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Can USATF Coach Jon Drummond Carry Your Drugs?
David Epstein, writing for Sports Illustrated and ProPublica, reports that a USA Track & Field representative and coach "encouraged [the] use of the banned products and transported them" for doper Tyson Gay....
Reminder: Mel Kiper Stinks At Actually Evaluating NFL Talent
While Big Mel does OK for himself in mock drafts, though not overly OK, we thought it would be prudent to remind you that the last time we looked, Kiper's pre-draft rankings (which are his estimations of how good the players are, not where they will be drafted) stunk pretty hard. ...
This Picture Of Three Browns Fans Is Pure Sadness
We'll assume that their other two buddies, the ones in the Weeden and McCoy jerseys, are meeting up with them later. Either that, or they were crushed by a falling piano earlier in the day....
Curious Buck
Pat Jordan's latest for Sports on Earthis a fun one:...
A Fishing Trip Fixed Roy Hibbert
Roy Hibbert, who recently transformed from an all-pro center into the NBA's biggest and suckiest punching bag, somehow managed to stop sucking last night. In 33 minutes against the Wizards, Hibbert scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and once again started looking like a functional basketball p...
Who Does Jameis Winston Think He Is—Joe Namath?
A story about the other famous shoplifting quarterback, excerpted from the book Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath and Dixie's Last Quarter....
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Meet The Guy Who Wrote Those Bizarre Scouting Reports For NFL.com
Think of the most important thing you'd want to know about an NFL prospect. The piece of information that should be listed first on his NFL.com draft profile. It is, almost certainly, nothing like these:...
Richard Sherman Says The NFL Wouldn't Have Banned Donald Sterling
Seahawks corner Richard Sherman—fresh off signing a four-year extension including $40 million guaranteed—sat down for an interview with Time in which he was asked how the NFL would react if faced with a situation like the one the NBA confronted with Donald Sterling. ...
Charles Barkley, Doing Something Obscene
He says this is how he eats churros. We all know what Chuck's really getting at, though....
FSU Artist Behind Jameis Winston Fellatio Painting Explains Inspiration
For those who wanted an explanation for the colorful painting of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston getting blown by a Pi Kappa Alpha brother, we received an email from Lena NW, the FSU art major who created it. She elucidated her inspiration behind the work....
Chris McDougall: I Never Meant To Start A Barefoot-Running Fad
In 2009, Chris McDougall published Born to Run, an account of his adventures in the remote canyons of Mexico. From his travelogue was birthed an industry-shifting movement that re-examined everything once accepted as gospel truth about running shoes....
Experience An NBA Playoff Pregame From The Eyes Of A Drunk Person
OK, this video's actually just useless additional footage from TNT's online feed, but if we use our imagination, we're watching the Clippers-Thunder introductions from a very drunk fan's point of view. Damn, how'd you put down that much before the game even started? Please don't puke....
NFL Draftees Picked Their Own Walk-Up Songs This Year
At this year's NFL draft, the songs that play when the draftees walk out on stage will be chosen by the players themselves. It's going to be great, or terrible, or just the same Jay-Z song 30 times in a row. ...
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Took Photos Of Napping Draft Prospects
Draft week is exhausting for prospects—they're hustled from meeting to meeting, media appearance to media appearance, with the only opportunity for some rest the bus rides in between. Earlier today, Alabama safety Ha'Sean "Ha Ha" Clinton-Dix put together a photo essay of his fellow prospects napping...
<em>Borderlands 2</em> Is The Best Video Game Ever
So a new Borderlands game is coming in the fall. Now, a guy like me gets all kinds of news throughout the course of the average day—Facebook ate a baby, girlfriend has a rash on her foot, another A's pitcher's getting Tommy John surgery—but this cut through the clatter like a broadsword through Ned ...
Pablo Sandoval Proves That He Really Will Swing At Anything
It's impossible not to be charmed by Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging ways, and that's why this botched hit-and-run swing from yesterday's game against the Pirates is a cause for celebration rather than ridicule. ...
Report: NFL Won't Get To Force A Fun Team To Appear On <em>Hard Knocks</em>
After two seasons of scrambling to secure a team, the NFL added a new wrinkle to this year's Hard Knocks selection process: The league can compel teams that meet certain conditions to appear on the HBO/NFL Films documentary series. That opens the possibility of a marquee franchise being forced into ...
ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss Is Finally Leaving For NBC
Looks like Jamie Horowitz, an influential ESPN VP once called "the midwife of Bristol's 'Embrace Debate' era" in these pages, will be leaving for NBC after all. New York Times media reporter Bill Carter tweeted this morning that Horowitz, who'd apparently sulked through his last few months at ESPN a...