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Video: Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher J.A. Happ Hit In Head By Line Drive
In the second inning of tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, J.A. Happ was struck in the head from a line drive hit off of Desmond Jennings. He immediately collapsed, bloodied, and his teammates and medical personnel rushed to his side. ...
ESPN Blunder Leads To Amazing Bob Ley Moment
Bob Ley is the cornerstone of ESPN's journalism credibility. His role at the helm of Outside The Lines has established him as a trusted voice in news, which is why this crazy moment is so very precious....
Child Porn, Pervert Photos, And Other Things TV News Got Wrong In April
We Regret The Error is a monthly feature in which we compile TV news mistakes and the subsequent boilerplate apologies. Here's everything we could find from the month of April....
The Brief Life And Complicated Death Of Tommy Lasorda's Gay Son
Originally published in the October 1992 issue of GQ, as "Tangled Up in Blue." A postscript from the author follows....
Let's Watch Peyton Manning Sing A Johnny Cash Song
This wonderful thing happened at a Children's Hospital gala in Indianapolis, Ind., this Saturday. Country singer Luke Bryan was meant to be the evening's entertainment, but it was Manning who ended up stealing the show....
True Hero Holds Up "Massive Dumps" Sign At Orioles Game
It doesn't make any sense, but it's wonderful....
Jose Reyes's Legs Are The Best Legs But Also The Worst Legs
Jose Reyes isn't on the Mets anymore, but that didn't matter to any Mets fan who, last night, happened to hear or see the sound or sight we'd all become so used to over the first nine years of his career: Something bad had happened to Jose Reyes's legs....
Royals Ball Boy Prevents Rajai Davis From Making Routine Catch
Oh, sure. Everyone's gonna blame the kid for this. They're gonna say Alcides Escobar's foul ball was obviously playable, and that the ball boy was wrong to interfere. But come on. This one's on Rajai Davis. He could have easily made that catch had he called the kid off....
Watch Prince Fielder Beat Out An Infield Single
He steals bases! He can't be caught in a rundown! And ... [grunt] ... now ... [heave] ... he's ... [grunt] ... sprinting ... [gasp] ... for infield singles even when he hits the ball to the right side! [exhale] There's just no stopping Prince Fielder on the base paths. He's this generation's Rickey ...
Dumb Shining Moment: Your 2013 NCAA Tournament Lowlight Reel
Tonight in Atlanta, Louisville and Michigan will battle for the national title in what promises to be a game full of spectacular and heroic plays—some of which will make CBS's "One Shining Moment" highlight reel afterward. Here's a compilation of our favorite March Madness moments from 2013 that wo...
Let's Watch This Drunk Blue Jays Fan Vomit Like A Champ
Man goes to baseball game. Man spends nine innings consuming what must have been copious amounts of alcohol. Man sends forth a river of vomit while trying to leave stadium. Man saunters off like nothing happened. Man probably feels much better....
Season's First Idiot On The Field Slid Into Second Base, Tried To Scale Outfield Wall
This comes from yesterday's Blue Jays game. Keep an eye on the fauxhawked dude in the white shirt bottom left of the video. He's about to take a magical tour of the Rogers Centre....
Will Middlebrooks Had Himself An Afternoon In Toronto
Will Middlebrooks beat the Blue Jays 4-0 on the strength of a three-home run, four-hit afternoon. His second shot, a two-run homer off starter R.A. Dickey in the fifth, was an absolute bomb. ...
It's An Enthusiastic Crowd At Rogers Centre Tonight, Especially These Two Blue Jays Fans Who Got A Bit Handjobby
Blowjob pantomimes are so passé. I mean, you can find them in hockey, in baseball, and even college football. For the new wave, we must look to Canada....
Louisville Beats Duke To Advance To Final Four
Jesus. That was a bizarre game. Louisville beat Duke 85-63 and will advance to Atlanta to play Wichita State. Obviously the tone was set with Kevin Ware's gruesome injury and it's difficult to really remember what happened before it. Lousiville had a 35-32 lead going in to the half and I had to loo...
Here's How Marquette Erased A Six-Point Davidson Lead In The Final Minute And Avoided An Upset
Vander Blue took over in the final moments to lead Marquette past an upset-minded Davidson team today in Lexington, though a brutal blunder on the Wildcats' part sealed their fate as much as the Golden Eagles' suddenly hot shooting....
No Holds Are Barred When It Comes To The Duke-UNC Rivalry, Including Brutal Lacrosse Nutshots
Discussion of the Tobacco Road rivalry between Duke and North Carolina usually focuses on basketball, but the two teams have long had a national presence in men's lacrosse. Both squads are ranked again this season, and last night's 11-8 Blue Devils victory in Chapel Hill wasn't without the bitter, t...
Duke Homer Dick Vitale Not A Duke Homer, According To Duke Homer
Here's a piece in today's Wall Street Journal from Ben Cohen, Duke '10, former Deadspin intern and author of An Illustrated History of Duke Basketball: A Legacy of Achievement, this column on why you shouldn't hate Duke, and this series of columns on why you should like Duke....