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Jonathan Papelbon Continues To Endear Himself To Phillies Fans
Much like the Mariners, the Phillies also brought in the wrong pitcher last night. Unlike the Mariners, this one wasn't an accident; Jonathan Papelbon's the closer....

Hooligan Moons Philadelphia Fox Reporter's Live Report
It was a rough night for Omari Fleming, reporter for Philadelphia Fox affiliate WTXF. First he had to go out to Roxborough to cover some stupid story about burglaries, and then a joker behind his live stand-up bared his ass for all of Philly to see....

LeSean McCoy On Riley Cooper: "I Can't Respect A Guy Like That"
The Philadelphia Eagles are doing their best to cut the wires on the improvised bomb in the middle of their locker room. Mike Vick on Riley Cooper: "I know what type of person he is." Kurt Coleman: "I'll have his back." Jason Avant: "He's not racist."...

Kids' <em>Jeopardy!</em> Ended With The Most Heartbreaking Wrong Answer Ever
It's Jeopardy! Kids Week, which is heartrending enough with the amount of pressure put on small children—there's more than a little bit of the Roman Arena in tuning in to watch tiny dreams be crushed. But last night's Final Jeopardy was a shitshow from top to bottom....

Soccer Team Owner Blocks Tottenham Transfer From Prison
Tottenham Hotspur had a deal in place to transfer center back Vlad Chiriches from Romanian club Steaua Bucuresti to the Premier League. But then Steaua Bucuresti owner Gigi Becali was granted his one-a-day phone call from jail, and everything went to shit....


Here's How That Riley Cooper Tape Got Out
Yesterday afternoon, we received an email from a tipster who wanted to sell us the video clip in which Riley Cooper threatens to "fight every nigger" at a Kenny Chesney concert. After a bit of negotiating, we decided to pass on purchasing the tape, and Crossing Broad ended up breaking the story. He...

Russia: Tourists, Athletes Subject To Anti-Gay Laws At Winter Olympics
Russia has a problem: Gay people exist. They're ghastly and gross and bad, and they could destroy the traditional family and rip apart the very fabric of the nation. Even the idea of homosexuality represents a danger to the country, which is why this summer, Vladimir Putin signed wide-sweeping anti-...

Always Do The Right Thing
From the July-August 1991 issue of Film Comment, here's a portion of Gavin Smith's interview with Danny Aiello. They talk Spike, Woody and Fort Apache, the Bronx....

Why The Hell Didn't The Phillies Make A Trade?
I can think of only two reasons why Michael Young and Carlos Ruiz are still Phillies today: Either Ruben Amaro didn't realize yesterday was the trade deadline, or his afternoon nap was poorly timed....

Here's Riley Cooper Taking Questions About His Racist Remark
Eagles receiver Riley Cooper met with the media at the team's practice facility a little while ago to talk about this. He apologized repeatedly and said the team had fined him "a good amount of money." Cooper acknowledged that he "was drinking" the night he made the comment but added that it "was n...

Riley Cooper Was Pissed He Couldn't Go Backstage At Kenny Chesney Show
Here's a quick followup on the Riley Cooper situation: The Eagles have already fined him, the NFL has already formally reamed him out, and a tipster who was at the Kenny Chesney show sends in this email:...


Eagles WR Riley Cooper At Concert: "I Will Fight Every Nigger Here"
Crossing Broad brings us video of Riley Cooper, the guy who is supposed to replace the injured Jeremy Maclin as the Eagles' No. 2 wide receiver, being a racist hillbilly at a Kenny Chesney concert. ...

Anthony "Spice" Adams Made A Rap Song About Ribs
We'll always have a soft spot for Anthony "Spice" Adams, the affable NFL player who has a talent for being funny on the internet. His latest work is a parody of Tyga's "Rack City." It's about ribs. It features Adams pouring barbecue sauce onto a car. It's pretty great....

Video Shows Inmate's Remarkably Easy Escape From Jail
Some solid police work here. Derrick Estell was being held in the Garland County (Ark.) Detention Center on Sunday on charges including aggravated robbery, burglary, and theft. But when deputies left him unattended for a moment, he hopped a counter, jumped out a window, and ran toward a getaway car....

What Food Does Rex Grossman Want Named After Him? Beer, Of Course
DC Sports Bog's Sarah Kogod decided to go around and ask a bunch of Redskins players what a restaurant dish named after them would look like. Some of the answers she got are very funny—and you should go check them all out—but Rex Grossman's response was by far the best thing to come out of the endea...

ESPN Clumsily Promotes Miguel Cabrera As Lefty With Botched Photoshop
Eagle-eyed reader Dan spotted this during last night's SportsCenter, during which the WWL promoted highlights of the Nats-Tigers game with this graphic of Stephen Strasburg and Miguel Cabrera. Notice anything wrong? ESPN magically turned the league's best hitter into a lefty....

Raw Power: The Gritty Allure of Sand in Your Leathers
For years, the Daytona 200 wasn't merely run at Daytona Beach. Like other insanely loud, high-speed battles on the central Florida coast, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach....