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Eagles Chose "Best Guy" For Head Coach, Says ESPN Analyst Who Helped Hire Him
Former Eagles QB and current ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski revealed that he served as an advisor to his old team as it searched for a new head coach. Jaworski sat in on meetings with a couple of candidates, and even got a big folder to flip through:...
Chili Bowl Heckler Who Pushed & Shoved With Tony Stewart Is A Cop
The reportedly drunk heckler who drew Tony Stewart’s ire at the Chili Bowl nationals last night, prompting the NASCAR star to angrily confront him in the stands is a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy according to an update today by the Tulsa World....
Paul Millsap Dunk Rocks John Henson, Distant Cousins
The Atlanta Hawks have a slim lead in the first half over Milwaukee, but a huge advantage in face after Paul Millsap annihilated John Henson’s spirit with a devastating slam. Get well soon, John. ...
If The Oscars Nominated Good Movies, They Wouldn't Be The Oscars
For 363 days a year, nobody gives a fuck about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Today is one of the two remaining days, when suckers care—and other suckers pretend to care—about who gets nominated for the Oscars, which are worthless trash and always have been....
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Lawrence Phillips Dead In Suspected Suicide [Update]
Lawrence Phillips, a former running back who played at Nebraska and in the NFL, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison in California today, according to a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Phillips was taken to a hospital and pron...
This <i>Star Wars</i> Spoiler Is So Audacious, You Can't Be Mad At It
Just so we’re all clear, there’s a big Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoiler down here. Okay? All clear?...
Here's How Blair Walsh's Missed Game-Winner Sounded On Vikings, Seahawks Radio Calls
Blair Walsh’s heartbreaking shank that ended Minnesota’s season lifted spirits in the Pacific Northwest just as it crushed those in the Land of A Ten Thousand Lakes. Here’s how his missed 27-yarder sounded on KFAN in the Twin Cities (above) and on KIRO in Seattle (below)....
Missed 27-Yard Field Goal Costs Vikings Playoff Win Against Seattle
Blair Walsh blew a short field goal that would have most likely won today’s Vikings-Seahawks game. Instead, he missed wide left and Seattle escaped with a 10-9 win. They have Carolina next week, in what should be a warmer climate....
Doug Baldwin's Incredible Catch, In Extreme Slow Motion
Seahawks fans haven’t had much to cheer about offensively today, but Seattle’s Doug Baldwin gave his team a much-needed first down in the third quarter today with an Odell Beckham-tier one-handed grab in the sub-zero temperatures....
Seahawks Punter Jon Ryan Has A Nose Injury
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Rose Bowl Officials Condemn Stanford Band For Mocking Iowa During Halftime Show
The Stanford Marching Band—a performatively quirky group of college musicians currently banned from road games for “sexual hazing”—is continuing its truly remarkable run of pissing everyone off. They got to go to the Rose Bowl because it was a neutral site game, and they commemorated their trip by t...
What's Going On With Marshawn Lynch?
The Seahawks traveled to Minnesota last night in advance of their playoff game with the Vikings, but Marshawn Lynch did not go with them. Lynch hasn’t played since getting abdominal surgery in November, but he practiced all week with the team up in Seattle, and as of Friday morning, looked like a lo...
Bryce Alford's Step-Back Three Downs #7 Arizona
UCLA junior guard Bryce Alford hit a tough three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to help UCLA beat #7 Arizona 87-84, pleasing a fan sitting courtside with ripped jeans....
#1 Kansas Knocks Off #2 Oklahoma In 3OT Thriller
Monday night saw an exciting-as-hell throwback to a different time for college basketball: the two best teams in the country facing off, each led by a senior. In the end, Perry Ellis (27 points, 13 rebounds) and #1 Kansas topped Buddy Hield (46 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists) and #2 Oklahoma, 109-106...
Troll King Joey Crawford Is Retiring
Nobody could make himself part of the game like Joey Crawford. Inevitably, he’ll ref a few games per year where tension builds between teams and rather than let it progress to a boiling point, Crawford will instead make himself the protagonist and overreact, usually with an extra technical or ejecti...
GRRM Has No Pages
Fans of A Song Of Ice And Fire—the books on which the popular HBO drama Game of Thrones are based—have a lot of theories. Some are about Jon Snow’s true parentage; some are about whether Brandon Stark ate his friend Jojen Reed; some are about whether Tyrion Lannister is the product of Daenerys Targa...
Iowa Knocks Off #1 Michigan State, Who Scored An Own Goal
We love these incredible basketball plays, so here’s Michigan State’s Alvin Ellis scoring on his own basket while trying to deflect an Iowa inbound pass. It’s emblematic of the Spartans’ rough night in Iowa City; they fell to the Hawkeyes 83-70....
Are Email Disclaimers Meaningless?
Welcome back to Ask a Lawyer, where I, a lawyer, respond to your questions. Got a vexing legal issue? Send it over, or drop it in the comments below. Today’s query:...