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Oh Man, The Lakers Are In Big, Big Trouble
Yep, the Lakers really are going with this whole "play terrible basketball on purpose" thing. Last night against the Rockets, they attempted 10 three-pointers as a team—two more than Houston's Trevor Ariza fired up by himself—and sent the Rockets to the free-throw line 50 times. They did both of t...
Kobe And Dwight Howard Talk Shit To Each Other, Get Double Technicals
Dwight Howard left the Lakers a season ago, but because of Kobe Bryant's achilles injury, the two haven't played against each other since their ill-fated partnership blew up in everybody's face. If you thought things between the two were all good, well, you don't know Kobe Bryant very well....
Player Bitten By "Lucky" Dog On The Field Wants To Name It "Suárez"
They really need better security in these South American soccer stadiums. Dogs just keep finding their way out on the field....
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
If you don't know from Billy Lee Brammer and his brilliant novel about Dallas politics, The Gay Place, welp, here's your chance. Dig in to these two Texas Monthly features:...
Dear America: Quit Flipping Out About Gluten
"A third of American adults say that they are trying to eliminate [gluten] from their diets," reports The New Yorker, in a long feature about our culture's weirdening relationship with this common protein composite. This is insane. Americans are insane....
Legalize Josh Gordon
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Family Searching For Man Who Disappeared At Broncos Game (UPDATE)
A group of Broncos fans are searching for a family member who they say disappeared while attending Thursday night's Broncos game in Denver. Paul Kitterman, a 53-year-old man from Kremmling, Col., went to the game with his son and two friends, but disappeared after leaving his seat at halftime....
Nick Foligno Stretchered Off After Head, Neck Crushed By Linesman
A freak accident caused a delay today in Los Angeles as visiting Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno suffered a head or neck injury when he crashed into linesman Shane Heyer, who had sat atop the boards in an attempt to get out of the way of Kings and Blue Jackets players....
Get It? Because They're Playing BYU.
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Darren Rovell Is A Damned Snitch
Here's ESPN's Darren Rovell's take on the adorable, potentially post-coital selfie of Notre Dame receiver Justin Brent with famed adult actress Lisa Ann:...
Browns WR Exiles 2-Year-Old Son From House For Liking Bengals
Andrew Hawkins played three seasons for the Bengals, but he signed with the Browns this offseason. The wide receiver had to uphold the AFC North rivalry after Hawkins's two-year-old son said his favorite players were Bengals receivers Mohamed Sanu and A.J. Green....
Out-On-His-Feet Chargers Player Swears He Wasn't Concussed
Sometimes a concussion doesn't knock a player out, or even down. In the video above, keep an eye on Charges safety Jahleel Addae, No. 37, coming in from the left side of the screen. And keep in mind that he says it wasn't a concussion....
Peyton Manning Has Had It With The Broncos' Scoreboard Operator
Peyton Manning was his usual brilliant self last night's win, tossing for 286 yards and three TDs in what eventually turned into a rout of San Diego. But, ever the perfectionist, he showed his anger both during and after the game with the guy controlling the scoreboard at Mile High....
Notre Dame WR Takes Cute Selfie In Bed With Porn Star Lisa Ann
Here's a photo a tipster sent us of two people seemingly enjoying each other's company in bed together. One of them is Justin Brent, a freshman wide receiver for Notre Dame. The other is Lisa Ann, a decorated porn star most well-known for her role as Serra Paylin in Who's Nailin' Paylin? Last night ...
Police: Broncos Safety Punched Cab Driver, Tried To Hide In Mulch
John Boyett, a former Colts safety who was arrested in Sept. 2013 while yelling, "You can't arrest me, I'm a Colts player," was arrested Wednesday in a Denver suburb after the Broncos practice squad player's outing at a bar ended with him allegedly trying to hide from police by covering himself in m...
Branden Oliver Is San Diego's New, Improved Darren Sproles
The Chargers looked stacked at running back before the season started. Ryan Mathews would lead, Danny Woodhead would find some carries and work as a frequent pass-catcher, and Donald Brown would do... something—So nice to have you, Donald! By Week 5, Mathews, Woodhead, and Brown were sidelined by in...
Kevin Kolb Is Still Messed Up From Concussions
Former NFL quarterback Kevin Kolb gives The MMQB an as-told-to today, and it's weird to think of him as a "former" anything already. But a series of concussions ended his career and righteously fucked with his body and his brain, and it sounds like a good thing he called it quits when he did....
Jeanie Buss Goes In On "Losers" Who Don't Want To Play With Kobe
Things aren't going so great for the Los Angeles Lakers right now. Their head coach is dead set on implementing a caveman brand of basketball that may very well turn the Lakers into the worst team in the NBA, and a recent story by ESPN's Henry Abbott painted Kobe Bryant as a self-sabotaging sociopat...