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Bill O'Reilly Hung Up On Dan Le Batard
Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly was a guest on Dan Le Batard's radio show yesterday—he was there to pimp his new book, or something—and things got a little testy toward the end of the interview....
Where Every NBA Team Takes (And Gives Up) Shots
Here's a chart by our friend Ed Kupfer, who does analytics for the Houston Rockets, showing the distribution by percent of every NBA team's offensive and defensive field goals. If you take a second blink through the information overload, it's a shorthand Rosetta Stone for what's going on in the NBA....
Fed-Up LeGarrette Blount Left The Steelers Game Early
Le'Veon Bell rushed 33 times for 204 yards and a score last night. It was very exciting for everyone except the guy who was supposed to be the other half of Pittsburgh's running-back tandem. ...
The A's Just Claimed Subject 6 From The Duke Fuck List
The Oakland A's just claimed outfielder and first baseman Alex Hassan, plucking him from the Boston Red Sox farm system. You might be wondering why we are telling you about a 26-year-old career minor leaguer getting claimed off waivers, and the reason is that Alex Hassan happens to be Subject 6 fr...
The Funniest Thing In Sports: Kobe Bryant Chucking At Historic Levels
Kobe Bryant shot a combined 16-for-48 in the two ass-kickings the Lakers absorbed over the weekend. Even the bad guys from Rambo III are all, "Jesus, man, that's a lotta terrible shooting." The friggin' Ethyl Higby Charm School doesn't have that many misses....
Warning: Doug McDermott Will Just Get All Up In Your Picture
Former Creighton star Doug McDermott hasn't exactly taken the NBA by storm in his first weeks as a pro, but that doesn't mean that he's short on confidence. For example, McDermott has no problem rolling right into a famous-person photo that he definitely wasn't invited to....
Screencap Classix: Some Things Never Change
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The Things He Found In People: Don Shula And The Secrets Of Talent
Originally published in the September 1983 edition of Esquire. Reprinted here with the author's permission....
Hollywood's Lovable Loser
Dig this gem from Brad Darrach, People magazine, 1974:...
NFL Suspends Adrian Peterson For The Rest Of The Season
Amid a weeks-long battle over Adrian Peterson's potential reinstatement, the NFL has decided to push the issue to its end game. The league announced today that Peterson will be suspended indefinitely and without pay—a punishment the NFLPA has already said it will appeal on his behalf....
Lance Armstrong Dropped Out Of A Beer Mile
With the Beer Mile World Championships rapidly approaching on December 3, interest in the event is peaking. Lance Armstrong, who probably doesn't have a lot to do these days, decided to give it a try. Surprisingly, one of the world's greatest athletes can't drink and run for shit....
Shaun Smith: "Hope Your Sons Don't Turn Out Like Magic Johnson Son"
Former NFL defensive lineman Shaun Smith—who played for five different teams in an eight year career that ended in 2012—has been going off on people on Twitter for the past two hours. He began half combatively/half playfully interacting with the usual mess of questions, insults, and trolls all fam...
Half-Court Shot Bounces Off Top Of Backboard, Goes In
This kid from Gonzaga won $500 for doing something nobody on Earth could do again on purpose. Seems like it should be worth more than that?...
Stanford Ends UConn's 47-Game Winning Streak In OT
UConn versus Stanford has been one of women's college basketball's best rivalries over the past decade, and tonight's contest was no exception. Down ten at home with just six-and-a-half minutes remaining, Amber Orrange had nine of the Cardinal final 22 points—including a game-tying three with just t...
ESPN Randomly Cuts To Lisa Salters Shouting "WOOOO" At Le'Veon Bell
We'd love to know the context of this, but here's Lisa Salters "WOOOO"-ing at Le'Veon Bell, presumably after finishing her post-game interview with him; the shot randomly appeared in the middle of the opening segment of tonight's SportsCenter, and it's pretty funny to watch on repeat:...
Alex Len Committed The Dumbest Possible Foul
Ahead by four against the Boston Celtics with only 19 seconds to go, the Phoenix Suns had to feel pretty good about their chances. Some solid defense plus clutch free throwing was all that was needed to win the game. Then this Alex Len foul happened. ...
"That's A Facial!": EMU's Karrington Ward Throws Down Huge Dunk
I am not going to overdo the hyperbole and say that this dunk is a MUST SEE or watching it will BLOW YOUR MIND or Oakland University's Kahlil Felder got DESTROYED. No, this is just a pretty cool dunk with a very emphatic call, and you'll probably enjoy spending 30 seconds watching it. ...
Kevin Love Has No Idea What He's Doing, Gets Rebound Anyway
You can thank Nate Robinson's lack of forethought for this one. But what is Kevin Love doing?...
Report: Akron Star Forward Accused Of Assaulting Women's Team Player
The University of Akron police are investigating whether Zips senior forward Demetrius Treadwell assaulted Sina King, a member of Akron's women's basketball team, early Saturday morning, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Both Treadwell—who was suspended from the team indefinitely on Sunday—and ...