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ESPN Joins In Adrian Peterson Redemption Campaign; Ditka Says "I Never Had A Problem With This"

ESPN joined Sports Illustrated in the quest to redeem Adrian Peterson for beating his child today on NFL Countdown, with reporter Josina Anderson allowing the Vikings tailback the opportunity to whitewash the incident that found him indicted on felony child abuse charges without once challenging his...

Bill O'Brien Had No Choice

Yesterday, Brian Hoyer played one of the very worst games by an NFL quarterback in the playoffs that I’ve ever seen. He threw four picks, lost a fumble, and I counted at least two other throws that could easily have turned into interceptions. By some metrics, it was one of the worst such games of al...

Deion Sanders Says Vontaze Burfict "Owes The Media" Answers

Vontaze Burfict was understandably taciturn following the Cincinnati’s wild card game meltdown and his role in setting up the Steelers’ winning field goal, so NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders took the Bengals linebacker to task during tonight’s postgame show—stating that refusing to answer reporter...

Steelers Move On After Winning Field Goal Set Up By Attempted Antonio Brown Assassination

Vontaze Burfict’s head shot to Antonio Brown and a subsequent penalty on Adam “Pacman” Jones earned the Steelers and a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger enough yardage to set up a game-winning field goal—one that erased what had been a stunning fourth-quarter Bengals comeback....

Giovani Bernard And The "Unfortunate Hit" That Knocked Him Out And Enraged The Bengals

Tonight’s already tense Steelers-Bengals Wild Card game turned very ugly after Ryan Shazier knocked out Giovani Bernard and forced a fumble with a devastating hit delivered to Bernard’s skull. Brain damage apologists at CBS defended the play as legal and simply called the play “unfortunate,” because...

Martavis Bryant Buttcatch Vindicates League That Still Doesn't Know What A Catch Is

Martavis Bryant’s buttcatch is one of this season’s most spectacular plays, but we’ll forgive you if you missed it due to falling asleep or having any of a hundred better things to be doing at 10:15 on a Saturday night. This being the NFL, we fully expected officials to declare it incomplete. How ha...

Nobody Did Anything Right On This Play

The Steelers extended their lead over Cincinnati with William Gay’s fumble recovery (until they didn’t, after replay revealed the officials missed a down by contact) and the Steelers’ celebration drew a flag (which the official whiffed on trying to throw) and Jim Nantz declared it a touchdown (for t...

He Pulled The Man's Hair!

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Jeremy Maclin And J.J. Watt Both Leave Game With Injuries On The Same Play

J.J. Watt, who’d just spent a little bit on the sideline right before this play nursing a groin injury, had to stop his rush halfway through due to a flare up. Right after he went down, Chiefs lineman Eric Fisher got a cheap shot in on the neck of a defenseless Watt. Watt went into the locker room, ...

Steve Smith Enjoys Playoff Game

Alex Ovechkin Goes End-To-End To Score Spectacular Overtime Game-Winner

Alex Ovechkin lost his damn mind and went the entire length of the rink real fast to put one past Henrik Lundqvist and give the Capitals the 4-3 win in overtime....

Chiefs Open NFL Playoffs With 106-Yard Knile Davis Kickoff Return

The Houston Texans’ plan to leverage home field advantage and an at-times terrifying defense fell through when they allowed Kansas City’s Knile Davis to return the game’s opening kickoff 106 yards for a score. ESPN Deportes’s Álvaro Martín captured the shock almost as well as the vacuum-like sound o...

Todd Haley Can't Feel Cold, Loves Wearing Shorts

Todd Haley is a pretty decent offensive coordinator who’s far more famous for being a frothing rage volcano. He’s messed with Rapoport, gotten mad at John Harbaugh over a preseason game, and has feuded with his quarterback. Hell, he pissed off notoriously chill guy Snoop Dogg of all people....

This Off-The-Nose Dismissal Is One Of The Most Extraordinary Plays We've Seen In Any Sport

Yes, that headline is accurate. Today in Australia’s Big Bash League (which, true to its moniker, is getting a lot of attention in these parts recently) Melbourne Stars bowler Adam Zampa earned a dismissal after the Renegades’ Peter Nevill slapped a line drive that went off his teammate’s bat, then ...

Feds: Cardinals Guy Hacked The Astros By Using An Old Password [Updated]

Charges against former Cardinals scouting director Christopher Correa were unsealed today in federal court in Houston, finally outlining exactly how the best hacking in baseball happened, at least according to the feds. The information document was filed Dec. 22 but remained under seal until this af...

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Jimmy Fallon had some good acts when his show was in the second slot....

The UFC Is Putting Conor McGregor And Holly Holm On The Same Card And Oh My God

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Sweet Life: A Van Man Shows You How To Dude It

Stephan Shay has de rigueur facial hair. He can be found in Southern California coffee shops, sometimes wearing a beanie. He’s tan. He’s fit. He wakes up to the sound of waves playing on southern California sand, and takes road trips up and down the coast....

Bob Ryan Just Fuckin' Tweets All His Shit At Once

NBA sage Bob Ryan is just going for it today. Hours after calling ex-Warriors coach Mark Jackson a “Bible-pounding phony,” Ryan—who has never been adept at Twitter—sent a flood of tweets in just a couple of minutes....

How To Move In With Your Significant Other

Forget your list of righteous resolutions for the new year—the best self-improvement commitment you can make is to take the plunge and finally move in with your girlfriend or boyfriend. If you do this right, you’ll achieve a transcendental state of domesticated bliss, where every day is warm and cos...