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Not excited for college basketball yet? A Louisville player is going to try underhanded free throwing this season! [ESPN]...

Your Guide To The Craziest Sports Scandal You Aren't Paying Attention To

I get it. You see a headline like “Real Madrid Star Karim Benzema Charged In Sextape Blackmail Case” or “Transcript: Karim Benzema Helped Facilitate Blackmail Plot Against Teammate Over Sextape” and you aren’t quite moved. Sure, words like sex tape and blackmail seem juicy, but who is Karim Benzema ...

My Proposals For The Billy Joel Musicology Conference

Oh, hell yes. This is a real thing, and it will be amazing....

Transcript: Karim Benzema Helped Facilitate Blackmail Plot Against Teammate Over Sextape

Furthering the bizarre saga of Karim Benzema and the criminal charges he faces for his involvement in an alleged plot to blackmail his international teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sextape, L’Équipe has now produced a full transcript of a phone call between the Real Madrid striker and the accused b...

Minnesota Wild's Thomas Vanek Torches Paul Postma For A Filthy Goal

Thomas Vanek’s two goals aided the Minnesota Wild in Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Jets, but this undressing of Winnipeg defenseman Paul Postma should’ve counted for five points....

NJ Devils Owner's Helicopter Parks On Soccer Field, Cancels Youth Game [Update]

A youth soccer game at Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., was called off Sunday night after a helicopter touched down in the middle of the pitch and stayed there. This was no emergency landing, however: the vehicle was there to pick up Josh Harris, billionaire owner of the New Jers...

New York AG Orders DraftKings And FanDuel To Stop Taking Bets From New York Residents

Things are only getting worse for the definitely skill-based daily fantasy industry, as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to cease accepting bets from New York residents. In a prepared statement, Schneiderman assailed daily fantasy, saying it constituted ille...

Colombian Police Find Half A Ton Of Cocaine Hidden In Buses Transporting Soccer Fans

Two packed buses set out from Cali, Colombia this weekend heading towards Santiago, Chile to deliver dozens of soccer fans to the site of the two countries’ World Cup qualifying match. Unbeknownst to the fans, they were accompanied by over 1,000 lbs. of cocaine, discretely hidden underneath the seat...

Geno Smith's Fine With The Guy Who Punched Him; Next Question

Bills coach Rex Ryan occasionally likes to choose game captains with an underlying message. Last Sunday, he picked three former Dolphins against Miami. This Thursday, I.K. Enemkpali—the former Jets linebacker who punched quarterback Geno Smith in the face over $600—will be a captain. Today, Smith sa...

Fired Junior Hockey Coaches Rehired After Entire Team Quits In Protest

Parents of youth athletes are notorious for carping about how little playing time precious Madison and Hunter are receiving, complaining to the coach and yelling from the stands. But rarely does a parent own the team their kid plays on, and even more rarely do they fire the entire coaching staff to ...

Bills Fan's Moonsault Attempt Somehow Doesn't End In Disaster

The weather’s getting colder, but that won’t affect the Free Folk in Buffalo. They can survive the upcoming winter. As the leaves fall, so do the tables. This Bills fan embraced the changing of the seasons by performing a moonsault off a pickup truck bed. He actually pulled it off pretty well....

Vikings Angry At "Cheap" Rams After Late Hits On Teddy Bridgewater

Vikings players and coaches had strong words for the Rams—and especially defensive coordinator Gregg Williams—after Minnesota’s 21-18 overtime win, completed without QB Teddy Bridgewater, who left early in the fourth after being knocked unconscious by a shoulder to the head from CB Lamarcus Joyner....

Two Eagles Made A Point Of Going After Greg Hardy

Eagles center Jason Kelce didn’t mince words:...

Another Bills Fan Tries To Smash A Table, But This Time The Table Wins

Another dispatch from beyond the Wall up in Buffalo, where this intrepid Zubaz-clad fan tried to continue Buffalo’s brave war against furniture. Unlike his brother in arms, this man did not succeed....

Once Again, Rex Ryan Trolled The Bills' Opponents With His Selection Of Captains

The Buffalo Bills play the Dolphins today in Buffalo. The two climatologically opposite teams have a rivalry, and the Bills are coached by jolly trickster Rex Ryan, so of course he did some pranking. Much like he did two weeks ago against the Dolphins, Ryan made a point of selecting the funniest cap...

Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel Voices Support For Players Going On Strike [UPDATE]

Hours after the athletes of color on Missouri’s football team announced they were going on strike until university president Tim Wolfe is removed from office, head coach Gary Pinkel tweeted out this photo of the team and its coaches with a message of united support for the work stoppage....

Donovan McNabb Sentenced To 18 Days In Jail For DUI

Back in late June, former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was arrested in Gilbert, Az. after he rear-ended another car at a stoplight. Yesterday he received his sentence from the case and will have to serve 18 days in an Arizona jail. ...

Nah, That's Not Right

Asheville, N.C. ABC station WLOS tried a bit of pre-game prognostication on its early morning show today. There are... some problems here. (Given all three picked Pitt to win, is it possible they actually believed Notre Dame is playing the Steelers?) Anyway, misspellings and such aside even big-boy ...

Chinese Commentator Fired For Snoring In Middle Of Champions League Game

The deep and hearty snores you hear are from Chinese commentator Dong Lu during this week’s Real Madrid-PSG Champions League match, and he’s not taking a sly jab at the quality of play. Apparently, Dong really did fall asleep during the game, and his network fired him for it....

That Feeling When You Think You Fucked Up But It All Works Out Anyway

I like to think that Philipp Schobesberger of Rapid Vienna helped an old lady carry her groceries up a couple flights of stairs last week and thus was karmically rewarded with this goal right here....