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Who's The Bigger Cheater: Jason Kidd Or Mike Tomlin?
Originally published in Bloomberg View...

Chasing A Rod
Head on over to New York Magazine and check out Steve Fishman's takeout piece on Alex Rodriguez:...

Antonio Smith Accuses The Patriots Of Spying
The Patriots, down 17-7 at the break, put up 27 points on Houston in the second half. That's been New England's M.O. recently, but Texans DE Antonio Smith thinks the turnaround was more than a little suspicious....

How Everyone Screwed Up On Washington's Mistaken First Down
Washington thought they had a first down. The chains moved. The stadium scoreboard said first down. Kyle Shanahan called the next play as if the Skins had a new set of downs. But the one person whose ruling mattered, referee Jeff Triplette, signaled third down. Chaos reigns....

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 13 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of the worst). Maps via 506sports.com....

Meet The Guy Who Won The First Ultra Marathon He Ever Ran
Zach Miller is a 25-year-old dude who travels the world while working on a cruise ship. Last week, he won the country's oldest ultramarathon, the JFK 50 Mile, a race he'd never heard of until October and a distance he'd never come close to running before. His time of 5 hours 38 minutes and 53 second...

Watch Ron Burgundy Anchor An Actual Newscast In North Dakota
There's a new Anchorman movie coming out, which means Will Ferrell is making the rounds in character—ranging from Dodge ads to Canadian curling coverage. Tonight, he dropped by the studios of KXMB in Bismarck, North Dakota to co-anchor the CBS affiliate's broadcast following the Alabama-Auburn game....

Auburn Has This One Sewn Up
The offenses are bursting at the seams! A.J. McCarron just threaded the needle! He's got the Heisman sewn up! I already used that one, crap! What's next, the Ironing Bowl?...

Three Ejected After Fight Breaks Out In Ohio State-Michigan Game
A second-quarter fight between the Wolverines and Buckeyes left one Michigan player and two Ohio State athletes ejected, including OSU lineman Marcus Hall who threw his helmet and flipped The Big House the bird upon his exit....

Zdeno Chara Fights Brian Boyle, Earns Gordie Howe Hat Trick
Zdeno Chara is listed at six-foot-nine. Brian Boyle is listed at six-foot-seven. It was still a rather one-sided fight involving two of the tallest players in the NHL, though....

Wake Forest And Kansas Basketball Players Have Lots Of Arms
Arms and arms and arms. Yards of arms. Arms that are feet long....


The Packers Today Forgot They Had A Game Against The Lions
The Green Bay Packers allegedly played the Detroit Lions this afternoon, in a rematch of a Jan. 1, 2012 game in which the teams combined for a Packers team single-game record 1,125 yards. In that game, Detroit racked up 575 yards (Matt Stafford threw for 520 yards) while Green Bay rolled up 550 (Mat...

Sports Figures And Sports Books Are No Longer Notable
Grant Wahl noticed today that the New York Times found no nonfiction sports titles among its 100 notable books of the year ... for the third straight year....

Coach K Doesn't Want You To Be So Excited About Exciting Players
This college basketball season is one of the most exciting in recent memory, due in no small part to the presence of superstar freshman Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins, and Julius Randle. But Mick Krizilonski thinks that we should all stop being so excited about these awesome players, because Mick Kri...

The Patriots Might Have An Audible Named For Belichick's Girlfriend
According to the Boston Herald, Tom Brady's changed the play before tossing a six-yard TD to Rob Gronkowski. His call at the line: "Cougar! Cougar! Linda!"...

The Bronx Is Burning
But that doesn't mean you should stop playing. ...

BC's Andre Williams Runs Like He's Got A Super Mario Invincibility Star
Boston College running back Andre Williams leads all FBS running backs with 2073 rushing yards, good for an average of 6.5 yards per carry. The senior's a potential Heisman finalist, and to help his case, someone put together a video of him bowling over opponents to the Starman music from the Super...

Is There A Single Knick Who Didn't Completely Fuck Up On This Play?
I mean, I guess Iman Shumpert does an OK job. Maybe we can give 'Melo a D+ for that really soft bluff into the lane....