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Report: The Vikings' Short-Lived Mutiny Was Actually Just Terence Newman Being Stubborn

Thank the schadenfreude gods for the Minnesota Vikings, once a 5-0 team, who have unleashed an extremely lame scandal at the tail end of their disappointing season....

The Worst American Sportswriting Of 201<em></em>6

There are plenty of lists out there compiling the year’s best sportswriting—try this one if you’re looking for some good holiday-weekend reading—and that’s as it should be, because there is a lot of great sportswriting out there, possibly more than ever. You won’t find any of it here, though. Instea...

Russell Westbrook Did Not Troll The Warriors Yesterday

Shortly after Kyrie Irving’s turnaround jumper put the Warriors in the ground, a clip of Russell Westbrook finishing up his pre-game warmup routine started making its way around Twitter:...

The Chiefs Just Outran The Broncos

There’s never a great way for a defending champion’s playoff hopes to die, but for the Denver Broncos, a 33-10 beatdown at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs, who controlled the game from start to finish and were stunting late in the fourth quarter, is about as bad as it gets....

Enjoy the Christmas miracle Wesley Johnson, Lou Williams, and a fast-thinking photographer produced last night....

Fat Guy Touchdown Pass!

Tonight 346-pound defensive tackle Dontari Poe threw a touchdown pass to Demetrius Harris to seal a big win for the Chiefs over the Broncos. All those who witnessed it were so shocked at having seen NFL history, Kansas City was unable to successfully convert the try....

Once Again, It's Kevin Harlan's Live Radio Call Of An Idiot On The Field

Tonight’s national broadcast of the Broncos-Chiefs game featured an Idiot On The Field in Kansas City, and like most national games Kevin Harlan was calling play-by-play on Westwood One radio. Since his call of the Idiot in San Francisco earlier this season was one of the year’s best moments in spor...

Kyrie Irving Buried The Warriors Again

Round one between the new-look Warriors and the defending champion Cavaliers went to Cleveland, 109-108, with the knockout blow once again delivered by Kyrie Irving, who drove Klay Thompson into the paint with four seconds left before spinning around and getting an improbable fadeaway jumper to just...

Richard Jefferson Gets Technical Foul For Dunking On, Winking At Kevin Durant

Richard Jefferson dunked all over Kevin Durant during today’s big Warriors-Cavaliers game, and winked at the young man as he headed back up the court. That earned the 36-year-old a technical foul in today’s increasingly no-fun NBA....

Hawai'i Ran An Incredible Fake Punt And Won Their First Bowl Game In Ten Years

There hasn’t been much to cheer about for Rainbow Warriors fans over the past few years, but Hawai’i beat MTSU in last night’s Hawai’i Bowl thanks in part to a wild third-quarter fake punt that was as much a victory for long snapping as it was playcalling....

Arizona Beats Seattle After Steven Hauschka Misses Extra Point<em></em>

Seattle lost an important game for their playoff seeding after Steven Hauschka missed the would-be go-ahead extra point and Arizona drove the field to kick a game-winning field goal on the final play of the game....

Now Derek Carr Is Injured And Can't Walk [Update: He Has A Broken Leg]

The best Raiders team since they reached the Super Bowl more than a decade ago is currently without its quarterback as Derek Carr was carried off the field due to an ankle injury suffered while being sacked early in the fourth quarter of an Oakland blowout against the Colts....

Tyler Lockett Holds Onto Catch Despite Suffering Horrific Leg Injury

Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett held onto a Russell Wilson pass despite having his leg mangled and exploded into two pieces as he rolled into the end zone. Warning! This video is gruesome....

Kicker Sparks Sideline Fight

The Dolphins and Bills brawled a bit late in today’s game in Buffalo, and it’s all Dan Carpenter’s fault—as the Bills kicker taunted the Miami returner after forcing him out of bounds, and havoc briefly reigned....

Dodgers' Twitter Account Hacked With Message About Upgrading Your Security

The Dodgers got an early Christmas present today in the form of a Twitter hack. OurMine—the collective that claimed responsibility earlier this week for hacking Netflix and NFL Network’s accounts, among others—appears to be the culprit....

Innovative Minnesota Vikings Keep Finding New Ways To Turn Ball Over

The free-falling Minnesota Vikings keep breaking new ground in football—today figuring out that the ball doesn’t even need to be snapped in order for them to turn it over. That’s the Midwest work ethic in action!...

Bryce Petty Is Injured Again

The Jets’ attempt to launch the Bryce Petty era keeps getting aborted, as the second-year quarterback left today’s game against the Patriots after being injured trying to make a tackle—which, if you think about it, is the Jetsiest way for a quarterback to get hurt....

Report: New Jersey Devils "Wrongfully Withheld" Medical Records From Player In Brain-Injury Case

The Devils “wrongfully withheld” medical records from former player Mike Peluso, who claims he is now permanently disabled from brain injuries he suffered in the NHL, according to legal documents obtained by TSN....

Joe Mixon Says He's Sorry In Press Conference Nobody Watched [Update]

Joe Mixon apologized repeatedly in a press conference today, the first public appearance for the star Oklahoma running back since his lawyer one week ago released video of him punching fellow OU student Amelia Molitor in 2014....

Odell Beckham Had A Mini-Meltdown After The Giants' Loss

Odell Beckham Jr. had a typically excellent game last night, hauling in 11 passes for 150 yards, but he could never get the big one, and it showed in the result....