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The Cardinals Are Very Embarrassed By Carlos Martinez's Wall Of Porn
Yesterday, we brought you news of Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez's big ol' wall of Twitter porn. Somehow, Carlos Martinez's big ol' wall of Twitter porn was perceived by his skipper, Mike Matheny, to be the kind of issue and "distraction" that required a face-to-face meeting between the two. Toda...
Sixers Fan Discovers The Best Way To Enjoy Sixers Games
How bad are the 76ers? This guy was sitting courtside and decided that he'd be better off taking a nap than watching his team give up 130 points to the Milwaukee Bucks. ...
Comcast Is Living In The Past
It's been a while since we've featured something under the once-venerated ComcastChaos tag, so here's a contribution from reader Casey showing a Comcast program description of this Saturday's Syracuse-Virginia game on ESPN. The description comes from a game more than six years ago. ...
This Seems Like It Should Be Illegal
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MLB Bans Home-Plate Collisions, But Not Really
Here is the newly approved (and "experimental" ) Rule 7.13. You need only pay attention to the parts I've bolded....
Who Cares About Jadeveon Clowney's "Motor"? (Assholes, That's Who.)
Guys, I'm concerned about Jadeveon Clowney. Oh sure, he ran a sub-4.5 40 today at the combine and is perhaps the best athlete to enter the draft in recent memory. But fuck all that. What I really want to know is ... HOW IS HIS MOTOR?! Twitter, can you be of service?...
Mike Trout Has Finally Broken Baseball's Math
For the past few years, Mike Trout has been the biggest steal in sports. He's had two otherworldly seasons, and he's only 22. So on the surface, news that the Angels are trying to lock him up to a six-year deal worth about $150 million makes sense. But it's actually remarkable for how much sense it ...
Jamal Crawford Has An Incredible Memory
Jamal Crawford got himself into a duel with Kevin Durant yesterday, answering KD's 42 points with an incredibly efficient 36 of his own on 13-20 shooting. But Crawford didn't just flex his genius on the court, he also proved that his memory is just as sharp as his crossover....
Jadeveon Clowney's 40-Yard Dash Run Was Ridiculous
Jadeveon Clowney is doing things at the NFL combine today, and he just ran the 40-yard dash in an unofficial 4.47 seconds. Jadeveon Clowney is 6-foot-5 and weights 266 lbs. Jadeveon Clowney is not of this world....
The Milwaukee Brewers' Adopted Stray Dog Is The Best Dog
This is Hank the dog. Hank is a stray who wandered into the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training facility last week, and has since become the team's unofficial mascot. Hank is the best dog....
Jim Boeheim Goes Nuts After Bad Call, Costs Team Chance At Beating Duke
After making it until Wednesday without a loss this season, top-ranked Syracuse has now been beaten twice in a row after a wild ending at Duke tonight assisted by the referees and an out-of-control, berserk Jim Boeheim....
Louisville And Cincinnati Swap Lead Three Times In Final 30 Seconds
After Cincinnati (7) went on a 10-0 run in the last four minutes to get themselves back in it against Louisville (11), the lead changed three times in the final 30 seconds. Thanks to Russ Smith, the Cardinals were on the right end of the eeny-meeny-miny-moe finish and won 58-57....
New Hampshire Basketball Team Ends Four Year Long Losing Streak
The Timberlane Regional High School boys' basketball team headed into tonight's season finale against Keene with an 0-17 record on the season. The Plaistow, NH squad didn't win any games last season, either, or the year before that; their last win was in January, 2010—81 games ago. The streak finall...
No, Fast Tempo Isn't Endangering College Football Players
The concerns over head trauma have been splashed across the front pages of newspapers and magazines for the past five years, and have led to a host of rule changes in college football. But one proposal for a new change—called the Tempo Rule—has caught the public's attention for, well, not making ver...
How To Prevent Your Spine From Turning To Mush
Hey, you! Mr. Spry Twenty-Five-Year-Old! Feeling pretty limber these days, eh? Going out and CRUSHING beers and playing campus golf and bending over to pick up entire crates of taco meat. Life's pretty swell for you! Well, I have fun news for you, sport. PAIN IS COMING. So much pain. One day...
The Last-Minute Hater's Guide To Canada
If you're as dedicated as I am to not doing anything, you're surely spending this afternoon watching the United States square off against Canada in the Olympic ice hockey semifinals. CANADA! Those horse-mounting salmon eaters needed to bribe a fucking post yesterday just to beat our women's team. ...
Paranoia: It Really Works
Billy Martin proved what a powerful strategic tool paranoia is. He believed that everyone was against him. And so he spent every waking moment figuring out how imaginary enemies could be defeated in their nefarious plots. And sometimes he not only created strategies to defend against things that wou...
Down With The NCAA's No-Agent Rule
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Upstart Program Defeats In-State Powerhouse, Celebrates Appropriately
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The NBA Trade Deadline Was Mostly Craptastic
The NBA trade deadline came and went today, and unless you are a fan of the Indiana Pacers or Philadelphia 76ers, you probably don't give a damn about anything that happened. This wasn't quite the flurry of crap that we saw last year, but it was close....