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Robot Rondo Crashes Operating System, Earns Bizarre Back-To-Back Delay Of Game Fouls
The Oklahoma City Thunder grabbed two technical foul free throws with 1.2 seconds left in the half at Sacramento tonight when Rajon Rondo found himself incapable of handling the ball for an inbounds play—twice....

This Play Seems Impossible
Iowa State took care of things at home tonight against Oklahoma State with a 58-50 win, but that scoreline doesn’t include a Jameel McKay dunk that officials ruled a miss after the ball went through the hoop, bounced off Cowboys defender Anthony Allen’s skull and back out through the top. Maybe gett...

Tiger Woods Posts Video Showing That Maybe He Isn't Old And Fucked Up
Tiger Woods is old, and depending how much stock you put into vaguely sourced Twitter reports, possibly too fucked up to play golf. But if this video Woods just posted to his Twitter account is to be believed, he is at least capable of swinging a golf club....

Imagine Being One Of The 1,600 People Who Didn't Realize They Were On The Gronk Cruise
There is a lot of debate in media circles over the use, and over-use, of unnamed sources—when it’s appropriate to grant anonymity, how it affects a story’s credibility, and how best to weigh access with accountability. This, from the Boston Globe’s account of Rob Gronkowski’s party cruise, justifies...

Jerod Mayo Retires At Age 29
Jerod Mayo was probably not going to be a Patriot next season, at least not at his current salary. The linebacker has missed the ends of the last three seasons with injuries, and carried the team’s second biggest cap hit behind Tom Brady, and the Pats were expected to release him or demand a signifi...

Deadpool Is A Superhero Who Refuses To Act Like One
The two biggest movie releases of Summer 2016 are both going to be overwrought action movies cut with brief interludes of Men Breathing Heavily Through Their Noses With Emotion, and they are both going to pull in a small nation’s GDP worth of box office receipts. Take your pick: Batman v. Superman: ...

High School Ref Says Hockey Dad Beat Him Up After He Ejected His Son And Wife
Last weekend, Howell High School and Manalapan High School played to a 1-1 tie in boys hockey at Howell Ice World. The game got wild in the third period when a Howell player was given a ten minute penalty for cursing at referee Dave Brown. There was only five minutes left in the game, so this essent...

This Spanish Teen's Flop Makes A Strong Case That Diving Should Be Punishable By Death
Most dives are fine. Some dives are bad. But few dives are so egregious that you skip over the whole “Should the player get a yellow for that?” logic and instead head right to the barn for the pitchfork. Valencia youth teamer David Pascual pulled off one of those:...

Rand Paul Was Always Bullshit
Rand Paul dropped out of the Republican presidential campaign after he came up shy of five percent in the Iowa caucus. This must have been a tremendous disappointment to ... well, nobody....

This Is Not Even Surprising, Really
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Rob Gronkowski Grinds On Fox Sports Anchor
Rob Gronkowski was on Fox Sports today, and the topic of his supposed brief career as a stripper came up. Anchor Julie Stewart-Binks suggested he should dance for her. “If you had a chance to make some more money using, maybe, me ...” she said. “Wanna maybe show us a little Magic Mike?” Gronk agreed...

Gronk Eats Wings, Suffers, Drips Snot
Rob Gronkowski, a T-shirt sleeve that ripped because a bicep was flexed too vigorously from within it, ate spicy chicken wings in some type of challenge. Wings are a messy food, so Gronk predictably had sauce smeared around his mouth, but because of the capsaicin, his nose was dripping like a faucet...


Aaron Hernandez Bashes Robert Kraft In Prison Letter
In case you were wondering, Aaron Hernandez is still a big Patriots fan, and being sent to prison for life has not stopped him from watching every game. In a jailhouse letter obtained by TMZ, Hernandez has nothing but praise for a few of his former teammates—and nothing but venom for owner Robert Kr...

Von Miller Shows Off Ball He Intercepted, Jokes About It Being Deflated
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller sure is a lot of fun. Here he is in the locker room after the AFC Championship game, making jokes about the ball he picked off Tom Brady being a little deflated:...

A Broncos Pass Rusher Tried To Rub His Dong And Balls In Tom Brady's Face
The Denver Broncos went into Sunday’s AFC Championship game with a clear mission: Hit Tom Brady as many times as possible, and send the all-world quarterback running for his life. Thanks to The MMQB’s Robert Klemko, we know the Broncos’ intimidation campaign was mental as well as physical....

Broncos Fan Allegedly Pushes Over Porta-Potty With Patriots Fan Inside
The narrator of this video says that a Broncos fan kicked over a portable toilet, with a Patriots fan inside, after Sunday’s game in Denver....

Peyton Manning Told Bill Belichick "This Might Be My Last Rodeo"
Bill Belichick declined to share what he spoke about with Peyton Manning at midfield following Denver’s elimination of New England in the AFC Championship. Now, thanks to a conveniently thrust microphone, we know some of it....

Reports: Patriots Fire OL Coach Dave DeGuglielmo After Line Is Overrun By Broncos
That Patriots have fired offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo, according to Ian Rapoport and confirmed by ESPN, one day after the Patriots’ offensive line was repeatedly pummeled in the AFC Championship game. The Broncos won 20-18 mostly on the strength of their pressure, as they hit Tom Brady 20 t...