won't Bankrupt College Sports
The NCAA's biggest and most bruited argument against compensating players is that athletics programs couldn't take on the additional burden of player salaries without going bankrupt. The argument has a certain appeal to a certain kind of fan, the one who thinks sports took a turn for the worse at ro...
Greg Oden Played Basketball!
For the first time in more than four years, star-cross'd Greg Oden put on a uniform, entered an official NBA game, and dunked a basketball. His first thought? "It was a feeling of 'Get back on defense.'"...
Every NBA Team's Remaining Strength Of Schedule, In One Chart
Ed Kupfer, who's an analyst for the Rockets, which kind of makes him one of the smart guys who does homework for the other smart guys, put together a simple visualization of the strength of schedule teams have faced so far (on the left), and the strength of schedule of their remaining games (on the ...