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High School Running Back Zigs And Zags To Ridiculous Screen-Pass TD
This happened a couple of weeks ago, but Prep Rally only found the video yesterday, so let's all now gawk at it. You can practically hear the Tecmo Bowl music as the play unfolds....

Chargers Score Extremely Disappointing Fat Guy Touchdown
He didn't even have to run anywhere!...

Opera Star: I'm Obsessed With Manti Te'o
Nico Muhly, the young composer behind the very buzzy opera Two Boys, has a bit of an obsession with Manti Te'o. Two Boys, currently running at the Metropolitan Opera, has a Te'oish plot: It's about a teenage boy who assumed numerous online personalities in order to convince an older teenage boy to—t...

This Grizzly Bear's 11th Birthday Party Was Low-Key And Exclusive
This is Brutus the bear celebrating his 11th birthday. I won't offer any other details, because Brutus's b-day bash was a super intimate affair and it wouldn't be cool to gossip about it....

We Have A Fat Guy TD In The Red River Rivalry
Texas DT Chris Whaley did indeed rumble into the endzone after picking off Sooner quarterback Blake Bell....

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Sued Over The One True Thing He Told Manti Te'o
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who masterminded the hoax behind Manti Te'o's fake dead girlfriend, is being sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by a friend who claims he suffered brain damage after a March 2012 auto accident while riding in a car driven by Tuiasosopo....

Hugh Douglas Arrested For Allegedly Choking Woman During "Rough Sex"
Former NFL player and ESPN pundit Hugh Douglas was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging that he assaulted a woman at a hotel in Connecticut....

Elaine de Kooning: Baseball Fan
Baseball Players by Elaine de Kooning. Ink Wash on Paper (1956)....

Offensive Lineman Scores Touchdown In Our Favorite Football Play Ever
We love Fat Guy Touchdowns. This is the ultimate Fat Guy Touchdown....

Josh Donaldson Disappears Behind Tarp To Make Diving Catch
The Rangers' David Murphy wedged this foul pop down the third-base line between the tarp and the padded sidewall. Or right to where the A's Josh Donaldson could get to it....

College Football Already Has Its Weirdest Injury Of The Season
It's still only August, but as freak football injuries go, it's going to be tough to top this one from this morning at Grand Valley State, a Division II school in Allendale, Mich.:...

Pau Gasol Is Still The Most Adorable Man On Twitter
We could all use a friend like Pau....

Happy Birthday, Jon Gruden! Here's An Awkward Segment
It was Jon Gruden's birthday Saturday so ESPN decided to celebrate in a way sure to make everyone involved uncomfortable. There was a Gruden-through-the-ages slideshow. The Washington Redskins cheerleaders brought him a cake. There was half-hearted singing. Gruden mention how he was blushing. Mike ...

One Year Ago Today, ESPN Hit Rock Bottom
Tim Tebow turned 26 today. That means the dumbest day in ESPN history has turned 1. ...

Living The #HartfordLife: A Tribute To Fired ESPNer Hugh Douglas
After he was hired by ESPN to be a studio analyst, former Philadelphia Eagle Hugh Douglas moved to Hartford, Conn., to be closer to ESPN's Bristol compound. Moving from Philadelphia to Hartford was a bit of a culture shock for Douglas, and he used his Twitter account to constantly update his followe...

Hugh Douglas Fired By ESPN
SI's Richard Deitsch reports that Hugh Douglas has been let go by ESPN, two week after a drunken altercation with Numbers Never Lie co-host Michael Smith, in which Douglas called Smith "Uncle Tom."...

ESPN Fight: Hugh Douglas Called Colleague Michael Smith "Uncle Tom"
Last Thursday, at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair, Hugh Douglas, the former Eagle and current NFL analyst for ESPN, was very drunk. A day later he would be both drunk and combative, and, as The Big Lead first reported, he and an ESPN colleague would nearly c...

Adam Jones Got A Popeye's Chicken-Themed Cake For His Birthday
Goddammit, Adam Jones. Now I'm just hungry for Popeye's. And also cake....
