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Jimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake Do A Bunch Of End Zone Dances
They call this bit "The Evolution of End Zone Dancing," but once they get past the "Dirty Bird" it's really just Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake dicking around for a few minutes. We're OK with that, but only because they do a dance called "Earthquake Waiter." That one is funny, for some reason....

Long Jump to Glory
Dig Pat Jordan's 1975 Sports Illustrated profile of Willye White:...

Danny Trevathan Opens NFL Season With One Of Its Dumbest Plays Ever
It took less than a full game for us to experience a strong nominee for Lowlight Of The Year....

Western Michigan Coach Demonstrates "New Traditions" In Hilarious Video
Look out Kliff Kingsbury, there's another college football coach out there who's aiming for the title of Swaggiest Bro-Coach to Have Ever Swagged. Meet Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck. He's here to walk you through the new game-day traditions that will be taking place at Bronco games this ye...

You're All Right, Jack
The title is a riff on the Peter Sellers movie, I'm All Right, Jack. Now, check out Dan Jenkins on the 1975 Masters:...

Jordan Matthews Hit His Head, Vomited, And Stayed In The Game
Ole Miss rallied twice late to take a 39-35 thriller, but the real story, and the breakout star of college football's opening night, was Vanderbilt receiver Jordan Matthews. Matthews put up ridiculous numbers, but his game will be more remembered for puking all over the field....

The Playboy Interview With His Airness
My man Max over at Longform has reprinted a select group of the legendary Playboy Interviews. Here's one you might dig, Mark Vancil's 1992 chat with Michael Jordan:...

What The Hell Has Miley Cyrus Done To This Michael Jordan Jersey?
I'm not really even sure what to call this. A jerseykini? Anyway, get ready to deal with watching Miley do her try-hard tongue wagging routine courtside at an NBA game this year. I'm guessing it will be a Heat game....

Infographic Compares NBA Scoring With Hip Hop Name-Dropping
If you enjoy hip hop and the NBA, then you definitely need to spend some time playing with bdon.org's fancy new infographic. The concept is simple: see how various NBA players' season-by-season scoring numbers stack up against their yearly mentions in hip hop songs....

Watch Giovanni Lorenzo's Face Get Rearranged In Extreme Slow Motion
Danny Jacobs claimed victory over Giovanni Lorenzo in last night's live Fox Sports 1 middleweight bout, but it's the manner in which he did it that really caught our eye: a brutal third-round knockout that left Lorenzo looking like the victim of botched cosmetic surgery....

Gun Used In 2012 Murders Linked To Aaron Hernandez Has Been Found
It's not that gun. This is not the long-sought handgun used to kill Odin Lloyd. This is a gun used in an unsolved 2012 double-murder for which Aaron Hernandez is under investigation....

Tough Guys Don't Dance
"To me," Lenny Bruce once said, "a tough guy is a guy who wears a wool suit with no underwear." In his latest profile for the Times Magazine, Pat Jordan writes about Peter Berg and Hollywood tough:...

Here Is Michael Jordan's First Career Basket At UNC
Eye On Basketball unearthed this little gem today from YouTube's wayback machine. It's footage of a game that matched preseason No. 1 North Carolina against unranked Kansas on Nov. 28, 1981. It was the season opener at the Charlotte Coliseum. And it featured the first two collegiate shot attempts by...

Notre Dame RB Wrecked By Backward Sled
Despite being warned ("No, it's not backwards!"), Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly sent his running backs into a gauntlet sled that was indeed set up backward and would not permit entry. This is not the sort of training they need—most of them remember the BCS title game well enough....

History As Pop As Camp: <em>The Butler</em>, Reviewed.
1. Lee Daniels is a total lunatic of a director, a man who knows nothing of restraint, decorum or moderation. Sometimes this works for him; his Precious was lurid and garish and melodramatic in a way that fit the material, making the protagonist's sufferings feel both pulpy and weirdly real. Mostly,...

50-Year-Old Michael Jordan Can Still Dunk
Every so often, the question of whether Michael Jordan can still dunk needs to be answered. It's been a little over two years since we've seen His Airness take flight, but this weekend he proved that yes, even at age 50, he can still throw it down....


Let's Watch Dwight Howard Grind With An Old Lady
Consider this a sequel of sorts to Let's Watch Charles Barkley Grind With A Middle-Aged Lady. Dwight Howard is still hanging out in Aspen, Colo., and last night he appears to have happened upon a rocking dance party at the local senior center. Shit got a little weird. ...

Throw It Down, Big Man
Check out Pat Jordan's 2001 New York Times profile of Bill Walton:...