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Yunel Escobar's Eyeblack Reads "You Are A Faggot" In Spanish [UPDATE]

The image above comes from Saturday's Blue Jays game, and it shows shortstop Yunel Escobar with the Spanish phrase "Tu Ere Maricon" written on his eyeblack. That translates into English as, "You Are A Faggot." We've tried to come up with a plausible explanation for this. The best we've got is that ...

Motorin': Your Highlight Reel Of The Most Night Ranger-Worthy Runs From College Football's Week 3

Prompted by a discussion between Gawker's own Mobutu Sese Seko and Sports Illustrated college football writer Holly Anderson, I created this mp3 last week. We think it's worth using to highlight plays, so here's the best runs from this past weekend in college football. They're Motorin'! ...

Jay Mariotti Is Maxin' And Relaxin' And Writing Shitty-Ass Columns Again

Look at that picture! Just look at it! That's a picture of Jay Mariotti, taken right after he polished off his second craft beer of the afternoon, no doubt, and right before he started talking about how he's always "really appreciated" Tom Waits, and that most people don't know that about him....

Idiot On The Field During Jacksonville Game Actually Outgained The Jaguars, Thanks To Security Ignoring Him

Late in yesterday's embarrassing Jaguars performance at home against the Texans, a presumably beer-fueled fan took to EverBank Field to perform the usual jackassery of an Idiot On The Field. As the crowd cheered his antics, though, yellow-shirted security completely ignored what was happening on t...

Houston 27, Jacksonville 7: The Game In One GIF

The Jaguars did not have a good game. 117 total yards on offense is, like, the definition of not having a good game. Here's an optimistic post game quote from a Jacksonville player:...

Speed Skating Coach Accused Of Verbal And Physical Abuse, "Inappropriate Sexual Behavior"

The accusations are leveled against Jae Su Chun, the head coach for U.S. short-track speed skating, and his assistant coaches Jun Hyung Yeo and Jimmy Jang. Fourteen skaters have filed a complaint against Chun and have boycotted training with the team and coaches for fear of further abuse, having do...

Arkansas' Season-Long Nightmare Is In Full Swing

Against Arkansas today, Alabama covered the over (51 points) without allowing Arkansas to score. This is a difficult thing to accomplish. Vegas didn't see it coming - the last line I saw was Arkansas +20.5 - but at least two Razorbacks fans knew this one was going to be the college football equivale...

Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: But Were They Six <em>Impressive</em> Touchdown Passes?

It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...

Toronto Film Festival: In Praise Of The Shamelessly Trashy <em>Spring Breakers</em>

For the past week, Grierson has been at the Toronto Film Festival seeing the movies we're all going to be talking about for the next few months. Today is his second of two dispatches....

Football Is The Hardest Sport To Explain To Children And Stupid People

Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....

A Disgruntled Ex-Coach May Have Sent Scouting Reports And Injury Histories To All Of His Former Team's Opponents

Oh look, it's the worst person in the world! (Allegedly.) Say hi, everyone!...

USC has decided not to ban LA Daily News writer Scott Wolf, who had run afoul of Lane Kiffin for simply doing his job....

An LA Daily News writer has been banned from covering USC football for two weeks because he covered USC football....

Why Is The NFL Discouraging 70-Yard Field Goals?

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The U.S. Avenged Its Jamaica Loss Before A Raucous Columbus Crowd, And Clint Dempsey Made A Bitchface For The Ages

Desperately needing a win after dropping the ball in Jamaica last week, the U.S. Men's National Team rode the wave of a rowdy crowd in Columbus to eke out a 1-0 World Cup qualifier win last night, though not without a bit of struggling....

Source: Brandon Phillips Thought Jared Hughes Called Him "Boy"

We told you earlier about the dustup last night that caused Brandon Phillips to tweet that a Pirates player had said something racist to him. According to a source who spoke to someone who was on the field at the time, Phillips thought Pirates reliever Jared Hughes had called him "boy." This after H...

Video Of James Harden At A Strip Club? Video Of James Harden At A Strip Club. [Possibly NSFW]

Video of James Harden at a strip club....

JaVale McGee Threw A Free Burrito Party, But Only One Dude Showed Up [UPDATE]

JaVale McGee invited 10 Twitter followers to a free lunch with him at Chipotle yesterday. And in typically JaVale fashion, the invitation was well-intentioned, but poorly thought out, producing a hilarious result. Given just five minutes notice, only one fan made it to Chipotle: Andy Mathisen, who d...

Brandon Phillips Says A Pirates Player Said Something Racist To Him

And all anyone knows about it comes from something Phillips tweeted in the wee hours, just after the Reds outlasted the Pirates in 14 innings:...

Knicks Fans Nearing Long-Awaited Reunion With Former Point Guard Isiah Thomas

In the 2007-2008 season, Bill Belichick won 18 games and was hailed as a genius. In the same year, Isiah Thomas won 23 games. He was fired. The Knicks have made a lot of mistakes in the last decade, but letting Thomas go was surely the most egregious. He was canned just days after leading the Knick...