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Baseball's Clown Prince
That'd be Max Patkin, who was profiled by Steve Wulf for SI back in 1988:...
Hear The Auburn And Georgia Radio Calls Of The Tigers' Hail Mary
A deflected 73-yard heave with 25 seconds left gave Auburn the win over Georgia at home on Saturday. Verne Lundquist was rendered speechless. The radio crews calling the game for the respective schools? Not so much....
CBS Broadcast Shows Fan Falling From Upper Deck At Ralph Wilson Stadium
Two people were hurt when a man fell from the third deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium during today's Jets-Bills game, and CBS's camera caught the incident while most viewers were away at commercial....
Buffalo Fan Twerking For Bills Would Not "Make Mom Proud"
One enterprising Bills fan was dancing for a few fans during today’s game. It earned her some money. That was a smart business decision, but according to the Bills’ rules of conduct, she would not “Make Mom Proud.”...
Steelers Sabotage Lions' Obnoxious Pregame Dance Session
Before today's Lions-Steelers game, Pittsburgh let some of its opponents know that their pregame music hype session was goddamn annoying....
Female Fan Receives, Sniffs Rugby League Player's Dirty Shorts
After a World Cup quarterfinal match against France, England rugby league player Sam Burgess took off his game shorts and gave them to an excited female fan. She was so elated to get Burgess's post-match shorts that she took a big whiff of them....
Flag Rips In Buffalo During National Anthem
That's it Bills, get out. You're officially Toronto's problem now. ...
Watch Auburn Beat Georgia With An Improbable, Insane Hail Mary
Moments after Georgia's Aaron Murray rushed in a touchdown to give the Bulldogs the lead late, Auburn receiver Ricardo Louis caught a 73-yard Hail Mary pass tipped into the air by UGA defenders and gave the Tigers an improbable win that keeps their SEC championship hopes alive....
Report: MLB's A-Rod Witch Hunt Hamstrung A State Investigation
There are already plenty of reasons to call bullshit on Major League Baseball's crusade against Alex Rodriguez, but here's another one....
Joakim Noah Hits The Town In A Really Neat Hat
Reader Andrew sends along this picture of Bulls center Joakim Noah, taken outside of Paris Club in Chicago. It's nice to see that Noah understands how important it is to keep his head warm during these cold winter months....
Football Coach Arrested For Vandalizing Own School To Inspire Team
The football rivalry between Marion County and South Pittsburg, both outside of Chattanooga, is a fierce one. But two weeks ago, the morning before the big game, Marion County discovered its fieldhouse covered in vulgar graffiti insulting the school, and including South Pittsburg's logo. But a polic...
MLB Approves Instant Replay; Here's How It Will Work
At the owners' meetings in Orlando yesterday, MLB's 30 owners unanimously approved funding for an extensive instant replay system to be implemented for 2014. From a practical standpoint, this means we now have our first official description of what the system will look like....
Andrew McCutchen Is An MVP (And The Pirates Are No Longer Jagoffs)
Andrew McCutchen was just named the MVP of the National League. And after two decades as a sad punchline, the Pittsburgh Pirates were a playoff team. The Buccos' immediate future looks promising, in no small part because they made sure to lock McCutchen into a long-term contract just as his star beg...
"Make Way For Brother Mike!": When Tyson Left Prison The First Time
Excerpted from A Savage Business. Republished by permission of the author; his postscript follows....
Pens Fans Don't Seem To Grasp The Significance Of Head Injuries
For me, the exclamation point really seals this. But "concussion" is too specific for hockey injuries. A more accurate sign would probably be something like "I want my sex to give you a lower body injury." Something like that....
Why Did Derek Sheely Die?
The Washington Times dives deep into the story of Derek Sheely, a fullback for D3 Frostburg State who died after collapsing during preseason drills two years ago. It's a situation where just about every authority failed this kid, and neither the school nor the NCAA seem particularly keen on getting ...