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Taste Test: The Ruffles Ultimate Line, Which You Must Never Eat, Ever
Do not eat the Ruffles Ultimate chips and dips. Do not eat them. Don't ever eat them. Ever. They are awful, disgusting, hateful garbage; if they were a prank, no sane person in full possession of his or her faculties would ever fall for them. Don't eat them. Never eat them. Not ever. Never. ...
Nate Silver Leaving <em>New York Times</em> For ESPN, Keith Olbermann's Show
New York Times media writer Brian Stelter has broken a big bit of news on this Friday night: Nate Silver, sabermetrician and electoral seer, is leaving the Times and heading to ESPN. He's taking FiveThirtyEight with him, too. And yet that's not the juiciest bit....
Dead Letters: “Wtf Really Drew Ur Fucked Up”
Subject: Wtf really drew ur fucked up an I cnt go on with u tweaking ‘ eithier we both quit or I do I can’t waist all my time worring aboutyou look where that’s got us so far’ I love u k I just don’t like u creeping around’nget it together’ I need a cigarette bad can u roll us one where are u at dam...
Dwyane Wade's Ex-Wife Is Having A Meltdown In Downtown Chicago
A tipster just sent along the picture you see above. That's Dwyane Wade's ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, in the middle of what appears to be some kind of meltdown. Our tipster tells us that he briefly overheard Funches ranting about "$90 million contracts" and "houses on the water." Earlier this month...
Spectator Picks Wrong Day To Run Alongside Tour de France Cyclist
You know this jackass couldn't wait till the Tour de France's 18th stage yesterday. You know he carefully picked out that green headband, that pink tank top, those mismatched gloves, those red socks, and those neon yellow leggings just for this. You know he absolutely had to be seen next to someone ...
The New NHL Division Names Have Been Revealed. One Of Them Is Dumb
Despite our hopes, we will not be getting a Flortheast division. Bummer. What we will be getting are the Pacific, Central, Atlantic, and Metropolitan(?) divisions. Yes, that's three distinct geographical locations and one word that can be used to describe any large city. Good job, NHL....
Nate Robinson Signed A Baby
That headline probably doesn't look as odd as it should, because Nate Robinson is awesome. The free-agent guard made an appearance at Vegas summer league yesterday, and he went ahead and signed this baby. Because that's the kind of thing that one does at Vegas summer league....
Schools That Profit From Unpaid Labor Upset About For-Profit School
We told you last fall about Grand Canyon University, the for-profit school in Phoenix that began transitioning to NCAA Division I on June 1, with its basketball team (led by new head coach Dan Majerle!) slated to compete this winter as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Now comes word that...
A Pissed-Off Charl Schwartzel Smashes His Club In Frustration
After bogeying Nos. 10, 12, 13, and 14 today at Muirfield, Charl Schwartzel found himself in the rough at No. 15. He didn't quite get to the green from there, and his 6-iron paid the price. Stupid 6-iron. Schwartzel wound up with a double-bogey at 15....
Rejected Pooldunk Theater: No Pool, Still Awesome
After we posted Pool Dunk Megahighlight: The Splashening, Joshua sent me this Vine. It sadly doesn't qualify, but deserves its own post....
Your Best Pool Basketball Dunks: Trampoline Edition
Yesterday we brought you what we dubbed the Greatest Pool Basketball Dunk of All Time. Then we were sent one that might've been even better. Now? The field is wide open....
Why Pre-Recorded Stadium Music Is Stupid, By Huey Lewis
This post was originally published on The Talkhouse....
Bidding Is Now Open On RGIII's Supposed Sext Life
On Sunday, Busted Coverage posted screencaps of text messages supposedly between a professional athlete and a college student/Hooters waitress. The story would not have been all that newsworthy had it not been for two factors: The athlete is Robert Griffin III, and the texts were sent on Griffin's w...