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Mark Emmert Rowed Back On The One-And-Done Rule Today
NCAA president Mark Emmert spoke at a public forum earlier today, and he said some surprising things about the one-and-done rule that prevents high school basketball players from skipping college and jumping straight to the NBA. ...
Andrew McCutchen Proposed To His Girlfriend On <em>The Ellen Show</em>
It's been a great year for Cutch. His Pirates put together their first winning season in 20 years, he won the NL MVP award, and now he just got engaged on national TV....
You Can Totally See Tim Duncan In These Clouds From The Yeezus Tour
A reader, who is not at all crazy and is totally onto something here, just sent us the following email with the above picture attached:...
Ted Leonsis Found A Website. Then He Wrote Something Life Changing.
Nice take, Ted....
Arkansas State Can't Stop Losing Its Coaches
With Bryan Harsin's departure for Boise State, Arkansas State will need to find a fourth head coach in four years. That's an FBS record dating back to at least 1960. ...
The Heat Still Have A Roy Hibbert-Sized Problem In Indiana
Last night's Heat-Pacers game marked the first time the two teams had met since last season's Eastern Conference Finals, a thrilling seven-game series that the Pacers nearly stole by driving a mack truck with the number 55 on it through the Heat's undersized front court. If the game proved anything,...
Jeff Triplette's Crew Screwed Up Another Big Call
For the second time in two weeks, the NFL has had to come out and admit that the Jeff Triplette-led officiating crew blew a major call, this time even with the assistance of a video review....
Wind Blows Punt Backward For A Safety
Yeah, this is from Saturday, but if you think you can do a better job covering junior college bowl season, have at it, jerk....
No, ESPN Didn't Accidentally Leak Nick Saban As The New Texas Coach
We received this tip about ESPN using an interesting slug for a story about Mack Brown resigning. (The bookmarks bar is blacked out to hide identity.) Did Nick Saban sign a five-year deal to be the new Longhorns coach? Nah. It's fake....
Shawne Merriman Took Off In The Middle Of An Interview On ESPN2
Former Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman came on Highly Questionable this afternoon, purportedly to discuss the 11th Annual Lights On Foundation Coat Drive. The Lights On Foundation is a Merriman charity and it fights homelessness. ...
Champions League Match Postponed Due To Biblical Hailstorm
This is just stupid. The final Champions League group stage games are this week, with the top two teams in each of the eight, four-team groups advancing to the Round of 16. Most of today's matches had something riding on them with the final group standings still unresolved, but perhaps the most exci...
Is Kobe Blood Doping? What Those Trips To Germany Are Really About
Kobe Bryant is just back from a ruptured Achilles tendon, but that doesn't mean the rest of him is magically fixed. He's still got to deal with all the damage that 18 years of professional basketball inflicts on the human body. In recent years, that's meant a trip to Germany and a promising, somewha...
Here's Josh McCown Telling A Really Weird Story In An Anti-Porn PSA
This video is two years old, but since Josh McCown is suddenly one of the hottest quarterbacks in the NFL, it deserves to be shared. ...
East Lansing Police Want To Find "Burn The Couch" Guy On Facebook
The East Lansing Police Department uploaded this picture—which appears to be a photo of a television—to its Facebook page requesting information about the dude holding the "Burn The Couch" sign at the Big Ten Championship, some 254 miles away....
Nate Robinson Needs To Do Better At Staying Hydrated
The Denver Nuggets took a train from Boston to Philadelphia after their game against the Celtics on Friday night, and the trip did not go very well for Nate Robinson....
Why I Believe Jameis Winston's Accuser
My rape wasn't much different from the sexual assault described by Jameis Winston's accuser....
There Will Be No Tailgating At The Super Bowl
In a press conference held at a train station, a consortium of semi-important men in suits announced that you'd better not drive to the Super Bowl, or else....
The Mariners May Have Bid Against Themselves For Robinson Cano
In all the Robinson-Cano-to-Seattle chaos on Friday, this much is clear: the Mariners upped their offer despite already being the highest bidder by $50 million. Now, this, from the Dallas Morning News's Evan Grant:...