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Sweet ESPN Martial Arts Broadcast A Throwback To Network's Early Days
If you're old enough to remember any of the 80's, you know that ESPN wasn't always the home to 24-hour jabbering analysts and NFL talk shows. In its more fledgling days, the WWL aired whatever content to which it could obtain rights; thus, Americans were introduced to wacky hat-wearing and fingerg...
The Worst Motivational Coaching Gimmicks In History
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
James Franklin Claims He Lied About Seeing Vanderbilt Rape Case Video
Penn State football coach James Franklin, who was Vanderbilt's football coach at the time of the alleged rape involving players Brandon Vandenburg, Brandon Banks, JaBorian McKenzie, and Cory Batey, testified through Skype at today's hearing for two of the suspects. The most noteworthy part of his te...
Hunter Pence Slams Into Fence To Rob Jayson Werth Of A Hit
It's not easy playing right field at AT&T Park. The wall is 24 feet high (in honor of Willie Mays), and it is made up of three different surfaces: brick, fence, and padding. A right fielder trying to play the wall has to figure out which surface the ball is likely to hit, and how hard (and where) it...
University Of Alabama Relents, Daisha Simmons Will Play At Seton Hall
The saga of former Alabama basketball player Daisha Simmons looks like it is finally coming to an end. The University of Alabama announced Tuesday night that they had changed course and were supporting Simmons's waiver request to be able to play basketball at Seton Hall this upcoming season. If you'...
Jaromir Jagr Remembers His Very First Goal, And His Beautiful Mullet
Maybe it's Jaromir Jagr's last season; maybe not, since he did put up 67 points for the Devils last year. But just on the chance that this'll be his last run, let's not wait for the silver anniversary. It was 24 years ago today that a bemulleted Penguins rookie scored his first NHL goal....
NBA Players Are Coming To Get Their Money Back In 2017
The NBA's bonkers new TV deal means there is going to be more money flowing into the league than ever before, and everyone is already thinking about 2017, when the players or owners can opt out of the current CBA and re-negotiate how all that revenue is going to be divided up. Based on comments from...
Jaguars Apologize For Mascot's Ebola Joke
Put that headline in a time capsule, so future generations can recall the brief period of time Ebola was in the news and the Jaguars were an NFL team....
It's The Perfect Alley-Oop!
Who is ready for another season of Anderson Varejão antics? ...
EverBank Field Pool Features Woman Wearing Jeans & A Sweatshirt
When the Jaguars announced they were adding swimming pools to EverBank Field, we all prepared for the inevitable bottomless moon shot on TV. Little did we know, the opposite of nudity was in store for the sad souls watching a game from Jacksonville....
Jake Locker Takes Brutal Late Hit To Head, Stays In The Game
Watch the video above. You'll see Jake Locker scramble for a 10-yard touchdown and get clocked with a forearm shiver to the helmet. He goes down, clutching his head, and when he's finally helped to his feet, appears woozy, and stumbles. He was taken to the locker room to be evaluated for signs of a ...
Did John Elway's Son Get Special Treatment In His Assault Case?
Back in May, John Elway III was charged with assault and disturbing the peace after his girlfriend told police that he'd dragged her out of his car by her hair and pushed her to the ground when she tried to get back into the vehicle. At a hearing on Sept. 16, he copped a nice plea deal that includ...
What's Wrong With LeSean McCoy?
Philadelphia is 3-1 and at the top of the NFC East, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the stat line of its star, LeSean McCoy. In Philly's last two games, Shady's totaled 37 rushing yards on 39 touches, and no receptions. Through four games last season, McCoy had 468 yards on the ground. This...
The NFL Is Having Its Steroid Moment
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Jose Bautista Sons Hack Columnist On Twitter
Toronto Sun sports columnist Steve Simmons is known as a bit of a curmudgeon and a troll in the world of Canadian sports media, so a lot of people will be happy to learn that he got his ass handed to him by Blue Jays star Jose Bautista on Twitter today....
Jamie Oliver: Comfort Food Is OK, Now That He Wrote A Book About It
TV host, cookbook author, and brilliant world-renowned chef Jamie Oliver went on The Colbert Report yesterday to sell some copies of his new book, Comfort Food, a guide to preparing the sorts of foods that professional nutrition-scold Jamie Oliver will crash through your kitchen wall to jump-kick...
Jaden Smith's Bonkers New Song Will Change Your Life
Attention, everyone: Last night, Jaden Smith changed the game. Imagine if someone took the things Jaden Smith says on Twitter and put them over some solid, this-means-something beats, because that's what "Blue Ocean" is. It's an Experience....
Jon Lester Vs. James Shields Is An Argument For The Second Wild Card
There are plenty of reasons to dislike the presence of MLB's second wild card teams, but tonight's matchup is not one of them. That's because we will get to watch two great pitchers—James Shields of the Kansas City Royals and Jon Lester of the Oakland A's—start the precise game that they were acquir...
Can A Ref With No Red Card Send Someone Off? One Player Investigates
It’s an interesting question, one that Guingamp’s Benjamin Angoua tried valiantly to answer this weekend when, as the ref tried to show a red to a teammate, Angoua nipped and slapped at the card, hoping the ref would either listen to reason or get tired of trying to snatch the damn thing out of the ...