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Reporter Says 49ers Owner Jed York Once Stuck Him With A $2100 Dinner Bill

Tim Kawakami, the longtime Mercury News columnist, hosts a podcast, and during a recent episode he told a story about 49ers owner Jed York being a rich jerk....

Sidney Crosby Scores Right In Jeremy Roenick's Dumb Face

The corollary to not overreacting when Sidney Crosby goes eight games without scoring a goal is also not overreacting when he finally finds the net. But hot damn, did the Penguins need that goal. If only to shut Jeremy Roenick up....

Tampa-Area Tourism Bureau Apologizes For Accidentally Supporting The Pittsburgh Penguins

The Lightning took Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday, but Tampa Bay-area fans aren’t happy after a local visitors bureau issued rally towels to the Pittsburgh Penguins before the game....

Manchester Police: "Incredibly Lifelike" Explosive Device "Not Viable" [UPDATE]

Police have concluded their assessment of the suspicious package that led to the abandonment of today’s Manchester United-Bournmouth match, concluding that while the device was “incredibly lifelike,” it was “not viable.”...

Suspicious Package At Old Trafford Leads To Match Abandonment [UPDATING]

Manchester United’s match against Bournemouth has been abandoned after a “Code Red” situation led to stands being evacuated and the discovery of a suspicious package....

Large Bayern Munich Supporter Subdued Before Invading Live Shot

Fox Sports was live in Munich to cover Bayern’s celebration after this morning’s Bundesliga season wrap-up matches, and reporter Rhiannon Jones got a scare as a very large home supporter approached the camera—only to be scooted along by a security guard half his size. Good times, Bavaria....

The Eastern Conference Finals start tonight, and we’re simulating the Lightning-Penguins matchup in NHL ‘94 on Genesis. Watch the game over on Facebook Live....

Serena Williams Ate Some Fancy Dog Food And Then Crapped A Bunch

We live in wonderful times. Thanks to the miracle of technology, we are able to enjoy this first-hand account of the time world-famous tennis star Serena Williams decided to eat a spoonful of fancy dog food, which caused her to shit her brains out....

How The Hell Did Jay Beagle Make That Game-Saving Block?

The Pittsburgh Penguins dispatched the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime tonight in Pittsburgh, weathering a furious third-period comeback and eventually winning on a Nick Bonino tap-in. However, it could have ended earlier in overtime, had Jay Beagle not morphed into Superman and dove across the ...

A Bunch Of Bros In Pastel Shirts Brawled At The Kentucky Oaks

At this Friday’s Kentucky Oaks, the bros in attendance were feeling feisty. ...

Aston Villa Supporters Protest Relegation By Interrupting Match With Inflatables

Aston Villa supporters interrupted today’s match against Newcastle with a flood of beach balls, sex dolls, and other inflatables as the last-place team prepares for relegation from the Premiership....

Gerrit Cole Drank Beer And Hassled The Capitals At The Penguins Game

Pittsburgh Pirates starter Gerrit Cole had a grand time at Game 4 of Capitals-Penguins Wednesday night. The pitcher was so relentless with his boos for the visiting team, security stepped in and told him to take it down a notch....

Penguins Sneak In Overtime Game-Winner, Push Capitals To The Brink

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on the verge of the Conference Finals after a thrilling 3-2 OT win over the Washington Capitals. The two rivals have been punching each other all series long, and tonight was no exception, with Alexander Ovechkin slashing Sidney Crosby and Carl Hagelin going all upside-do...

Yes, This Is A Normal Thing For A Soccer Crowd To Look Like

That stadium is not on fire. It is merely fans making sure the Polish Cup kicked off with an immolation....

Youtube Bodybuilders Rich Piana And Dmitry Klokov Can Teach You How To Live

As many people do, I enjoy watching Youtube fitness personalities who range from eccentric to dangerous to themselves. There are the classic accounts like Scooby, a fedora-wearing older man with a pleasant voice and numerous dietary theories; there are the newer folks on the scene like Kinobody, som...

Kris Letang Suspended One Game

Just like most people predicted. That’s progress, I guess? Here’s the video from the Department of Player Safety:...

Things Are Getting Nasty In Caps-Penguins

Washington and Pittsburgh is a hell of a matchup under any circumstances, but this year—with the Capitals the Presidents’ Trophy Winners and the Penguins the league’s hottest team over the second half—many (bettors, anyway) have this pegged as an early Stanley Cup Finals. And it’s only the second ro...

Marcus Johansson Leaves Game After Brutal Hit By Kris Letang

The calls for suspension rang out during the first intermission of tonight’s Capitals-Penguins Game 3 as Kris Letang knocked Marcus Johansson out of the game with a brutal hit....

I Will Ride For Gwyneth Paltrow's Cookbook

Most modern cookbooks are too complicated. With the rise of the celebrity chef and the attendant fetishization of foodie culture, everyone gets their own shot at the genre nowadays, and the results are mostly worthless. Inevitably, they attempt to replicate restaurant dishes that necessitate restaur...

Former Olympic Wrestling Champion Vyacheslav Oliynyk Fights A Bunch Of Cops

Ukranian wrestler Vyacheslav Oliynyk won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Last Wednesday, he celebrated his 50th birthday by fighting cops in Kiev. ...