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Whatever Your History Teacher Said, The Goths Crushed Rome Because Rome Had It Coming
The fall of the Roman Empire is one of the central events in human history, and chances are good that at some point in your education, you were forced to sit through a godawful lecture or two filled with weird-ass names—seriously, Gundobad? Stilicho?—and dates that you forgot as soon as the test was...
So, How Are Things Going With The Jacksonville Jaguars?
The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 in a preseason game last night. Let’s see how Jags quarterback Blake Bortles felt about the win:...
Close The Clinton Foundation
As much as we hate our elected officials, we also seem strangely reluctant to ask very much of them, lest someone some day ask something extraordinary of us. We need to get over that. ...
Report: Anthony Weiner Has Once Again Sent The Grossest Possible Sexts And Dong Pics
Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, the powdered remnant of a pack of expired herbal boner pills found on a bodega shelf, has once again been busy sending pictures of his tighty-whitey-clad dick to a Twitter user, according to a new report from the New York Post, a reliable source of informa...
Colin Kaepernick Explains Why He Won't Stand For The National Anthem<em></em><em></em>
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick spoke with the media today for about 20 minutes, answering numerous questions about his decision to refuse to stand during the U.S. national anthem before Friday’s preseason game. (Kaepernick also refused to stand for the national anthem before the fi...
Drake Makes Terrible Little League Pun, Throws Loyalties Into Question
Noted Canadian Drake has come out in support of Team United States in the Little League World Series....
Let These Bats Fuck In Peace
Preseason football can feel pointless; enough so that those watching are sometimes compelled to turn to more interesting pursuits. Such as having sex on the field, as these bats did in Saturday night’s Lions-Ravens game, captured by Baltimore Sun photographer Karl Ferron:...
What's Going On With Blake Rutherford?
Saturday night, the Yankees’ rookie league affiliate, the Pulaski Yankees, tweeted rather cryptically about Blake Rutherford, the team’s first-round pick in this year’s MLB draft. Less than two hours later, they deleted the tweet, elevating the cryptic factor....
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Gary Sanchez Is More Or Less Babe Ruth Right Now
Unless you’re into sweet sweet schadenfreude, there haven’t been many reasons to watch the Yankees this year. But the last few weeks have been a little different, courtesy of rookie catcher Gary Sanchez and the 2004 Barry Bonds-esque stat line he’s put up. ...
Intentional Walks Can Be Hard
One of the strategies that’s been suggested for speeding up baseball is eliminating the pitches in intentional walks. Which would be a shame, because then we’d all miss out on glorious fuck-ups like this:...
People Who Got Rich In America Should Stop Criticizing It
The reaction to learning 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is making a political statement by refusing to stand for the national anthem has raised myriad opinions today, but none more unified than the belief that those who became millionaires in this country are in no position to angrily criticize ...
Bartolo Colon Gets Hits, Gives Massages Now
Bartolo Colon nearly doubled his season hit total last night. When you consider that such a feat only required going from three hits to five, this is not as impressive as it sounds. When you consider that it involved Bartolo Colon getting not just one hit, but two, it might actually be more impressi...
Arsenal Finally Woke Up And Signed Some Very Good Reinforcements
Arsenal spent most of the summer transfer window swinging and missing at a series of targets. They went at Jamie Vardy, but he stayed with Leicester. They then made a serious effort to dislodge Alexandre Lacazatte from Lyon, but his club tried to extract an increasingly inflated amount of money from...
High School Running Back Kicks Tackler Who Stopped Him From Scoring Touchdown
Blue Springs (Mo.) High School running back Jaylen Ivey gained a first down late in his team’s game last night against Lee’s Summit West to seal a win, but a tackle at the eight yard line kept from from reaching the end zone. So he kicked the defender, earning himself an ejection from the final seco...
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Colin Kaepernick Refuses To Stand For Anthem: "There Are Bodies In The Street" [Update]
Colin Kaepernick is speaking out after the 49ers quarterback refused to stand for the U.S. national anthem before last night’s preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, telling the NFL that “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people o...
Merril Hoge: "Nobody's Ever Messed With Drugs And Won"
ESPN analyst and occasionally coherent talking neck Merril Hoge lashed out at Ezekiel Elliott today for touring a weed dispensary, stating that “nobody’s ever played with drugs, messed with drugs, had drugs be their friend, and won.” Obviously, this is true, as you can see in the above video....
Reggie Bullock Explains Why He Looked Up To His Murdered Transgender Sister
Mia Henderson, the older sister of Pistons forward Reggie Bullock, was stabbed to death in Baltimore in 2014, her “severely traumatized” body barely identifiable, the suspect in her murder only caught and charged because of DNA evidence found under her fingernails....
Is This Tristan Thompson's Dick Or What?
This afternoon, Tristan Thompson posted a photo on Twitter posing with the Larry O’Brien trophy at a Tim Hortons. But you may notice another large object....