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NFL: Supporting Kanye West Does Not Qualify As A Charitable Cause

For one game only, the NFL allowed players the freedom to express support for charities in the “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign last week. Many players chose organizations with a personal connection (Brandon Marshall and Project Borderline for borderline personality disorder, Ryan Shazier and the Nati...

Report: Cristiano Ronaldo Will Win The Ballon d'Or

Spanish sports paper Mundo Deportivo has reportedly learned who will win the next Ballon d’Or about, a week before the scheduled official announcement. It’s a tad unfortunate that a reported leak of this magnitude came this year, because MD’s info says what everyone already knew: Cristiano Ronaldo w...

Not The Strongest Onside Kick

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NCSU & UNC Launch Bench-Clearing Brawl

North Carolina State and North Carolina brawled in the second quarter today after a play eventually ruled an incompletion after video replay....

Borussia Dortmund And Legia Warsaw Combined To Score A Zillion Goals Today

Legia Warsaw played Borussia Dortmund in a Champions League match today. Each team scored multiple times. Here is one of the goals scored in the game today:...

Miami's Fox Station Aired An Infomercial For A Coffeemaker Instead Of This Match

Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in today’s Bundesliga clash of titans, but despite Bayern’s helpful chart fans in Miami didn’t find the match on their local Fox station. WSVN, which regularly airs paid programming instead of Fox network coverage, decided more south Floridians wanted to watc...

Can You Make Out Anything Crazy Ed Orgeron Says In This Fiery Pregame Speech?

The difference between our idea of pregame speeches and the reality of those speeches is generally pretty stark. Coaches probably like to imagine themselves as priming their players to “run through a wall,” but any time we get a peek a a real speech we often see a bunch of lame platitudes being str...

The Best Fight At UFC 205 Happened In The Crowd

Here’s some video from last night’s UFC 205 event at MSG. You can tell by the music that it’s just as Conor McGregor entered the arena, and it’s a lovely brawl. Reader Jason shot it, and we’re happy to actually have UFC video we can use for once. ...

Some Managerial Moves That Probably Won't Matter Much

Fresh off a sub-.500 season, the Colorado Rockies are reportedly replacing Walt Weiss, who managed the team to no higher than a third-place finish in four years, with Bud Black. Although the hiring has yet to be confirmed, several outlets are reporting based on sources close to the issue. This is fi...

Shkëlzen Gashi Rocket Goal Puts Colorado Up 1-0<em></em>

Shkëlzen Gashi’s 40-yard screamer gave Colorado a 1-0 match lead and drew the Rapids even on aggregate with the L.A. Galaxy in their MLS playoff match today in Denver. We like MLS highlights!...

Texans TE C.J. Fiedorowicz Exits Game After Hit To The Head [Update]

Houston Texans tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz is being evaluated for a concussion after leaving Sunday’s game. Attempting to catch a pass from Texans QB Brock Osweiler in the second quarter, he took a hit to the head from Detroit Lions safety Tavon Wilson. Fiedorowicz immediately grabbed his helmet and ...

Trump Ally Alex Jones: I'm Not Anti-Semitic, It's Just That The Jews Control Everything

You see, it’s not that Alex Jones—whom Donald Trump has previously called a “nice guy” with an “amazing” reputation—hates the Jews. It’s just that he knows how how devious and money-hungry they really are. And also that they control the Ubers....

How 90-Year-Old Cubs Fan Plans To Celebrate: "I'll Probably Have A Jägermeister" 

90-year-old Cubs fan Dorothy Farrell was a media favorite during the NLCS, and now she’s watched her team win its first N.L. pennant since she was 19 years old. She plans to celebrate exactly the same way every other Cubs supporter will....

Barcelona Are Reportedly Hot For Christian Pulisic

Look, I’m not going to tell you that this Spanish paper’s report that Barcelona, the (in my humble and in no way biased opinion) best club in world soccer, are “closely following” America’s Wonderteen Christian Pulisic, the (again, humble, unbiased opinion) greatest, can’t-miss soccer prospect in th...

One-Eyed Bullfighter Gored In The Eye Again

One-eyed torero “El Pirata,” who lost an eye in 2011 after being gored, has been gored in the eye again.  ...

Dominic Ondoro's Twin Cities Marathon Win <em></em>Broke A 31-Year-Old Record

Dominic Ondoro is pretty tall for a Kenyan runner. Maybe 5'11", with shanks like a deer. He broke away from his countryman and training partner Elisha Barno at about the 21st mile to win Sunday’s Twin Cities Marathon, receiving a $10,000 check. He demolished the course record of 2:10.05 that has sto...

Boston Red Sox Prematurely End David Ortiz's<em></em> Career By Getting Swept By Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians narrowly beat the Boston Red Sox tonight in Game 3 of the ALDS to get the sweep and advance to the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays. Neither the Jays nor the Indians have won a World Series in over 20 years, and one of them will contend for their championship after they each ...

Here Are The Republican Lawmakers Who Don't Want You To Vote For Donald Trump [Updating]

Republican lawmakers are jumping off the Trump Train after the Washington Post revealed the GOP nominee’s fondness for committing sexual assault yesterday. Here’s a list of those 54 and counting who have renounced their endorsements—or, if they didn’t endorse him in the first place, made statements ...

Enner Valencia Fakes Injury To Escape Police In Ambulance And Avoid Child Support Arrest

Everton striker and Ecuador star Enner Valencia returned to his homeland for a World Cup qualifier against Chile, where he managed to escape a series of encounters with Ecuador’s finest and avoid arrest for unpaid child support. ...