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Which NFL Pundit Has Made The Worst Picks Through Nine Weeks?
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Craig Anderson Stretchered Off Ice After Unintentional Hit To Head
Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson was taken off of the ice on a stretcher after the Dallas Stars' Valeri Nichushkin accidentally hit Anderson's head with his leg while going to the net. Anderson remained supine on the ice until the stretcher came....

This Photo Of A Kid Making It Rain After Scoring Is Just Adorable
This is Eli. He is five. Eli just scored a goal in a youth soccer game, and because he's awesome, he celebrated it by making it rain. One day, maybe, your kid will be as cool as he is....

Marshawn Lynch Had No Idea Buffalo Was Not In New York City
Marshawn Lynch was profiled on last night's E:60, and it was a fairly candid look at Lynch's upbringing in Oakland. But the single best moment was Lynch recalling his reaction to being drafted by Buffalo in 2007. The West Coast kid wasn't exactly up on his East Coast geography....

A Wink At A Homely Girl
If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you've got nightmares....


Random Football Rap Lyric Of The Day
In honor of Ghostface's first record, released on this date in 1996....

Brandon Saad Set Up Patrick Kane With A Sweet Spin-O-Rama
So Brandon Saad is stealing Patrick Kane's moves now—and by that we do not mean Saad went on a weekend bender at the Tau Kap house, though one can always hope. Rather, Saad busted out the Spin-O-Rama—which Kaner had learned from Denis Savard—during last night's win over the Wild....

Golden Tate Suggests You Not Even Bother
For about 25 yards, Golden Tate had this touchdown in the books and brought out his finest stop, please, you're embarrassing yourself taunts for the St. Louis secondary. Until, of course, safety Rodney McLeod caught up to him and almost forced him out before he got in the end zone. ...

Nicki Minaj Performed At Villanova's Hoops Mania
An elderly basketball coach sits at a desk in his home study. Framed pieces of netting adorn the walls and 60 Minutes is on the television as he reads scouting reports. His attention turns to the computer. An email from Jay Wright....


Serena Williams Closes Out One Of The All-Time Great Seasons
Serena Williams came back to defeat Li Na in the WTA Championships today, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Williams won the final nine games, including a bagel in the third set, which caps off the greatest year of her already-storied career, and one of the most dominating seasons in the history of women's tennis. Wil...

Bobby Bowden Asks ESPN Analyst If His Dead Dad Is Still Coaching
Bobby Bowden stopped by the booth during Saturday's Florida State game, and everything went well until Bowden asked ESPN analyst Chris Spielman if his father, Charles Spielman, was still coaching high school football. Charles Spielman died in 2008. Chris did his best to not make it as awkward as it...


Lightning Defensemen Combine For Humiliating Own Goal
The timing couldn't have been worse. With 1:49 left in regulation, just 40 seconds after the Lightning had taken the lead on the defending champ Blackhawks, Matt Carle inexplicably and forcefully fired a pass back at Radko Gudas. It deflected off a surprised Gudas's skate, skittering past Ben Bishop...

NBA 2K14 Is So Realistic That It Features Failed High Fives
A Reddit user spotted this bit of inspired game action while playing NBA 2K14. Never has a video game felt more realistic....

The Spurs' Camouflage Jerseys Are Not Fun To Look At
If you stare at Kawhi Leonard's chest long enough, you'll see a sail boat....

Book Excerpt: Nicholas Dawidoff On The 2011 New York Jets
Over at Men's Journal check out this excerpt from Nicholas Dawidoff's new book, Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football:...

Surfer Escapes Shark By Beating It Up
Jeff Horton was on the waves off Kauai's north shore Sunday morning, when what he estimated to be a 12-foot tiger shark came up beneath him and chomped onto his board. ...

Why Did The College Wrestling All-American Shoot The Duck?
This story is a couple of weeks old, but it somehow escaped the attention of our Ducks Desk. Ethen Lofthouse is a senior at Iowa who placed fifth at 184 pounds at last year's NCAA wrestling championships. One recent Friday afternoon, Lofthouse's neighbors noticed that he and his roommates were shoot...