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Sebastian Janikowski Rewarded Himself With A Dip After His Record-Tying Field Goal
Your morning roundup for Sept. 13, the day we decided to sue the people who rescued our dog because they're the ones who subsequently lost it. H/T to readers Christopher and Jonathan for the Janikowski photo. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Sebastian Janikowski Just Tied The NFL Record With A 63-Yard Field Goal (Video)
QBs aren't the only ones setting records during opening week, goddammit....
Your MNF Late Game Open Thread
One gets the sense that when this game was scheduled, someone had dreams of Tim Tebow starting dancing in their heads. Alas, it's not to be, as at least two quarterbacks, Ubaldo Jimenez, and John Elway would all have to get hurt before Tebow gets in this game. Unless...H-back time!...
Here's Ron Jaworski Saying Shit On Monday Night Football (UPDATE: And His Awkward Apology)
We know. We saw too. [h/t Everyone]...
Here's Manny Ramirez's Mug Shot After His Arrest On Domestic Dispute Battery Charges In Florida (UPDATE)
Former Red Sox/Dodgers/Indians left fielder/enigma Manny Ramirez was arrested in Weston, Florida earlier this evening on battery charges after a domestic dispute, the Miami Herald reported....
Joe Barry Carroll Refused To Give Up His Seat To A White Lady, Is Now Suing
Everyone can relax: Joe Barry Carroll is back in our lives. The former all-star (which is a generous descriptor for someone who was nicknamed "Joe Barely Cares") is suing an Atlanta bar for racial discrimination for asking them to give up their seats five years ago. The bar maintains that we live in...
The NBA Fines Michael Jordan $100,000 For Saying The Most Inoffensive Things Ever
The first rule of the NBA lockout is that you do not talk about the NBA lockout during the NBA lockout. Even if you're Michael Jordan and you're babbling listless crap to a newspaper in Australia. Because then the NBA will get mad and fine you a month later....
Your MNF Early Game Open Thread
The Worldwide Leader has everyone in the nation covered tonight! Join us here to discuss Patriots-Dolphins and the ongoing mystery that is Tom Brady's coiffure. Kickoff's at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN, and we'll have a new thread up in time for Raiders-Broncos at 10:15....
Celebrating Serena Williams, Tennis Traditionalist
Serena Williams revived an old tradition in tennis in Flushing last night. She said some petty things to the chair umpire because she was angry and because she wanted to win—and because when you are not winning in a sport as lonely as tennis, there is only one person you can blame that is not yourse...
Jay Cutler Doesn’t Need To Be Loved By You
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
When The Flag Is Up, You May As Well Shoot For YouTube
Heerenveen midfielder Oussama Assaidi was offside, and he knew he was offside, so why not flick it home with a little flair? No goal, but a mess of style points....
This Evening: The Nationals' Rookies, Hazed To Dress As Smurfs, With Stephen Strasburg As Papa Smurf
Your p.m. roundup for Sept.12, the day Shirley the orangutan quit smoking. Photo courtesy @JesusFloresN26, via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
A Brief Dispatch From Las Vegas On The Occasion Of The Jets Beating The Cowboys On 9/11
LAS VEGAS—The scene: Caesars Palace. A quiet corner of a quiet bar, DAL-NYJ on the TV. A handful of exceedingly pleasant Cowboys fans sitting in a half-circle. A lone Jets fan sitting in front—a desiccated New Yorker given to periodic bursts of yelping and fist-pumping. You know the type. All coiled...
UCF Student Fights With Police Officers And Loses, UCF Fans Respond With Thundersticks
You know what they always say: when Boston College and Central Florida get together, hoo boy, call in the National Guard. Say hello to Andrew Galbo, a graduate student at UCF, and someone who should've been tased, bro:...
Bartolo Colon-O-Meter: Roy Hobbs Meets Sisyphus
Things got better on Friday for Bartolo Colon, the Yankees' veteran starter and living parable. Yet things also got no better. Pitted against 28-year-old Angels ace Jered Weaver, the 38-year-old Colon found that his arm was fresh, his control everything he wanted it to be. "I feel like I did at the ...
Watching A Boxing Beauty Contest On A Night Of Crappy Americana
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Moments before each of Daniel Ponce De Leon's fights, as his final warmup, he will extend both of his arms upward and then spin them violently, in tandem, from one side to the other, like Carlton Banks dancing to "It's Not Unusual," if Carlton Banks were a rat-tailed tattooed Mex...
Justin Bieber Is A More Dedicated Sports Fan Than You
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the Biebs is a Maple Leafs fan, so he can't be a bandwagoner, right?...
Help Us Finish "The Snydering" (Our Satirical, Non-Libelous Dan Snyder Group Fiction)
As you may have heard, Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit against the Washington City Paper is no more. Which means we will no longer be posting a daily link to the story that so enraged Snyder (and which he failed to read). But we still have to wrap up The Snydering, our satirical, non-libelous Dan Sn...
If There Is One Man Who Can Pull Off Socks, Sandals, And A Blazer, It's Probably Michael Vick
From yesterday's postgame press conference, via Eagles Blogger Room....
Charles P. Pierce Takes His Red-Hot Career To Grantland
Remember this (to which Bill Simmons responded thusly)? "In addition to leading Esquire's politics blog, Mr. Pierce will write a regular column for Grantland and contribute occasionally to The Triangle blog." Honestly, this is wonderful news. [Observer]...