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Joseph Fauria Is The NFL's Most Entertaining Undrafted Rookie

Lions tight end Joseph Fauria follows up his touchdowns with the best celebrations. Today, he took a move from 'N Sync after scoring against Washington. In Week 1, he made this face after his first career touchdown. When Fauria scores, we all win....

Bye-bye-bye......

Vanity Fair Turns 100

Slide on over to Vanity Fair and dig their 100th Anniversary site. ...

Blindsided

Michael J. Mooney's a good one. I remember liking this GQ story he did a couple of years ago:...

Joseph Mitchell: My Ears Are Bent

Something good is this: John Schulian on Joseph Mitchell:...

The Security Guard Richie Incognito Fought Is A Former NFL Player

We've obtained the police report from the June nightclub incident in which Dolphins G Richie Incognito allegedly punched a security guard, as first reported by ESPN. That guard, it turns out: former University of Miami starter and NFL draftee Carlos Joseph....

A-Rod's New Lawyer Claims The Yankees Wanted His Hip Surgery Botched

Alex Rodriguez has hired a new lawyer named Joseph Tacopina, and he's accusing the Yankees of asking the doctor performing Rodriguez's surgery to make sure Rodriguez remained hurt and never played for them again. Tacopina is a lawyer who's made his reputation with outlandish statements, so this acc...

The Streetwalker of New York

Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....

Tennis for Savages

Nice piece by Corey Kilgannon in the Times today on Joseph Durso, handball champion:...

"You Always Think You're Gonna Win A Game": An Interview With The Coach Of The Worst Team In College Basketball History

It's official: With last night's 59-51 loss to Alabama A&M in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament, Grambling basketball finished the season a perfectly imperfect 0-28. It was the closest game the Tigers played all year; all of their other losses were by at least 10, and their final average marg...

The St. Joseph's Halftime Show Featured A Dunk Crew Who Couldn't Dunk

It was a big game for St. Joe's. Kicking off the conference schedule, hosting No. 14 Butler. The university knew it would need halftime entertainment commensurate with the occasion. They got some guys throwing up botched dunk after botched dunk....

Saint Joseph's Player Gives Villanova Fans The Finger, Then Blows The Game [UPDATED]

There are goats. And then there are goats. Get a load of what Saint Joseph's junior forward Halil Kanacevic did during last night's loss to Philly rival Villanova. He shit the bed during the game's final two minutes, but he also made it easy for everyone to dog him for it because he had given the Vi...

Bruce Willis And Time Travel, Both More Alive Than Ever. <em>Looper,</em> Reviewed.

1. Looper is essentially two different movies spliced together at the midway point, but that's OK, because: a) the movies are thematically connected, with the second building off the windup of the first; and b) they're both excellent. The first half is a dark, thrilling time-travel mind-twister that...

Kansas City Royals Fans Spend $5,100 To Tell Owner David Glass To Get Lost

Kansas City. Kansas City, Kansas City, Kansas City. Things are bad in Kansas City. Real bad. Royals fans are looking to stop the madness. One fan, Joseph Accurso, decided to get a few buddies together and crowd source an open letter to Royals owner David Glass. $5,100 later and what you see to the r...

First, Kill All The Cyclists. <em>Premium Rush</em>, Reviewed.

1. It's difficult to overstate how much I dislike bicycle riders in New York City. (Collectively. I'm sure you, individual who rides his/her bike, are perfectly pleasant and normal ... when you're not on your bike.) Bike riders have taken over this city, and they are, almost entirely across the boar...

Fifty-Something College Student Can't Fathom Why His "Hot-For-Teacher" Essay Upset His Hot Teacher

Joseph Corlett is 56 years old. And Joseph Corlett attends Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. Well, he did attend that esteemed academy. Seems as if the university elders and others just didn't get an essay he wrote for "Advanced Critical Writing" class....

Zambia Won The African Cup, Leading To This Kerri Strug-Bela Karolyi Moment

Zambia stunned the Ivory Coast yesterday in winning the African Cup of Nations after a 17-minute 8-7 penalty shootout....

Right Now, The College Basketball World Hates Phil Martelli

Todd O'Brien is a senior big man for UAB, but you won't find his name in any box score from the eight games the Blazers have played this season. He's not injured or suspended. Instead, his eligibility has been held up by his former coach Phil Martelli, for whom O'Brien played at St. Joe's before ta...

Some Jackass Scammed At Least 25 Schools Out Of Thousands Of Dollars With The Promise Of NFL Players

If there's one thing kids are into these days, it's bullying each other. It would be nice if they would stop, but they won't listen to parents or teachers. It's scientifically proven that the only people kids will listen to are NFL players, preferably at a special schoolwide assembly. So when public...

IBF Orders Immediate Rematch Of Fight That Featured 12 Rounds Of Brutal Nut-Punching (Video)

Anyone in search of evidence that boxing is crooked need look no further than the above video. It's from the rather disturbing title fight last weekend between Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko. Mares won a majority decision to take the bantamweight belt. He also won the championship for punching anot...