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Brian Kelly Explains Why He Shoved One Of His Assistants
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly owes a debt to the Miami Hurricanes and the officiating crew that allowed their insane kick-off return to stand, because I have a feeling the incident above would have gotten a lot more attention this weekend if there hadn’t been something else for college football ...
14 Tips For Enjoying A Beer Festival's Majestic Chaos
Beer festivals have a lot going for them, what with brewski and festivity right there in the very name. What’s better than brushing your teeth (please?), strapping on your second-cleanest jeans, and stepping out to try dozens of new beers with hundreds of likeminded humans? Hell, a lot of beer fests...
Frank Thomas: The Mets Did Everything Right Except For All The Things They Did Horribly Wrong
Here’s Fox analyst Frank Thomas, summing up the Mets’ World Series and also your recent job performance:...
The Royals Won By Betting On The Mets To Botch The Job
I felt a little insane listening to the Fox booth lavish praise on the Royals for Eric Hosmer’s dash home to score the tying run on Lucas Duda’s bad throw. “Brilliant baserunning?” Did they see that throw? If Duda doesn’t peg a beer vendor, Hosmer is out and the game is over. ...
How To Escape From An Automobile Trunk, According To An Ex-Navy SEAL
Retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson conducted special ops all over the world for 20 years, attached to the NSA and the now-famous SEAL Team Six. He learned some highly specialized skills along the way, and he’s now collected them in a pocket guide entitled 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide t...
Here Is Your Gallery Of Sad Mets Fans
The Mets lost the World Series in the most on-brand, Mets-y way possible. That’s very bad news for Mets fans, but it’s good news for those of us who have grown to appreciate the great photographic genre that is Sad Mets Fans....
Terry Collins Made The Right Call On Matt Harvey And Still Screwed Up
It was a Mets season that began with, and briefly threatened to founder upon, questions of how many innings Matt Harvey would be allowed to throw, and for how many innings he’d be able to be effective. In the end, Harvey threw 216 innings—the most ever for a pitcher coming off of Tommy John surgery—...
Royals Toy With Mets Like A Cat With A Mouse, Kill Them, Win Series
With the Mets up 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth, manager Terry Collins and ace Matt Harvey argued about whether Harvey would pitch the ninth. He’d pitched a four-hit shutout up to that point, on 102 pitches, a high but not unreasonable number. Of course, the health of Harvey, who underwent Tommy Jo...
Report: Le'Veon Bell Out For The Season With "Badly Torn" MCL
Le’Veon Bell left the field during today’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals after catching a pass in the second quarter and getting tackled by Vontaze Burfict. Initial reports out of the Steelers’ locker room were “optimistic,” but unfortunately, Bell’s injury is serious, as multiple prominent NFL rep...
Ricardo Lockette Left Motionless, Taken Off Field In Ambulance After Hit In Punt Coverage [UPDATE]
Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette left the field of today’s game in Dallas on a stretcher after a hit during punt coverage left him motionless at midfield....
Idiot On The Field Invades Pitch At MLS Playoff Match, Gets Sacked
A lot of idiots have made their appearances at RFK Stadium, but it was one Idiot whose pitch invasion interrupted today’s D.C. United-New York Red Bulls and led to the hooligan getting sacked—in the American football sense of the term....
Reports: Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer Is Retiring After The Season
According to reports from Mark Schlabach and others, longtime Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer is gong to retire after the conclusion of this season. ...
Report: Patrick Kane Unlikely To Be Charged In Rape Case
Three months ago, a Buffalo woman accused Patrick Kane of raping her at his home in nearby Hamburg, N.Y. The investigation revealed that a Buffalo PD officer served as Kane’s chauffeur the night of the alleged rape, involved a rape kit that might have been tampered with but was found to be a hoax pe...
ACC Suspends Officiating Crew That Allowed Miami To Beat Duke
The Atlantic Coast Conference has suspended both the on-field officiating crew and the replay official for allowing Miami’s game-winning kickoff return to stand during last night’s game against Duke....
Daniel Murphy Blew It, But He Wasn't The Only One
The Mets had a great chance to tie the World Series up last night, taking a 3-2 lead into the eighth inning, only five outs away from the win. With runners on first and second, Eric Hosmer hit a manageable grounder to Daniel Murphy at second base. Instead of making the double play to end the inning ...
Miami's Miracle Walk-Off Kick Return, As Called By Hurricanes Radio Announcers
Another week, another shocking play the likes of which no one has ever seen; tonight, Duke fell victim to the whims of fate, and once again we’re here to bring you the action as called by home announcers....
Miami Hurricanes Pull Off Mind-Blowing, Incredible Kick Return With No Time Remaining
Duke took the lead on Miami with just seconds remaining in Durham, only for the Hurricanes to pull off one of the most incredible plays we’ve ever seen in college football history. A series of reviews and replays ended up with the play being called back—maybe, it’s still under review as of publicati...
Kirk Herbstreit Scared Shitless By Zombies
Chris Fowler played a wonderful prank on Kirk Herbstreit tonight, surprising the ESPN analyst with some characters from the Eastern State Penitentiary haunted house during halftime of tonight’s Notre Dame-Temple game. It’s the first time a zombie has been on Saturday Night Football since Eminem’s ap...
#67 Goes 77 Yards For SEC-Sized Fat Guy Touchdown
300 lb. Kentucky defensive lineman Cory Johnson opened the scoring of tonight’s Vols-Wildcats matchup in Lexington by scooping up a fumble and rumbling 77 yards. He was motorin’!...
Jakeem Grant Breaks Just About Everyone's Ankles On This 90-Yard Run
Texas Tech is currently up 17-0 on the undefeated Oklahoma State Cowboys, thanks to this ankle-breaking clinic from Jakeem Grant....