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The Ultimate Tribute To Brandon Weeden's Time With The Browns
The Cleveland Browns released Brandon Weeden yesterday, only two seasons after they shouldn't have drafted him. Someone put together the best of his stint with the Browns, and it's as poignant as a dead raccoon on the side of the highway....
New Browns Movie Poster Has Very Browns Typo
Give the Browns this: If you're going to OK your franchise's image to a true-to-life movie about a moribund franchise that needs a miracle draft (and just two years after spending two first round picks on Trent Richardson and Brandon Weeden!), one way to go about it is making sure the promotional ma...
There's No Basketball Crowd Like One Close To Free Big Macs
The most dramatic moment of the NBA season came before a Philadelphia crowd already resigned to the 76ers losing their 18th in a row. Because every time the Sixers score 100, each fan gets a coupon for a Big Mac. Small victories are where you find them....
Just How Serious Is Joel Embiid's Injury?
The Kansas Jayhawks open up the Big 12 Tournament today against Oklahoma State, and they'll be without freshman center Joel Embiid. Embiid, who's spent much of this season somehow keeping pace with comparisons to Hakeem Olajuwon, has reportedly been diagnosed with a spinal stress fracture. The impli...
Something's Going On With Ryne Sandberg And Jimmy Rollins
Ryne Sandberg inherited a mess when he took over as interim manager last summer, but his first spring training running the Phillies is off to an especially inauspicious beginning. He's already butted heads with Jimmy Rollins, benching him three straight days without explanation, and the two haven't ...
Ben Hogan Isn't Walking Out Of That Sand Trap
And speaking of Dan Jenkins, our pal Bryan Curtis recently profiled him for Grantland. It's worth your time:...
Brutal Hockey Fight Ends With A High Five And A Hug
This is a hockey fight happened in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, a semi-pro league that we last checked in on when a guy got his face slashed open by a skate. The fight begins with Joel Theriault and Gaby Roch pummeling the crap out of each other while heavy metal music plays throughout the ...
Report: Kobe Bryant Has "No Interest" In Playing For Mike D'Antoni
You have to feel a bit for Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni, who was brought in to a bad team that didn't fit his style, but if various anonymously sourced reports have any validity, players don't have a ton of love for him either....
A Quick Note On Darren Sproles To The Eagles
Darren Sproles landed on the Eagles this morning, and while this is obviously a boost to any offense, it's worth a few seconds to look at just how big of a hole he's filling. ...
Blake Griffin Gets Way Up There For A Huge Putback Dunk
Sure, it's fun to watch Blake Griffin destroy another human being with one of his signature moves, but I've always had a soft spot for the ones he throws down when nobody's in his way. ...
Fans Sue Arena After Video Reveals Large And Small Beers Are Same Size
Above is a video taken Saturday night at an ECHL Idaho Steelheads game. It shows fans pouring a $7 large beer into a $4 small cup, and discovering that each holds exactly the same amount of liquid. Now the arena is facing a lawsuit, because rule number one in sports is that you don't shortchange hoc...
Darren Sproles's Wife Is Pissed At The Saints
On Tuesday, running back Darren Sproles learned through Twitter that the Saints were attempting to trade him. Not the best way to figure out your team's trying to ship you out. His wife Michel publicly vented a little more than him, using one long-ass Instagram comment....
Michigan High School Regional Final Ends On Wild Buzzer-Beater
Tonight's Michigan Class D regional championship between Sacred Heart (Mt. Pleasant) and Fulton ended on a wild buzzer-beating three that gave Sacred Heart the 49-47 win. Trust us, you've never seen a buzzer-beater quite like this....
Report: Darrelle Revis Goes To The Patriots For One Year, $12 Million
The biggest free agent was free for roughly five hours. After the Buccaneers cut Darrelle Revis earlier today, he agreed to terms with the Patriots for a season. You can guess who broke the deal....
ESPN's Phaseout Of Rick Reilly Has Begun
ESPN announced today that Rick Reilly will be going part-time, giving up his ESPN.com column and restricting his appearances to television, including his features on SportsCenter and Monday Night Countdown. This is a little surprising, if only because the big-name columnists tend to die in harness....
College Baseball Team To Wear Jerseys Made Out Of Selfies
There are stupid novelty jerseys, and there are novelty jerseys that you can only assume sprung forth from the darkest corner of the collective unconscious of every social media manager and marketing director in the country. This novelty jersey is one of the latter....
MLB Sees First Play Overturned On Review
The first 20 instances of umpires invoking baseball's new expanded review resulted in the call being upheld. But yesterday in Tempe, the replay system finally earned its keep....