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High School Quarterback Dies After On-Field Injury

Late last night, Evan Murray of Washington, NJ and Warren Hills Regional High School died after getting tackled during the second quarter against Summit High. He was 17. It is not yet clear what specific injuries Murray may have suffered, but he walked off the field under his own power before being ...

Nationals Cannot Stop Beating Selves, Allow Inside-The-Park Grand Slam

The Nationals really have no one to blame but themselves for probably losing their way out of a chance at the playoffs, and this play from tonight’s game against the 57-96 Phillies is a great example. Here’s Aaron Altherr driving home all three baserunners and himself thanks to a misplayed ball by M...

15 Years Ago, Vince Carter Jumped Over A 7-Footer And Dunked The Shit

Exactly 15 years ago today, Vince Carter jumped over 7-foot-2 French center Frédéric Weis and dunked the ball at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. You remember, right? Right....

<i>Elite Squad: The Enemy Within</i> Is The Next Stop For <i>Narcos</i> Fiends

There’s a very good chance you’ve spent some time in the past few week binging on Narcos, the new Netflix show about the unlikely career of one Pablo Escobar. It’s a great show, one that goes as wide as possible in considering all the effects of the U.S.’s war on drugs and its appetite for them. May...

Where Did Those Crazy Lane Kiffin Rumors Come From?

There are a great many unverified rumors in the sports world, but only college football has the unique blend of financial chicanery, lunatic fanbases, isolated campuses, and exploitation of minors that can cause Internet rumors to spring up seemingly out of nowhere. That was the case this week, when...

Memphis Looks Fun

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Chicago magazine has a horrifically depressing story about the last years of Ernie Banks’s life. Come for his sad experiences at Hall of Fame reunions that prompted visiting a psychiatrist, stay for his sad estrangement from his wife near the end of his life. [Chicago]...

Gunner Kiel Left Motionless After Reversed Targeting Foul

Cincinnati quarterback Gunner Kiel lay motionless on the field in Memphis after taking a shot to the head from Tigers defensive back Chauncey Lanier. Lanier was initially ejected for the act, but officials reversed the penalty after replay review....

Various Lowlights From Curt Schilling's Failed 38 Studios [UPDATED]

Documents from the lawsuit over Curt Schilling’s failed attempt to launch his own video game company—dubbed 38 Studios—have been released today in Rhode Island. If you don’t recall 38 Studios, it’s because the company laid off its entire staff and went bankrupt in 2012, despite getting a $75 million...

Review: Curt Schilling's Video Game Company Had Many Flaws Before Taking Rhode Island's $75 Million

The Rhode Island Superior Court dropped a whole mess of documents today regarding the agreement between the state and 38 Studios, Curt Schilling’s video game company that went bankrupt in 2012 after developing only one single-player game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. There’s a lot to sift through,...

Chandler Parsons Started The Great NBA Emoji War By Accident

The DeAndre Jordan Standoff is one of the best story lines in the history of the NBA offseason, in part because it involved a wacky emoji war that swept across all of NBA social media. But now Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons, the man who started that war, says his opening salvo wasn’t even relate...

Extra Point Off The Ref's Face Still Counts

This kick, by Luis Aranda of Lee H.S. in Midland Texas, is an ugly thing of beauty. The officials are in play, so a PAT that ricochets off one’s head and (barely) goes through the uprights—even if it wouldn’t have without the zebra assist—is good. ...

Oh, Hey, Jonathan Papelbon's Still A Dick

The Nationals got exactly what they expected out of Jonathan Papelbon: a very good closer and an unrepentant asshole with a knack for pissing off his own teammates as much as his opponents. After Papelbon plunked Manny Machado in last night’s 4-3 Baltimore win, it was Bryce Harper, of all people, wh...

Here Is Some Impossibly Stupid NBA Ass-Eating Gossip To Brighten Your Day

Sometimes, you just need to go to MediaTakeOut, a website that employs some of the finest prose stylists (seriously) of our time, and read an anonymous Instagram model’s account of how she ate NBA BALLER WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH A K’S butt, even though it was MUSTY....

DeMarco Murray left practice with a hamstring injury. However will the Eagles replace his 0.52 YPC?...

Massachusetts Man Cannot Handle Seeing A Sunfish: "What The Fuck Is That, Kid?" 

At first, it’s reasonable to think that this video’s protagonist, a man from Malden, is laying the Massachusetts accent on a little thick as he reacts to seeing a sunfish in the water. Oh man, Jay, it’s dead, bro, or somethin’! Michael Bergin’s interview with the Boston Globe basically confirms that...

Washington Football Fan Group Stars In World's Saddest Vine

I’m not sure what’s going on with Washington’s social media manager today, but there’s a good chance he or she woke up and said something along the lines of, “I’d really like to make the saddest Vine in the history of the internet today.”...

Lawyer Of Patrick Kane's Accuser Claims Rape Kit Was Tampered With [Update]

Thomas Eoannou, the attorney for the woman accusing Patrick Kane of rape, held a press conference today and claimed that the rape kit, which had reportedly shown no signs of Kane’s DNA on the woman’s genital area or underwear, was tampered with. Eoannou discovered this because the rape kit’s evidenc...

Baseball Is A Wonderful Sport

If you ever catch some dingus being like, “Wehhhhh, baseball is lame!” just show them this photo, taken at last night’s Reds-Cardinals game by AP photographer Jeff Roberson....

Another High School Football Player Targets A Referee

High school football is in desperate need of some chill right now. Just this month we’ve seen two Texas high school football players light up a referee who supposedly said racist things to them, another player from Texas shove an official, and a kid use his opponent’s helmet as a mace. Now, we have ...