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University Hires, Fires SID After Failing To Google Him
Yesterday afternoon, the University of Great Falls (Mont.) hired and fired a new sports information director in the span of two hours., after it was reported that he has a past criminal conviction. The background check UGF ran on Todd Brittingham did not reveal his criminal history. The university c...
Knicks Hot Streak Thanks To "Sharts" Falling
It feels like every time there is a fuck up by, or in the general area of, the Knicks we're forced to admit that that moment is the most Knicks thing ever. Well, the Knicks played last night, so this is the most Knicks thing ever. ...
LeBron James Dunking A Wastepaper Basketball
Under Jimmy Fallon's stewardship, The Tonight Show programming has moved to approximately 75 percent SNL Digital Shorts and 25 percent interviews. The latest clip is a ditty called "Wastepaper Basketball" and stars LeBron James in a high-stakes garbage-basketball rap/challenge against Fallon. Lebron...
Jimmy Fallon's First-Ever <em>Tonight Show</em> Features Legendary Cameo Segment
We couldn't possibly run down all the dignitaries who appear in this bit, from tonight's first episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. We'll simply note surprise at Lindsay Lohan parting with $100 for anything that doesn't come in powder form, and Joan Rivers's return to NBC after being b...
Tara Lipinski Channels "The Dude" In <em>Lebowski</em>-Themed Skating Routine
It's been 16 years since figure skater Tara Lipinski won gold at the Nagano Olympics, but by the looks of this routine she did on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, she's still got it. ...
Watch Drake And Jimmy Fallon Play Beer Hockey
Finally, we get to see what beer hockey—the drinking game that was recently invented by an unidentified Canadian—looks like in action. And it's all thanks to Jimmy Fallon and Drake. ...
Lenny Cooke: Almost Famous
What happens when the American Dream comes too early?...
<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Goes Long On The Quarterback Who Couldn't
A 15,000-word piece about Tim Tebow is such a self-evidently bad idea that you would assume, not having read it, that this Sports Illustrated #longform offers something special to justify its claims on the time and attention of readers: fresh reporting, uniquely elegant writing, original ideas....
What High School Yearbook Award Would Peyton Manning Get?
Not sure how fair it is to make fun of Peyton's funhouse mirror forehead the week he's playing Brady and his caveman dome, but I think we can all get behind that Logan Mankins picture as Drunkest Guy At The Picnic. Here's Fallon giving the Pats and Broncos high school yearbook awards. ...
G.O.A.T
It ain't cheap but Taschen Books' tribute to Muhammad Ali, Greatest of All Time, sure is fucking fabulous. ...
Jimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake Do A Bunch Of End Zone Dances
They call this bit "The Evolution of End Zone Dancing," but once they get past the "Dirty Bird" it's really just Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake dicking around for a few minutes. We're OK with that, but only because they do a dance called "Earthquake Waiter." That one is funny, for some reason....
A Fan Fell To His Death At The 49ers Game
The frightening trend of fans falling to their deaths at sporting events continues. According to police, a fan fell from an elevated walkway and died at Candlestick Park shortly after the Packers-49ers game kicked off on Sunday. ...
The 16 Fall Movies You Should Be Excited About: A Guide
Labor Day is the signpost every year that the sugary summer junk is behind us and that the nutritious square meal of awards season has finally arrived. That's the theory, anyway: In actuality, summer movies like Before Midnight and Fruitvale Station will be as well-received as any Oscar bait, and th...
The Worst Album Covers Of All-Time
According to this most entertaining 2012 post over at Tastebuds. So many to choose from. Here are just a few:...
After The Fall: The Story Of Zola Budd
From Runner's World, Steven Friedman's 2009 story on Zola Budd:...
Jimmy Fallon's Interview With “Michael Jordan” Is Surprisingly Funny
This is the kind of bit that has the potential to be gimmicky and unfunny, but Fallon and Kristen Wiig have the comedic timing that's necessary to make a five-minute interview with "Michael Jordan" worth watching. Also, it's pretty hard not to laugh at that bald cap....
Jimmy Fallon's Awards For The Bruins And Blackhawks Were Damn Funny
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, they occasionally hand out yearbook-style superlatives. Last night, they did it for the Stanley Cup finalists. It's worth your time....
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....