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Jim Boeheim Closed His Press Conference Last Night With A Call For More Gun Control

Last night, Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim earned his 900th career victory when his team defeated the University of Detroit Mercy 72-68. After the game, though, Boeheim seemed to have the tragedy in Newtown on his mind, as he ended with some spirited words about gun control. Boeheim a...

Dale Murphy's Son Drew His Dad This Heartwarming Cartoon

It's Dale Murphy's 15th and final year on the Hall of Fame ballot, and while his chances of getting in are slim, his children are doing their part to honor him the way they remember him. Tyson Murphy isn't a sports fan—he's an artist at Blizzard Entertainment, the video game developer responsible fo...

Tim Tebow Had A Higher Quarterback Rating Than Mark Sanchez Against The Titans

Tim mustered a 39.6 passer rating to Sanchez's 32.6 on 131 fewer yards passing and 13 fewer completions. Put another way, doing nothing is better than Mark Sanchez....

"It's Hard To Watch An NFL Team Struggle With The Most Basic Concept": Jets-Titans, In Three GIFs

Tennessee 14, New York Jets 10: That quote comes courtesy of Mike Tirico, one play before the two minute warning and the Jets, as they have all season, were having a hard time calling plays and getting personnel on the field in time. It sums up the Jets just as aptly as that GIF up there, which is ...

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread

New York Jets at Tennessee Titans (ESPN): Welp, here we are: Jets and Titans. The Jets, amazingly, still have a glimmer of hope for a playoff run. They need to win their remaining games and have the Bengals/Steelers do some stuff. Which is to say, they are definitely going to make the playoffs. They...

Cowboys Brass Had No Idea Josh Brent Would Be On The Sidelines

Josh Brent was drunk when he flipped his car, killing teammate and friend Jerry Brown. So it created a little mental dissonance to see him on the sidelines at Cowboys Stadium just a week later, cheering on Dallas during their win over Pittsburgh. Now it comes out that owner Jerry Jones and head coac...

Brian Urlacher Is Getting Really Tired Of Chicago Fans Booing The Bears

The Packers rolled into Chicago and clinched the NFC North, in a game that nearly wasn't as close as the score makes it seem. It was Green Bay's sixth straight win over the Bears, their ninth in the last 11, and hell—Bears fans have long memories—their 31st in the last 45 dating back two decades. Me...

Other Than The Part Where <em>Lincoln</em> Made You Horny About Roger Goodell, How Was The Movie, Peter King?

Peter King sat through eight hours of Wikipedia on film and reports back: ...

This Is The Letter You Get From The Neighbors After You Get Drunk, Pee On Their Couch, And Run Around Their House While Wearing Your Shirt As A Cape

"Frank" had a hell of a weekend. We're told he remembers none of it, but his next-door neighbors sure can. Frank somehow ended up in their apartment on Saturday, his shirt tied around his neck like a cape. It was mostly downhill from there....

Report: Andy Reid's Son Had Steroids In His Gym Bag When He Was Found Dead [UPDATED]

Garrett Reid, the 29-year-old son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, officially died of a heroin overdose back in August, a determination that was made two months after he was found in a Lehigh University dorm room during training camp. At the time, Garrett Reid was in possession of a gym bag t...

Russian Soccer Fans Claim To Be Non-Racists In Letter That Is Totally Racist

Zenit St. Petersburg, one of the most successful teams in the Russian Premier League, recently signed two players of mixed ethnicity. Hulk, a forward from Brazil and Axel Witsel, a midfielder from Belgium, are the two darkest skinned players on the team. Landscrona, a fan club of the team, released...

Report: London Fletcher's Family Involved In Altercation With Cleveland Fans, Aunt Suffers Heart Attack

Following the Redskins' 38-21 win over the Browns in Cleveland, several members of London Fletcher's family were reportedly involved in an altercation with Browns fans that resulted in three arrests and one hospitalization. Fletcher is a Cleveland native and this was the first NFL game he played in...

Brit Olympics Hero Jessica Ennis Leaves Kate Middleton Hanging On Awards-Show Handshake, Sparks National Outrage

The BBC's Sports Personality Of The Year awards were televised today, with special guest presenter the Duchess of Cambridge in her first public appearance since being hospitalized with severe morning sickness two weeks ago. The drama of a pregnant Kate's emergence became multiplied, though, when S...

Danny Amendola Spikes Football Into Poor Geezer's Face: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [Updated]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from Danny Amendola injuring a hapless fellow to Knowshon Moreno hurdling Ed Reed. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

<em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>: David Stern Schedules Games On Christmas Because He "Celebrates Hanukkah" And "Has No Real Feel For Christmas In The First Place"

Oh, good: Bruce Jenkins took some space in his recent column about the NBA to suggest that David Stern ruined Christmas with basketball because he's Jewish:...

Syracuse Sophomore Accused Of Stealing, Is Awfully Good At It

On Friday, The Post-Standard reported that Syracuse sophomore guard Michael Carter-Williams was accused of stealing $120 worth of merchandise from Lord & Taylor after reports emerged about an "incident" earlier in the week....

For those in NY wailing and gnashing their teeth about the departure of a beloved hero—it passes....

Goodbye, Sweet Prince: Reports Say The Mets Have Agreed To Trade R.A. Dickey To The Blue Jays [Update]

As has been rumored, wailed about, argued over, and mourned for a few days—and really, since Dickey became valuable enough to strain the finances of the destitute Mets—R.A Dickey is now, officially, almost definitely headed out of New York....

Wake Forest Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik Will No Longer Be Taking Callers On His Radio Show Because They Were All Angry Wake Forest Fans

Wake Forest was once a proud basketball program: only two different men helmed the team from 1934-1965, Murray Greason and Bones McKinney, and those two built a strong winning tradition. Carl Tracy stabilized the ship after some turnover in the 70s, and from 1989-2007, it was again a tale of two co...

Here's Larry Merchant's Emotional Goodbye After A 35-Year Career As TV's Most Famous Boxing Commentator

With his HBO contract expiring, 81-year-old boxing analyst Larry Merchant announced earlier this week that he'd step down from a career that made him a household name among fans of the sweet science. Last night's bout between Nonito Donaire and Jorge Arce was Merchant's last, and following the dom...