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Another Referee Knocked Out Of Game Due To Tip Injury
Just days after Rick Crawford's terrifying collapse after being elbowed during the opening tip of La Salle-Vanderbilt, another college basketball referee has had to leave the game due to jump ball-related injury....
Jameis Thinks Being Falsely Accused Of Rape Is The Same As Being Raped
The student conduct code hearing to determine whether Jameis Winston violated Florida State's honor code was finally held on Monday and Tuesday, and somehow USA Today has obtained Winston's entire statement before former Florida Supreme Court justice Major Harding. ...
<i>Denver Post</i> Fires Adrian Dater For Repeated Bad Social Media Behavior
The Denver Post has fired Avalanche writer Adrian Dater, who has written for the Post since 1991, according to his Facebook page. Dater was suspended by the Post two months ago for a Twitter meltdown, and had his inappropriate Twitter direct messages—asking a woman to send him nude photos, and telli...
Phil Kessel Got <u>Blown Up</u>
Last night, Dallas's Antoine Roussel wiped an entire pane of glass with Phil Kessel's tumbling form. We love a good, clean hit that sends a player flying like someone messed with the sliders in a video game....
Drink This And Celebrate Christmas Like A True Pennsylvanian
I finished the leftover turkey yesterday, which means today is Christmas. Tomorrow, barring anything unforeseen, will also be Christmas, as will each remaining day of 2014. Fine by me....
Report: Josh Donaldson, Billy Beane Had Heated Argument Over Days Off
Now that Josh Donaldson has left the Athletics, we can go to the next step: juicy stories about internal discord leaking to the media. This particular story describes a big argument between Donaldson and general manager Billy Beane....
Kendrick Perkins Attempted To Post Up Anthony Davis. Try Not To Laugh.
Kendrick Perkins is an anthropomorphic pumpjack that somebody taught to play basketball. Anthony Davis is an unofficial member of the Avengers. This is what happens when the former tries to shoot over the latter in the post....
Screencap Classix: Has It Been Five Years Already?
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The Ludicrousness Of St. Louis Rams Vs. St. Louis Cops, By Jon Stewart
We've become accustomed to all this by now, but since not everyone can catch The Daily Show it's become our responsibility to bring it to you: the inevitable takedown of this weekend's ridiculous apology-non apology about the St. Louis Rams doing "Hands up, don't shoot" before their game Sunday....
Kirk Hinrich Submits Contender For Dumbest Foul Of The Season
Two weeks ago I wrote that Alex Len had committed the dumbest foul of the season. Tonight Kirk Hinrich announced his challenge to the throne....
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Darnell Dockett Is Apparently Live-Tweeting Jury Duty [Update]
Update, 5:30 p.m.: It's come to our attention that the photo of a courtroom that Dockett tweeted is actually an old photo, from a 2013 trial in Washington State. So it's entirely possible that he's making this whole thing up. Our original post on Dockett's tweets is below....
Goose Island BCBS: Trophy Beer That's Worth The Chase
A couple of weeks ago, one of my old day-drunk buddies brought another of our kind into the bar. That was notable, because we don't get a lot of new blood, not even the kind of new blood that is basically the same old blood wrapped up in a different bag of scum and bones....
MLB Umpire Dale Scott Comes Out As Gay
Dale Scott, who has been an MLB umpire for the last 29 years, quietly came out as gay two months ago. He was profiled in the October issue of Referee Magazine, and when he was asked to submit some non-umpiring photos, he sent them the one above, in which Scott is posing with his husband and partner ...
"Iron Mike Coldly Leaves Jim Gray": Your Best Mike Ditka Stories
Last month we ran your best Mike Ditka stories, and at the same time solicited for more. Our readers came through, so here is the second volume of Mike Ditka stories. As always, if you have a story about Mike Ditka—or anybody else—that you think we'd find interesting, you can share it in the comme...
Drink Up, Lil' Buddy
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St. Louis Rams Call St. Louis Police Liars
A St. Louis Rams executive apologized (Update: he denies apologizing, see below) to police on behalf of the team's front office for players' use of the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture before Sunday's game—a gesture that left St. Louis cops demanding punishment for the players....
The Washington Redskins Don't Understand How Cyber Monday Works
It's Cyber Monday, which means that deals can be found all over the web for people more interested in shopping at their desk than doing work. The Redskins have a Cyber Monday deal today, too, but they don't quite understand how the "cyber" part is supposed to work....
He Just Heard Michigan's Not Going To Fire Brady Hoke
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