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OK, The NFL Draft Has Gone Too Far
This is currently happening outside Radio City Music Hall, where the NFL draft will be starting shortly. These guys are carrying stupid football hats in glass cases like each one of them is the fucking Hope Diamond, and that is just so stupid. Just look at them, smugly posing for photos and walking ...

The Chiefs' Tony Moeaki Wants You To Do Some NFL Draft Trolling
The Kansas City tight end would know about these things. He was drafted late in the third round, at the very end of the second day of the 2010 NFL draft, the first time it was extended to three days. Now he wants you to pass it on. [Twitter]...

Prankster Gets NFL Draft Attendees To Lie About Liking Fake Players
Jimmy Kimmel set the standard for shaming clueless liars when he sent a reporter to Coachella to ask people to talk about completely made-up bands, but this sports-themed version of the same prank comes mighty close to matching its ingenuity. ...

Good News, Thunder Fans Have A New Fight Song To Sing While Shirtless
Nice song, Mathias in Southern California. Nice pecs, too. Keep doing you. ...

Demba Ba's Side-Volley Against Manchester City Is One Of The Best You'll see
In the second half of today's FA Cup semifinal match, Chelsea found themselves 2-0 down against Manchester City, and looked to be headed out of the tournament. Chelsea striker Demba Ba chased down a long pass over the top, and looked to be in on goal until the ball bounced off his left leg. Ba then ...

Royals Ball Boy Prevents Rajai Davis From Making Routine Catch
Oh, sure. Everyone's gonna blame the kid for this. They're gonna say Alcides Escobar's foul ball was obviously playable, and that the ball boy was wrong to interfere. But come on. This one's on Rajai Davis. He could have easily made that catch had he called the kid off....


Russell Westbrook's Awesome Block Leads To Kevin Durant's Scary Dunk
Here, in just over 30 seconds, is a perfect encapsulation of what makes the Oklahoma City Thunder such a frighteningly good team. Not only do they have a point guard who can recover from a defensive lapse with a brutal chase-down block, they also have a small forward who can corral the loose ball, ...

Sweet Dreams, Dunk City: USC Reportedly Hires FGCU's Andy Enfield
According to Sports Illustrated, USC and Dunk City's own Andy Enfield have been negotiating a contract to bring him in as the next men's basketball coach and a deal is expected to be finalized soon....

No Wonder FGCU Lost To Florida, This Was The Follow-Up To Dunk City
Look, it was almost impossible to live up to the greatness of Dunk City Vol. 1: Greatest Dunk City Rap Video Featuring Bambi Ever, but it feels like they didn't even try with this one....

The Lights Go Out On Dunk City: Remembering A Departed FGCU With A Highlight Reel Of All 25 Of Their Postseason Dunks
On Monday, we brought you this video of every FGCU postseason dunk. Tonight, we say goodbye to the Eagles by updating it with the ones they threw down in tonight's loss to Florida. (We also added two from the SDSU game that got edited out of the previous version.)...

Two Residents Of Dunk City Explain How Their Georgetown-Shattering Alley-Oop Came To Be
PHILADELPHIA—I’d like to take you back to a simpler time. Last Friday. Almost dinner. Standing outside the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. Wondering if I should stick around to watch Georgetown blow out a tiny Florida nothing school....

How Ayn Rand Led FGCU To The Sweet Sixteen, Sort Of
Originally published in Bloomberg View...

The FGCU House Of Cards Is Crumbling
The Florida Gulf Coast backlash has begun. Mushnick chimed in this morning and now Sports Illustrated has unearthed a bombshell—take a look at that headline! ...

Thanks To The FGCU Basketball Team, Fort Myers Is Officially Dunk City
The picture above is a screencap from the official website of Fort Myers, Fla., the city that is home to everyone's favorite NCAA tournament team. As you can see in the top left corner, the city is celebrating the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles' Sweet 16 bid by officially branding itself as Dunk City for...

Does Sluggerrr, The Kansas City Royals Mascot, Enjoy Lap Dances? (NSFW)
What you see below is a very NSFW photo of what appears to be Sluggerrr, the Kansas City Royals' mascot, enjoying the view at a party attended by our tipster's buddies. ...


