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Metta World Peace Did The Weather Report Again

This is becoming an annual tradition: the Lakers get eliminated, and Metta World Peace does a local weather report....

Rob Gronkowski is out of surgery, and doctors say his forearm infection is gone. The Summer of Gronk begins now! Let's all crack open some cold ones to celebrate....

Listen To The Evolution Of Rappers Referencing Alonzo Mourning

OK, so this is just brilliant, and I can't believe that nobody has thought to do this before. A rapper who goes by the name Young Braised created a track that contains every instance of former NBA star Alonzo Mourning getting name dropped in a rap song, running in chronological order from 1993-2012....

Ole Miss Football Coach Engages In Some Revisionist History

The picture you see above was sent from Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze's Twitter account today, along with the inspiring hashtags #HottyToddy, #DoSomethingSpecial, and #WinTheDay. What a great way to recall the storied legacy of the Ole Miss football program! Except, of course, for the fact that ev...

We Have No Idea Why Kobe Bryant's Wife Posted This To Instagram

Vanessa Bryant's Instagram sometimes can be a valuable source of actual news. Today, it featured an image of these four photos, which were taken yesterday at a barbecue....

Seattle Mariners Botch Final Out Of Game, Allow Tying Run To Score

It's right there! The ball's right there!...

Here's a list of how many PED suspensions each NFL team has had since 2010. It's incredibly useful for trolling fans, but that's about it. [ESPN.com] ...

Say Goodbye To The Premier League On ESPN With This Outtake Reel

Yesterday marked the end of ESPN's Premier League coverage, and to commemorate it, the network aired this blooper reel of Ian Darke and Steve McManaman, the best soccer broadcasting duo on American television. ...

Aroldis Chapman May Have Been Done In By Delicious Pastries Yesterday

Aroldis Chapman, the Cincinnati Reds' usually invincible closer, blew a save yesterday when he surrendered two ninth-inning home runs to the Philadelphia Phillies. Although it's unusual to see Chapman get touched up like that, even the best closers have off days. No reason to get all worked up, righ...

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Photoshop Miguel Diving Into Other Ill-Advised Situations

Miguel made quite the splash when he landed on two innocent spectators at last night's Billboard Awards. In fact, several more people have heard of Miguel this morning than had last night! Nobody said increasing that Q score was going to be easy....

<em>Damn</em>, Barclays Center, Why You Smell So Fine?

It's been a while since the Nets played in a building that didn't reek of inadequacy and failure. But if you've been to a game in Brooklyn, perhaps you noticed the air was a little...sexy? It's not just that new-multipurpose-arena smell. The Barclays Center has been pumping perfume through the vents...

Enough with the U.S., this is for our U.K. readers. "Infographic: Is Your Region's Top-Paid Public Sector Employee A Coach? (Nope)."...

Get Lost, Norman

From Bob Klapisch and John Harper's entertaining book about covering the Mets in the early '90s, The Worst Team Money Could Buy:...

Sharing the Beat

Jane Gross to Roger Angell in his 1979 New Yorker story, "Sharing the Beat" (subscription required):...

Skylar Diggins Got A Mercedes From Jay-Z's Sports Agency

Last month, former Notre Dame and soon-to-be WNBA superstar Skylar Diggins became the third athlete to sign with Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z's latest vanity project/sports agency. Yesterday, the people at Roc Nation celebrated Diggins's graduation from Notre Dame by doing exactly what you'd expect an a...

Troy Tulowitzki Takes The Postgame Handshake To A New Level

Baseball, everyone!...

Chelsea Player's Adorable Son Adorably Scores Adorable Goal

After Chelsea's final match of the season, friends and family gathered on the pitch to listen to the retiring Paulo Ferreira's farewell speech. But even Ferreira had to pause as Josh Turnbull, son of goalkeeper Ross Turnbull, made a run on net....

ESPN's Darren Rovell And The Fitness Model: A Brief History [Update]

May 11, 2009: Darren Rovell writes about Nora Tobin, a model he's never heard of whom he saw in an advertisement on his CNBC blog:...

Minivan Gets Huge Air In This Russian Car Accident

This is the latest horrible wreck brought to you by Russians' predilection for dashboard cameras. ...