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Former WMU Hoopster Looks To Set Record For Longest Freestyle Rap
Old Mountain Man Remus here is actually former Western Michigan basketball player Pat Cleland, who now goes by the stage name Rick Chyme. On Saturday, September 21, Rick Chyme will try to set a record for longest freestyle rap....
Yasiel Puig Does The Worm
Here's Yasiel Puig celebrating a division-clinching win over the Diamondbacks with a pretty solid effort on the worm. He's having too much fun. Bench him! ...
Dodgers Clinch NL West, Celebrate By Swimming In D-Backs' Pool
It was revealed earlier in the week that the Diamondbacks politely requested, should Los Angeles clinch in Arizona, that the Dodgers not bring the celebration back onto the field after popping the light beers in the locker room. So, when L.A. clinched tonight, they came back out and went swimming ...
Here's Don Mattingly Pretending To Be A Wrestler
Don Mattingly and the Dodgers just clinched the NL West. As we offer our congratulations on a job well done, please enjoy this video of Donnie Baseball pretending Al Trautwig's gonna run wild on Tony Kubek. ...
Martellus Bennett Said His Coach Reminds Him Of Willy Wonka
Martellus Bennett seems like a lot of fun. On Tuesday, Jay Cutler's new favorite target went on the radio and compared his head coach to Willy Wonka. Specifically, he said Marc Trestman reminded him of Gene Wilder's Wonka, not version 17 of the Depp-Burton-face-powder collabo. ...
Melissa Stark With A Couple Of Andy Reids? Sure.
I'm seeing double here; four Andy Reids!...
José Mourinho Says He Isn't Worried About Chelsea. Maybe He Should Be.
Yesterday, Chelsea started their Champions League campaign by losing at home against Swiss champions FC Basel, 2-1. And that's OK....
Andy Reid And Donovan McNabb Were Better Than Philly Wants To Remember
I spent three years in the mid-aughts living in Wilmington, Del., i.e. the Hoboken of Philadelphia. From 2003 to 2006 I got to watch the Philadelphia Eagles in lieu of spending my autumn Sundays watching the season break somewhere inside Chad Pennington's upper body. It was a great time to be on the...
Todd Helton Got Matt Carpenter With The Hidden-Ball Trick
In the first inning of today's Cardinals-Rockies game, Todd Helton caught Carpenter napping. After taking a pickoff throw he fakes the toss back to the pitcher, and tags Carpenter as he wanders off the bag....
This Might Soon Be An Actual Virginia Tech Helmet
This design, featuring a representation of the "Hokie Stone" dolomitic limestone endemic to the Blacksburg campus, has been floating around for a couple of days. Today came confirmation: it's real....
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....
Prince Fielder Eats A Fan's Nachos
Fielder was chasing a foul pop during this afternoon's win over the Mariners when he decided he needed a salty snack. Now at least there's an explanation for why he always returns the ball to the pitcher with cheese stains on it....
Only Veterans May Play Ping Pong In The Steelers Locker Room
The Steelers are sort of a wreck—"total panic mode," as one player says. In response, a reported players-only meeting that produced a new rule: no one with less than four years of NFL experience is allowed to play table tennis and billiards at the team's training facility. This will solve everything...
That Awful Michael Jackson Statue At Fulham's Stadium Will Be Removed
Happily, the eyesore is gone. Unhappily, it will not be vaporized, shoved into the Thames, flash-frozen and shattered by mallets, coated in fox blood and torn apart by famished hounds, shot into the sun, or melted down into a fine paste suitable for insulation....
The NFL Wants $1.5 M. From M.I.A For Flipping The Bird At Super Bowl
Remember when M.I.A. flipped the bird at the Super Bowl halftime show? Yeah, it's sorta fuzzy for me, too. The NFL apparently does remember, and being that this is the NFL, the offense will not go unpunished....
Here's What A $40 Million Check Looks Like
This is just part of Floyd Mayweather's record-setting payout for his bout against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, a split majority decision for Mayweather....
Da Stadium
More Chi-town. Rick Telander's 1992 Sports Illustrated story on Chicago Stadium:...
Bo Is Right: Fuck The Fans!
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
The Lakers Unveiled Their Black Jerseys
I feel contractually obligated to hate alternate jerseys, which are cash grabs of the basest kind. On the other hand, black, purple, and gold look so cool together....
What Happened To Jai Alai?
Earlier this year at SB Nation’s Longform, the talented Michael Mooney asked: What Happened to Jai Alai:...