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Russell Wilson Tops Deshaun Watson In A Dazzling Offensive Shootout
In an extravagant game filled with 988 yards of total offense, Seattle’s Russell Wilson found a way to pull his team over the top, completing an 18-yard TD pass to Jimmy Graham with 21 seconds left to give the Seahawks a 41-38 win over the Texans. ...
You Won't Regret Watching This Preposterous Minute Of Non-League English Soccer
Okay, I don’t want to spoil anything for you, so let me just set the scene. This is action in the North West Counties Football League of England, with Padiham down 3-1 against Widnes in the 92nd minute. Widnes, the leaders, are in yellow, while Padiham is in blue. Now watch:...
Bradley Beal And Draymond Green Avoid Suspensions For Their Firm Embrace
The NBA today announced that Bradley Beal has been fined $50,000 for his intense hugging of Draymond Green, while Green has been fined $25,000 for hugging back. Kelly Oubre was also fined, for actions related to socking his teammate right in the back of the damn head:...
Markelle Fultz Will Now Be Out Indefinitely
Sixers first overall draft pick Markelle Fultz has had a downright nightmarish start to his NBA career, with his free-throw form devolving into something akin to rave dancing, and his jumper—a hugely significant part of his pre-draft hype—disappearing altogether. We learned eventually that these cha...
Eagles Mime Baseball Again With Hit-By-Pitch TD Celebration
Earlier this month, the Eagles scored a touchdown and celebrated with an elaborate baseball-themed celebration. Nelson Agholor threw a pretend ball, and Torrey Smith knocked it over the fence. Today, Alshon Jeffery scored on a long pass from QB Carson Wentz, and teammate Zach Ertz “plunked” him....
Zach Miller Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury On Touchdown That Gets Reversed
What looked like a really nice Mitchell Trubisky touchdown pass to Zach Miller quickly turned into a double blow for the Chicago Bears, as the TD was reversed, and Miller stayed down after his left leg bent in a way that it was clearly not supposed to....
Donovan Mitchell Is A Good Reason To Watch Utah Jazz Games
The Jazz hosted (and smoked) the Lakers last night, and you will be forgiven if this matchup didn’t strike you right away as a meeting of two of the most exciting rookie guards in the NBA. After all, the Jazz are good, and the Lakers are very much not good, and Donovan Mitchell, Utah’s prized rookie...
Nationals Hire Cubs Bench Coach Dave Martinez To Replace Dusty Baker
The Washington Nationals have reportedly hired Davey Martinez, a man with no previous managerial experience, to replace Dusty Baker. ...
Tyler Toffoli's Blistering Buzzer Beater Bested The Bruins
The L.A. Kings had 0.9 seconds last night to try to score off an overtime faceoff before their 1-1 game with Boston would head to a shootout....
Penn State, TCU, and South Florida Drop From The Ranks Of The Undefeated
Three ranked, undefeated teams all suffered their first losses of the season within an hour this afternoon: 2nd-ranked Penn State lost a narrow one to 6th-ranked Ohio State in Columbus; 4th-ranked TCU trailed the whole way at 25th-ranked Iowa State; and 17th-ranked South Florida lost at home to Hous...
Saquon Barkley Returns Opening Kickoff 97 Yards To Put Penn State Up Early On Ohio State<em></em>
Urban Meyer’s day started badly as he watched his Buckeyes kick off to Heisman favorite Saquon Barkley, then watched the Penn State superstar take that kickoff 97 yards to put the Nittany Lions up 7-0 just a few seconds into the game. It’s the earliest Gusgasm we’ve ever seen....
Please Do Not Punch John Wall's Brain Stem Again, Kelly Oubre
The fight last night between Draymond Green and Bradley Beal was mostly two guys hugging each other very hard, first in a standing position, and later while laying on the ground. But that doesn’t mean there were no punches landed! No, indeed, here is a very strong overhand left from young Kelly Oubr...
Nikola Mirotic No Longer Wants To Play With The Guy Who Broke His Face
Despite Bobby Portis’s totally sincere apology and 100 percent earnest attempts at reconciliation, Nikola Mirotic is apparently not ready to move forward as Portis’s teammate following Portis punching a crater into his face: Mirotic has reportedly told the Bulls he’d prefer to be traded if the team ...
Yuli Gurriel To Meet With MLB Commish; Facing Possible Suspension For Racist Gesture Aimed At Yu Darvish
Yuli Gurriel could be suspended from the World Series for his actions during Friday night’s game, in which the Astros first baseman was spotted on camera mocking Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish’s ethnicity and mouthing the word “Chinito,” a derogatory Spanish slur that is literally translated as “little ...
Draymond Green, Bradley Beal Brawl [Update]
Tonight’s much-ballyhooed Wizards-Warriors matchup got pugilistic late in the first half as Draymond Green and Bradley Beal got into a mega-fight that resulted in Green walking off the court with a torn jersey and an ejection due to a second technical foul. Beal was ejected as well....
Jack Sock Goes Between The Legs Yet Again
Would you believe it? Rushing the net in a tense moment during a first-set tiebreak against David Goffin today, Jack Sock went between the legs—with great results....
The Miami Dolphins Make No Sense
With Thursday’s 40-0 loss in Baltimore, the Dolphins have firmly established themselves as the NFL’s most nonsensical team. Take stock of what Miami has accomplished through seven games:...
The<i> New Yorker</i> Has Invented Blogging
Big news from the New Yorker: The venerated magazine is shaking things up by introducing a new “short-form news product” where writers go online to “respond to the news.” Newyorker.com editor Michael Luo explains:...
The Pro Wrestling Fan Who Wasted The FBI's Time Claiming He Paid Oswald to Kill JFK
Thursday night’s release of a trove of raw JFK assassination intelligence by the National Archives seems as if it was deliberately released in such a way as to comply with the law while ensuring that it’s as difficult to use as possible. The PDFs of the documents have not been made searchable, their...