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Bob Costas Threw Two First Pitches Because The First One Was So Bad
Bob Costas threw the ceremonial first pitch(es) in St. Louis tonight and missed badly on his first toss. After fist-exploding with the Cardinals mascot, he cooly jogged to the rubber for his pitch. It's unclear if it was nerves or just the adrenaline pumping, but he airmailed his first throw throu...
Hawk Harrelson Does Ice Bucket Challenge With A Shower Cap On
Hawk Harrelson got in on the ALS ice bucket challenge but before he did, he cinched up a shower cap and hunkered down for the icy-cold refreshment. Mercy!...
Can David Wilson Have A Second Career In Track & Field?
David Wilson, the former New York Giant who ended his career earlier this month due to a neck injury, announced yesterday in an interview with Yahoo Sports that he's planning a return to track and field....
Looks Like Johnny Manziel Just Found Out Everyone Saw Him Flip The Bird
That's Browns PR guy Rob McBurnett on the left side of the screen likely informing Johnny Manziel that his middle finger will be a full-blown Thing tomorrow. Manziel's reaction is perfect. This is body language that screams man, I am an idiot but, goddammit, why can't they let me live?...
Watch Joe Panik's Pinkie Disappear As He Slides Into Second Base
Giants rookie Joe Panik was the unwilling participant in a magic trick when he slid into second during Sunday's game against the Phillies. Now you see his pinkie finger, and now—oh, shit....
Tony Randazzo Ejects Lloyd McClendon In Two Consecutive Games
Tony Randazzo ejected Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon Saturday night for arguing balls and strikes and he just tossed him again today for waving his hand in disagreement with a check swing call on Alex Avila. Last night, McClendon was tossed before he could step onto the field, but when he did Randa...
Guy Gives Kid A Foul Ball; Kid Throws It Back On Field
The guy in the blue Cardinals hat caught a foul ball right behind the visitors' dugout in St. Louis and kindly gave the ball to a sweet and innocent-looking child next to him. Turns out he was sitting next to Max Demian. He quickly took the ball and fired it back onto the field. Here's what I thin...
Challenger Emerges For Worst First Pitch Ever: Miss Texas
Replicating this to any degree of exactitude could actually be a contestant's talent routine in a beauty pageant. Miss Texas Monique Evans's form, a horse mascot, and most importantly, the perfect watching-a-car-drive-by reaction, all make this an incredibly rare and difficult feat. ...
Something Disgusting Happened In Ashley Young's Mouth
It's hard to say exactly what this is that flies directly into Ashley Young's mouth—many on Twitter say it's bird shit, which should make you want to eat Clorox wipes for a week—but even if it's just human spit, it's equal parts amazing and gross. ...
Academic Fraud Investigation Underway At Notre Dame
Some shit appears to be going down at Notre Dame. Earlier today, rumors about four Notre Dame players being expelled and the entire 2012 season being vacated began to swirl on message boards, Twitter, and Reddit. We still don't know exactly what is happening, but Yahoo's Pat Forde is reporting that ...
How Do I Clean Up All This Mouse Poop?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here once a month to answer your filthiest questions. ...
Gerry Austin, What Are You Doing?
This is Gerry Austin, ESPN's version of Mike Pereira, quickly leaving the booth at the end of the Bears-Jaguars game tonight. This is also Gerry Austin quickly re-entering the booth moments later. We don't know what he's doing tiptoeing around like a cartoon villain, but it's preseason for the refer...
Cris Carter Misses Himself On Ice Bucket Challenge, Gets Berman
This GIF is absolutely killing me. I cannot stop laughing. In trying to dump water over his own head for the ALS Ice Bucket challenge sweeping the nation, Cris Carter completely misses and dumps water all over Berman. His face when he gets a tiny splash, man, haven't had a good laugh like that in a ...
Little League World Series Participant Has The Best Pregame Ritual
Trey is really doing it right, you guys. We should all try to be more like Trey....
<em>The Expendables 3</em>: An Actor-By-Actor Breakdown
No film series in recent memory relies more on the sheer mass of its cast than the Expendables movies. I've seen the assembled talent referred to as the Traveling Wilburys of '80s Action Stars, but there were only five of those guys. This more resembles the cast of a '70s disaster movie, in which ...
Twins Prospect Byron Buxton Carted Off Field After Outfield Collision
Byron Buxton, baseball's top prospect, suffered a concussion in his first start in Double-A tonight, playing center field for the New Britain Rock Cats. In the fifth inning he collided with right fielder Mike Kvasnicka and remained motionless, in a heap for several minutes immediately after....
White Sox Boned By Catcher-Blocking-The-Plate Rule, Ventura Loses It
It feels like we haven't had a manager freak out and start kicking dirt all over home plate in ages. We can at least thank the unnavigable abyss of Rule 7.13 for that. ...
Georgia Football Player Joins A Book Club With Some Very Nice Ladies
Here's a cute story get you through the shit tsunami that's been the last few days. Georgia receiver Malcolm Mitchell is a literature fiend who's joined a book club in Athens with a bunch of welcoming women....
Just A Few Baseball Fans Dressed As Peapods, Chatting
"I dunno, I feel like I don't read anymore, you know? Have you read any good books recently? Nothing interests me. New fiction, classics, non-fiction, none of it. My kid tried to get me to read Lord Of The Rings and I was like, "I already read Jordan's autobiography."...