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Bob Costas On New Olympic Snowboarding Events: "<em>Jackass</em> Stuff"
Bob Costas irritated the snowboarding crowd yesterday on Today, calling the sport's new events in the 2014 Olympics "Jackass stuff."...
The Paranoid And Obsessive Life Of A Mid-Level Bookie
Check out Doug Brown's fine profile for Cleveland Scene:...
Tim Tebow Predicted Florida State To Win 35-31
Just before kickoff, when tasked by Rece Davis to predict a final score in tonight's BCS Championship game, ESPN's Tim Tebow predicted the Seminoles would win 35-31. He was only off by one point....
Do You Drink Too Much? Here's How You Can Tell
Now that the holidays are over, a bit of reflection is in order. The days were short, the nights long, and the awkward, forced social interactions all too frequent. Many of us breezed through uncomfortable office holiday parties or family dinners with the aid of alcohol; some drank too much, others ...
The Grim, Coppish Concerns And Macho Sketchiness Of Paul Lo Duca
This is part of an ongoing series in which, with the help of friends and associates, we're reviewing the merits—and relative lack of merits—of the players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot. All entries in the series can be found here....
NFL Films Taught Us How To Watch Football
Rich Cohen's great portrait of Ed and Steve Sabol:...
1966 "Lost" Interview with Ali: Found
Over at the dope site, Blank on Blank. ...
What The Hell Was This Five-Minute ESPN Infomercial For Tim Tebow?
This morning's Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN found itself traversing very odd ground as panelist Trent Dilfer presented a package on what a great job Trent Dilfer did at making new ESPN hire Tim Tebow awesome at playing quarterback. How awesome? "Tom Brady" awesome, if you believe ESPN....
Ok. St.'s Final Possession Was Alternatingly Electric And Maddening
For three quarters, the Cotton Bowl was a defensive game. In the fourth quarter, both offensives exploded and began trading touchdowns. The fire inside Gus Johnson that had been contained all night, was slowly rising for what we surely all knew was going to happen. Missouri took a 34-31 lead with t...
Teams In The Orange Bowl Don't Make Any Money, And Other Lies
Originally published on Sportsgeekonomics....
"I'd Do It Again If I Had To": Bama Mom Speaks
We've heard Michael Connolly's version of the events that lead to Bama Mom leaping onto a group of Oklahoma fans and into our hearts, but now we finally have Bama Mom's side. Most importantly, she wants to apologize to Nick Saban....
Bama Mom Flashes Double-Bird Before Dive-Bombing Oklahoma Bro
Every superhero has an origin story. Turns out Michael Connolly was pretty dead-on about the flying lady and her son. ...
Orange Bowl Halftime Show Features Middle Finger, Terrible Singing
We'd suggest Dierks Bentley created quite the scandal when he flipped off ESPN's cameras during halftime of tonight's Orange Bowl, but by the time he reached this point in his performance any remaining viewers had switched over to the Cotton Bowl on Fox....
Braxton Miller Celebrates TD Like LeBron James
He took LeBron's leg press celebration and added a smooth-ass ball flip....
Oklahoma State <i>Just</i> Missed This Field Goal
Sports played inside a dome might look like hot garbage, but the acoustics are amazing....
Evander Holyfield Is On <em>Celebrity Big Brother</em>, And Has A Big Fan
Former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield is still struggling a bit financially, so he's the newest member of the house on a British version of Celebrity Big Brother. (He's such a celebrity that Metro had to run a "Who is Evander Holyfield? piece. Actually, wait.) At least one fan in the au...
Flying Bama Mom Attacked OU Fan In Front Of Her Kids
The video of a female Alabama fan attacking an Oklahoma dude at the Sugar Bowl was enjoyable enough without context. But, for those who want it, the Oklahoma bro who was attacked shared some details....