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NBA TV's Kristen Ledlow Says She Was Robbed At Gunpoint
This evening, NBA TV reporter and NBA Inside Stuff host Kristen Ledlow posted a short note on her Twitter and Instagram pages saying she was robbed at gunpoint yesterday. She says that she’ll be taking a social media hiatus for a bit....
Jameis Winston Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalty Costs Bucs Touchdown Chance
Tampa Bay was set to have the ball on fourth down at the 49ers’ five-yard line with two feet to go for first-and-goal. That’s before Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston lipped off to an official, pushing the ball back 15 yards and eliminating any chance of his team tying up San Francisco on the dr...
Mavericks Surf Contest Begrudgingly Allows Women To Compete
For the first time in its history, one of the most prestigious surf contests in the country will include a women’s heat in its 2016-17 competition. But the addition to the Titans of Mavericks competition wasn’t done solely because Mavericks organizers felt like it. It was required by the California...
The Jacksonville Jaguars, Everybody
The Jags had pinned Oakland back for fourth-and-24, and the Raiders made things even harder on themselves by botching the punt’s long snap. The result of the play? First down, Oakland....
Dustin Hopkins Field Goal Attempt Bounces Off Top Of Upright
Detroit held onto its 3-0 second-quarter lead thanks to Washington kicker Dustin Hopkins achieving a dubious feat: missing a field goal due to the ball bouncing off the top of the upright. ...
Yes, This Is Awesome
You don’t need to watch any more football today, because you won’t see anything as good as this....
Anti-Hillary Ads From Cubs Ownership Funded Super PAC Air During NLCS
The Chicago Cubs are National League Champions for the first time since 1945, and during the decisive Game 6 that booked their ticket to the World Series, multiple anti–Hillary Clinton ads aired on the national FOX Sports 1 broadcast....
UCF Beats UConn In Forced Rivalry Game, Leaves Dumb Trophy On Field
Central Florida defeated UConn, 24-16, Saturday in the fourth installment of the greatest artificial college football rivalry ever: The Civil Conflict. My mistake—it’s actually the Civil ConFLiCT....
Todd Graham Confronts "Chickenshit" Mike Leach During Post-Game Handshake
The Pac-12 fined Washington State head coach Mike Leach $10,000 earlier this week for claiming Arizona State steals signals from opposing teams—something Sun Devils head coach Todd Graham admitted to last year. Graham wasn’t taking kindly to the allegations this time around, though, telling Leach du...
Penn State Shocks Ohio State With Winning Touchdown Off Blocked Field Goal
Unranked Penn State knocked off #2 Ohio State when Grant Haley scooped up a blocked Buckeyes field goal and took it to the end zone, giving the Nittany Lions a 24-21 win after their defense stopped J.T. Barrett and the Buckeyes offense....
Chicago Cubs Are National League Champions<em></em>
The Cubs just needed to win a game. And so they did, shutting out the Dodgers 5-0 Saturday night to earn a trip to the World Series for the first time since 1945. That was so long ago (how long ago was it?!) that this marks their first ever NLCS win as the World War II-era pennant was a simple matt...
J.T. Barrett Swarmed By Three Defenders In Backfield; Somehow Turns It Into 19-Yard Gain
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett is an absolute magician. Here he avoids three Penn State defenders surrounding him in the backfield and gets 19 yards in a play that looked so impossible officials decided to review it (and upheld the results after getting a second look)....
Beer Titties Metal
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Draymond Green's Taekwondo Skills Are Already In Midseason Form
Draymond “The Human Vasectomy” Green, whose reputation is rooted in his kicking ability as much as it is his actual basketball skills, is back at the martial arts-ing, even in preseason. Here he is last night against the Blazers, leveling his big foot toward Allen Crabbe:...
Rudy Gay To George Karl: "Welcome To Basketball Hell"
The Sacramento Kings, a failed state of an NBA team run by a clueless owner, will be bad this year, despite internal expectations that they’ll make the playoffs. One of the reasons why they could actually improve this season is because their new coach Dave Joerger seems to have a clue, unlike George...
Dustin Brown Can Make A Lob Look Sexy
As far as outright winners go, lobs might be the least exhilarating way to terminate a point of tennis. You plop the tennis ball high into the air, way out of your opponent’s reach, and then it falls way back down into the court, hooray. You can respect the lob on a technical level—an especially def...
Here Are All The Times The NFL Got Josh Brown Records From The Sheriff's Office
Once again, the NFL has insisted that its inability to comprehend the repeated abuse suffered by a woman—Molly Brown, in this case, the ex-wife of New York Giants kicker Josh Brown—wasn’t due to its own incompetence. After blaming the victim a few months ago, NFL leaders decided this time around to ...
Team USA Was The Overwhelmed Newcomer At The Kabaddi World Cup<em></em>
The ancient Indian sport of kabaddi is undergoing a revolution. For centuries it was only played on dusty fields in backcountry villages, but the launch of the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014 has transformed it from an antiquated pastime into a modern sporting spectacle on the Asian subcontinent, played ...
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