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The Patriots Are Returning To The Super Bowl. Barf Barf Barf.
The New England Patriots overcame the loss of Rob Gronkowski and a ten-point second-half deficit to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-20, and return, like the swallows to Capistrano, to the Super Bowl. Fuck this shit....
There Was Violence At The Eagles Tailgate
The Eagles have the late game today, which probably isn’t the best-case scenario for Philadelphia. People have been tailgating since 6 a.m. Maybe earlier. The parking lots were a sea of trash by mid-afternoon....
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Gronk Questionable To Return To AFC Championship After "Head Injury" [Update: He's Out]
Rob Gronkowski left the field in the first half of today’s AFC Championship after absorbing a helmet-to-helmet hit from Jaguars safety Barry Church. Tom Brady’s pass left Gronk in a vulnerable position stretching for the grab, and Church was flagged for unnecessary roughness. Gronk seemed wobbly on ...
Clint Capela, High On Victory, Utters One Sentence Too Many
The Rockets are very good. They’ve got an insane wealth of shooting; they’ve got a deep supply of versatile wings; they’ve got more than enough off-the-bounce shot-creating; they’ve got strong, useful pick-and-roll bigs; they’ve got two of the, oh, six or seven best players in the entire Western Con...
Miami Hurricanes Corner Malek Young Suffers Career-Ending Neck Injury
The Miami Hurricanes announced this afternoon that an injury suffered during the Orange Bowl will end the playing career of standout sophomore cornerback Malek Young, according to a Sun-Sentinel report:...
They’ve Greased Poles In Philadelphia In Preparation For The Eagles Game
People in Philadelphia are nervous today. It’s not just about tonight’s NFC title game against the Minnesota Vikings. They’re nervous what might happen if the Eagles actually win and advance to the Super Bowl....
James Harden Gobbled Up Steph Curry, And It Was Wonderful
The Rockets prevailed over the Warriors Saturday night in a game that featured Houston pulling out to a big early lead, the Warriors surging back in the third quarter, and then an odd and awkward cold finish by the visitors that allowed James Harden to pull some late game magic and bring home the vi...
Say A Prayer For Jakob Poeltl, Whose Soul Now Resides In Hell
Early in Saturday’s tilt in Minnesota it looked like the Raptors might pull away from the home Timberwolves, who were missing Jimmy Butler due to soreness in his right knee. That turned out not to be the case—the Wolves pulled ahead during a lopsided third quarter, and won the second half, and the g...
Bill Murray: Impressed
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Suspended Kansas Freshman Billy Preston To Go Play In Bosnia
After sitting out his team’s first 18 games while the school investigated the “financial picture” around his vehicle, five-star freshman forward Billy Preston is leaving Kansas and going to Bosnia, where he’s signed a contract with BC Igokea....
How The Patriots Could Have Kept Both Jimmy Garoppolo <i>And</i> Tom Brady
However severe the injury to Tom Brady’s throwing hand turns out to be, the mild panic it has generated in the run-up to Sunday’s AFC championship game underscores a reality that is frequently easy to take for granted: Though he may seem like he will play forever, Brady is not indestructible....
Grand Jury Declines To Indict Emmanuel Sanders In Sexual Assault Case
Last week, a grand jury in Harris County, Texas declined to indict Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders on a charge of sexual assault, according to online court records. Sanders had been accused of sexual assault back in the summer, but the investigation was not public knowledge until Thurs...
It’s Been A Very Easy Week To Be An Eagles Fan In The News
Philadelphia seemed already out of Eagles stories when a week ago I read the headline “Eagles Pep Band Ready for Big Game.” Where do you go after a story on whether the four guys who play the Eagles’ fight song after touchdowns are ready for the intensity of a playoff game?...
Tom Brady Wore Gloves To His Presser And Wouldn't Talk About His Hand Injury
Tom Brady wore the gloves again. It is two days before the Patriots play in the AFC title game against the Jaguars....
Saint Mary's Beat Gonzaga And Now They're Not Just Some Weirdos
There’s been no stranger team in the current generation of college basketball than the Jock Landale-led Saint Mary’s Gaels. During Landale’s career (he’s now a senior), the small California school has run an offense that looks straight out of the 1950s. They give it to the tall guy under the basket,...
Let's Just Watch This Cool LeBron James Pass All Day
The Cleveland Cavaliers stink, a few Cavs players really want everyone to know they stink, and hopes of getting it together in time for the playoffs are getting dimmer. Last night, they blew a 23-point lead to the Orlando Magic at home only to be saved by two Isaiah Thomas free throws in the final s...
Yasmany Tomas Arrested After Reportedly Driving 105 MPH On Phoenix Freeway
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Yasmany Tomas was arrested in Phoenix on Thursday morning after police clocked him going 105 mph on a local freeway. He has been accused of reckless driving and criminal speeding....
Joel Embiid Will Pass On Rihanna, Thanks
It’s been more than three years since Joel Embiid offered up this tidbit about his love life, with the woman in question widely thought to be none other than Rihanna, due to his long-standing public crush on her and habit of tweeting about it: ...
MLB Plans To Implement Pace-Of-Play Changes Against Players' Wishes
Over the objections of players, MLB hopes to implement a pitch clock and tighter restrictions on mound visits this season, as first reported by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and then in greater detail by Yahoo’s Jeff Passan....