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Fighters Sue The UFC, Alleging Massive Violations Of Federal Law
A group of mixed martial arts fighters held a press conference today to announce that they had filed an antitrust suit against the UFC, alleging that fighters "are paid a fraction of what they would earn in a competitive marketplace." The suit, filed by fighters Nate Quarry, Cung Le, and Jon Fitch...
Former Player Dan Hampton Suggests Waterboarding Bears Coaches
Dan Hampton is a Hall of Famer, a former defensive tackle who played for Mike Ditka's Chicago Bears and now spends his days talkin' 'bout the Bears on local pregame and postgame shows. During his latest appearance, Hampton had a cool and chill idea for how to straighten out what's been a disappointi...
Dan Patrick's Session Beer For Bros Will Fill Up Your Passion Bucket
Last year Red Hook teamed up with television and radio personality Dan Patrick to produce Audible Ale, which they proudly trumpet as "the ultimate craft beer for watching sports." What confers this ultamism? The marketing material suggests it's derived primarily from Audible's "crushable" status, ...
German Zombie Scores Game-Winning Goal While Wearing A Defibrillator
Why, you might be asking, do the other members of German third tier side Stuttgart Kickers react to Daniel Engelbrecht's not particularly impressive game-winning goal, scored in stoppage time, with such passion and joy? Well, it's because Engelbrecht is a real life zombie....
The Biggest Two-Yard Run Of Week 14
Glancing briefly at box scores will tell you the Colts beat the Browns and Andrew Luck threw a go-ahead touchdown with 32 seconds remaining. But the box score won't tell you the leverage of the plays leading up to the touchdown, or that Boom Herron's two-yard rush immediately preceding the touchdo...
Joseph Fauria Scores, Twerks
Lions tight end Joseph Fauria scored his first touchdown of the season today, which means Joseph Fauria danced. Joseph Fauria is good at dancing....
Jay Gruden May Lose His Job Unless He Makes Nice With Robert Griffin
Washington coach Jay Gruden could be out of a job after this season because of his desire to part ways with Robert Griffin III, according to Jason Reid of The Washington Post. ...
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....
Cherokee Chief Apologizes For Dan Snyder Alliance
Dan Snyder had a lousy Native American Heritage Month. His team went 0-for-November, bottoming out in Indianapolis with RGIII on the bench and the owner's pet's career in worse shape than his left and right menisci. Plus there was that brutal New Yorker cover and a gloriously oblivious "Happy Thanks...
Daniel Carcillo Channels His Inner Pageant Queen After A Fight
Blackhawks forward and noted shit-stirrer Daniel Carcillo didn't appreciate Brayden McNabb's forearm in his face in last night's game, so he fought McNabb, and "won." Carcillo, a former King, then waved like a pageant queen to the Los Angeles crowd as he exited the ice. How polite!...
It's The 20th Anniversary Of Dan Marino's Fake Spike
The original and still the best. This is video of the Dolphins' entire game-winning drive, but the clock play itself comes at about the five-minute mark—the video should be cued up. ...
Reports: RGIII Could Be Benched As Early As Today
At first glance, this is just the dumbest piece of news:...
Zinedine Zidane No Longer Has To Pretend Not To Coach Team He Coaches
A couple months ago, we told you about how Zinedine Zidane, manager of Real Madrid Castilla, was under investigation for not having the proper coaching qualifications. The Frenchman had two ways to fight the impending punishment: either cadge up the qualifications or deny that he was actually the ma...
K.J. McDaniels's Mom Is Sick And Tired Of The Sixers Tanking
The tanking-ass Sixers are gross and bad, and this fact has not gone unnoticed by Sixers guard K.J. McDaniels's mom. Recently, she took to Twitter to let people know that she does not appreciate the Sixers' bullshit....
Tiger Woods Melts Down Over Gentle Satire
The Players' Tribune justified its existence this afternoon when guest contributor Tiger Woods published a screeching rebuttal to a disposable piece of satire in this month's Golf Digest. Why rely on Twitter as the middleman for athletes' unhinged rants when you can get them directly from the sour...
Bill O'Reilly Hung Up On Dan Le Batard
Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly was a guest on Dan Le Batard's radio show yesterday—he was there to pimp his new book, or something—and things got a little testy toward the end of the interview....
After That Great Navy SEAL Pep Talk, Washington Is Shitting The Bed
Oh, goddammit. ...
So Stupid It Just Might Work: <em>Dumb And Dumber To</em>, Reviewed
1. Before you get too wrapped up in the negative early reaction to Dumb and Dumber To, the 20-years-later sequel to the 1994 mega-hit, remember that critics hated the first one. Critics are notoriously bad at predicting what comedies are going to stand the test of time; the target is always moving...
Cleveland Paper Told Columnist To Write Apology Letter To Dan Gilbert
Cleveland Scene has a well-reported feature out today that attempts to dig into what role Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's company, Quicken Loans, played in the subprime mortgage collapse of 2007. There's a lot of good stuff in the story, but one particular instance of Dan Gilbert being a thin-skinned ...
Daniel Tosh Goes After ESPN For Ripping Off Web Redemptions
On last night's Tosh.0, host Daniel Tosh went after ESPN for biting one of his fixtures—the "Web Redemption" segment. So Tosh fired back by giving SportsCenter his own version of the Sport Science treatment:...