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Basketball Hangs On Rim Forever, Delights Jeremy Lamb
Given how fast-paced and fluid basketball can be, it's always funny when some unexpected shit happens and throws off the entire rhythm of the game. That's exactly what went down during last night's game between the Thunder and Magic, when the ball just refused to let go of the rim....

Pete Carroll Denies Reports That He Changed Seahawks' Final Play
Pete Carroll, who subscribes to one of the more explosive conspiracy theories out there, categorically denies any truth to the conspiracy theory that the Seahawks' desire to make a Super Bowl hero out of Russell Wilson and not Marshawn Lynch led him to overrule the fateful playcall....

Let's Watch Gronk Read A Sexy Passage From The Gronk Erotica
Rob Gronkowski made the expected visit to Jimmy Kimmel's television program tonight, and after admitting that he "hadn't read a book since the ninth grade" (claiming it was, uh, A Mockingbird To Remember), the Super Bowl champion tight end read a bit from the erotica novel written about him....

Report: NHL Suspended Referee For Meeting In A Bar With Hockey Blogger
NHL referee Tim Peel met with his fiercest critic Thursday night in New York City: Yahoo Sports NHL blog Puck Daddy's editor-in-chief Greg Wyshynski. Wyshynski feels that Peel is the one of (if not the) worst referees in the NHL, and has written a series of articles on calls he believes Peel blew wi...

This Is The Saddest Hockey Pass Ever
"Corrado, the unorthodox breakout play."...

The Uzbekistani U-22 Team Is Insanely Violent
The King's Cup is a weird friendly tournament among a bunch of random teams that takes place annually—except for the years when it does not take place at all—in Thailand. Uzbekistan and South Korea's under-22 teams met on the first day of this year's competition, and the game ended in a 1-0 win fo...

Michael Jordan: Bull On Parade
A few years ago Wilfred Santiago gave us a beautiful comic book about the life of Roberto Clemente. Now, Santiago is back with Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade. Yet another sure shot from the great publisher, Fantagraphics. ...

Rex Ryan Has Tattoo Of Wife Wearing Jets Jersey Darkened To Bills Blue
Remember that tattoo Rex Ryan got of his wife wearing a Mark Sanchez jersey? That's a pretty embarrassing tattoo to have if you're the newly hired head coach of their division rival Buffalo Bills, so on Friday he rectified the situation. Via the Wall Street Journal:...

Live Report On Dangerous Driving Conditions Interrupted By Car Wreck
These two reporters from Burlington's WPTZ had an especially exciting live shot this evening when their live report on dangerous Vermont driving conditions included an unscheduled demonstration....

Seahawks Fan Sets Off Sprinklers While Throwing Skittles Into The Air
A lot of Seattle Seahawks fans no doubt had a very sad time last night, but one particular group had what I am willing to bet was the saddest time of all....

Dicks On Parade: Live From New Orleans' Krewe Du Vieux Spectacular
"We're not just the Parade of Dicks," Joe Thompson said. "But we do have a bunch of dick floats."...

Gronk May Not Put On A Shirt Until August
The best things about this video of Chandler Jones wrangling Rob Gronkowski for an postgame photo, ranked:...

Richard Sherman Is Getting Tommy John Surgery, But It's Not A Huge Deal
According to Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, all-pro cornerback Richard Sherman will be undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the elbow injury he suffered during the NFC Championship game....

Counterpoint: Tom Brady Is One Of The Best Of All Time, Moron
I knew there would be a lot of shitty hot takes in the wake of yesterday's titanic Super Bowl. But I didn't know that the worst take of all would come from THIS VERY WEBSITE, from the otherwise perfectly reasonable Barry Petchesky. Barry is a Giants fan, so maybe his brain has been wadded up with ...

Naked-Ass Cowboy Goes For A Stroll On Snowy Highway
I'm going to be honest, you aren't going to get a very long look at at the naked-ass cowboy in the video above, but I think your experience will be better for it. It's like a Bigfoot sighting: One second you're looking at nothing but a snowy Detroit highway, and in the next you're getting a brief gl...

The Summer Of Gronk Has Officially Started
We're only in February, but the Summer of Gronk transcends seasons, and it immediately began after the Patriots' Super Bowl win last night. Here's pass-catching bicep Rob Gronkowski at the afterparty in the team's hotel doing some things with his arms to "I'm On One." Yes, he is wearing two hats b...

This Performance By A 21-Year-Old Prince Proves He Was Never Not Sexy
If you're like me, and you trusted your happiness yesterday evening to the decision-making of a man famous in part for wondering aloud if jet fuels burns hot enough to melt steel beams, you probably woke up a little glum, and you probably got glummer when you looked outside and saw a thick layer o...

Records: Unarmed Man Killed By Cops Said "I Don't Want To Die Today"
Officials in Fairfax County, Va., apparently hoped to use the cover of Super Bowl weekend to help them continue to downplay the murder of a citizen by a public servant. ...

Fancy Ice Spheres, Expandable Garden Hose, Cheap Timexes, More Deals
Open up a bottle of wine in style, then fix yourself something stronger with some fancy ice balls.[Ohuhu Luxury Corkscrew and Wine Stopper Set + FREE Ice Ball Mold, $14. Add both to cart and use code SLN6PBWA]...

Malcolm Butler's Interception As Called By Patriots & Seahawks Radio
You've heard the NBC call of last night's decisive goal-line interception by Malcolm Butler, but if you haven't had the opportunity to experience the thrill of victory (Patriots radio, via WBZ, above) or the agony of defeat (KIRO Seahawks radio, below) then here's your opportunity. Patriots analys...