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The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon

Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....

The Purported CT Scan Of Mark Fraser's Head Is Terrifying

Three days ago, Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Fraser took a puck to the face. The image above may or may not be Fraser's CT scan from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto; we're still working on that (although in the top-right corner, it does say "FRASER, MA(RK?)." Whoever that is, though, that gigantic ...

Lampard Chelsea's Record Goal Scorer, Delivers Blues To Champions League

Today's Aston Villa-Chelsea match held many futures in its outcome: UEFA Champions League dreams for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, and attempts to avoid relegation for Villa. The day would end up being even more dramatic than that, though....

Eddie Jordan Admits He Didn't Graduate From Rutgers [UPDATE]

Earlier today, we reported that Rutgers's new men's basketball coach, Eddie Jordan, never received a degree from Rutgers University, even though his official university bio says he graduated in 1977....

MLB Has Disciplined The Umps From Last Night's Angels-Astros Game

Well, what do you know? MLB has not only decided to swing its shithammer at the crew that screwed up a basic rules interpretation during last night's Angels-Astros game. It's also publicizing the discipline being meted out....

Here's A Special Bottle Of Woodford Reserve With Papa John's Name On It

If we've learned one thing about Papa John over the last few weeks, it's that he really likes to get faded. But what does Papa like to get shitfaced with? What's his drink of choice? Bourbon, apparently....

Seattle's Bid For The Kings Increases, A Week Before The NBA Votes

Chris Hansen, whose bid to buy the Kings and move them to Seattle was thwarted by unanimous vote of the NBA's relocation committee, has upped his offer significantly. He's willing to pay $65 million more for the Maloofs' shares in the Kings, an amount that would put the franchise's valuation at a he...

Watch This Rugby Guy Get Tackled Really Hard

Man, that was a hard tackle....

Let it Bleed

Head on over to the Columbia Journalism Review for this appreciation of Red Smith by his son, Terence Smith:...

The Nassau Coliseum Was Not A Dump: What The Isles Are Leaving Behind

In October 2012, a month into the NHL lockout, with the schedule already beginning to crumble, the New York Islanders made a big announcement: Upon expiration of their lease in 2015, the Isles would be leaving the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their publicly owned home of 40 years, for Brooklyn...

This Is What It Looks Like To Be A College Baseball Catcher

South Carolina gave catcher Grayson Greiner a helmet cam for the Gamecocks' bout Wednesday against Wofford, and after some editing put the footage up on YouTube. ...

Eddie Jordan Didn't Graduate From Rutgers, Despite School's Claim [UPDATE]

On April 23, Rutgers introduced Eddie Jordan as the new men's basketball coach. Nearly three weeks earlier, ESPN had aired video of the previous coach, Mike Rice, calling his players "fucking faggots" and chucking basketballs at their heads. From the beginning, Jordan was presented a sort of institu...

Here's Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien Doing An Impression Of His Mother

Bill O'Brien just concluded a stand-up routine coaches' caravan tour around Pennsylvania. Yesterday, he addressed whether he said "fuckers" or "fighters" on live TV after the Nittany Lions' season-ending win against Wisconsin. Turns out even his mother thought it might not have been "fighters."...

Kobe Bryant Suggests His Mom Stole Memorabilia From His House

Last week, we told you about Kobe Bryant's legal battle with his mother, who he claims illegally sold a bunch of Bryant's memorabilia from his high school playing days to an auction house for $450,000. We suggested that Bryant was being kind of a dick for preventing his mom from selling stuff that w...

People who bike to work annoyed by those recognizing Bike To Work Day....

Your Heart Will Be Warmed By This Canadian Drunkard's Obituary

Alvin Cote of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, died of pneumonia on April 19th at the age of 59. He is being fondly remembered by those who knew him best: the police officers who arrested him over 1,000 times for public drunkenness....

Umps Don't Give A Shit As Astros Make Illegal Pitching Change

The human element is really on a roll this week. Approximately 24 hours after the umpires in Cleveland reviewed an obvious home run and declared it wasn't a home run, another blue crew in Houston allowed the Astros to make a pitching change that is explictly prohibited by MLB's rules....

Roundup: Your Best Bird-Flipping Miami Fan Photoshop Contest Entries

Yesterday's Photoshop contest yielded a treasure trove of hilarity. Here is a selection of our favorite entries, including your winner....

Only Baseball Matters

Seen on the subway this morning in New York. ...

Peter Gammons: Angel Hernandez Blew That Call After Ignoring The Replay

Peter Gammons went on Dan Patrick's radio show to talk about umpire Angel Hernandez's egregious blown call from Wednesday night's A's-Indians game. Gammons offered an interesting explanation for how Hernandez could have failed to properly call what was a clear home run even after looking at a video...