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The Cowboys Still Won't Commit To Dak Prescott
Rookie QB Dak Prescott has a seven-game track record that should be more than enough to secure him the starting job. Yet the Cowboys are still taking things week by week, refusing to make the choice until there actually is a choice. Prescott will be the starter next week against the Browns, owner Je...
FYI: HBO Shows Are Not Real
It’s great to see people speaking out passionately for social justice. So it pains me to tell you that you’ve accidentally been directing that passion towards a world that is total fiction. ...
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Jimbo Fisher Lays Into ACC Officials After Losing To Clemson [Update]
Third-ranked Clemson rallied late to edge No. 12 Florida State Saturday night, 37-34, and stay undefeated. FSU head football coach Jimbo Fisher wasn’t upset with the Tigers as much as he was at the penalties called by ACC officiating....
Juan Manuel Lopez Knocks Out Wilfredo Vazquez, Then Starts Fighting Other People<em></em>
A grudge match between two former Puerto Rican world champions ended with the winner brawling with the loser’s trainer after Juan Manuel López knocked out Wilfredo Vazquez and proceeded to trade blows with Vazquez’s corner man....
Welcome To <i>Hardball III</i>, I'm Al Michaels
In 1992, Accolade released the most advanced baseball game yet developed: Hardball III, featuring actual commentary from Al Michaels—an incredible feat for its day. So we updated the rosters and are simulating tonight’s World Series Game 4, LIVE: ...
World Series Game 3: The <i>Baseball Stars</i> Simulation
We pulled out the ol’ NES and updated rosters to simulate tonight’s World Series game in Baseball Stars, LIVE:...
Making Football Safer Makes It Worse<em></em>
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here. ...
Bob Diaco Fails To Keep His Cool As He Defends UConn's Manufactured Football Rivalry
The Central Florida Knights beat the Connecticut Huskies Saturday in the college football rivalry game known as the Civil ConFLiCT, and earned the right to take home the trophy. UCF passed, instead leaving the prize on a bench. On Tuesday, UConn head coach Bob Diaco, who established the artificial e...
College Football Coaches Are Getting Insane Buyout Clauses
Here’s a tip for college football fans whose favorite teams may or may not fall on hard times at some point in the near future: don’t bother ranting about how the coach needs to be fired, because there’s a good chance the school can’t afford to do so. ...
The Sub2 Project Takes Credit For Kenenisa Bekele's Near-World Record Marathon<em></em>
Ethiopian Almaz Ayana set a new world record of 29 minutes 17.45 seconds in the women’s 10,000 meters at the Rio Olympics. About a month later, fellow Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele sped through the streets of Berlin, covering 26.2 miles in 2:03:03. That’s just six seconds shy of the world record, and a ...
Let's Talk About MONOPSONY
In the wake of AT&T’s newly planned mega-merger with Time Warner, it’s a great time to discuss—what?—MONOPSONY, a funny word describing what happens when an employer has too much power in the marketplace. Sounds familiar......
Former Indiana Player Alleges Bobby Knight Punched Him In Head, Squeezed Players' Testicles
Basketball coaches and books, man. ...
Andrew Bogut Dunked On, This Time On Twitter <em></em>
Dallas Mavericks and former Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut’s political beliefs are exactly what you would expect them to be. He complains about the rappers, cars, and the bling bling in the NBA; goes on random right-wing podcasts; is anti-workers rights; and frequently tweets profoundly u...
Faster Is Better For The Suddenly Excellent Matt Stafford
Matthew Stafford is in his eighth season in the NFL. He’s lost Calvin Johnson to retirement, and thanks to injuries he’s currently without his top three running backs and his top two tight ends. Yet Stafford is having the best season of his career, a potentially MVP-caliber year, and it’s being trea...
Working At A University Is No Picnic
The Harvard dining hall worker strike is over. About time! In honor of this historic confluence of gilded academia and low-wage workers, let’s hear some true stories of what it’s like working a normal job at a nice college....
Brett Favre's Vikings Had A "Bounty" Program Too
This excerpt from Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre by Jeff Pearlman is reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Buy it here. ...
Bobby Bowden Rambled For A Few Minutes At A Trump Rally Tonight
Legendary former FSU football coach Bobby Bowden spoke at a rally for Donald Trump this evening in Tampa. He mostly talked about the importance of having a strong military, and asked the crowd “Aren’t you getting tired of these other nations embarrassing us?”...
Las Palmas' Exquisite Team Goal Will Make You Drool
A chipped through ball. A volleyed backheel assist. A leaping, volleyed scissor-kick for a shot. Goals don’t get much better than this....
Idiots Who Run Harvard Are Flubbing This Strike Like We All Knew They Would
Almost three weeks ago, Harvard, the schmanciest and richest college in America, let its low-wage dining hall workers go on strike. This move, we boldly said at the time, was very stupid. So how’s it going? ...