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Underwater Polar Bear Basketball Is The Best Kind Of Basketball
While other polar bears are spending their days doing frivolous things like swimming laps and eating fish, this badass right here is getting his game tight. ...

Infographics: Every NFL Offense's Production, Visualized By Position
Instinctively, you know every team has strengths and weaknesses. You see it in the box scores and the advanced metrics, but when the teams line up, a shitty running back doesn't look impossibly different from Adrian Peterson. So, here's a visual aid. Every NFL offense, visualized by how each of the ...

Family Member Says Paul Oliver May Not Have Meant To Kill Himself
USA Today has more details on the death of former Chargers safety Paul Oliver, who died last month from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Citing a police report, USA Today paints Oliver as a man who was directionless and possibly depressed at the time of his death....

The Sneaky Public Drinker's Guide To Impromptu Tailgating
Massachusetts has a lot going for it. First and foremost, it's a really fun word to say. We also have a lot of apples here, plus more peaches than you'd think. And I can't say for certain, but I assume we still have unparalleled access to the Funky Bunch....

What Really Went Wrong With Rob Gronkowski's Arm Surgeries?
Hours after the 2013 Super Bowl, Rob Gronkowski danced on stage at Encore, the kind of Vegas club you pray your friends never drag you to. As I watched the inevitable TMZ video—Gronk body-slammed a pal onstage—I was less interested in Gronk Gronking than in the black cast encasing his left forearm. ...

Bill Eppridge Is Dead. His Photos Will Never Die
Bill Eppridge, one of the greatest photojournalists who ever picked up a camera, a longtime LIFE and Sports Illustrated photographer and the man behind the harrowing, iconic picture of a fatally wounded Robert Kennedy lying in a pool of blood in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen in June 1968, died on Thur...

Shitbag Browns Owner Yuks It Up
Look at this evil motherfucker. Laughing it up as the Browns eked out an ugly win. This time next year, Jimmy Haslam could be in federal prison. Never forget that if supervillains were real, they'd start as sports owners....

Paul Rhoads Goes On Rant For The Ages After Officials Screw ISU
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, already on the hot seat after losing the Cyclones' opening game to Northern Iowa of the FCS, had a right to be upset with officials after tonight's game against Texas, a 31-30 Longhorns win....

Cleveland Spanks: Your Browns-Bills GIF Roundup
Browns 37, Bills 24: Even with both starting quarterbacks leaving due to injury, this was probably the most entertaining Thursday night game this season. Yes, even with Brandon Weeden and Jeff Tuel....

Brad Nessler Flubs Name Of NFL Network Employee Lost To Breast Cancer
In the middle of a plug about the NFL's effort to increase breast cancer awareness, Brad Nessler mentioned Natalie Packer, an NFL Network employee who died from breast cancer earlier this year. He didn't get her name right, for one reason or another....

Here's The Worst Late Hit You'll See This Year In College Football
Hope you're proud, Longhorns fans....

How Did Philip Rivers Stop Sucking?
Last season, under Norv Turner and his Dink-and-Punt strategems, Philip Rivers became a dull, weaponless checkdown zombie, a man working anxiously behind a cobbled-together offensive line. Under Mike McCoy and his pepped-up offense, Rivers is looking a lot more like the slinging, derping Marmalard ...

A Very Important Picture Of Matt Millen Wearing Overalls
Via Matt Clapp/Sharapova's Thigh....

Meet Mr. Inside And Mr. Outside On The Hokies' Defense
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....

From Louisville To The Nation Of Islam: My Ups And Downs With Ali
This story was originally published in a 1971 issue of Sport magazine. It is reprinted here with permission....


