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Aaron Rodgers Says The Replacement Refs "Have To Understand The Rules"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Packers QB has a few bones to pick with the replacements....
A High Schooler Had The Weekend's Most Acrobatic Interception
That's Greenwood (S.C.)'s Kaleb Chalmers going all Troy Polamalu to bring down a pick during Friday's game against Irmo (S.C.). Gravity never had a chance....
Aaron Rodgers Must Wear 49ers Jersey Because Of Bet With Boyz II Men
We blipped about this Sunday and it bears repeating: Aaron Rodgers is friends with Boyz II Men. Such good friends in fact, that he entered into a friendly (see?) wager with the balladeers concerning the outcome when the Packers visit played host to San Francisco. Packers win, Boyz II Men's Nathan M...
David Akers Tied An NFL Record With This 63-Yard Field Goal
Akers is something like 75 years old, but still kicking field goals like a boss. He drills this one right on the crossbar, bouncing over after a few drama-building seconds to give San Francisco a 16-7 lead over Green Bay heading into halftime....
Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em: Your Late Games Viewing Guide
Man, what a rush. Everyone still alive? Season not over yet? Good, because we have four more games to go today, with three kicking off at 4:25 p.m. Let's keep this gravy train rolling. ...
Randy Moss Is Back In Green Bay Today
Randy Moss returns to the scene of a disgusting act this afternoon. His new team, the San Francisco 49ers will be visiting his old rival, the Green Bay Packers. Moss put up some impressive numbers in Green Bay. He also mimingly took down his pants. A lot of the players in today's game were playing h...
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Tulane Player Devon Walker Given CPR Onfield, Taken Off In Ambulance After Helmet-To-Helmet Collision [UPDATE]
EMTs administered CPR to Devon Walker, a Tulane player injured on the last play of the first half of the Green Wave's game at Tulsa earlier today....
Beer And Game Pairing: Hell Or High Watermelon With Bowling Green At Florida
Fruit and beer have an uneasy relationship, much like Gators fans and Florida sucking. Yet here we are, in 2012, and just as I'm watching this unsteady SEC power flail against some team called Bowling Green, I'm also enjoying the seasonal release Hell or High Watermelon by the San Francisco brewery ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Green Bay Packers
Some people are fans of the Green Bay Packers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Green Bay Packers. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....
NBA Cancels Charity Basketball Game At The Last Minute
A day before a charity pick up game organized by former Sacramento King Donte Green was set to be played, the NBA cancelled the event. The game, called The Goon Squad Classic, had sold over 1,000 tickets to fans, like Monica Topete, who were treated to quite a surprise when they showed up....
![Missing: One Giant Furry Green Mascot, Believed To Be Walking Around Boston [UPDATE: Found!]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17u52sy9081gdjpg.jpg)
Missing: One Giant Furry Green Mascot, Believed To Be Walking Around Boston [UPDATE: Found!]
Wally the Green Monster, the semi-beloved mascot of the Boston Red Sox, has gone AWOL. The theft was reported to BPD at 2:22 pm, and the suspect is believed to STILL BE WEARING THE COSTUME SOMEWHERE AROUND BOSTON RIGHT NOW....
Shaq Thompson Returns To Football After The Worst Minor League Career Imaginable
There is something unique about hitting a baseball: the assumption of failure. A batter can fail at his job two out of three times, and do it for 15 years, and he'll make the Hall of Fame. Baseball is a sport designed for only occasional success, even for its most skilled practitioners....
Metta World Peace Is Now Friends With The Fan Who Threw A Drink At Him In Detroit
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: World Peace has come to terms with what happened that day....
Shaq Thompson Update: Shaq Has An At-Bat Where He Doesn't Strike Out!
Red Sox prospect and UW football recruit Shaq Thompson is putting together one of the all-time great stat sheets. Coming into today, Thompson was 0-for-37, with 36 strikeouts in his short career. (He'll start at safety for the Huskies in the fall.) We're committed to providing you the latest Shaq Th...
Shaq Thompson Update: Strikes Out Five Times, Is Now 0-For-37 With 36 Ks
We told you yesterday about Shaq Thompson, the UW football recruit who is giving baseball a go in the Red Sox system. His career stats, since being drafted by Boston in the 18th round, are incredible: Not a single hit, and all but one of his outs have been strikeouts. (To be totally fair, he has sev...
A Red Sox Prospect Is Putting Together The Most Amazing Season Ever
This afternoon, the Gulf Coast League Red Sox took on the GCL Rays. The Sox' starting center fielder, Shaq Green-Thompson, had a rough day, going 0-for-5 with five strikeouts. Yesterday, Green-Thompson pinch hit, and struck out in his only appearance. Back on July 13, Green Thompson went 0-for-2 wit...
A.J. Hawk Shoves Guy Into Lake During Pickup Football Game
A number of Buckeye alums in the NFL, including A.J. Hawk, Troy Smith, Doug Datish and Bobby Carpenter, took part in a charity golf tournament over the weekend. The event, in Warren, Ohio, raised money for a group providing after-school programs for at-risk youth, so that's great. Even better was ...
Anthony Hargrove's Agent Blasts The NFL For "Semantics-Gate"
Tomorrow, Roger Goodell is set to hear the appeal on all four current and former Saints players who have been suspended for their respective roles in the alleged New Orleans bounty program. On Friday, the NFL released less than 200 pages worth of documentation it intended to rely upon to uphold the...
Chicago-Area Drug Bust Turns Up Heroin, Weapons, Packers Super Bowl XLV Ring
The feds made six arrests and said they "seized 20 kilograms of heroin, about $1.4 million in cash, and 18 weapons." Oh, and a Super Bowl XLV ring that had been reported stolen by a Packers team executive. [Shutdown Corner]...
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This Is Probably The Woman Who Ripped Donald Driver's Shoe From That Little Kid [UPDATE]
Meet Robyn Ereth. (She's the one on the left.) Last night sometime, she posted this image to her Facebook with the following note:...