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What's Going On With Grantland's NFL Podcast?
Fans of Grantland’s NFL podcast, hosted by popular writers Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays, haven’t had a new episode to listen to since Oct. 13. That’s more than a little odd, given that new episodes are posted at a high frequency, usually multiple times a week. So what gives?...

Former Giants Punter Steve Weatherford Is Trolling Eagles Fans Pretty Hard
Steve Weatherford was cut by the Giants before the season, but his loyalties ahead of tonight’s New York/Philly matchup are quite clear. He’s spent the last day pissing off Eagles fans online....

Eddie Murphy Told A Bill Cosby Joke
On Sunday night, Eddie Murphy accepted the Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at the Kennedy Center, and it was the first time he’d made a joke on stage in nearly three decades. What was that joke about? Accused rapist Bill Cosby. ...

Bills Fans Remain A Glorious Mess
The Bills were back at home this week, which means Western New York’s finest flocked to Ralph Wilson Stadium’s parking lots, their natural habitat. Bask in the magnificence of these Bills fans, the Free Folk of the NFL....

Do Not Rely On Al Michaels For History Lessons
Al Michaels is one of sports broadcasting’s best-known conservatives, and the NBC announcer cracked wise with one of the right’s most classic myths: that income taxes these days are extraordinarily high....
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Bills Fan Goes Butt-Out At Tailgate [NSFW]
This Bills fan, spotted at a tailgate around 9:30 a.m. by a tipster, needed to heed the call of nature. He did so with his hands on his hips, clad in a Jim Kelly jersey, pantsless....

The Dumbass Buffalo Bills Invented A Dumbass Quarterback Controversy
On Thursday, Sammy Watkins asked for the ball. It’s now Sunday, and the Bills have the beginnings of the dumbest quarterback controversy in the league. ...

Michigan AD Rips Fans Who Mocked Fumbling Punter In Open Letter
After Michigan lost yesterday to Michigan State on a wild, fumbled snap, punter Blake O’Neill was the subject of death threats. This is both depressing and unsurprising, the sort of standard nonsense all athletes are subject to on social media after high profile errors....

DraftKings CEO Described Site As A Casino, Called It Betting
Last week, Nevada banned DraftKings and FanDuel in the state, on the grounds that they were gambling. The Nevada Gaming Control Board told the sites that they must apply for licenses from the Nevada Gaming Commission to operate in Nevada under state law (Legal Sports Report, however, says that the b...

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I Don't Think That's How You Do "The U"
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Michigan Punter Uncorks 80-Yarder
Michigan punter Blake O’Neill hails from Australia, and his rugby-style punt started from inside his own five yard line and finished just shy of Michigan State’s goal line. Consider this your punting highlight of the day; it’s the longest punt so far this season....

Joel Embiid Drinking Shirley Temples By The Pitcher Is Today's Great NBA Gossip
The Cauldron has a new report on the state of the Philadelphia 76ers, which features all sorts of “league sources” relaying instances of internal strife. The best part of the story concerns Joel Embiid’s alleged obsession with Shirley Temples....

Billy Beane Is One Of The Biggest Water Wasters In The Bay Area
You may have heard that there is a pretty serious drought in California. Starting this summer, water restrictions went into effect across the state. For customers of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (East Bay MUD), the restrictions include only being allowed to water your lawn twice a week (a...

A Fake Bill Belichick Pranked Bears WR Cameron Meredith During The Draft
The Chicago Tribune has a profile of Bears rookie wide receiver Cameron Meredith, focusing mostly on his development during college. In there, though, is a pretty hilarious anecdote about how he got trolled when picking up the phone on the second day of the NFL Draft: ...

Nevada Regulators Rule Daily Fantasy Is Gambling, Order Sites To Shut Down In State
The Nevada Gaming Control Board offered perhaps the most significant rebuke of daily fantasy sports operators today in a month full of them, finding that daily fantasy sports constitutes gambling. The Gaming Control Board wrote that because daily fantasy sports involves “wagering on the collective p...


Sammy Watkins Doing This Dumb Drill Is My New Favorite Football Highlight
I have no idea if this drill is something a lot of football players do, or if it’s just Sammy Watkins’s thing, but I do know that I love it....

Flyers Fans Chant "She Said No" At Patrick Kane
Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane was accused of rape in August, and the investigation is still ongoing. In the meantime, Flyers fans at Wednesday night’s game made sure Kane remembered what happened in his offseason....

No, Seriously, Dissolve The United States
Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Navy, a Republican Senator, and Hillary Clinton walk into a bar. Bartender looks them over and says, “Christ, this is 60 percent of the Democratic presidential campaign field? You motherfuckers make Richard Nixon look like Leon Trotsky.” Then Jim Webb knifes him, bec...