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That Image Of "Paul George's X-Ray" Isn't Really His
You pretty much know what an X-ray of Paul George's compound leg fracture from Friday night might look like. But lots of folks wanted to see scans of his specific snapped tibia and fibula. So, starting this weekend, this image started making the rounds:...
Eggnog Flavoring Goes Critical, Demolishes New Jersey Food Lab
Maybe you were thinking that eggnog gets its flavor from nutmeg and cinnamon and sugar and booze. Maybe you were thinking that if anything about this rich, sweet beverage were harmful, surely it'd be the raw egg and the cream, and the occasionally gastrointestinally hazardous combination of alcoh...
Deals: A Smarter Deadbolt, $130 off a Kindle Fire, Cordless Drill
In addition to looking awesome, this touchscreen deadbolt will alert you when someone is trying to break in, and lets you create temporary passcodes for pet sitters and temporary guests without schlepping to Home Depot to make a new key. [Schlage Camelot Touchscreen Deadbolt with Z-Wave Technology ...
Spurs Hire Becky Hammon As NBA's First Female Assistant Coach
The San Antonio Spurs announced today they're hiring WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, and she will join the team once she finishes her current season with the San Antonio Stars. ...
The Story Behind Those Jerry Jones Photos Is Weirder Than The Photos
Those weird photos of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and some ladies hanging out in what appears to be a bathroom come with an equally bughouse backstory. They were first put on the internet by a man named Frank Hoover, who alleges that they were taken by people looking to set up Jerry Jones in an ex...
The Funeral At Fenway
Our man Charlie Pierce is in fine form over at Grantland writing about the 2013 Red Sox:...
FSU Paid For Jameis Winston's Insurance Policy On His Draft Stock
Florida State QB Jameis Winston is eligible for the NFL draft after this season, and barring catastrophe, will go very high and will make a lot of money. But what if something catastrophic does happen? There's insurance for that, and it emerged yesterday that Winston won't be footing the bill alone—...
Here's A Lady Rubbing Her Face On Jerry Jones's Crotch
This deeply upsetting picture comes to us by way of a very strange Twitter user, along with a few other pictures of Jerry Jones and some ladies getting gross and weird together....
Martellus Bennett Body-Slams Teammate During Practice
Training camp scuffles happen frequently, because NFL players get sweaty and tired of their teammates' faces, but Martellus Bennett went further than the usual slap or half-punch....
A's Fans Rage One Last Time For Former Closer Grant Balfour
A cool thing happened in the bottom of the tenth inning of last night's extra-innings tilt between the Rays and Athletics. Grant Balfour, who spent three seasons becoming an Oakland fan favorite as the A's hard-throwing bullpen goon, came on to pitch for the Rays against his old squad. Even with t...
Justin Verlander Tosses Kate Upton A Baseball
These two are adorable and happy. I kind of hate them for it....
Sports On Earth is not shutting down, contrary to one online report. But with Gannett spinning off its publishing arm, very big changes are most certainly coming. [Update: It's not shutting down, in the sense that the site is keeping the name and a few staffers. But, yeah, things are going to be dif...
18 Underrated Beers
Last week we published a list of 18 Overrated Beers, featuring the irresponsible and unsubstantiated claim that there exist—right here on this very earth!—people unwilling to trade the middle seven years of their lives for a case of Yuengling. We did this because last week, at least, we were trol...
Machers And Rockers: Jews And The Blues
From Rich Cohen's winning book, The Record Men, here's an excerpt about Leonard Chess and Muddy Waters:...
Albert Pujols Teaches Yasiel Puig A Lesson About Paying Attention
We saw good Puig and bad Puig last night, as the Dodgers outfielder showed off his cannon arm, then two innings later got shown up by Albert Pujols for not paying attention. Smiles all around, and a valuable lesson learned about keeping your head in the game? This was an excellent baseball sequenc...
Your Road Trip Stories, Volume 1
Last month, I solicited your best road-trip stories, and got a ton of excellent ones; starting today, I'll be burning off a new batch of them regularly. But in the interest of fairness, I figured I'd start by offering up another of my own....