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Who Wants To Look At Kendrick Perkins's Dislocated Finger?
Jamming a finger while playing basketball hurts, and—this might be going out on a limb here—dislocating a finger while playing basketball probably hurts more....

Brutal Monster Truck Accident Leaves At Least Eight Dead, 80 Injured
Eight people were killed and 80 were injured Saturday after a monster truck drove into the crowd at a show in Chihuahua, Mexico....

Julie Hermann Supervised Lax Coach Accused Of Physical, Mental Abuse
The Louisville Cardinals women's lacrosse coach is accused of abusing her players, and current Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann is tied into the mess....

I'll Tumblr For Ya: SI Photo Blog
Andy Gray does a nifty job of curating sports photography—old and new—over at the SI Photo Blog. Bookmark it. ...

Every James Bond First Edition
From The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. ...

Ohio State Blocking A Northwestern Punt, In Extreme Slow Motion
We're not entirely sure how, but as of this writing Ohio State's only put up one touchdown tonight—and they got it on a punt block that exhibited such dominance you wonder how they're losing to Northwestern....

Somehow, A Puck Shattered Glass Inside The Bell Centre Penalty Box
Miraculous timing led to broken glass and surprised Habs fans as Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges fired a shot through the Flyers' open penalty box door and into a pane of non-shatter-proof glass....

Banner Plane Crashes On Flavet Field Before Florida-Arkansas Game
Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a plane carrying an advertisement for Geico Insurance McDonald's crashed on an unoccupied car in Flavet Field, an open field at the University of Florida that, from the look of it, serves as a tailgating site for Florida games. The Gators are playing the Arkansas Razor...

Scott Shafer: Charter Member Of The Dabo Swinney Fan Club
Just before the half, Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers were thumping Syracuse 35-7. On fourth-and-goal inside the Cuse 1o, he went for it rather than just kicking the field goal. The Syracuse defense held them out of the endzone and head coach Scott Shafer pledged his everlasting love for Dabo....

ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...

Jerry Kill Has Another Seizure, Will Miss Michigan Game
Jerry Kill suffered a seizure this morning—his second of the season—and will miss game action for the fourth time since joining the Gophers. The Gophers head coach was not feeling well Friday and did not accompany his team to its hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. He planned on traveling Saturday to join...

How To Make A Lasagna And Prepare For Hibernation
Time was, as summer rounded into autumn, you kept an eye out for that first cool, dry weekend after the leaves started to turn, when the air remained genuinely chilly in the shade all day long, and then you tilted back your floppy coppola hat, hooked your thumbs into your suspenders, gazed thoughtfu...

The Goon Show: A Life In Letters
Mike Fox on "The Africa Project," 1966...

David Pollack Doesn't Want Women On College Football Playoff Committee
David Pollack only wants people familiar with college football and capable of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each team to be part of the selection committee responsible for the playoff system beginning in 2016. And he doesn't think women can be involved because they haven't played the g...

The Injury History Of Everyone On The Field When Jake Locker Got Hurt
Four seconds into the play above, Jake Locker took an awkward double hit from Muhammad Wilkerson and Quinton Coples and had to be carted off the field with a hip injury. If anyone could sympathize, it was, well, everyone else on the field....


Albert Pujols Will Sue You If You Say He Used PEDs
In what is surely a distant second in sexiness among today's baseball lawsuits, Albert Pujols is suing former radio host Jack Clark for claiming he knew "for a fact" that Pujols used steroids in St. Louis....

Return Of The Meme: McKayla Maroney Vaults Again
One year and three leg surgeries after London, McKayla Maroney has returned to competition on the vault. And from a performance standpoint, not much has changed. She does the two-and-a-half twister that made her famous (before the meme made her even more famous) just as well as she did at the Olympi...

Underwater Polar Bear Basketball Is The Best Kind Of Basketball
While other polar bears are spending their days doing frivolous things like swimming laps and eating fish, this badass right here is getting his game tight. ...