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I Was Shot And Raped By An FSU Player. I Still Cheer For The Seminoles.
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was in the process of driving the Seminoles 80 yards in 1:06 to win a national championship, and Ashley Witherspoon, class of '91, was getting loud....
Tell Us Your Awesome/Humiliating Childhood Sports Stories
Readers! We want your childhood sports stories. Heroic ones, and embarrassing ones. The time you closed your eyes, swung from your heels, and turned the dimpled Golden Boy's best fastball into a screeching rocket for a double. The time you heaved a half-court buzzer-beater, missed the basket by ...
Astros Fail To Spell Best Prospect's Name Correctly
Goddammit, Astros....
Get Pumped For The NHL Playoffs With The <em>Hockey Night In Canada</em> Opening
Canadiens-Lightning and Blue Jackets-Penguins are already underway, but you can get hyped up for the entire NHL playoffs with tonight's Hockey Night In Canada opening. Just try not to run into a brick wall after watching it....
Everything The Cops Didn't Do In The Jameis Winston Rape Investigation
"I believe that Mr. Winston cannot be convicted," Florida's chief assistant state attorney tells the Times. "I don't necessarily believe that he's innocent." ...
This Looks Painful
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Junkies Have A Thing For Neil Young
"Loss Prevention" a short story from Richard Lange's impressive collection Dead Boys. Here's how it begins:...
John Daly Drives A Golf Ball Out Of A Woman's Mouth
John Daly's still got it, if "it" is trick shots from a tee in a woman's mouth....
ESPN Deportes Baseball Analysts: Slightly More Attractive Than ESPN's
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Phillies Fans' Reactions To Dan Uggla's Grand Slam Are Amazing
Your most compelling sports video of the year comes from ESPN, which caught these Phillies fans taunting Dan Uggla—then being rudely interrupted by Uggla's grand slam. It was brilliant enough (seriously, great job ESPN) but we took it a bit further with extreme slow motion....
NFL Draft Scouting Has Eaten Itself
We're less than a month from the draft, which means we're at the point where front-office personnel have mostly made up their minds and anything said about prospects is likely to make you demonstrably dumber. To wit:...
Is This The Saddest Mascot?
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Daniel Sedin Taken Off Ice On Stretcher After Brutal Hit Into Boards
A meaningless season finale between Calgary and Vancouver became ugly tonight as a hit from Paul Byron left Daniel Sedin on a stretcher and headed to the hospital....
Wake Up, Yankeefan
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Fan Gives David West A Solid Slap On The Butt
Pacers forward David West has eight points at halftime in Thunder-Pacers. One fan showed her support in the form of a butt slap. We'll see if he lights it up in the second half, now....
A Major League Pitcher's Guide To Doctoring A Baseball
The old saying says that it's not illegal if you don't get caught. In baseball, sometimes it isn't illegal even if you do....
Giants Minor Leaguer Dives Head First Into Outfield Wall
Things got scary during a Triple-A game in Salt Lake City last night. Darren Ford, an outfielder in the San Francisco Giants' farm system, took a head-first dive into the wall while laying out for a foul ball. ...
The Time Brendan Shanahan Beat Up Some Obnoxious Yankees Fans
The Maple Leafs officially announced the hire of Brendan Shanahan as team president today, so it seems like a good time to dig up this old story of a younger, wilder Shanahan, beating the shit out of some Yankee Stadium bleacher creatures....
I'm <em>Bon Appétit</em>'s Adam Rapoport. Let's Talk About Masters Food.
Adam Rapoport is the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit; before that, he was GQ's style editor, and before that he was the editor of the restaurant section at Time Out New York and worked as an editor and writer for the James Beard Foundation's Publications Office. He also happens to be a sports fan, a...
NBA Suspends Mavericks' PA Announcer For Tweets Blasting Refs [Update]
Dallas Mavericks public-address announcer Sean Heath has been suspended for two games by the NBA, according to ESPN Dallas. His crime: a series of tweets criticizing the officiating in a controversial game against the Warriors last week....