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Do Not Even Fucking Think About Leaving Russell Westbrook Hanging
Seriously, it's a bad idea....
Chris Baker Confirms His "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" After Earning A Sack
Washington defensive lineman Chris Baker appeared to perform the "Hands up, don't shoot" gesture today after his third-quarter sack of the Rams' Shaun Hill, and he confirmed its meaning after the game....
Mike Ditka Says He's "Embarrassed" For "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Rams
Crappy leather-faced old man Mike Ditka has taken to the pages of the Chicago Sun Times to hit us with his take on the Ferguson protests, as well as the decision by a few Rams players to express solidarity with the protesters by walking onto the field in a "hands up, don't shoot" pose. ...
St. Louis Rams Call St. Louis Police Liars
A St. Louis Rams executive apologized (Update: he denies apologizing, see below) to police on behalf of the team's front office for players' use of the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture before Sunday's game—a gesture that left St. Louis cops demanding punishment for the players....
St. Louis Cops Declare Rams' "Hands Up Don't Shoot" To Be "Offensive"
St. Louis police officers condemned the NFL's Rams today, calling their pre-game display of the "hands up don't shoot" gesture to be "tasteless, offensive and inflammatory." The lengthy statement issued by the St. Louis Police Officers Association demanded Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook,...
The Milwaukee Bucks Made A Starbucks Drake Hands Video
I don't know if the #StarbucksDrakeHands thing is officially stale and unfunny yet, but this made me laugh. Ersan Ilyasova really steals the show....
Troy Tulowitzki Takes The Postgame Handshake To A New Level
Baseball, everyone!...
Blake Griffin Switches Hands Mid-Dunk
This is reminiscent of (but not nearly as pretty as) Michael Jordan switching hands in Game 2 of the 1991 Finals against the Lakers. It's not as fluid and obvious as Jordan, but that same hesitation is there and, anyway, Griffin's game has never been about pretty. It's about power and this is what...
Clark Kellogg On Victor Oladipo And A Baby's Bottom: "Smooth And Sometimes Explosive"
Indiana, clutching to its No. 1 ranking for a few more days, bounced back from an upset loss to Illinois Thursday night and beat Ohio State today 81-68....
Brit Olympics Hero Jessica Ennis Leaves Kate Middleton Hanging On Awards-Show Handshake, Sparks National Outrage
The BBC's Sports Personality Of The Year awards were televised today, with special guest presenter the Duchess of Cambridge in her first public appearance since being hospitalized with severe morning sickness two weeks ago. The drama of a pregnant Kate's emergence became multiplied, though, when S...
The NBA Will No Longer Tolerate Lengthy Pregame Handshake Routines
Finally, the NBA is doing something to speed up the game. Surely, that means there won't be as many of those interminable television timeouts, right? Hahaha, no. The problem, see, is handshakes—those fun, entertaining little routines in which many players engage just after the pregame introduction...
USHL Goalie Stephon Williams Makes Barehanded Save
USHL goalie Stephon Williams was left all alone on an island to face a point blank shot and he did not even have his glove. It wouldn't matter, though. He went ahead and made the barehanded save anyway. Williams would stop 29 of the 31 shots fired his way on Monday, as he anchored the Waterloo Bla...
<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> Columnist Joe Cowley Rides A Plane, Degrades Women Everywhere
Ever since Jay Marrioti fell off the face of the planet, the Chicago Sun-Times has been a little light in the abusive-toward-females department. This morning, Joe Cowley (pictured, far right) bravely stepped in to assume the role, in an albeit verbal, yet no less demeaning manner when he took on on...
British Olympians Warned Not To Shake Hands With Dirty Foreigners
Because the true Olympic spirit isn't friendship but rather winning, a doctor with the British Olympic Association is warning athletes that shaking hands with rivals and visiting dignitaries is just about the best way to get sick before your event (along with making out with that hot Ukrainian penta...
Luis Suárez, Fresh Off Ban For Being Racist, Refuses To Shake Hand Of Guy To Whom He Was Racist
Liverpool striker Luis Suárez, who returned this week from an eight-game suspension for racial abuse, showed he was a changed man when meeting Patrice Evra before today's Manchester United-Liverpool match. Ha-ha, no, he refused to shake the hand of the player against whom he allegedly abused in t...
Bernard Berrian Has Shitty Hands, In A Literal Sense
Remember the fuss from a couple of weeks back, when Vikings receiver Bernard Berrian lawyered up to protect his image after KSK did one of its satirical posts about him? Yeah, well, can't wait to see how ol' poopyhands and his handlers try to bully their way out of this one. [@B_Twice; h/t to David...
The Dumbest Thing About the NFL's Dumb Handshake Controversy
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....