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The Story Behind Those Jerry Jones Photos Is Weirder Than The Photos
Those weird photos of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and some ladies hanging out in what appears to be a bathroom come with an equally bughouse backstory. They were first put on the internet by a man named Frank Hoover, who alleges that they were taken by people looking to set up Jerry Jones in an ex...
FSU Paid For Jameis Winston's Insurance Policy On His Draft Stock
Florida State QB Jameis Winston is eligible for the NFL draft after this season, and barring catastrophe, will go very high and will make a lot of money. But what if something catastrophic does happen? There's insurance for that, and it emerged yesterday that Winston won't be footing the bill alone—...
Here's A Lady Rubbing Her Face On Jerry Jones's Crotch
This deeply upsetting picture comes to us by way of a very strange Twitter user, along with a few other pictures of Jerry Jones and some ladies getting gross and weird together....
A's Fans Rage One Last Time For Former Closer Grant Balfour
A cool thing happened in the bottom of the tenth inning of last night's extra-innings tilt between the Rays and Athletics. Grant Balfour, who spent three seasons becoming an Oakland fan favorite as the A's hard-throwing bullpen goon, came on to pitch for the Rays against his old squad. Even with t...
Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Promote Fight With A Stagey Brawl
On the question of whether this UFC 178 media day brawl involving Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier is real or staged, let's just be safe and say it looks like something on the staged side of real. ...
Dwyane Wade's Save-The-Date Video Is Just As Corny As Everyone Else's
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are getting married on August 30, and TMZ got its hands on the save-the-date video that the couple sent to potential guests. If anything, this is evidence that the gap between Wade and Union and a typical thirty-something suburban couple isn't as wide as you might thi...
Andy Dalton's Actual Contract Numbers Are Not So Crazy
If you have paid any attention to the NFL, you know that Andy Dalton's "six-year, $115 million contract" was never going to be for six years or $115 million. Well, Pro Football Talk has the details. It's basically a two-year, $25 million deal, with a series of one-year team options after that. ...
Giants Shut Down David Wilson, "Most Likely" Ending His Career
ESPN is reporting that Giants doctors will place RB David Wilson on injured reserve for the season because of his latest neck injury. This is not much of a surprise—a source told NJ.com last week that Wilson "needs a miracle" to play again—but it would be a premature and unsatisfying ending to a ...
NFL Writers Just Can't Stop Marveling At Horseshit Contract Numbers
So Andy Dalton agreed to a contract extension with the Bengals, and even though the details of that deal have yet to be released, there was no shortage of football types gladly passing along the numbers as if they were real. Here: ...
Bengals Extend Andy Dalton
The Bengals have re-signed Andy Dalton to a contract extension for a certain length of time and a certain amount of money. Nobody knows what those numbers are, so don't have opinions just yet....
Paul George's Injury Has Some In The NBA Rethinking International Play
Paul George's catastrophic leg injury was horrible for him, of course, but rough too for the Pacers and for the NBA, which will be without him for a year. So it's not a surprise that everyone's reconsidering the calculus of international basketball, in which a whole bunch is risked for very little r...
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Israel's War Against Hamas Is Justified, Says Cleveland Cavaliers Coach
We will direct you to this David Blatt interview with Israeli newspaper Globes and then back slowly away from the computer. In it, Blatt, the Cleveland Cavaliers' new head coach—and an American Jewish Israeli who once did us the great service of pissing off Coach K—talks about the current wave of fi...
Mark Cuban Suggests An NBA World Cup
Dallas Mavericks owner and naked billionaire Mark Cuban has long been against the NBA's partnership with FIBA and the International Olympic committee, and Paul George's injury in Friday night's Team USA scrimmage gave him another opportunity to rip the current system of international play....
Diamondbacks Peg Andrew McCutchen In Back; McCutchen Furious
Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen took a pitch to his back in Saturday night's game against the Diamondbacks. On a 2-0 count, Arizona reliever Randall Delgado plunked McCutchen. It looked painful, but McCutchen wasn't seriously injured. McCutchen was visibly furious, not at the beaning, but beca...
Sam Fuld Puts His Entire Body Into It, Throws Man Out At Home
In the fourth inning in Oakland, with runners on the corners, Mike Moustakas hit a liner to center field that was easily caught by Sam Fuld. Alex Gordon tried tagging up from third to score, but he did not account for Fuld's spinning, full-body throw and was nailed at home. It's almost graceful?...
Daigo Nishi Blasts Incredible Volley Off Corner Kick
This comes from a Japanese Football League match between the Kashima Antlers and Sanfrecce Hiroshima and it is a missile. On a designed play, the Antlers punched a corner kick to Daigo Nishi, a lone defender outside the box and he connected on a dazzling volley. No one saw it coming, or going, and i...
Cool Bear Saves A Dumb Crow From Drowning
Some dumb crow thought that it would be a good idea to plop himself into a pool of water in a bear habitat. Bad idea, crow! Crows can't swim! Fortunately for this stupid crow, who was most assuredly about to drown, the habitat it flew into is inhabited by a cool and helpful bear. ...
Nike To Jimbo Fisher: Get Rid Of Your 9-Year-Old's Under Armour Sweater
The Wall Street Journal has gotten its hands on some emails that were sent between Nike officials and the Florida State athletic department, and they demonstrate just how truly insane Nike is about protecting its #brand....
Dave Dombrowski And Billy Beane Have An Entertaining GM Rivalry
There are few occasions when you want to hear from your team's general manager. Usually, he's explaining why something went wrong, talking about how the team's trying not to suck, or saying goodbye as he's fired. The best times, though, are in free agency and at the trade deadline—unless your GM's R...