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Cops: Lehigh Football Players Broke Into (Wrong) House, Beat Up Resident, Peed In Refrigerator
Seven members of the Lehigh University football team have been charged with various things ranging from trespass to assault, after police say they broke into an off-campus house and pummeled one resident in an attempted revenge attack for an earlier assault on one player’s fraternity president. It w...
Kobe Bryant Finally Did Byron Scott's Job For Him
Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott is tasked with managing the obligations of the Kobe Bryant Retirement Tour alongside the imperative of developing the young talent on the roster. We can acknowledge that this is a difficult balancing act, while at the same time recognizing that he has completely ...
Matt Barnes Hits Unlikely Game-Winning, Half-Court Shot
Memphis Grizzlies coach Dave Joeger wanted to call a timeout here, as evidenced by the frantic tapping of his shoulders as Matt Barnes drove up the court. But Matt Barnes thrives on chaos, and doesn’t even need to use his couple of additional seconds to get closer to the basket. Nah, pulling up from...
Muslim Sports Heroes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And Muhammad Ali Condemn Donald Trump
A flopped-over traffic cone named Donald Trump who is uncomfortably close to controlling America’s nuclear arsenal has spent the last several days whipping up a xenophobic frenzy against Muslims, and among other things expressed bafflement at the possibility that there existed Muslim sports heroes....
Chowderhead ADs Bemoan How College Athletes Choose To Spend Their Own Money
Those in charge of college athletics attempting to exert incomparable levels of control over the athletes they barely pay is nothing new. But even by the very low standards by which athletics directors should be held, Alabama’s Bill Battle and North Carolina State’s Debbie Yow said some some dumb sh...
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MLS Has Some Sweet New Rules To Make The League Real Good
Attention MLS fans! The league has some exciting news to share with you all! As put so eloquently in their press release, they “will be investing an additional $37 million in player compensation over the next two years.” What does this mean, you may ask? See for yourself:...
Mike Francesa Screams At Pro-DFS Politician For 20 Minutes
On his radio show yesterday, Mike Francesa got into it with Assemblyman Dean Murray, who is, for whatever reason, adamant about protecting daily fantasy sports’ non-gambling status. Poor Dean got himself demolished by the Sports Pope....
Herm Edwards Is Mad As Hell
Herm Edwards, a former NFL coach who will scream on TV if you pay him, screamed on today’s episode of NFL Live. The gang was talking about the beef between Bills running back LeSean McCoy and his former coach Chip Kelly. Greg Schiano(!) played the part of Chill Coach, while Edwards was Mad Coach. He...
The 2015 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
I have terrible news for you, America. I know that you’ve already endured a harsh autumn of partisan politics and mass tragedies and inconsistent NFL officiating. I know you can’t handle one more goddamn piece of bad news right now. It’s too much. It may break your spirit entirely. But I have to do ...
A Good Big Dog
Some people might think this big dog is in fact too big to participate in an agility competition. Those people are fools....
Let’s Talk About What Constitutes Acceptable Tanking
The Philadelphia 76ers just stripped bizarro wunderkind and general manager Sam Hinkie of virtually all his authority. Hinkie, as you may recall, is the architect of a “Process” by which you suck as hard as possible in order to acquire as many assets as possible, and then you trade those assets away...
Diego Costa Screws Up 1-On-1 With Keeper, Chelsea Score Anyway
Yeah, this isn’t how Diego Costa imagined the ball would cross the goal line when he took his shot, but as long as it did, I don’t think he’ll mind too much....
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Tap A Keg And Crank Up The Seger; The Ryan Boys Are Reunited [Update]
While former Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is between jobs, he was seen at today’s practice for the Buffalo Bills, the team coached by his twin brother Rex. Rob was decked out in team apparel as he took in the sights....
Mike Pettine Says He Didn't Realize How Bad Johnny Manziel's Drinking Problem Was
Johnny Manziel will get the start for Cleveland against the 49ers on Sunday, and the job is his for the remainder of the season if he can hang on to it. Of course, that’s what we thought three weeks ago, before some bye-week partying put him back on the bench. ...
LeSean McCoy Will Not Be Shaking Chip Kelly's Hand. No Sir! He Just Won't!
During a conference call with reporters, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly said he would like to shake Bills running back LeSean McCoy’s hand when their teams face off this weekend. As you are probably are aware, McCoy and Kelly have been embroiled in a bit of a beef ever since Kelly traded McCoy away la...
MLB Recommends All 30 Stadiums Install Additional Safety Netting
Way too many baseball fans got seriously hurt by line-drive foul balls last season, which reignited the debate over whether stadiums should install more safety netting down the baselines. Some crazy people argued that the increase in safety wasn’t worth “obstructing” baseball’s beauty, but MLB has t...
Real Madrid Can't Even Beat Barcelona At Trolling
It’s only natural that the biggest rivalry in all of soccer is regularly fraught with verbal jabs and needles back and forth, as Barcelona and Real Madrid fans and players seek to show up their eternal enemies. This season has already offered a few moments ripe for the kind of hilarious sparring eve...
Meet Sage Northcutt
Sage Northcutt is a 19-year-old fighter out of Katy, Texas. Currently competing in the UFC’s lightweight division, he’s scheduled to fight against unranked veteran Cody Pfister tomorrow in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White has heavily promoted the bout, and named Northcutt one of the UFC’s stars o...