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Nick Saban And Johnny Manziel Hanging Out On <i>College GameDay</i>
I'm no body language expert but I'm guessing part of that shrug translates to "I want to drink the blood of your unborn children and ensure the Manziel name dies with you." ...
By Any Rational Measure, FSU Is The Better Team. So What?
College bowl games are far too fleeting and superfluous to serve as the basis for any lasting conclusions, even about the teams playing in them. In fact, if the 2013-14 bowl season has taught us anything–and I'd really prefer that it hasn't, but if it has, in spite of itself–it is that attempting to...
Soccer Player's Trick Shot Knocks Toy Off The Top Of Wedding Cake
I'm telling you, man, the Japanese get game shows. Even after bringing us the 2 vs. 55 matchup of last week, they've thought of a new and even more ridiculous way to test the skills of a soccer player....
Two Japanese Soccer Stars Play Team Of 55 Kids On Game Show
What do you get when you mix Shinji Kagawa and Hiroshi Kiyotake, 33 Japanese kids, and a soccer pitch? Well, a pretty easily scored goal. But what about when you up the number to 55? Pure chaos....
Steve Spurrier Is In Disguise
"Steve who? Spurrier? Nope, no idea who that is. Sorry, I'm Barry Alvarez. Clearly not the guy you are looking for."...
Richard Ford: Stop Blaming The Game
In 1993, the acclaimed novelist Richard Ford wrote a piece for the New York Times called "Stop Blaming Baseball."...
Here Is A Lie
Raymond James Stadium will host the 2017 college football national championship game. Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan has a highly scientific prediction that it'll be the single greatest thing that's ever happened to Tampa's economy:...
Yeah, This Is Roughing The Passer
I don't know what Gary Danielson is talking about, Kyle Maxwell hits Keenan Reynolds right in the facemask with the crown of his helmet. ...
I Can't Stop Watching This Snowflake Dive Bomb The CBS Camera
Yeah, yeah, make adjustments and play four quarters and all that stuff. Whatever. Look at this snowflake crash right into the center of the camera lens between Tracy Wolfson's and Army head coach Rich Ellerson's heads. Like a field goal. It's mesmerizing....
Canada Has Turned Air Hockey Into A Drinking Game
From the minds of some unidentified genius, and via Reddit, comes Alco-Hockey, a game where the goal has been replaced with six depressions for cups. What you put in those cups is up to you, but it's not called "Soda Hockey."...
This Hardcore Gamer Is NOT FUCKING AROUND
What would have happened if Kevin Garnett had decided to take up competitive gaming instead of basketball? This. This would have happened....
Man Applies For UND Head Coach Job, Cites Playing <i>Madden</i> As Experience
Thanks to years of playing the Madden and NCAA Football franchises on Sega Genesis and Playstation, Christopher McComas feels confident he can lead the University of North Dakota to football immortality. His plan? "Chuck the pigskin" and then chuck it some more. Relentless defense. No mercy punting....
Vote For Jack Morris (And Shut Up About Game 7 Already)
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....
"Mark May, Suck On These Nuts": Your OSU-MSU <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
ESPN brought the College GameDay crew to freezing-old Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game today between undefeated Ohio State and one-defeated Michigan State. Turns out people don't like Mark May. Who knew?...
Mexico City Smoke-Out Only Second Strangest Delay In Spurs History
The NBA's "Global Games" are off to a hilarious start. I mean, it wasn't funny for the 22,000 Mexico City fans who didn't get a chance to watch the Spurs and Timberwolves thanks to the arena filling up with smoke, but images like Tony Parker masking up and rushing into a burning building are pretty ...
Don't Swear While Playing <em>NBA 2K14</em>; You'll Get A Technical Foul
I used to throw my controller across the room when I got frustrated. These days, with touch screens and gyroscopes and motion sensors, that's probably not such a good idea. I'm well out of the video game loop by this point, but I can tell you this: I damn sure wouldn't want my console enforcing its ...
Who's The Bigger Cheater: Jason Kidd Or Mike Tomlin?
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Gaybashing Abounds: Your Alabama-Auburn <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
The Iron Bowl, Alabama's annual tree-murderer-and-RV showcase kicks off this afternoon and College GameDay is right in the middle of it at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Our first sign is another tribute to the ingenuity of lunkheads and the hapless ESPN producers powerless to stop them. "Jesse Palmer's Queer...
Did Mark Cuban Out Del Harris As The Inventor Of The Spilled-Soda Move?
On Wednesday night, Jason Kidd bought himself an extra timeout against the Lakers when he told Tyshawn Taylor to bump into him, spilling his drink. The Nets were losing 96-94 at that point and had no timeouts. The clean-up, before Jodie Meeks's second foul shot, gave the Nets some extra time to dra...