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Here's What Kentucky's Championship Celebration Sounded Like Over The Lexington Police Scanner
If you weren't tuned in to the Lexington Police Department's radio scanner last night, you missed out on a wild world of sports celebrations that ranged from the violent to the perverse. (The #LexingtonPoliceScanner Twitter hashtag alone was trending worldwide, at one point.) We recorded the whole ...

Real Madrid's Iker Casillas Wiped His Boogers On A Child's Face
Real Madrid's Champions League first leg against APOEL was three days ago, but video is only now emerging of the most exciting thing to happen in that mismatch: Real keeper Iker Casillas wiping his nose, then wiping his hand on the face of one of those kids who lead the players onto the pitch. Nev...

Ernie Els Interview Was Equal Parts Short And Painfully Awkward
Ernie Els was in contention for at least a playoff at the end of the Transitions Championship today at Copperhead Course in Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. Then he reached the final two holes, which he would bogey. He missed a gimme putt on 18 and missed out on a playoff and the champio...

Mario Gomez Had A Messi-Like Four Goals In Yesterday's Champions League Match, But Says "I'm No Messi"
Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez snuffed out Swiss side Basel's underdog dreams in the UEFA Champions League with a four-goal performance yesterday (courtesy a lot of help from Franck Ribery). Coming so soon after Lionel Messi's five-goal CL spectacular, comparisons were inevitable. Nonsense, says Gom...

David Beckham Has Beer Thrown At Him, Freaks Out, Sets Up Late Game-Tying Goal Anyway
L.A. Galaxy star and future action hero David Beckham found himself perturbed late in last night's CONCACAF Champions League tie at Rogers Centre when Toronto fans greeted him for a late corner kick with streamers and, eventually, a can of Heineken Alexander Keith's....

Fear, Defined: PGA Golfer Hits His Drive Directly At You, And You're On Top Of A Crane
Skyjacks and other individuals who make their living at high elevation get paid well because the fear of heights—also known as acrophobia—is far from uncommon. We're also built to avoid hard objects flying at us at high speed, which is why this clip from today's WGC-Cadillac Championship round fro...

Lionel Messi Is The First To Ever Score Five Goals In A Champions League Match
Barcelona made easy work of Leverkusen in the return leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 series, winning 7-1 (10-2 aggregate)—but it was another night to celebrate Lionel Messi, who became the first player to ever score five goals in one Champions League match and the 11th in the histo...

Lawsuit Over Bursting Testicle Alleges Professional Wrestling Is Fake
J-Millz's Coliseum Championship Wrestling match against Guido Andretti ended last June when Andretti kicked him in the nuts. Now J-Millz, whose real name is John Miller, is suing Andretti, whose real name is Clinton Woosley. Miller says his testicle burst as a result of the blow and that he doesn't...

Jordan Jefferson Still Wonders Why LSU Didn't Call Some Different Plays In The BCS Title Game
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bubble screen! Bubble screen! Bubble screen!...

At The Nets' New Arena, Jay-Z Won't Settle For Anything Less Than The Best Champagne And Forks
How much of a stake Jay-Z has a part-owner of the New Jersey Nets is not known. He is, however, prominently involved with the details of the team's plans to move to his native Brooklyn next season—right down to the flatware in the priciest luxury suites. This is how Scott Cacciola starts his story ...

New York Giants At San Francisco 49ers: Your NFC Championship Game Open Thread
Welcome to the last open thread before the Super Bowl. I hope you've enjoyed yourselves and continue to do so down below....

Baltimore Ravens At New England Patriots: Your AFC Championship Game Open Thread
We only have three more of these left and by day's end, just one. Let's cherish our time down in the comments....

Tim Tebow And Nick Saban Pizza Portraiture Is A Thing Now
It goes like this: "in the Tennessee Valley, a Madison pizzeria is going out of the norm to create pizzas in the likeness of football icons." There is little need for further explanation, really. Somewhere in Alabama, pizzeria shop owner "Famous" Joe Carlucci and a high school student have pushed t...

LSU's Jordan Jefferson Smeared His Own Spit On His Face, Which Feels Like A Metaphor For Something
Your morning roundup for Jan. 10, the day we learned extinction is reversible. Video via First Post. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

A Touchdown Was Scored In An LSU-Alabama Game. Here's The Proof.
It took 115 minutes (not counting overtime) of playing each other this season, but a touchdown has finally been scored between Alabama and LSU. You can thank Trent Richardson. [ESPN]...

There's A Four-Letter Word On The Four-Letter Network At The 3-D Party
Well that's unfortunate....

Uncivil: How Paul Finebaum Keeps The SEC's Dixie Aroused
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is the brawniest thing in college football right now, and a scrawny man, Paul Finebaum, sits atop it....

Harvey Updyke Jr. On Bourbon Street, Where There Are No Trees For Him To Poison
Your morning roundup for Jan. 9, the day we learned another way to open a beer bottle. Photo via @IzzyGould. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Watch The Republican Presidential Field Try And Fail To Pretend They Know When The College Football Championship Is Played
Last night's Republican presidential debate moderators, in a gesture of cruelty posing as kindness, asked the candidates to wrap up by saying what they'd rather be doing with this Saturday night, giving them a chance to show off their human sides. If any of these people were human a year ago, thou...

At The World Hockey Juniors, Canada's Mark Visentin Made One Of The More Amazing Saves You'll Ever See
Your morning roundup for Jan. 4, the day we learned being ridiculously rich can be a real drag. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....