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Young Astros Fan Gets Foul Ball, Licks It, Gets Slapped
After receiving a foul ball, a young Astros fan ran up to his seat. After showing it off to his family, he licked the baseball, and received a prompt slap in the face from his sister (we think)....

Tim Lincecum Just No-Hit The Padres, And That's Awesome
Tim Lincecum just finished the second no-hitter of his career in today's game against the Padres. He threw 113 pitches in nine innings, striking out six and walking one....

The Secretly Recorded Videos That Got A Raging Baseball Coach Suspended
On April 17, Rick Vanderhook, the head coach of the Cal State Fullerton Titans, a powerhouse in Division I college baseball, was placed on administrative leave. He returned to the team a month later, but the reason for his brief absence remained a mystery. Now, thanks to documents obtained from Cal...

Umpire Takes A Foul Ball To The Chest, Flexes
MLB umpire/country music singer Joe West wasn't nimble enough to avoid Stephen Vogt's foul line drive in Tuesday night's A's-Mets game, so he ended up taking a ball right to the chest. West didn't have the protective equipment of a home-plate umpire, but he was fine....

Replay Review Doesn't Prevent Umpires From Completely Blowing Call
In the seventh inning of last night's game between the Rockies and Cardinals, Matt Carpenter went to first after seemingly being hit by a Franklin Morales pitch. The Rockies challenged the play, and after a lengthy replay review, the original call was upheld despite it being pretty damn clear to eve...

Why Tim Duncan Will Never Be Loved Like Michael Jordan
I was driving home the other day when a horrific accident played out at an intersection in front of the stoplight where I was stopped. I didn't see the initial collision, but I heard the crash and turned my head to see an SUV go rolling down the street, breaking apart like it was Talladega Nights. ...

Ballin' Ben Franklin Probably Won't Be The 76ers' New Logo
Well this is a bummer. Images of a what was reported to be the Philadelphia 76ers' new alternate logo leaked out on Twitter last night, and everyone was very excited at the prospect of Ballin' Ben Franklin having a home on an NBA uniform. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Ballin' Ben Franklin is g...

You've Probably Played This Guy In Pickup Basketball, And Hated Him
We think this is really important work. We also think college ball and the NBA would be way better if this were a legal move. This is one of those videos that's hard to describe without ruining, so just watch at least halfway. ...

How To Bandwagon Like You Mean It
We're all born bandwagon fans. We're born without loyalties, and without any sense of obligation to one team or another. Your dad might dress you up in a ROLL TIDE onesie, but that doesn't automatically make you a rabid devotee to the cause. We all begin our relationship with sports casually. Th...

Will This Random Guy Own The Next Name Of The Washington Redskins?
Don Terry doesn't like the current name of the Washington football team. He hopes it goes away. And if that ever happens, he'll try to get paid. ...

Corey Dickerson Boned Himself Out Of An Inside-The-Park Home Run
With his team down 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning of yesterday's game against the Brewers, Corey Dickerson stepped to the plate and ripped a pitch into the right-field wall. With the ball caroming sharply into no-man's land, it looked like Dickerson had himself a guaranteed triple and a possi...

This Dated Video Helped Make The Case Against The Redskins Trademarks
What you see up there is taken from a VHS tape called Hail to the Redskins and produced by NFL Films in 1986. It's a compilation of highlights from the 50 seasons following the team's move to D.C. from Boston....

"Go, OJ, Go!": Liveblogging The White Bronco Chase, 20 Years Later
Unlike many people, I don't remember where I was when OJ Simpson took off on that infamous Bronco ride back in 1994. It was summer, so I was probably at my folks' house asking my mom to buy me lots of Killian's Irish Red for freshman year. I remember watching the sheriff on ESPN say that police we...

Bartolo Colon Hits Double, Scores From Second, Manages Not To Die
This is not a prank. We have obtained footage of Bartolo Colon running. I repeat, this is real. Bartolo Colon ran in an actual baseball game....

There Is Now A College Bowl Game Sponsored By Bitcoin
ESPN has found a new sponsor for the St. Petersburg Bowl, jettisoning Beef O'Brady's in favor of...wait for it...Bitcoin. Yes, there is going to be a college bowl game next year that will be sponsored by the made-up crypto-currency that your annoying libertarian cousin won't shut up about. ...

No One Can Find Raul Ibanez's Foul Ball
Raul Ibanez hit a foul ball in today's Angels-Indians game. That's not odd. The odd part is that no one found it....

Irish Football League Brings Us A 93-Yard Fat Guy Touchdown
This here is Shane McNulty, a defensive lineman for the Dundalk Mavericks, running back an interception for a 93-yard touchdown....

