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Club Banger: Vernon Davis Talking About His Favorite Thanksgiving Food
NBC asked 49ers tight end Vernon Davis last night to share his favorite Thanksgiving food. His answer? "Yams. Sweet potato yams." We improved upon his answer by turning it into a song....
Fran Tarkenton Spent A Season On Now-Banned Horse Painkillers
Earlier this month, federal agents raided the medical staffs of five NFL teams. They were looking for prescription drugs, on the heels of a class-action suit alleging that the NFL has been doping up its players for years, pumping them full of painkillers because it was the only way they could possib...
Middle-Schooler Turns Into The Star Of Mark Helfrich's Postgame
After Oregon's win over Colorado yesterday, O'Hara Catholic School (Ore.) sixth-grader Charlie Pape' asked Ducks coach Mark Helfrich a question. We learned that Charlie Pape' doesn't do softballs....
Stop Celebrating. This Is Not An Occasion For Celebrating.
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Panda Bear Takes Some Snow Tumbles, Knows What Livin' Is All About
The snow might be wrecking everyone else's shit right now, but it's treating this big panda bear named Da Mao pretty well. ...
TV On The Radio Still Sound Like The Future
Pretty rough year for last decade's biggest NYC bands, right? The Rapture quietly broke up. The Walkmen followed up their 2013 "extreme hiatus" announcement with strong but unsung solo albums from Hamilton Leithauser and Peter Matthew Bauer. Interpol released an album that sounds like them and bea...
Giannis Antetokounmpo Has A New Weapon
Giannis Antetokounmpo has been having a quiet but solid year as the Bucks' 6-foot-11 guard-forward hybrid. He's averaging 12 points and six rebounds in 26 minutes per game—good numbers that any 19-year-old in just his second NBA season would be proud of—but what's more impressive is how quickly Ante...
Ivory Coast Fans Mob Pitch As Team Qualifies For Africa Cup Of Nations
Ivory Coast took on Cameroon at home in Abidjan today, in their final match of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. With three minutes of stoppage time left, and both teams assured of qualifying with a 0-0 draw, Cameroon was content to let the Ivory Coast pass the ball around unmolested....
Here's Fred Jackson Tossing His Kids Into A Big Pile Of Buffalo Snow
Tuesdays are off days for NFL players, and days that include the onset of a storm that will bring sixish feet of snow are snow days for kids. With that coincidence in mind, here's Fred Jackson being a fun dad and tossing his kids in some bigass piles of snow. ...
French Club Suspected Of Bribing Opponents With Cases Of Wine Mid-Match
French officials have arrested the club presidents of newly promoted Ligue 1 side Caen and Ligue 2 club Nîmes for their suspected involvement in fixing a match at the end of last year's Ligue 2 season. What did the Caen players receive for their services? According to one report, cases of wine deliv...
Tippy-Toe Tip Drill Touchdown Extends The Kansas Lead
Kansas forced a turnover on the subsequent kickoff, too. This is something that's really happening....
Be Aware: Kansas Leads TCU At Halftime
TCU has just one turnover and two penalties, so they haven't been shooting themselves in the foot. Kansas is just beating them. It's weird....
Carlos Bacca Scores Colombian Equalizer, Sparks Heavy Metal Meltdown
We highlighted Javier "El Cantante del Gol" Fernández's goal calls throughout the World Cup, and we're happy to bring you his especially-emphatic call of Carlos Bacca's equalizer against the United States today at Craven Cottage. (Sure looks like Colombia was offside here, though?)...
Ducks Have Mumps
Despite it being 2014, some hockey players have the mumps. Anaheim Ducks leading goalscorer Corey Perry is over his bout after missing four games, while defenseman Francois Beauchemin is still contagious and must remain quarantined....
Former UNC Player Details Academic Fraud, Says "Everybody Knew"
Former Tar Heels football player Tydreke Powell called into North Carolina radio station WJMH this morning and provided some interesting details about the academic misconduct that allegedly involved hundreds of UNC athletes....
DA Memo In Ray McDonald Case Shows How Cop Worked As 49ers Lackey
The district attorney's office in Santa Clara, Calif., announced today that it would not file charges against Ray McDonald after his domestic violence arrest earlier this year. (McDonald was accused of hitting his pregnant fiancée after they got in a fight at his August birthday party.) As part of...
No. 6 TCU Beats Up On No. 7 Kansas State
The Horned Frogs are making their case for a spot in the playoff. A week after an offensive explosion, No. 6 TCU kept its foot on the gas, routing No. 7 Kansas State 41-20. The Wildcats were undefeated in the Big 12, and actually ahead of TCU, entering today's game. This adds to the shakeup of the t...
How To Stir-Fry Beef, The Most Harrowing And Wonderful Thing
The problem with stir-frying is the common perception that it's this simple, quick way of throwing together a good dinner. I don't really know what to make, and I'm running late getting home from work, so I guess I'll just whip up some stir-fry is the thought process that leads, inexorably, to the...
West Ham Players Get Naked To Remind You To Feel On Your Balls
Not, like, in a sexual way—though that's good, too. It's part of The Sun's November "Feel 'em Friday" campaign to encourage men to rub around down there for evidence of testicular cancer. We're awaiting next week's step-by-step diagrams where Kevin Nolan demonstrates proper technique....