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Cardinals-Dodgers Game One Was An Awesome Thrill Ride
The two National League playoff series finally kicked off yesterday, and while the Giants-Nationals opener was a solid appetizer, we'll really only be remembering the satisfying main course between St. Louis and Los Angeles, a 10-9 win for the Cardinals. ...
Matthew McConaughey Went Full McConaughey On The Texas Longhorns
Matthew McConaughey, who is now well into the business of just being Matthew McConaughey in public, visited a Texas Longhorns practice last week to pass some ancient McConaughese wisdom down to the young players. ...
E.J. Manuel Was The Most Catastrophic Quarterback Of Week 4
E.J. Manuel played poorly Sunday, completing only 47.7 percent of his passes and throwing two interceptions. While box score summaries can sometimes hide clutch play in critical situations that wasn't the case here. According to data from Brian Burke of Advanced Football Analytics, Manuel accounte...
J.J. Watt Returns Interception For An 80-Yard TD
J.J. Watt is a robot posing as a human who sometimes forgets to pretend that he's mortal and does really fantastic things on the football field as a result. This play, where he intercepts E.J. Manuel and rumbles 80 yards to the house without anyone even getting close to him, is one of those things....
Northwestern CB Matthew Harris Carted Off After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit
It was another scary reminder of the dangers college football players face on a weekly basis, as Northwestern defensive back Matthew Harris lay motionless on the turf for several minutes following a helmet-to-helmet collision with Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg....
With Chance To Gain Ground, Mariners Lose In Agonizing Fashion
The Seattle Mariners weren't going to make the playoffs this season. Going into yesterday's games, they were three back of both the Royals and A's for the final wild card playoff slot, with five games left to play. ESPN's playoff odds calculator gave them only a 0.1 percent chance. But did the Mar...
Man Charged With Killing Adrian Peterson's Son Keeps Making Bail
Joseph Patterson, the South Dakota man accused of killing Tyrese Ruffin, Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old biological son last October, is currently free after posting a $2 million bond on charges that he assaulted Ruffin's mother. This is the second time in under a year that he's bonded out on charges t...
Greek Soccer Team's Manager Gets Way Too Turnt During Press Conference
If there was one thing you could say about Gennaro Gattuso, AC Milan's and Italy's fiery former leader, it was that the man was a lock for a manager job when he retired. If there was another thing you could say, it was that said managerial career would involve numerous public blow-ups like this....
What We Talk About When We Say No One's Talking About Hope Solo
This piece originally ran at The Sport Spectacle....
One FIFA Executive Thinks Qatar Will Lose The 2022 World Cup
Everything about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar—from the scores of migrant workers who have died building stadiums and infrastructure, to the accusations of corruption, to the scorching heat that will make games unplayable—is shaping up to be a disaster. It is so bad that even one of the Bond-villain t...
Seahawks CB DeShawn Shead Proposes To Girlfriend After Game
After the Seahawks came away with an overtime win over the Broncos, Seattle cornerback DeShawn Shead took advantage of the good feelings in the air and proposed to his girlfriend at midfield after the game. (She said yes.) Alex Flanagan caught a photo of the moment, featuring teammate Richard Sherma...
Broncos Force OT With Last-Minute Two-Point Conversion Against Seattle
Peyton Manning came roaring back—with the help of his receivers—to score a game-tying touchdown with 18 seconds left against the Seahawks....
Marshawn Lynch Casually Picks Up One Of His Torn Dreads
What's Marshawn Lynch going to do with his fallen dread, though? Reattach it? He'll figure it out later....
Keenan Allen: Richard Sherman Is "Not Really A Shutdown Corner"
Richard Sherman was the least-targeted corner in the NFL last season, and still managed to rack up the most interceptions. In Week 1 against the Packers, Aaron Rodgers didn't give him a single look. For Week 2, the Chargers say they weren't scared of Sherman for a second....
Antonio Gates Snags A Gorgeous Touchdown Catch With One Hand
The Chargers tight end is 34, but his hands are still stellar. Gates has three touchdowns today; this catch gave San Diego a 27-14 lead over Seattle....
Officials Inexplicably Miss Percy Harvin Stepping Out Of Bounds On TD
Percy Harvin scored a pretty boss 51-yard TD run, but replays definitively showed that he stepped out around the 21-yard line. How on earth did officials miss this?...
Lucas Matthysse KO's Roberto Ortiz With A Perfectly-Placed Body Blow
While tonight's Showtime main event is obviously Adrien Broner vs. Emmanuel Taylor, Lucas Matthysse ensured paying spectators got a bit of meat for their money's worth when he dispatched Roberto Ortiz in the second round with a body blow targeted precisely at his opponent's liver....