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Scrappy Upstart Duke Upsets North Carolina, Is Probably Good Again
Twentieth-ranked Duke knocked off fifth-ranked North Carolina 74-73 in Chapel Hill, as North Carolina inexplicably couldn’t win a game they probably should’ve....
Is A New Mexico Basketball Player Getting Death Threats, Or Not?
University of New Mexico men’s basketball coach Craig Neal asserted last week that his son, redshirt sophomore point guard Cullen Neal, was receiving death threats from Lobos fans. Via the Daily Lobo:...
Mitch Kupchak Doesn't Want To Talk About Byron Scott
Byron Scott is a very bad basketball coach. That wasn’t much of a problem for the Lakers last season, when all they wanted to do was lose as many games as possible, but his ineptitude matters a lot more now that he’s responsible for the development of some key young players. It will be an even bigge...
How Tennessee’s Head Trainer Took Control Of The Allegations Against Peyton Manning
After Jamie Naughright said she was sexually harassed by Peyton Manning, the first person she called at the University of Tennessee was head trainer Mike Rollo. The lifetime Volunteer immediately set out to “fix it.” According to Naughright, no one did more than Rollo to sculpt the long-prevailing n...
Mikhail Prokhorov's Got Jokes
The Brooklyn Nets don’t have a GM. This is a particularly bad time of year to not have a GM, because unloading some expensive, veteran talent in exchange for draft picks or cap relief is a good way for a bad team to begin trying to unfuck itself. So it was no surprise when Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski...
Down With Cold Pizza
In case you missed it, we’ve decided to change up the old Deadcast here and spend 45 minutes every week doing nothing but answering your Funbag questions (Don’t worry, the regular, written version Funbag will stay where it always is). So if you got something on your mind, email the Funbag and we’ll ...
Allen Robinson Got A Tattoo Of His Own Highlight-Reel Catch
If you’re a Penn State fan, you probably remember current Jaguars receiver Allen Robinson’s leaping catch that set up the game-tying touchdown in the 2013 Homecoming game against Michigan. From this point forward, you will also remember that catch if you ever see Robinson with his shirt off:...
Police: Montee Ball Threw His Girlfriend Into A Table
NFL free-agent running back Montee Ball threw his girlfriend into a table in their hotel room before he was arrested and charged with battery, according to a Madison (Wisc.) PD report....
Dean Spanos Isn't Done Crapping On Chargers Fans Just Yet
San Diego Chargers owner Dean Spanos has already decided to torture his fan base by keeping his team in San Diego for one more season before deciding, next January, if he will move it to L.A. for the 2017 season. Based on Spanos’s recent comments, he’s going to ramp up the torment by dangling the po...
Bernie Sanders Used A Lot Of Elbows In His Pickup Basketball Games
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders showed off his basketball skills as he awaited the New Hampshire primary results last week, and it became clear that he had a devastating set shot. The Guardian’s Les Carpenter dug into Sanders’s hoops history and found that the politician had been part...
Sheriff: Tennessee Football Player Sent Pics Of 'Sexual Organ’ To Person He Thought Was 14-Year-Old Girl
University of Tennessee offensive lineman Mack Crowder was arrested in Pinellas County, Fla., on Tuesday, and charged with a number of child sex crimes....
Blake Griffin Apologizes For Punching Clippers Equipment Staffer
Clippers star Blake Griffin spoke to the media today for the first time since he broke his hand punching friend and Clippers’ equipment staffer Matias Testi in the face, and apologized profusely for it....
Eighth Grader Impaled By Gym Floor During Basketball Game
Basketball players frequently go sprawling onto the court, and usually the worst that happens is a banged knee or a skinned elbow. But at a girls basketball tournament in Middleton, Wis. this weekend, a 14-year-old was impaled by a piece of broken floorboard after she fell....
How Tennessee’s Sexual Harassment Allegations Caught Up With Peyton Manning 20 Years Later
In 1996, the summer before Peyton Manning’s junior season at the University of Tennessee, with his Vols a national championship contender, associate trainer Jamie Whited—later Jamie Naughright, after her divorce—filed an employment discrimination complaint. In that complaint, filed with the Tennesse...
Reports: The Heat Are Scared Chris Bosh's Blood Clots Have Returned
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh pulled out of the All-Star Game because of a strained calf, but stuck around Toronto to enjoy in some of the festivities as his decision not to participate was mostly a precaution. He has since returned to Miami for additional medical tests, and those tests may have ind...
Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <i>PAW Patrol</i>
It’s time once again for our ongoing series surveying the awful shows you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours....
You Should Be A Middle Reliever
Kanye West dropped a new album this weekend, and also tweeted a bunch of weird stuff about how much he is in debt....
Fan Goes In To Hug Fellow Fan, Dabs Right In Her Face
A fan at a UNC Greensboro men’s basketball game used his time on the Hug Cam to pull off a wonderful trick. He started to embrace the woman sitting next to him, and at the last second, dabbed on her. Keep your head on a swivel....