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Impartial Observer Donovan McNabb Worries That Mike Shanahan Will Ruin Robert Griffin III
RG3? Decent QB. Everyone thinks he'll be great. The Redskins got some people for him to throw to, too....

Dan Snyder And Mike Shanahan Fly To Waco, Immediately Go To Hooters
Today is Baylor's pro day, when Robert Griffin III (and some saps who aren't RGIII) will showcase their wares for any scouts who want to come watch. The Colts will be there, just doing their due diligence. But this is really for the Redskins, who'll likely have Griffin with the second pick, and they...

Potential Potential Franchise Quarterback Already Prompting Redskins Fans To Buy Season Tickets
One can only imagine the fictional non-libelous scene yesterday morning when Redskins owner Dan Snyder opened The Washington Times to find a story about how the Redskins' mega-trade with the Rams to go after Robert Griffin III could revive the team's moribund fan base. If that didn't make Snyder cac...

When The Maple Leafs Went To War
Do you follow the RealTimeWWII Twitter account? You should. It's fascinating, educational, and often briefly frightening when you see something about invading Russians out of the corner of your eye....

Is It OK For A Movie Trailer To Lie? Or, Why <em>Friends With Kids</em> Is Definitely Not <em>Bridesmaids 2</em>
Last October, a Detroit woman named Sarah Deming filed suit against FilmDistrict for its misleading advertisements for the film Drive. Her claim was that the film's trailers had led her to believe the film was about driving rather than, you know, Ryan Gosling stomping in the orbital bones of various...

Here's The Remarkably Uplifting Story Of A Paraplegic Skier Doing A Backflip On The Slopes
Eight years ago, Josh Dueck broke his back during a skiing accident that left him paraplegic....

Before The Giants Ruined The Patriots' Perfect Season, The Perfect Season Nearly Ruined Me
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....

A Tour Of The Terrifying Downhill Ski Course That Will Rip Open Your Pelvis "Like A Book"
At first glance, the Hahnenkamm doesn’t seem too gnarly. A mountain near the ski resort town of Kitzbühel, Austria, the peak isn’t the highest in the Alps. Or the biggest. Or the steepest. And it has a funny name that translates to “Rooster’s Comb,” which sounds like a spot where the Trapp Family mi...
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US Skier Claims She Was Disqualified From The X-Games For Sarah Burke Tribute [UPDATE]
Langely McNeal is a US skier competing in this year's X-Games. Earlier today, she posted a status update on her facebook page indicating that she had been disqualified from the Women's Skier X final as a result of the French team protesting a Sarah Burke band around her thigh and a hair tie around ...

As A Golfer Considers His Shot, A Sound Guy Behind Him Absolutely Eats It
The Humana Challenge used to be the Bob Hope Classic, but what's Bob Hope going to do about it? He's dead. But while Bob was never particularly big on physical humor, even he would have gotten a kick out of this sound guy's entrance, stage left....

Robert Griffin III Made His NFL Announcement While Wearing Barney The Dinosaur Socks
Robert Griffin III sat down in front of cameras and reporters today to confirm rumors that he'd decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2012 NFL Draft, and he did it wearing Barney the Dinosaur socks—because he "loves everybody." It's a different look from the Superman socks he sported at...

Linda Cohn Had Some Generational Struggles Tonight With Robert Griffin III
Robert Griffin III's nickname is RG3 because he's the third consecutive Robert Griffin in his family—hence the III. While this has been a problem for ESPN before, it's never created so many issues as it did for Linda Cohn tonight on SportsCenter, who despite dropping several "RG3" references cont...

Drunk Chick Punches Cab Driver, Plays "American With Disabilities" Card
The words that Kristin "Krazii" Beriau used to describe herself on her soon-to-be-privatized Facebook page are as follows: "i dont give a FUCK wat anyone thinks of me cuz i no im fabolous, i love to party and chill, im friendly and sometimes a bitch, sexy, KRAZII, and above all, i am a dime....some...

Nevada Has Sold 10 Tickets For Its Bowl Game
Hawaii is a long way away from everything, true. And the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl doesn't really care, because Nevada is on the hook for the entire allotment anyway. (It was 5,600 when the Wolf Pack played this game in 2009.) Sounds like a lot of military personnel are going to get to watch some free fo...

Did Tim Tebow Break Up Lindsey Vonn's Marriage?
Last week we received an email that suggested something insane enough that we were happy to entertain it for a funny, fleeting moment, but mostly we were fairly certain that there was no way in hell it was in any way true....

Your Heisman Trophy Winner Is Robert Griffin III
Robert Griffin III—RG3 for the uninitiated—won the Heisman trophy this evening. Andrew Luck is all sad faced a few months before he becomes a multimillionaire. [ESPN]...

"Mele Kalikimaka!" BYU-Hawai'i Game Delayed By A Bad Santa
This clip's as funny for the commentary provided by ESPN2's Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard as it is the visual of a man in full Santa Claus getup "streaking" in the third quarter of the BYU-Hawai'i game at Aloha Stadium tonight. (They like doing this sort of thing there, as you might remember from...

Lindsey Vonn Is Single
Lindsey Vonn, Sports Illustrated's favorite athlete cover girl, has started divorce proceedings with her husband of four years—and "chief adviser"—Thomas Vonn. This is the perfect excuse to finally upgrade from those skiblades, guys. [AP]...

Honolulu Five-0 Investigating Point-Shaving Allegations Against U. Of Hawaii Football Players
"On November 3, 2011, the UH Manoa Office of Admissions received an anonymous letter alleging "point shaving" by unnamed football players of UH football games. Recognizing the seriousness of these allegations, UH leadership acted promptly and responsibly by immediately alerting the Honolulu Police ...

As If A Competitive Waterskiing Wipeout Wasn't Enough, The Guy's From Ohio State
So collegiate waterskiing is apparently a thing. Nationals were this weekend, and OSU's Kyle Dammeyer went down hard and soggy. If you missed this video in Hot Clicks, don't miss it here, and turn up the sound; the announcer is gold....