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As Fans Chant For Vick, Rex Ryan Backs Geno Smith
Things for the Jets are probably going to get worse before they get better—the Chargers, Broncos, and Patriots are up next on the schedule—but after another shaky outing, Geno Smith got an immediate and unequivocal vote of confidence from his coach....

The Things You Learn From Local News
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Geno Smith To Jeering Jets Fan: "Fuck You"
Not only did Geno Smith lose today, but the Jets crowd booed the quarterback and chanted "We want Vick" as the Lions won. Smith, who completed 17 of 33 passes with a touchdown and two turnovers, wasn't happy after the game, and chose to respond to a Jets fan with a "fuck you." A nearby camera from...

Derek Jeter Hits RBI Infield Single In Final At-Bat Of Career
Derek Jeter took his final at-bat in the third inning at Fenway Park today. He hit an RBI infield single before being subbed out for Brian McCann. Never again will Jeter have to play one of those 10-hour Yankees-Red Sox games....

Red Sox Hire Fake Aretha Franklin To Serenade Jeter With "Respect"
What better gift to give a departing Derek Jeter than a cheap Aretha knockoff? Observers are unimpressed:...

Report: Joe Girardi Called Out Yankees Before Jeter's Final Home Game
The Derek Jeter farewell tour is nice, but it's also serving as a distraction for a large concern in the Bronx: The Yankees have now missed the postseason for a second straight season. Excluding the 1994 season, which had no playoffs due to a strike, that hasn't happened since 1992-1993. Manager Joe...

Your NFL Week 4 Viewing Maps
The highlight of the 1:00 slate is, I suppose, Steve Smith and the Ravens hosting the Panthers. I don't know if it's that intriguing of a game, but I'm pretty sure I heard on ESPN this week that Steve Smith has promised to disembowel several of his ex-teammates on live television. So I'm looking for...

<em>SNL</em> Cold Open Features "Ray Lewis" & "Shannon Sharpe" Talking NFL Issues
Saturday Night Live opened its 40th season tonight with the NFL, as Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoah took on the personas of Ray Lewis and Shannon Sharpe, respectively, attempting to respond to recent scandals involving Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson....

Jacoby Brissett Refuses To Be Tackled; Puts FSU On Upset Alert
Would you look at that? Some quarterbacks can be dynamic and productive while not shouting profane reproductive advice in public settings....

Northwestern CB Matthew Harris Carted Off After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit
It was another scary reminder of the dangers college football players face on a weekly basis, as Northwestern defensive back Matthew Harris lay motionless on the turf for several minutes following a helmet-to-helmet collision with Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg....

Officials Botch Blocked Punt In UTEP-KSU, Spend 12 Minutes Not Fixing
This is one of the more bizarre plays you'll see today. Kansas State blocked its second UTEP punt of the first quarter, only to see the entire play called back due to an inadvertent whistle. And it took 12 minutes—12 minutes!—for officials to realize and then verify that they screwed up....

Today's College Football Viewing Schedule
Recommended games are bolded, and today, those are few and far between. I feel like I've even been generous with my bolding. There are zero games today featuring two ranked teams, and and if you need further evidence of the lackluster nature of today's slate, Syracuse is playing in primetime on ABC....

Thom Yorke Did Not Bypass The Gatekeepers. He Is One.
As of this morning there is a new Thom Yorke solo album in the world, titled Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and available for $6 via BitTorrent. This is cool and good; I heartily recommend you stop using BitTorrent to illegally download pornography long enough to legally check it out, flush as it is wi...

Local TV Tries To Cover Shellshock Bug, Fails Miserably
With news breaking yesterday of a potentially catastrophic bug in the Bash shell since dubbed "Shellshock," media outlets rushed to breathlessly tell viewers about their newly hackable Apple computers. In that rush, they almost universally got the facts wrong....

CBS Radio Producer Gets All Emotional About Derek Jeter
Before Derek Jeter's emotional last game at Yankee Stadium, CBS Sports radio host Damon Amendolara brought his Yankees-fan producer, Shaun Morash, on the air to talk about Jeter's impending retirement. The tears came pretty quickly....

That Derek Jeter Screencap, With Every Number Being Two, Is Fake
You might have seen this Derek Jeter photo somewhere on the internet today. Wow, look at all those twos! The baseball gods made it so, #R2p2ct, etc. Unfortunately, it's fake, and the guy who made it feels bad for fooling you....

Brewers Eliminated; Fans Left With Sheets Of Useless Playoff Tickets
The Milwaukee Brewers spent 150 days in first place this season, but they did not make the playoffs: the team was officially eliminated after yesterday's 5-3 loss to the Reds. Milwaukee's collapse provided us with Brewers fans taking sad photos of their now-meaningless postseason tickets. It's not y...

Derek Jeter Went Out The Way He Deserved
I want you to just listen to the crowd as it watches the outcome of Derek Jeter's final at-bat at Yankee Stadium. It rises to pure white noise as the ball gets through the right side, sounding about as loud as a ballpark could possibly get. And then Antoan Richardson scores, and it gets louder....

Derek Jeter Hits Walk-Off In Final At-Bat At Yankee Stadium
Well, that happened. Here's a version without Bob Costas, using just the crowd audio track:...

Mets Writer Notes Team Hasn't Balked All Year; Mets Immediately Balk
This is just beautiful:...