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Duke's Most Hateable Player Trips Another Opponent
Surely there is a facility in some shadowy corner of the Research Triangle where they produce these monsters, and Grayson Allen is just the latest in a long line of Blue Devils seemingly designed to make you angry. The Duke guard is very, very good, of course, leading the team in scoring with so man...

José Bautista Knows Exactly How Much He's Worth
After a breakout 2010 season at the ripe age of 29, the Toronto Blue Jays signed José Bautista to a five-year, $65-million contract, with a team option for a sixth year. By any standard, Bautista—who has been named an All-Star for six straight seasons—has dramatically outplayed his contract. To give...

Grayson Allen Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Annoying, Competent Dookies
Here’s Duke sophomore Grayson Allen’s line from today’s narrow loss to Louisville: 29 points (a game-high) on just 12 shots, five turnovers, six fouls (yes, six), one technical, one fight, one of the most audacious shots of the year. That’s a near-perfect, box score-sized encapsulation of Allen, the...

Sabres' Dave Legwand Scores On The Blue Jackets From Goddamn Mars
Dave Legwand was just trying to get this puck the hell out of his half so he could end his penalty-killing shift, but he messed around and zapped a goal past rookie Blue Jackets keeper Joonas Korpisalo....

Scrappy Upstart Duke Upsets North Carolina, Is Probably Good Again
Twentieth-ranked Duke knocked off fifth-ranked North Carolina 74-73 in Chapel Hill, as North Carolina inexplicably couldn’t win a game they probably should’ve....

Unranked Duke Knocks Off Virginia With Grayson Allen Buzzer-Beater
Grayson Allen’s buzzer-beater lifted the lowly, unranked Duke Blue Devils past seventh-ranked Virginia in a stunning upset. Allen finished with 15 points, seven boards, and seven assists in helping Duke overcome a three-point halftime deficit....

Duke Guard Grayson Allen Purposely Trips Opponent
Now that Duke is unranked for the first time since 2007, you might be struggling to come up with reasons to hate Coach K’s band of floor-slapping turds. Thankfully, Grayson Allen is here to throw you a bone:...

The Blue Jays Are Getting A Dirt Infield
The era of the sliding pit is officially over. The Toronto Blue Jays, the last team in baseball to feature an artificial infield with dirt sliding pits around each base, have announced that they will install a real dirt infield before next season....

Asked To Score Goal So Girl Can Get Puppy, Cam Atkinson Scores Three
One day after a Senators fan asked Bobby Ryan to score a goal for puppy-related reasons, a Blue Jackets fan asked winger Cam Atkinson to score on her birthday so she could get a dog. She chose the right player....

Where Are They Going? Why Are They Running?
Syracuse beat Duke tonight in Durham, giving the Blue Devils its first three-game losing streak against unranked teams since the 1960s. As soon as the final buzzer sounded, these young men went running. Who are they? Why are they in such a hurry? We have so many questions....

Fans Chant "Kroenke Sucks" As Blues And Cardinals Send A Message From St. Louis
As of this week, St. Louis is a two-sport town. Both of those franchises were represented at the puck drop for last night’s Blues-Hurricanes game, offering a show of solidarity, but the fans added a little extra message of their own for the owner of their former football team....

Brandon Ingram Dunks It Over And Through A Pair Of Defenders
Man, if you wanna stop your teammates from getting jammed on, maybe do more than just sort of put your hands up and chest at Brandon Ingram?...
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Duke Wins Pinstripe Bowl After Would-Be Indiana FG Ruled No Good [UPDATE]
Indiana kicker Griffin Oakes’s overtime field goal went wide right, ruled officials, giving Duke its first bowl win since 1961 as the Blue Devils claimed the Pinstripe Bowl trophy at Yankee Stadium....

Should The Blue Jays Have Tried To Keep David Price?
The Red Sox signed David Price to a massive seven-year, $217 million contract. We soon learned that the Cardinals were in second, more than $30 million behind. And the Blue Jays, who said all the right things about hoping to keep their lefty ace who, acquired at the trade deadline, led the team to a...

Angry Manager Hurls Third Base Into A Beer Garden
This clip is made all the better by the Australian commentary....

The Blues And Blackhawks Scored 10 Damn Goals In Two Periods
We get emails. Today’s email, from Mikhail, is a perfectly acceptable one:...

ACC Suspends Officiating Crew That Allowed Miami To Beat Duke
The Atlantic Coast Conference has suspended both the on-field officiating crew and the replay official for allowing Miami’s game-winning kickoff return to stand during last night’s game against Duke....

Miami's Miracle Walk-Off Kick Return, As Called By Hurricanes Radio Announcers
Another week, another shocking play the likes of which no one has ever seen; tonight, Duke fell victim to the whims of fate, and once again we’re here to bring you the action as called by home announcers....

You Frickin' Blew It, Royals Santa
All right, this is the moment! I’ve been hangin’ out here alllll night, sweatin’ bullets in my blue Santa outfit, and now I’m about to get on TV! Here comes the reporter! Okay, just gonna play it cool. Gonna be real chill. Gotta remember not to curse, though!...
