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FitzMagic Isn't Strong Enough To Make This Pass Legal
Tampa Bay Bucs QB Ryan Fitzpatrick almost made a magical play on a long third down in the first quarter of today’s game against Washington. With the ball at midfield, Fitzpatrick dropped back, did a supernatural job of escaping the pass rush, then took off running before he, uh, threw a forward pass...
Florida's Feleipe Franks Apologizes For Repeatedly Shushing Home Crowd
Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks still held some resentment towards Gators fans after they erupted in applause when backup Kyle Trask came into the game against Missouri last week for the redshirt sophomore. Franks made sure to let his hard feelings known to the home crowd on Saturday not just onc...
Texas Briefly Erases Memories Of Michael Crabtree With Game-Winning Touchdown
It’s been 10 years since Michael Crabtree hauled in the most famous catch of his career, when he scored a 28-yard touchdown in double coverage to put Texas Tech over then-No. 1-ranked Texas in the final seconds of the game. On Saturday, Texas receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey decided to pay tribute to th...
Oklahoma Sooner Schooner RUF/NEK Shows Us The Pain Too Much School Spirit Can Cause
If you were watching the ABC broadcast of the Bedlam Series, you might have missed one of the top highlights of the game as it happened. After No. 6 Oklahoma scored to go up 14-7 on Oklahoma State, the Sooner Schooner made its way out onto the field to celebrate—as it does after every score. This ti...
Report: Zhaire Smith's Rookie Season Gets Delayed Even Further Because Of Complications From A Sesame Seed Allergy
The bite from the 76ers’ rookie injury bug has had substantial lingering effects on Zhaire Smith. The team announced on Friday that Smith’s timetable to return to play would be pushed back further than initially assumed because of complications from an allergic reaction....
Michigan State Made Its Intentional Safety Look Like A Terrible Decision In Just Five Plays
In the final minute of the third quarter, down 7-6, Michigan State intentionally took a safety on fourth down in what was likely a decision to try and give Ohio State worse field position on the ensuing punt than what one kicked from the one-yard line would yield....
Furman Defeats Loyola-Chicago On Game-Winning Baptism
Loyola-Chicago might have began the night celebrating their Cinderella run to the Final Four in last season’s national tournament, but it was the Ramblers who were on the wrong end of a surprise upset on Friday. ...
Report: Jimmy Butler Has Escaped Minnesota And Is Headed To The Sixers
It finally happened. The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers to put one of the most turbulent player sagas of the season behind them. The trade was outlined on Twitter by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe....
New Saints Receiver Dez Bryant Might Have Torn His Achilles At Practice
This really sucks. Two days after Dez Bryant signed a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints, specifically so he could join a good team and prove he was worth a multi-year deal next offseason, he left practice with an injury that might be an Achilles tear, according to multiple reports....
James Conner Is Making It Easy For The Steelers To Wait Out Le'Veon Bell
Le’Veon Bell’s refusal to sign his franchise tender has been an attempt to leverage his value to the Steelers’ offense. Bell is a running back skilled at catching passes and running routes, and he’s been a workhorse for a perennial playoff team with one of the NFL’s most efficient units. As such, Be...
David Fizdale Doesn't Want To Be Tempted By Visions Of A Healthy Kristaps Porzingis
As the Knicks head coach, David Fizdale has been a blessing. He’s gotten creative with his lineups; he’s giving the youth plenty of burn; and he’s not trying to win now with the likes of Lance Thomas and Enes Kanter. He’s taking the long view. So long is his view that Fizdale is not even willing to ...
Cook For Yourself<em></em>
My wife was out for a girls’ night and I was home alone with my three rowdy kids. To my enormous shame, I have yet to get my two younger kids to eat the same shit that my wife and I eat every night. I cook a regular meal, and then my boys eat chicken nuggets or cheese toast or some other garbage. Wi...
Bills Don't Rule Out Yet Another Outbreak Of Nathan Peterman
Nathan Peterman had the best game of his career last Sunday against the Bears. Yes, he threw for three interceptions and no touchdowns as he averaged a horrendous 3.84 yards per attempt on 41 passes, and yes, the Bills lost 41-9, but ... it appears there is no positive point on which to end this se...
Report: Massachusetts High School Cancels Remainder Of Football Season Due To Hazing Investigation
Worcester (Mass.) Technical High School announced Thursday that it had canceled the last two games of its football season as the school and police conduct an investigation into alleged hazing, according to Worcester Magazine....
Marcus Peters Says If Sean Payton Keeps Talking Shit They Will Have A "Nice Lil' Bowl Of Gumbo" Together
If you are not already aware of the fact that Rams cornerback Marcus Peters makes for a fantastic locker-room interview, allow me to rectify that for you....
These Are My Two Favorite Weird NFL Stats
1. Washington has not had a single lead change all season. I did not even conceive that such a thing was possible, but in every single Skins game this season, the team that has scored first has never relinquished that lead, and has gone on to win....
J.D. Martinez Hit So Well This Year, He Won Two Silver Sluggers
The big (dented) trophy was just the beginning of a deluge of hardware for the Red Sox, and they racked up a few more yesterday, with the announcement of the Silver Slugger awards. Boston had three winners: Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, and J.D. Martinez. That is not a typo....
Carmelo Anthony Was Putrid In His Return To Oklahoma City<em></em>
Carmelo Anthony made his return to Oklahoma City tonight as a member of the Rockets, surely bringing back fond memories in Thunder fans’ minds of the time he ... well, he didn’t really do anything on the floor in his year with the franchise besides miss a bunch of shots, but, uh, he shouted some cur...
Even The Cameraman Swooned Over Vince Williams's Pick-Six
The Steelers are enjoying an explosive start to their game against the Panthers tonight, and after a 30-second sequence that saw the teams score a combined 21 points, the excitement proved to be too much for one Fox cameraperson....
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Nine Months After ACL Surgery, Kristaps Porzingis Still Can't Run [Update]
New York Knicks coach David Fizdale provided a very bleak update today about the status of team centerpiece Kristaps Porzingis, who hasn’t played since he tore his ACL in a game against the Bucks on Feb. 6 last season. Even after nine months of recovery, Porzingis still isn’t fully able to run, and—...