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Andrew McCutchen Is Tougher Than A Screaming Line Drive
It's the day before the Pirates' first playoff game in 21 years. What could possibly go wrong? How about National League MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen getting hurt during today's batting practice? Yeah, that would pretty much be the worst. And, yeah, that almost happened:...

A Brief History Of Adults Taking Baseballs Away From Children
For whatever reason, an old clip of a woman yanking a baseball away from children in Houston is making its rounds today. With that in mind, we dove into the archives to grab some other regrettable moments in adult fan behavior. As always, when attending a baseball game consult our convenient chart ...

Something Terrible Is About To Happen
There, in the upper-left-hand corner of the screen. Behind the goal and a step to the left. The videotape is probably a copy of a copy of a copy, as grainy as a Navajo sand painting. A hockey game. The camera pans too fast, too slow, chasing knots of players back and forth across the ice. Medium wid...


Frat Bro's Amazing Pregame Speech Gets The <em>Any Given Sunday</em> Treatment
Yesterday, we brought you a video clip of one of the frattiest bros we've ever seen firing up his brothers with a passionate and profane speech before a flag football game. Today, we bring you the work of reader Kevin, who is a hero. Kevin decided to take the music from the end of Al Pacino's famou...

Frat Bro Gives Pregame Speech For The Ages Before Flag Football Game
Have you ever been just so, so amped about something? Well, you've never been as amped about anything as this Drexel frat bro is about flag football. Because flag football isn't just about hanging out with your buddies, it's about fucking legacies. ...

Play To The Whistle, Sheldon: Your Week 3 Late Games Roundup
Jets 27, Bills 20: The first battle of AFC East rookie QBs was must-see TV, in that it was extraordinarily ugly. New York was flagged for 20 penalties, breaking a team record for most penalties in a game. (The NFL record was 22; oh, so close!) The Jets took a 20-6 lead in the third quarter, and some...

3-Year-Old Winnipeg Fan Cries Because Ondrej Pavelec Isn't Starting
Honestly, if your kid's favorite player is Ondrej Pavelec, you should have your children taken away. [Global News]...

Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....


Jimmy Breslin, Jerry Izenberg And The Old Days
Back in 2008, my pal Todd Drew wrote about going to see Jimmy Breslin speak at the now-closed Barnes and Noble on 66th street, across the street from Lincoln Center, and just a few blocks north from where bar-restaurants like The Ginger Man and Saloon and O’Neal’s Ballon used to stand:...

The Texans Got Old Man Ed Reed A Walker For His Birthday
Ed Reed turned 35 yesterday. His new teammates in Houston recognized the occasion by presenting him with a Hall of Fame jacket cake, but free safety Danieal Manning also gave Reed this platinum walker as a gag. Reed has yet to play this season because of a hip injury. No word on whether the Texans b...

Seahawks Fans Will Attempt To Set The World Record For Crowd Noise
On Sunday night, presumably during the 49ers' first offensive series, the fans at CenturyLink Field will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar. It will not be an easy task....

Erin Andrews's Videobombers, Beardo And Dreads, Visit <i>The Today Show</i>
The Beardo and Dreads tour continues. Today? Today....

Beardo And Dreads Pulled Off The Best Videobomb On Erin Andrews
You're not looking at any ordinary videobombing. This duo—that will now be known as Beardo and Dreads—was dedicated to their creep game. Props....

Australian Footballer Sets Dwarf On Fire, Gives League CEO The Giggles
Here is Australian Football League CEO Andrew Demetriou demonstrating exactly now not to react to news that one of his league's players set a dwarf entertainer on fire at a team party. ...

Don't Give The Kid That Baseball, Exhibit No. 3,328
Children are grabby, grubby little monsters who take and take and take and how do they thank you? By flinging your good will out of the upper deck....

Oklahoma City Thunder Player Arrested On Domestic Abuse Charge
Shooting guard DeAndre Liggins of the Oklahoma City Thunder was jailed Saturday night after reportedly getting into an altercation with a woman that police believed to be his girlfriend....

