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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....
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....
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...
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....
Illinois's Chief Illiniwek To Perform At High School Basketball Game
The University of Illinois retired their mascot Chief Illiniwek in 2007 after facing pressure and sanctions from the NCAA, but one high school in Illinois says it plans on bringing back the mascot for its basketball game....
Please Don't Let This Man Rock Any More Cradles
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Maxx Williams Dominates Missouri Defense, Double-Hurdles Way To TD
We've highlighted Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams's feats here before, and now that it appears he'll be declaring early for the NFL draft, the time is nigh for him to impress the NFL scouts. They'll be plenty impressed with this play, as he hurdles not one but two Missouri defenders en route to a ...
Ex-Bills Coach Doug Marrone Gets $4 Million To Do Whatever He Wants
Doug Marrone is opting out of his contract with the Buffalo Bills after two years, mainly because his 2015 salary of $4 million is guaranteed no matter what. Even if Marrone takes a head coaching job with another team, he still receives his full salary from Buffalo. ...
Kyle Orton Slinks Into Retirement
See that locker, there? That's the locker of a great quarterback. That's Kyle Orton's locker....
New York Jets Allow Longest Play Of 2014 Season
Here's the Dolphins' Lamar Miller going 97 yards on a rush against the New York Jets, who provided us this wonderful gift as a testament to their efforts this season at being incompetent in every way. ...
Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Year's Worst Films
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's a look at the worst movies of 20...
A Nation Of Echo Chambers: How The Internet Closed Off The World
Will Leitch, senior writer at Sports On Earth, culture writer for Bloomberg Politics, contributing editor at New York magazine and founder of Deadspin, is doing his yearly fill-in for Drew Magary on today's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo. (Here is 2011's version, and here's 2012's and he...
Philadelphia Hosts World's Shortest Running Event
Have you ever found yourself envious of all those races runners participate in, but are unwilling to actually run? Then Philadelphia (which, it should be noted, is the 14th-fattest city in the U.S.) has just the event for you....
This Football Player's Just Headbutting His Teammates Without A Helmet!
This is Memphis's junior tight end, Alan Cross. Alan's pumped! Hell yea! Maybe you should utilize some chill though, Alan. It's just the Miami Beach Bowl....
The Year In Sports Fans: The Good, The Bad, And The Bills
Sports fans were all over the place in 2014. There were fights, babies, whimsical drunks, scary drunks, sports, dicks, and butts. Take a look back at some of the most notable fans....
Player Gets Red Card For Hacking Down His Own Brother
I mean, I get it. Sometimes, brothers suck. Sometimes, shit gets heated. Sometimes, there's nothing to do but take a running start, slide two feet through the back of their legs, and deal with Ma Dukes later....
Willie Mitchell Uses Kris Letang's Helmet Against Him In Fight
Florida Panthers captain Willie Mitchell got tied up with Pittsburgh's Kris Letang, and inexplicably resorted to swinging Letang's own helmet at him. Willie Mitchell's a lawless man....
Montrezl Harrell Ejected For Throwing Punch, Making Contact With Ref
Shit kind of hit the fan near the end of the first half of today's Louisville-Western Kentucky game. After a post-rebound scrum between the two teams, Louisville forward Montrezl Harrell tried to throw a punch, and apparently hurt a referee in the process. Shortly after, head coaches Rick Pitino and...
Jaguars Fans Brawl Over Free T-Shirt
Not a lot of background on these videos from Thursday night's game in Jacksonville, other than that the two fans—both of whom were arrested—were trying to choke each other out over a free T-shirt that was launched into the crowd. I do not know if either of them ended up getting it. I doubt it....