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Sports Illustrated legal analyst Michael McCann presents a pretty compelling case that the best legal option for Jameis Winston is to drop out of Florida State. ...

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<em>Times</em>: FSU And Tallahassee Police Have Protected Seminoles For Years

The Tallahassee and Florida State University police didn't obstruct only the Jameis Winston investigation, a New York Times investigation has found. In a meaty story published yesterday, the Times details a pattern of half-hearted investigations by police into incidents involving FSU football player...

This Seems Like A Bit Of An Unfair Fight

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"Malzahn Eats Blue Waffles": Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup

Don't Google that. (With help from SEC Nation, because Starkville was a bit disappointing.)...

Report: Jameis Winston To Face FSU Disciplinary Hearing On Rape Charge

ESPN is reporting Florida State officials have informed Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston that he is facing a disciplinary hearing in regard to charges he raped a fellow student in 2012. ...

For Once, Some Accurate Analysis

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Report: FSU And Tallahassee Cops Obstructed Jameis Winston Investigation

Fox Sports has published a story about the handling of the sexual assault allegations against Jameis Winston; we'll surely be unpacking it all weekend. Citing thousands of pages of documents obtained through a series of public records requests, reporter Kevin Vaughan declares that both FSU administ...

America's Best Gymnast Scared Shitless By Bees

Simone Biles, whose performance helped Team USA steamroll over China in the team competition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in Nanning, China, on Wednesday, was nevertheless found vulnerable to bee....

Treon Harris's Accuser Drops Her Sexual Battery Complaint [Update]

The student who accused freshman quarterback Treon Harris of sexual battery has dropped her complaint, the University of Florida said today in a statement. ...

This Is The Best Imported Session Beer

Welcome once again to Drunkspin's Sub-Five-Percent Friday, wherein we recommend a low-potency beer to keep you in the mood but out of trouble. Remember, it's a long weekend, at least as far as the government is concerned, which means court's not open Monday—if you get arrested for something stupid t...

Here's A 6-Foot-11 High School Quarterback

Logan Routt plays quarterback for Cameron High School (W.V.), and, oh yeah, he's 6-foot-11. That part's important....

DeMarco Murray Has Been The NFL's Best Running Back. Can He Keep It Up?

Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray is dominating the NFL right now, leading the league with 670 yards in five games, 210 more than the next guy, Le'Veon Bell. Murray got there on 130 attempts, an absurd number at this point of the season (sad-ass LeSean McCoy is in second place with 94). He's on ...

Man With Patriots Helmet Tattoo Arrested On Synthetic Weed Charges

You may remember Victor Thompson, the man with a Patriots helmet tattooed on his head, from back in 2012. I interviewed him a few days before the Patriots played the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, since he lived roughly 20 minutes from me in New Hampshire. Thompson was in jail at the time for willful co...

Some Fools Are Selling Darren Wilson Cardinals Shirts

Inspired by the dude who taped an "I Am Darren Wilson" sign to the back of his Cardinals jersey before Game 4 of the NLDS, a local group of people who support Darren Wilson—a Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed unarmed teen Mike Brown in August— has decided to start selling handmade sh...

Definitively Proving Existence Of Higher Power, Nike Sues CrossFit

Litigation-loving CrossFit has made a name for itself by suing the balls off anyone that messes with its "brand." Now one CF gym in West Palm Beach is finding out how the other shoe fits after Nike, Inc. has filed an action against the gym for blatantly ripping of its Jordan logo. ...

Trinidad & Tobago Women's Soccer Team Gets Unlikely Help From Haiti

On Wednesday we wrote about the Trinidad & Tobago women's soccer team, which arrived in the U.S. for World Cup qualifying with just about $500 to its name. That wasn't nearly enough to cover the food, travel, and equipment needed for the next three weeks. But fans and colleagues have stepped up to h...

Watch Jan Hooks And Phil Hartman In The Weird, Gorgeous <em>Love Is A Dream</em>

Jan Hooks, the fearlessly silly Saturday Night Live cast member and world-renowned Alamo tour guide, died today at 57 of a serious illness, reports TMZ. She was an integral part of late-'80s/early-'90s SNL; per the unanimously reverent Twitter chatter this evening, her best role might've been in the...

AHL Mascot's Backstory Totally Includes A Dead Firefighter [Update]

Via Puck Daddy, this is Scorch. He's the newly revealed mascot of the AHL's Adirondack Flames. He was probably purchased a local Halloween superstore. But his shoddy construction and uninspiring photoshoot locations are probably the least problematic thing about him....

New Glarus Spotted Cow: Overrated Beer From An Underrated State

Wisconsin is a really cool state, and I swear I'm not being a condescending Northeast elitist about it. This isn't like when some loathsome New York City resident praises Chicago as a "nice little town." I don't mean "Wisconsin is really cool, for an upper Midwestern state that Prince isn't from,"...