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Bill Hillmann: I Got Gored By A Fucking Bull
On Wednesday, Bill Hillmann was gored while running with the bulls in Pamplona. A journalist, novelist, and former boxer, Bill and I have known each other since our time at Columbia College Chicago, where even then he was recognized for his frontline reportage, some of which has since appeared aro...
Why Redshirting Your Kindergartener Is Dumb
Before we get to the Funbag, Craggs wanted me to do a cattle call for audio and/or video of your local nutjob coach screaming at players. So if your indoor equestrian coach is chewing you out for hours at a time, and you had the moxie to take a video of said rant, send it on in. We won't yell at you...
Report: Josh Gordon Got His DWI Charge In P.J. Hairston's Car
The Triangle-area athletes-getting-in-trouble scene is tangled, and recently, quite busy. Let's put some pieces together....
Young Marlins Fan Returns For His Second Dance
We were all captivated (and slightly weirded out) by the Vine of that little Marlins fan who freaked the hell out when he got on camera. Tonight, the Marlins found him again, so yes, that rascal's a real dancing machine. ...
Bryce Harper Hits Three HRs In Double-A Game, Has Likely Rehabbed Enough
Bryce Harper's thumb is likely healed, as proven by Saturday's appearance for the Harrisburg Senators....
<em>Jeopardy!</em> Vs. <em>Wheel of Fortune</em>: Which One Makes You Feel Dumber?
I am a Thought Leader of Television, and so I've been asked to ruminate on the Big News that Jeopardy!—yeah! the exclamation point! is officially part of the title!—beat Wheel of Fortune in the ratings a coupla weeks ago, the first time in over a decade, and is this perhaps an indicator that maybe A...
Young Marlins Fan Gets On Camera, Completely Loses His Mind
At a recent Marlins game, the camera panned through the stands and lingered on one small fan, putting him on the jumbotron. Fans often notice when this happens, and they get excited and wave at the camera and everyone has a nice time. This kid, though, took things to another level, creating the grea...
The Arizona Sundogs' "Buried Alive" Promotion Is Not Going Well
It's been six days since the Arizona Sundogs' owner and GM were buried in a dumpster until they reached their goal of 300 season tickets sold. They are not anywhere close to their goal....
Charlotte Hornets Unveil New Uniforms
After 10 seasons as the Bobcats, the Charlotte franchise is returning to the city's roots, renaming and rebranding as the second coming of the Hornets. Today they revealed, from left to right, their home, road, and alternate jerseys....
Minor League Hockey Team Buries Owner, GM Alive To Sell Season Tickets
Last year, the Arizona Sundogs—the Central Hockey League affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes—put their co-owner, GM, captain, and marketing director in a scissor lift until they sold 300 season tickets. (It took six grueling days, but they did it.) The Sundogs have another stunt this year, but this tim...
Golf Cart Driver Arrested At U.S. Open For Driving Into Officer's Leg
Tommy Lineberry, a golf cart driver for NBC Sports analyst Roger Maltbie, was arrested at the U.S. Open Saturday for hitting a North Carolina state trooper's leg with his cart....
Pissed-Up Wanker Invades U.K. Horse Race, Manages Not To Get Killed
A while back we brought you an Idiot On The Field who ran onto the track during a harness race. Here's the thoroughbred version, from today's Cream Gorse Handicap race in Leicester....
Heartbroken Dude Attacks Ex-Girlfriend And Ex-Best Friend Via T-Shirts
When your girlfriend hooks up with your best friend, living well is the best revenge, but the second-best revenge is selling $13 sky-blue T-shirts emblazoned with "Fuck You Todd & Jessica!" as the pretense for an all-caps rant in which you lambaste Jessica as a "CHERUBIC CONCUBINE TWAT LORD" and inf...
Actual, Correct <em>Family Feud</em> Answer: "My Willing Wiener"
"Name something that might be fully loaded." ...
There Is An "I" In Team
Over at Good, dig into the latest from the most-talented Bethlehem Shoals:...
Work Horse On Ice
Dig this day-in-the-life story about Gordie Howe from 1959. Written by the great W.C. Heinz for the Saturday Evening Post:...
Charlie Whitehurst Arm-Wrestled A Punter For A Uniform Number, And Lost
Charlie Whitehurst, who signed on to be the Titans backup, has never worn anything but No. 6 in his eight-year career. There was one problem: That's been punter Brett Kern's number since he came to Tennessee in 2009. The usual solution would be for Whitehurst to make Kern an offer for it. They went ...
Robert Mathis Picks A PED Fight With The NFL He's Not Going To Win
Robert Mathis's agent is not about to let his client's four-game suspension pass without a fight—and the NFL appears willing to engage him. The agent, Hadley Englehard, and the NFL have waged an unusually public war of words for Mathis's violation of the league's drug policy for what he claims was a...
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