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Report: Gordie Howe Suffered "Serious" Stroke
Red Wings legend Gordie Howe suffered a stroke early Sunday morning in Texas, according to The Detroit News. Howe, 86, is now out of the hospital and recuperating in Lubbock at his daughter's house. His son told the paper that, while Howe is having significant physical issues, his mind is doing bett...
Lions Fuck Themselves Into A Win
We're used to the Lions beating themselves, but today, Detroit screwed themselves so badly, they won....
Lions' C.J. Mosley Suspended For Two Weeks, Sent Home From London
Detroit Lions defensive tackle C.J. Mosley was suspended for two weeks and sent home from London, the team announced Saturday morning. The Lions are playing the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium tomorrow....
Hey, The Falcons And Lions Are Playing At 9:30 A.M. ET Sunday
Yeah, we did a post touching on Sunday's Lions-Falcons game in Wembley Stadium, but an informal poll showed that most of us didn't know it would air on the East Coast at 9:30 a.m. We thought it'd be at 1 p.m. like usual. Anyway, now you know. Double-check your fantasy team and start drinking earlier...
Lions Catch Laser-Pointing Jabroni, Ban Him Indefinitely
Mark Beslach, the guy who bragged on Twitter about shining a laser pointer in Kyle Orton's face at the Bills-Lions game, was caught. Police charged him with disorderly conduct, and the Lions banned him indefinitely from Ford Field....
Bills Say Someone Shined Laser Pointer On Them; Guy Tweets He Did It
Though the Bills took down the Lions in Detroit yesterday, not all was beer and skittles. During the game, quarterback Kyle Orton and holder Colton Schmidt complained to officials that someone had shined a laser pointer in their faces. And a dude on Twitter claimed to be the one behind it....
Bills Edge Imploding Lions With Field Goal; Jim Schwartz Carried Away
Lions kicker Alex Henery, who replaced previous Lions kicker Nate Freese roughly two weeks ago, will probably not be a Lions kicker for much longer. He missed all three of his field goal attempts today, keeping the game in reach. Kyle Orton and the Bills took advantage of that opportunity with 11 ...
Golden Tate Fakes The Goalpost Dunk Celebration
The fine would've been worth it, though. ...
Orioles Win Game 2 By Thiiiiis Much
This here is Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy eluding Tigers catcher Alex Avila—by, hell, an inch?—to give the Orioles a 7-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Hardy was the third run to score on Delmon Young's pinch-hit, bases-clearing double. ...
Orioles Win, Pound Tigers With Eight Run Eighth Inning
Max Scherzer was right. When Tigers manager Brad Ausmus strolled to the mound to pull him out of Thursday night's ALDS opener, Scherzer was observably unhappy. Sure, he'd yielded four runs across 7 1/3 innings to the Orioles, and Alejandro De Aza had just ripped a double off of him. Scherzer is th...
Joseph Fauria Says He Hurt Himself Trying To Stop His Puppy From Peeing
Joseph Fauria's got quite the story behind his sprained ankle, which caused him to miss yesterday's game against the Jets. The Lions tight end says he hurt himself last week in an attempt to thwart his puppy, Lil' Rufio, from peeing inside the house....
Chris Sale Plunks Victor Martinez, Sparks Bench-Clearing Conversation
White Sox pitcher Chris Sale hit Victor Martinez in the sixth inning of today's game, causing both benches and bullpens to clear, though no one actually did anything. Why did Sale tag Martinez? The current best theory: Sale thought Martinez was stealing signs with the help of someone in the bullpen....
Lions LB Stephen Tulloch Tore His ACL Celebrating A Sack
Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch left yesterday's game against the Packers after celebrating a sack and hurting himself. Today, coach Jim Caldwell said Tulloch will miss the rest of the season....
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Lions Linebacker Injures Himself While Celebrating [UPDATE]
That was Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch, signaling what was about to happen to the rest of his football day. He is questionable to return....
Reggie Bush Admits To "Harshly" Disciplining His 1-Year-Old Daughter [Update]
Lions running back Reggie Bush was a guest on the Boomer and Carton radio show yesterday, and he shared some extremely bad thoughts about Adrian Peterson and corporal punishment....
Cops: Greg Monroe Peed Himself During DUI Arrest
"I'm just trying not to be in the newspaper," said the professional basketball player who, according to police, urinated on himself while being booked for impaired driving. It almost worked....
Cam Newton Gives Same Answer Five Times, Talks About "Donkey Kong Suh"
Cam Newton's media session today was entertaining, to say the least. Reporters asked Newton, who was held out of the Panthers' Week 1 game with a rib injury, about his health and a possible contract extension. Taking a page from Arian Foster, the Panthers quarterback pretty much ignored them....
Justin Verlander And His Hacked Photos: A Partial Timeline
Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander made multiple appearances in the wave of celebrity nude pics that leaked Sunday. A big album of photos appear to have been taken from his iPhone, and some of them match up to his MLB schedule....
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Justin Verlander And His Butt Appear In Celebrity Nude Pic Flood [NSFW]
A huge wave of nude celebrity photos hit the internet earlier today. Some, like Jennifer Lawrence's, were confirmed to be real; others were disputed and debunked as fake. Among them were a series of photos featuring two people who look an awful lot like—and almost certainly are, though for obvious...
Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Detroit Lions
Some people are fans of the Detroit Lions. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Detroit Lions. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....