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Caleb Williams gives advice to younger self ahead of Heisman ceremony

The Champ In The Arena: R.I.P. DMX, who gave sports the best hype music in hip-hop historyThere are a minimal amount of true one-of-ones this planet has ever produced, and DMX is on that short list....

Mike Perry's Nose Was Thoroughly Fucked Up By A KneeVicente Luque took a split decision over Mike Perry in Saturday’s UFC card in Uruguay, and the aftermath to the loser’s face was brutal. The turning point of the match was when Luque split Perry’s guard with a jumping right knee and crushed Perry’s nose....

Boxer Badou Jack Suffered A Truly Gruesome Facial Injury [Graphic]

Light heavyweight boxer Badou Jack lost to the undefeated Marcus Browne in a unanimous decision in the co-main event of Pacquiao vs. Broner on Saturday night, though it’s impressive he went the distance after suffering a nasty freak injury. In the seventh round, Jack and Browne smacked heads, which ...

Old Man Wayne Rooney Suffers Dearly For That MLS Life

Wayne Rooney scored his first MLS goal Saturday night, in his fourth match with DC United. The goal came in the 33rd minute of United’s match at home against Colorado—after the ball sort of chaotically pinged around in the midfield, United triggered a quick attacking move and Rooney finished it off ...

Tattoos Are Great But Kinda Gory, Yeah?

This is your post-tattoo cleanup guide....

Nick Ritchie Tags Viktor Arvidsson With The Mark Of The Beast

Viktor Arvidsson headed to the bench bearing a crimson R upon his forehead after being boarded by Anaheim’s Nick Ritchie. That’s great, but let us know when one of the Russian guys pulls this off in Cyrillic. ...

Homer-Smacking Eric Thames Isn't Worried About Drug Tests Because He Has "A Lot Of Blood And Urine"

Home run hero Eric Thames spent last week abusing Reds pitching and mashing big taters, and he picked right back up where he left off this week, smacking three more cuadrangulares in the past two games. He now has eight home runs in six games against the Reds and 11 on the year....

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Zach Werenski Bleeds All Over The Place While Penguins Celebrate Tying Game Up

Zach Werenski sacrificed his face to stop a Phil Kessel shot, only to see the Penguins score anyway moments later as Bryan Rust got the puck past Sergei Bobrovsky while blood poured from the Blue Jackets defenseman’s visage. It’s bad times in Columbus, as Pittsburgh has tied it up 3-3....

by Timothy Burke|gross

|04/16/2017

How To Survive A Blood Test, For The Squeamish Wuss-Bag (You)

A flustered, stuttering phlebotomist once pointed out to me that men, left to nature, would never get a glimpse of their own blood except for in instances of trauma, and that this probably explains why men are notoriously squeamish about having their blood drawn. He told me this while I was leaning ...

by Chris Thompson|blood

|03/31/2017

Look At What They Did To My Boy

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by Timothy Burke|the daily screencap

|02/25/2017

Trevor Bauer Exits Game 3 After His Finger Liquefies On The Mound

Trevor Bauer tried to pitch in Game 3 of the ALCS this evening despite a fucked up finger. He made it 21 pitches and two outs into the game before the dam burst and he started bleeding everywhere. His hand looks like art from “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.”...

by Patrick Redford|trevor bauer

|10/17/2016

Neymar Is Bleeding Profusely

Neymar came off late in Brazil’s match against Bolivia tonight, not because the reigning Olympic champions were winning by a large margin—which they were—but because the Barcelona star suffered an injury that made his head bleed like Gretzky. ...

by Timothy Burke|injuries

|10/06/2016

You're A Bag Of Blood, Give Some Away

Several times a year—five if I can—I get stuck by a needle. A friendly hand hunts the crooks of both my elbows for a vein fat enough to poke, swabs it down with iodine, and dabs the spot with a marker as if it were a treasure map. Depending on whether or not I’m in the mood for sterile and unthreate...

by Giri Nathan|blood donation

|06/27/2016

Paul Emmel's Head Cracked Open By Bat

Jefry Marte lost the handle on his bat late in tonight’s loss to the A’s, and it delivered an enormous gash to umpire Paul Emmel’s head. Emmel left the game, leaving a shorthanded crew to call the final out....

by Timothy Burke|ouch

|06/24/2016

That's Not Good

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by Timothy Burke|the daily screencap

|04/29/2016

Curling Injury Much More Gruesome Than You Would Expect Curling Injury To Be

2006 Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue was rushed to a hospital today in Nova Scotia after a fall left him gushing blood all over the ice at the Grand Slam of Curling....

by Timothy Burke|curling

|10/31/2015

Figure Skaters Crash Into Each Other's Faces; One Later Busts Ass

At the Lexus Cup of China, the International Skating Union's Grand Prix of Figure Skating, there was a real humdinger of a bell-ringer between China's Han Yan and Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu in warmups. YouTube shows both men gliding backwards at concussion-ready speeds and turning into one another, chin...

by Sam Eifling|Lowlight Reel

|11/08/2014

Zenit Player's Face Was A River Of Blood After Getting Kneed In Head

Unlike Antonio Valencia yesterday, Zenit's Tomas Hubocan was looking more Jake LaMotta than Rocky after Robert Lewandowski opened a vein with an unfortunately well-timed knee to the side of the head. Soccer is a blood sport....

by Billy Haisley|is he dead?

|03/20/2014