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America's Best Gymnast Scared Shitless By Bees

Simone Biles, whose performance helped Team USA steamroll over China in the team competition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in Nanning, China, on Wednesday, was nevertheless found vulnerable to bee....

Here's What I Learned Watching FIFA's Incredible Propaganda Movie

Recently, soccer fans all over the world were impressed to learn that United Passions, a FIFA-financed movie about how wonderful FIFA is starring Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill, and Tim Roth, had pulled in $200,000 at the box office since it premiered at Cannes in May. This sum may be a bit less than t...

Burger King Sued Over Fed-Up Stabbin'-Ass Manager

Cold onion rings. A peeved customer. A murderous knife-wielding manager. I swear, if you've been to one Burger King, you've been to 'em all. Except you probably haven't been to any of them, since nobody goes to Burger King. Nobody, that is, but Robert Deyapp, who got beat up by a store empl...

Chart: Where Pro Athletes Are Born In America

Ben Blatt put together this chart for Slate that shows where current pro athletes were born in America. NHL players tend to come from the Northeast and NFL players are concentrated in the South; New York produces a higher proportion of NBA than NFL players, and California is a hotbed for baseball ta...

Report: 49ers-Paid Cop At Ray McDonald's House Was On Duty

Last week, ABC 7 News in San Francisco reported that 49ers DE Ray McDonald called a San Jose police officer who also worked security for the 49ers, that that officer arrived at the scene of McDonald's arrest on domestic-violence charges. Now the station adds more detail—the cop was on duty and in un...

Bee On Bouquet Causes Gymnast To Freak Out On Podium

Gymnast Simone Biles's podium appearance at Friday's Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was derailed when she noticed a bee on her flowers. Biles bolted, bristling away from the bouquet as the bee bugged her. Bees....

Treon Harris's Accuser Drops Her Sexual Battery Complaint [Update]

The student who accused freshman quarterback Treon Harris of sexual battery has dropped her complaint, the University of Florida said today in a statement. ...

How To Separate Beer Signal From Beer Noise

Excerpted from Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious, the new book by Dan Pashman of WNYC's The Sporkful podcast and the Cooking Channel's You're Eating It Wrong web series....

Jürgen Klinsmann Wishes America Would Adopt Promotion And Relegation

It's another international fixture break, which means it's another opportunity for Jürgen Klinsmann to get his message out to the media, which means it's yet another chance for him to criticise America's domestic leagues. This time, his beef is with the lack of promotion and relegation....

The Eagles Made A Halloween-Themed Video About Li'l Eli Manning

It looks like they worked very hard on this. The least you could do is watch it....

Fake Indian Gets Faker In War With <em>Washington Post</em> Reporter

Mark One Wolf, who sure looks like just another bogus Indian propped up by Dan Snyder, has added one more native-sounding name to his already massive ID stable....

<em>Blue Ruin</em> Is A Great Revenge Thriller About How Dumb Revenge Is

Every revenge movie eventually has to address the idea that, hey, maybe revenge is a really bad idea, that maybe you shouldn't organize your entire life around killing the person who wronged you. Usually, this notion is rejected immediately: A supporting character will say something like, "Wait, you...

Dude Eats A Pack Of Cigarettes

Jason Whitlock Has Written His Magnum Derpus

ESPN columnist Jason Whitlock wrote a column last night wherein he tackled Monday's Michael Brown protests outside of Busch Stadium. Protesters demanding justice for Brown's shooting death at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson were met by a crowd of Cardinals fans exulting in the dea...

It's Time To Fall Back In Love With Prince

So Prince put out two sneaky-great new albums last week, and it's understandable that your impulse was to ignore or at least wildly underestimate them, but yeah, don't....

This Is The Best Imported Session Beer

Welcome once again to Drunkspin's Sub-Five-Percent Friday, wherein we recommend a low-potency beer to keep you in the mood but out of trouble. Remember, it's a long weekend, at least as far as the government is concerned, which means court's not open Monday—if you get arrested for something stupid t...

Here's A 6-Foot-11 High School Quarterback

Logan Routt plays quarterback for Cameron High School (W.V.), and, oh yeah, he's 6-foot-11. That part's important....

The Todd Gurley Snitch Was A Spiteful Memorabilia Dealer

Georgia on Thursday suspended superstar tailback Todd Gurley indefinitely, pending, in its own words, "an ongoing investigation into an alleged violation of NCAA rules." By multiple accounts, Gurley is alleged to have received money from at least one memorabilia dealer for signing autographs. A seri...

The Best Car-Drying Towel, Cheap TVs, $15 Vacuum, and More Deals

This microfiber towel is considered by many detailing aficionados to be the best for drying off your car. I own it, and can confirm that it's less a towel as much as a towel-shaped sponge. [ Meguiar's X2000 Water Magnet Microfiber Drying Towel, $8]...

Goalkeeper Tries To Rearrange Ref's Face With Haymaker

Romeo Mitrović, of the Bosnian second division side Bratstvo Gračanica, does not like refs. He doesn't like their cards, he doesn't like their attitude, and he especially doesn't like their faces. Which is apparently why he tried to split one ref's wig after being shown a yellow....