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Root For The Blue Jays In The Playoffs
The unruly Bat Flip Boys are at it again. A year after bashing their way through the AL East and into the hearts of scalawags everywhere, the Toronto Blue Jays have made the playoffs (or at least the watered down, expanded version of the playoffs) in consecutive years for the first time since winnin...
Idiots Argue Modern Ballplayers Are Fat In Stupid <i>USA Today</i> Op-Ed
Two professors and the CEO of a weight-loss company published an op-ed in USA Today—based on their recently published research letter—arguing that the vast majority of baseball players are too fat, and that they “owe it to themselves and to the children who look up to them as role models” to get in ...
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Local ESPN Radio Station To Drop ECU Game After Band Protest [Update]
Members of the East Carolina marching band took a knee during the playing of the national anthem prior to Saturday’s game between the Pirates and visiting Central Florida. In addition to being booed and heckled throughout the game, the band and football team are being boycotted by a local ESPN radi...
Root For The Baltimore Orioles In The Playoffs
The Baltimore Orioles gave up their chance at a glorious regular season in fits and starts, but mostly in one four-day span from Sept. 19-22, when they hosted the first-place Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards for a four-game series in which they were swept, losing by scores of 5-2, 5-2, 5-1, and 5-3. W...
Do Assholes Know They’re Assholes?<em></em>
Before we get into the Funbag, are you going to New York Comic Con? Of course you are! All the best nerds are gonna be there: Lewis, Gilbert, Booger, Wormser, etc. And I’ll be there tomorrow, too. So come on by the Penguin booth at 10:00 am and get a ticket for a free copy of The Hike (I’ll sign it ...
Baylor Title IX Coordinator Resigns; Two More Women Join Class-Action Lawsuit
Baylor Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford resigned from her post Monday, according to a university press release. Crawford had been with the school as the head coordinator since 2014—the position was vacant for over three years prior to her hiring, and from 2008-2011, the school reported zero sexua...
How Long Until The NFL's Hard-On For Personal Fouls Ruins A Game?
Even if you believe that Odell Beckham Jr.’s tendency toward emotional outbursts has rightfully earned him extra scrutiny from NFL referees, the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he was hit with last night was pretty confounding:...
The Jets Have Bigger Problems Than Ryan Fitzpatrick
This is not what the Jets envisioned when they finally ended their very long and very weak standoff with Ryan Fitzpatrick. All they needed was a competent quarterback who could score a few points and let the defense win games, and Fitzpatrick seemed to fit the bill. The best-case scenario for the 2...
Penn State Kicker Opens Up About Eating Disorder
Having laid out both Kent State’s Kavious Price and Michigan’s Jourdan Lewis, Penn State kicker Joey Julius has commanded his fair share of attention this season. Monday, the kicker used his new heightened public profile talk about how an undiagnosed eating disorder recently affected him, encouragin...
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Supreme Court Denies Petitions To Hear <i>NCAA vs. O'Bannon </i>[Updated]
Monday morning, the Supreme Court denied requests to hear two appeals brought forth from the O’Bannon vs. NCAA case, in which the Ninth Circuit found college athletics’ ruling institution was again guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. The case had a small chance of being heard by the eight...
Jim Harbaugh And Urban Meyer Reach Dumb Twitter Milestone With Fake Followers
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer became the first college football coach with one million Twitter followers yesterday, a feat he and the university celebrated:...
Todd Gurley Has Nowhere To Run
Remember how excited you were for a full season of Todd Gurley, one of the few running backs in the NFL with the necessary combination of youth, ability, and a team with no pesky passing game, to emerge as one of the NFL’s last true feature backs? Well, the goddamn Rams don’t want you to have nice t...
NBC Made Michele Tafoya Talk About Memes
Sunday night’s Chiefs-Steelers game lost all semblance of competitiveness by the second quarter, but if you stuck around for the dregs of the fourth quarter, you heard NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya talk about the memes of the week....
The Broncos' Defense Is Still Scary Good
There was a moment yesterday when it looked like Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense might be ready to give the Denver Broncos a game. After throwing a pick to Aqib Talib on the opening drive that set the Broncos up with an early 7-0 lead, Winston and the Bucs responded with a 13-pla...
Arsenal Win With Offside Handball On Match's Final Play
An offside Laurent Koscielny knocked the ball into goal with his arms in the match’s final seconds to give Arsenal a 1-0 win at Burnley today in a heroic and successful attempt to keep the Gunners in third place in the Premiership. ...
Georgia Has Issues, But Jacob Eason Makes Some Sweet Fourth-Quarter Throws
In its two losses, Georgia has established plenty of obvious problem areas in need of fixing on both sides of the ball. Although that includes certain facets of Bulldogs rookie quarterback Jacob Eason’s game, it’s worth appreciating that the freshman has steadily been compiling some of the most righ...
Lamar Jackson Got Choked, Lost, And Still Had An Amazing Game
Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers beat Louisville 42-36 Saturday night, but Cardinals QB Lamar Jackson drew the most attention. Determining a Heisman winner this early into the season is foolish, so I won’t, but even the “bad” version of Jackson was fantastic....
Western Michigan Player Collapses After Play Officials Rule Completely Legal
Western Michigan receiver Carrington Thompson needed help getting off the field after a hit left him so dazed he collapsed after trying to walk away from the play:...
UNC Kicker Taunts Florida State With Tomahawk Chop After Nailing Game-Winner
Through three quarters, North Carolina managed to contain Dalvin Cook and the Florida State offense while still being explosive on offense, per usual. This allowed the Tar Heels to head into the final period up 28-14 on the No. 12 Seminoles. UNC ended up needing a miraculous 54-yard field goal from ...
Tennessee Stays Undefeated, Beats Georgia On Hail Mary
Josh Dobbs connected with Jauan Jennings for a 43-yard desperation catch on the game’s final play to once again give Tennessee a win it appeared it had no chance of saving after falling behind Georgia 17-0....