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A Kick In The Ass From David Ortiz Is All The Red Sox Needed
Heading into three straight nights in a National League park, John Farrell said he'd name his first baseman before each game. David Ortiz is 37, and coming off Achilles and heel injuries, and hasn't played three consecutive games in the field in years. Mike Napoli was raking through the first two ro...

Bad Idea, Vandy
Johnny Football is having his way with Vanderbilt today, but the Commodores aren't helping their cause much. ...

Male Jets Fan Decks Female Fan In MetLife Stadium Fight
As MetLife Stadium let out after the Jets' OT win over the Patriots, a fan brawl eventually resulted in one man punching a woman in the head. What do you expect from a jamoke in a Wayne Chrebet jersey and green camouflage pants?...

Georgia Botches Punt; Vanderbilt Scores Game-Winning TD On Next Play
Vanderbilt scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to upset Georgia at home today 31-27. It was Vandy's first win over a ranked opponent in six years and was thanks in part to a brutal special teams play inside Georgia's 20-yard line....

Anti-<em>Gravity</em>. <em>All Is Lost</em>, Reviewed.
1. I never got to write about Gravity in this space—Grierson took that for us—but I found it as terrific as most people did. Dizzying, awesome, disorienting, terrifying: It's earned all the praise it has received. But I couldn't get past one thing: Didn't the Sandra Bullock character's backstory se...

For Those Who've Eaten Lightning And Crapped Tuesday Night Thunder
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: A farewell to TNF. Tonight's reviewer: Brian Hickey. ...

Kareem As A Young Man
From Independent History dig this classic photograph of Lew Alcindor by Richard Avedon. ...

Torii Hunter Is Not Happy With Boston's Bullpen Cop
Everyone loves Steve Horgan, the Boston police officer who celebrated David Ortiz's game-tying grand slam and made for photo gold. Everyone except Torii Hunter....

Here's An Awesome, Fan-Shot Video Of David Ortiz's Grand Slam
Big Papi essentially gave birth to this genre of videos with his work in the 2004 playoffs, and they are still one of the best things about October baseball. This one is particularly satisfying, as it proves that Torii Hunter's tumble over the outfield wall is hilarious from any distance or angle....

Meet The Boston Cop From The Sports Photo Of The Year
David Ortiz's game-tying eighth-inning grand slam would have gone down in Red Sox history anyway. But the inclusion of one bearded, exultant police officer produced an image that pushes the moment firmly into baseball lore....

David Ortiz's Nephew Hit Him In The Dick With A Baseball
This happened before last night's series-clinching win over the Rays and it is mesmerizing. ...

Koji Uehara And David Ortiz Dry Hump After Beating The Rays
Does this count as dry humping or wet humping, factoring in the champagne? Either way, David Ortiz was clearly elated after the Red Sox beat the Rays in four games in the ALDS, and Koji Uehara looks happy too. Everybody's having a good time! [@CJZero]...

Hockey Player Banned 47 Games, Then Cut, For Fighting, Eye-Gouging
Derek Campbell of the Hull Stingrays was nailed with a 47-game ban and subsequently released from his team for reacting violently after being hit against the boards by a Dundee Stars player....

A Lady Texan Reflects On A TexBro Battle In Houston
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: Tonight's commentator: Tashina Richardson. (Coming next week: The Tuesday Night Fights series finale.)...

Three Guys At Bar Allegedly Stabbed By Two Guys Who Hate The Steelers
A "battle of the bands" at a suburban Pittsburgh bar became the scene of a triple stabbing at the hands of two dudes who allegedly don't care much for the city's sports teams, according to police....

Did Wil Myers Blow This Play, Or Was He The Victim Of Gamesmanship?
Here's Rays outfielder Wil Myers, in the fourth inning of today's playoff game against the Red Sox, doing God knows what....

A Dozen Santa Clauses Throw Down In An Unseasonable Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Girl Fight in Quezon City Philippines." Tonight's commentator: Filipino Foodie Drew Lazor. (Coming next week: In the penultimate TNF collection, a Texas lady reviews a ...

Watch Marco Reus Score This Stupid Goal From Really, Really Far Away
This is so dumb....

Coaches Fight In Massive Brawl During High School Football Game
This right here is something else. Late in the third quarter of Friday night's game between Arsenal Tech and Fort Wayne South Side in Indianapolis, a player was tackled out of bounds. Everything quickly went to hell....

Old Lady Flips The Bird In Couple's Proposal Photo
This incredible scene unfolded at a recent Colorado Rockies game. That's Kenny Lovelace proposing to his girlfriend, Molly Ryan, in the background. And that's a salty old lady wanting nothing to do with the romantic scene, in the foreground. ...