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This Is One Of The Worst Blown Calls You'll Ever See In A Football Game
Here's a clip from last night's Ohio-Buffalo game, in which one of the referees completely craps the bed on an intentional grounding call....
Officials Completely Miss Game-Winning Goal
The Sabres are very, very bad. The Sharks are very, very good. So for Buffalo to even take San Jose to overtime and gain a point was a moral victory. The Sabres got a real victory too, but only because everyone in the arena somehow missed the Sharks pretty clearly putting the puck over the line in o...
Hooters Responds, Will Throw Free Party For Middle School Football Team
Yesterday, we wrote about Corbett Middle School's football team, and specifically, head coach Randall Burbach's failed crusade to have his team's end of season awards dinner at the Hooters in Jantzen Beach, Oregon.We wrote about a man fighting for the rights of 12-year-old boys to gawk, unabashed, u...
Buffalonian Does Civic Duty, Votes Kiko Alonso For Every Single Office
It's Election Day in America, that rare and hallowed opportunity for constituents to turn the wheels of democracy, make the country a better place, and for at least one concerned citizen, impress the #BillsMafia by throwing away his vote....
Football Players Hate Each Other More Than You Think
We were sitting around in Jimmy's* room one night during second semester and Jimmy told me I had to have a nickname. I was excited for this. I really wanted a nickname. I thought having a nickname would make me cool as shit. Maybe my nickname would be Margarita, which kind of sounded like my last na...
Report: Richie Incognito Called Jonathan Martin A "Half-Nigger"
More light has been shed on the nature of Miami Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito's harassment of his teammate, Jonathan Martin, and it's just as ugly as you expected....
Blind Faith
Today we'll celebrate The Best American Sports Writing 2013. Here's the story that kicks it off, Karen Russell's GQ feature, "The Blind Faith of the One-Eyed Matador":...
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Report: Miami Dolphins' Bullying Not Limited To Jonathan Martin [UPDATE]
Since second-year offensive lineman Jonathan Martin's "emotional breakdown" on Thursday, there's been more reporting about the atmosphere in the Miami Dolphins' locker room, and the circumstances that may have contributed to Martin leaving the team. The details are ugly....
This Graduation Photo Of Rex And Rob Ryan Is Fantastic
The NFL Network's upcoming retrospective on Rex and Rob Ryan's playing days at Southwest Oklahoma State will air Sunday morning. To promote it, network is circulating this photo. We can't believe there's much more to see besides the matching mustaches, the matching mullets, and Buddy in a white suit...
Taj Gibson Has A Strange Happy Face
It's not every day your backup power forward hits a buzzer beater, albeit to end the first quarter, so we'll cut him some slack if he doesn't yet have the Kobe ice grill committed to muscle memory. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images...
On A Miserable Shooting Night, Derrick Rose Hits The One That Counts
Other than the fact that he can't shoot, Derrick Rose looks great. He's running around the court like he didn't take an entire season off. His footwork and athleticism are impeccable. Yes, the 18 months of rust is obvious—Rose is shooting 29 percent over his first two games, and has turned the ball ...
Idaho Sportscaster Does Entire Segment As Ron Burgundy
Sports director Paul Gerke of KIVI in Boise went all out for Halloween, delivering his full sports segment as Ron Burgundy. Local news is a lawless place....
Gerald McCoy: Coaches Were Angry Because I Helped An Opponent Up
Sorry, Gerald McCoy, but as long as you're a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, don't respect your opponent....
Why haven't the Bucks opened at home in 29 years? Not since 1984, the year before Herb Kohl bought the team, has Milwaukee opened an NBA season in Milwaukee. It's not a coincidence; the NBA season opens during the week, and the Bucks want their home opener on a weekend for better attendance. [WSJ]...
Pascal Dupuis Pulls Out His Own Tooth
You should probably go ahead and not watch this if you're squeamish. Yes, the tooth was part of a bridge, so the pain might have been minimal, but self-dentistry is never pleasant....
Tim McCarver Says Farewell. That's Another Word For Goodbye, Which Is A Thing People Say When They're Parting Ways.
Tim McCarver signed off for the last time on Fox last night. In the video above, Joe Buck says "I love you" three times. McCarver's last word on a national broadcast is "ditto." Let's all be nice and remember there was a time when McCarver was actually really very good....
<em>Dallas Buyers Club</em> Is Gay History For Straight People
In his blistering, deeply moving Grantland essay about 12 Years A Slave, Wesley Morris lays waste to decades of white-guilt piety in films about racism and slavery—A Time To Kill, Cry Freedom, Glory—in a single sentence: "They've been appeals to white audiences by white characters talking to other w...