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Bow Down To The Hoop Queens
Earlier this year Skip Hollandsworth wrote a story for Texas Monthly on the most dominant team in the history of women's college basketball. It's worth your time:...

An Atlanta Braves-Themed "Blurred Lines" Parody, Featuring Javy Lopez
This is the work of comedian Aaron Chewning and rapper Jonny Quest, two dudes from Atlanta who are big Braves fans and also apparently friends with Javy Lopez....

Paul Pfeiffer's Spiritual Basketball Artwork
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, By Paul Pfeiffer (2000-2006)...

Shadowboxing Steelers Fan Is The Weirdest Steelers Fan
I...I don't get this. ...

Gallery: All The Tacky Crap MLB Teams Gave Mariano Rivera This Season
It's looking pretty likely that Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer and one-pitch pitcher in MLB history, will play his last game this Sunday. He holds the saves record at 652, but this only scratches the surface of his statistical dominance. His 2.21 ERA translates to a park- and era-adjusted ERA+ ...

Big D After JFK's Assassination
The Cowboys had to repair Dallas' image after the JFK assassination. So writes Michael Granberry in the Dallas Morning News:...

The Gamer According To Tom Boswell
"Baseball has a name for the player who, in the eyes of his peers, is well attuned to the demands of his discipline; he is called 'a gamer.' The gamer does not drool, or pant, before the cry of 'Play ball.' Quite the opposite. He is the player, like George Brett or Pete Rose, who is neither too inte...

Cardinals Safety Rashad Johnson Lost Part Of His Finger Yesterday
And now, two tweets about football that will absolutely terrify you:...

The A's Postgame Celebration Featured A Beer-Drinkin' Baby
For the second year in a row, the Oakland A's have shocked everyone by capturing the AL West title. The team celebrated after clinching the division with an 11-7 victory over the Twins last night (the Rangers helped out by losing 4-0 to the Royals), and everybody had a good time. ...

Look At All Of These Goddamn Bees At Angel Stadium
The Mariners-Angels game was delayed Sunday, on account of bees at Angel Stadium. Thankfully, a Getty photographer documented the bee nuisance....

Vontaze Burfict Draws A Penalty With A Ball Tap
Packers-Bengals has turned into a shootout complete with pushing, shoving, and a ball tap the officials never saw....

Cincinnati Bearcats Lineman Killed In Car Accident
A car accident last night claimed the life of Cincinnati Bearcats lineman Ben Flick while leaving two of his teammates injured....

Exit Light
Today gives Mariano Rivera Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium. Andy Pettitte makes his final regular season start in the Bronx so it's a sentimental afternoon for an organization that's known to lay it on thick. Still, Rivera is one of my favorite players so I can put up with the schmaltz. I've gone...

Mike Leach To Paul Petrino After Beating Him 42-0: "Fuck You"
Washington State thumped Idaho 42-0 last night in what was yet another pointless NCAA football blowout, but the game in Pullman at least had some postgame fireworks—thanks to the head coaches, who had to be separated. ...

UCLA Pays Tribute To Nick Pasquale, Runs First Play With Ten Men
UCLA opened tonight's game against New Mexico State with a symbolic absence: that of receiver Nick Pasquale, who died Sept. 8 when he was hit by a car while walking....

Do New England Fans Still Trust Bill Belicheck?
That's the question posed for Boston Globe Magazine. Glenn Stout, Leigh Montville, Rodney Harrison, are Bill Littlefield, are among those with answers. ...

This Is The Ballsiest Onside Kick Attempt We've Ever Seen
With eight minutes remaining in their bout at Akron, Louisiana-Lafayette scored a touchdown to take a 28-24 lead. Their kicker then proceeded to do something either very stupid or very awesome: he attempted an onside kick to himself, and succeeded....

Texas QB David Ash Throws Ball Away, Drills KSU Staffer In The Face
If anything encapsulates the Texas season thus far (and, in a way, Kansas State's) it's this play from early on in tonight's poopfest in Austin....

How Active Players Are Protesting The NCAA Today
A small group of players scattered across college football are protesting the NCAA by wearing the letters "APU" on their uniforms today. The letters stand for All Players United, a slogan created by the player advocacy group National Collegiate Players Association....

Tennessee-Florida: The Full First Half Lowlight Reel
Today's premier SEC bout in Gainesville between the Volunteers and Gators has been terrible for the game of football. Fortunately, it's been great for those who enjoy football follies....