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Dexter McCluster Returns Punt For Touchdown, Trolls Victor Cruz
After being brought down just shy of the first-down marker on a third-down play, Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz had to watch Dexter McCluster house a punt on the very next play. And then, to add insult to injury, McCluster stole Cruz's signature victory dance. That's cold blooded. ...
Florida's Top-Ranked Defense Allowed TD To Kentucky's Kicker
Kentucky went the more traditional route for its fake field goal and totally caught Will Mushchamp's boys off guard. ...
The Art Of Seduction: Stanwyck TKO's Fonda
One of the greatest seductions ever filmed. From Preston Sturges' 1941 comedy The Lady Eve. ...
FSU Pulls Off Flutie-Like Hail Mary Against Boston College
Sure, it's not a game-winning touchdown, but it's hard not to think about Flutie when you watch this. With time expiring in the half, Jameis Winston scrambled away from BC defenders and launched a desperation jump ball from right around the 40-yard line into the endzone for a touchdown to Kenny Sha...
Tommy Rees Picked Off, Sooners Return For Touchdown
Less than three minutes into the game against Oklahoma, the Fighting Irish found themselves in an early two-touchdown hole. This was not the start Notre Dame wanted. ...
Fat Guy Punt Return!
Fat Guy Touchdowns are tired. Fat Guy Punt Returns are wired! ...
"Billy Ray Should've Pulled Out": Georgia-LSU <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
The Cyrus family continues to play muse to all in this once-great nation. Here we have Miley doing her weirdo licking routine on Georgia wrecking-ball running back Todd Gurley. Later, dad Billy Ray gets some love....
Please Enjoy This Gallery Of Amazing Bear Photos
Today is a very special Bear Friday. Reader Jeffrey Crofts recently went on a trip to Alaska to hang out with bears. Knowing how much we love bears, Jeffrey sent along the following note:...
The Cowboys D-Line Coach Nicknamed One Of His Players "Golden Cock"
Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jason Hatcher recently spoke to the Dallas Morning News about how much the team loves their defensive line coach, Rod Marinelli. To our delight, Hatcher revealed the nicknames that Marinelli has bestowed on each of his linemen, and none were better than defensive tac...
Half-Marathoner Takes Wrong Turn, Wins Marathon
Meredith Fitzmaurice had never run a full marathon in her life. She'd never run more than 20 miles. But she was working up to it, and hoped to use Sunday's half-marathon in Amherstburg, Ontario, as a tuneup. ...
Are Thursday NFL Games Actually As Terrible As They Seem?
It's conventional wisdom that the Thursday night NFL games, whether because of the short break or the quality of the teams involved, are crap. The conventional wisdom's not always right. Over at Sports on Earth, Aaron Gordon dove into 13 years' worth of games to puzzle out the truth....
The Last Laugh: Mailer And Ali By George Plimpton
Norman Mailer went out running with Muhammad Ali one morning, a few days before the fight with George Foreman in Zaire. He asked me to go with him, but I thought of the long ride to Ali’s training camp at N’Sele in the darkness, and thumping along for five miles or so in the wake of the challenger, ...
Zigging And Zagging And Then Ending: <em>Don Jon</em>, Reviewed
1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of those actors for whom I find it nearly impossible not to root. He has an inherent, innate likability about him that doesn't seem forced, calculated or manufactured; he's a labrador puppy you have beers with. Now, I don't know anything about Joseph Gordon-Levitt in r...
Jack Davis' Uppercut
From The Bristol Board, a favorite spot, here is a page of original artwork by Jack Davis circa 1952....