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Frat Bro Gives Pregame Speech For The Ages Before Flag Football Game

Have you ever been just so, so amped about something? Well, you've never been as amped about anything as this Drexel frat bro is about flag football. Because flag football isn't just about hanging out with your buddies, it's about fucking legacies. ...

M.I.A. Calls Out The NFL On Its Bullshit Lawsuit Against Her

Before all is said and done, the NFL may regret bringing a $1.5 million suit against M.I.A. because she had the audacity to flip the bird during the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show. Because M.I.A. is not afraid to fight the NFL, and she's not afraid to call the league on its bullshit....

NCAA Eases Up On Some Penn State Sanctions, Acts Like A Dick About It

The NCAA announced today that it will gradually start restoring some of the football scholarships it took away from Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Beginning next season, the Nittany Lions will get an additional five scholarships back per year, allowing the program to return to...

The Moment The Pirates Reached The Playoffs

This photo, by the AP's Charles Rex Arbogast, shows Russell Martin just after applying the tag to Nate Schierholtz for the final out of Pittsburgh's 2-1 victory of Chicago. With Mike DiMuro's punchout*, the Pirates are in the postseason for the first time since 1992....

Vikings Owners Must Pay $85 Million For "Organized Crime-Type" Fraud

The owners of the Minnesota Vikings were ordered to pay nearly $85 million in damages to former business partners they defrauded with "evil motive", and will face a criminal investigation into their actions, which a judge declared violated racketeering laws. There's a chance this ruling could hold u...

Nate Burleson Crashes SUV And Breaks Arm Trying To Rescue Pizza

The Lions could be without wide receiver Nate Burleson for the rest of the season because of a vehicle crash that happened at 2:25 a.m. today. According to police, alcohol was not a factor. But falling pizza was....

Sam Gagner's Broken Jaw Is Grotesque

Dear lord, Sam Gagner, what happened to your face?! Oh right, Zack Kassian's stick....

Bow Down To The Hoop Queens

Earlier this year Skip Hollandsworth wrote a story for Texas Monthly on the most dominant team in the history of women's college basketball. It's worth your time:...

Cobra '79 T-Shirt

Via It's a Long Season check out this boss T-shirt by Chris Brennan. ...

Rashad Johnson's Severed Finger Is Absolutely Disgusting

Just a few moments ago, Cardinals safety Rashad Johnson tweeted images of the finger he didn't know he lost—sweet Christ, did he ever lose it—and it is a raw scene. Your not-safe-for-lunch pictures are down below....

Man United Fan Marries Into City Family, Trolls Them With Great Toast

This groom is giving what appears to be (and actually might be, in the end) a very heartfelt toast about an important person in his life that is "no longer with us." When he asks his new family—who are apparently all Manchester City supporters—to stand and toast this influential person, he pulls th...

Coming Soon: The Best American Sports Writing 2013

Coming October 8 is The Best American Sports Writing 2013. Edited by J.R. Moehringer. Check out the table of contents over at series editor Glenn Stout's site. Looks to be another sure shot to this great long-running series. ...

Shadowboxing Steelers Fan Is The Weirdest Steelers Fan

I...I don't get this. ...

The Gamer According To Tom Boswell

"Baseball has a name for the player who, in the eyes of his peers, is well attuned to the demands of his discipline; he is called 'a gamer.' The gamer does not drool, or pant, before the cry of 'Play ball.' Quite the opposite. He is the player, like George Brett or Pete Rose, who is neither too inte...

Cardinals Safety Rashad Johnson Lost Part Of His Finger Yesterday

And now, two tweets about football that will absolutely terrify you:...

Pittsburgh Stinkers: Week 3 Sunday Night GIF Roundup

Bears 40, Steelers 23: Ben Roethlisberger threw for 406 yards, but the Bears still demolished the Steelers. Even though Chicago allowed Pittburgh to cut down a 24-3 lead, the team stymied a full comeback by Mike Tomlin's crew. The Bears are 3-0, and although this team was talented before Marc Trest...

Aldon Smith Granted Indefinite Leave To Go To Rehab [Updated]

As expected, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been given an indefinite leave of absence—it is not a suspension, as some have reported—to enter a rehab facility for a substance-abuse problem in the wake of his DUI arrest from Friday morning. Smith's locker was "completely empty" not long after the N...

Royals Win In 10 On Justin Maxwell's Walk-Off, Pimp-Hit Grand Slam

It wasn't a good day for the person doing the closed captioning on the Royals' TV broadcast. ...

Uh, Coach, you know you won, right?...