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Kentucky Survives Double-Overtime Scare From Texas A&M
For the second conference game in a row, number one ranked and previously unbeatable-looking Kentucky was taken to overtime by an unheralded opponent, this time Texas A&M. Perhaps the SEC is tougher than we thought?...
North Carolina Knocks Off Fifth-Ranked Louisville On Acrobatic Layup
Nineteenth-ranked North Carolina defeated fifth-ranked Louisville in this wild finish in the Dean Dome. UNC's Marcus Page made an acrobatic layup to take the lead, but fell into the stanchion and photographers, forcing his team to play defense 4-5 for the final 8.5 seconds of the game. But Louisvi...
Knicks Heroically Win Fourth Quarter By 17, Only Lose By 28
Hey New York resident, how'd you spend the Saturday early afternoon? Maybe finishing up a long brunch? Enjoying a sunny (but chilly) stroll on the High Line? Catching up on the last season of Sherlock? Really, anything would've been great because Saturdays are great and full of promise. Unless you...
Watch A Scary 200-Car Pileup Happen Before Your Eyes
If you've ever read one of those "ten million car pileup on [insert Midwestern highway here]" stories and wondered how it happened, this video of I-94 near Battle Creek, Michigan from yesterday should help explain it. Visibility is so low that once a couple of vehicles wreck, the ones coming behin...
Nous Sommes Tous Charlie
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Tommy Craggs Is A Herb-Ass Goober Who Rides Citi Bikes Around Town
This is a true story....
The Kenny Hill Era Is Over At Texas A&M
Remember when quarterback Kenny Hill was going to make Aggies fans forget about Johnny Manziel? He even had a nickname—Kenny Trill—that rivaled "Johnny Football." Well, the sophomore's transferring to TCU, now....
Even <i>Inside The NBA</i> Is Ashamed Of The Knicks
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Animated Short Imagines The San Antonio Spurs As A Commando Team
Here is a fun cartoon that comes from the creative minds at BallerBall, that imagines the Spurs—led by Pop, natch—as a wrongfully convicted commando team who subsequently escape prison and hide "in plain sight as the most boring team in professional sports." The whole seven minutes is like that, a...
Hockey Coach Mad
The Minnesota Wild have hit a bit of a rough patch, having lost eight of their last 10 games, and head coach Mike Yeo is fed up, man....
Curt Schilling Says Being A Republican Cost Him HOF Votes
If there is one thing you can count on, it is Curt Schilling being wrong about absolutely everything....
What Are The Odds That Duke, Not Kentucky, Is The Last Unbeaten?
A staple of early January college hoops coverage is speculating whether any of the remaining unbeaten teams can finish the regular season without losing. The correct answer is always "probably not", but over time a team like a Wichita State or Saint Joseph's will make you regret your "probably not" ...
Rae Sremmurd Have A Dumb Name And The First Great Pop Album Of 2015
So Rae Sremmurd are two yelping, early-twentysomething, pop-rapping Mississippian brothers who've earned a ton of comparisons to the '90s tween sensations Kris Kross, all of them unwelcome. Which is understandable: These guys are nearly twice as old (and ribald), determined to stick around for way...
Larry Sanders Returns To Bucks, Doesn't Explain Much
Bucks center Larry Sanders, who had been away from the team since Dec. 26 due to "personal reasons" and was reportedly considering quitting basketball altogether, returned to the team last night and watched the Bucks' game against the Suns while sitting on the bench in street clothes. Sanders did sp...
Mic'd-Up Matt Stafford Was Very Confused By That Reversed PI Call
Matt Stafford was mic'd up during last Sunday's playoff game against the Cowboys, and his reaction to the reversed pass interference call that helped bone the Lions out of a win aired on last night's episode of Inside the NFL. As you might imagine, Stafford was just as confused and exasperated by th...
Giannis Antetokounmpo Basically Dunked A Freaking Skyhook
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar perfected the hook shot and made it unstoppable, releasing it so far from the basket and so high into the air that it was coined the skyhook. Or so we thought, until Giannis Antetokounmpo showed off the next phase of its evolution against the Suns tonight: the skydunk. Think abou...
Phil Kessel Mad
Ron Wilson, a former Maple Leafs head coach replaced by Randy Carlyle—who was just fired today—went on the radio to call out Phil Kessel for being difficult to coach. A reporter later relayed this to Kessel. Kessel got angry....
Train Station Invaded By Substance That Probably Came From Aliens
The picture above, via ABC 7's Ben Bradley, depicts some shit currently going down at Union Station in Chicago....
The Ex-Con Who Turned His Life Around, And The NBA Star Who Killed Him
This piece was originally published in the August 2002 edition of GQ. A postscript from the author follows....
An Outstanding Pale Ale From Oregon, If You're Sick Of East Coast Bias
Yesterday morning found 99.9 percent of the world's beer-abiding citizens just humming along and doing their thing—going to work, probably, because most beer drinkers work, and lots of work happens in the morning....