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The Jaguars Have Fired Mike Mularkey
The Jaguars' Mike Mularkey—who was the NFL's interim least-interesting head coach after Pat Shurmur's firing on Black Monday—finally got the axe today. Jacksonville had spent the days immediately after the season's end hunting for a new general manager, and they hired Atlanta's David Caldwell on Tue...
NBA Ref Explains Why He's Making The Lakers And Spurs Stand Around: "I'm Stalling For Commercial Time."
The Lakers lost. Yes, again. That's not news, but this fourth-quarter conference, between Mike D'Antoni, Gregg Popovich, and referee Bill Kennedy, is one of the best things we've seen in a while....
In Defense Of Mike Shanahan
Three months ago, the head coach of a professional football team made a terrible, terrible decision. On Sept. 30, up by a point with less than two minutes to go, Carolina's Ron Rivera decided to punt the ball away to the Atlanta Falcons, even though it was fourth-and-1, even though his team was on A...
"Dangerously Excessive": How Washington State Football Confronted, And Didn't Confront, The First Bad News Of The Mike Leach Era
"There are no signs of abuse," Washington State University athletic director Bill Moos told reporters last month, after the school had concluded an internal investigation into claims that football coach Mike Leach and his staff had mistreated players in his debut season there. Based on interviews wi...
The Cowboys Took A Swipe At The NHL On Twitter, But The Dallas Stars (Eventually) Gave It Right Back
Hockey's back! (We think.) And no one in Dallas gives a shit! (Which actually might be true.) Ah, but when you've won just one playoff game in 16 years—and counting!—it's probably not a good idea to throw shade at one of your neighbors the way the Dallas Cowboys did on Twitter yesterday morning:...
Robert Griffin III Twisted His Knee On A Dead Patch Of Sports Language
LANDOVER, Md.—After the Redskins' 24-14 playoff loss to the Seahawks, Washington's players and head coach talked about the "difference between being injured and being hurt," the importance of being there for your teammates, and how, in the words of Robert Griffin III, "you have to step up and be a m...
Dr. James Andrews For Head Coach: Seahawks-Redskins, In Five GIFs
Seattle 24, Washington 14: It's fair to debate Mike Shanahan's decision to keep a hobbled Robert Griffin III in the game today: For much of the first half, it looked like a gamble in the process of paying off, and Griffin has been so stellar for so much of this year that it's hard to imagine Kirk C...
Mike Shanahan Lied When He Said That A Doctor Cleared Robert Griffin III To Play After He Sprained His Knee In Week 14
During Washington's 31-28 victory over the the Ravens five weeks ago, Haloti Ngata brought down Robert Griffin III during the fourth quarter, leaving Griffin limping. Griffin sat out one play, then returned for four more, going 2/3 and advancing Washington to the Baltimore 16 before intentionally gr...
Mike Stoops Hopping Around Like An Idiot Was Oklahoma's Only Defensive Highlight In Last Night's Cotton Bowl
Heisman hero Johnny Manziel lit up the Oklahoma defense last night en route to a 41-13 thrashing of Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl last night, accumulating 516 total yards—229 of them on the ground....
Mike Francesa Cannot Work In This Filth
Via Awful Announcing, WFAN's sports talk radio creature from the black lagoon Mike Francesa decided to start yesterday's show with the one thing he knows his listeners care about most: how messy the previous show's hosts left his desk. It's a fun rant though, especially coming from a guy who knows...
Stephen Jackson Injured When He Trips Over Courtside Waitress Serving Mayor Bloomberg
Spurs veteran wing Stephen Jackson suffered a bizarre injury at Madison Square Garden tonight when he appeared to trip over a courtside waitress in the first quarter of San Antonio's bout with the Knicks. Even stranger, it appears the waitress was serving Mayor Bloomberg himself. Of course, we hav...
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Bill Belichick Or Mike Smith?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another....
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, John Harbaugh Or Mike Smith?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another. ...
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Bill Belichick Or Mike Tomlin?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another. ...
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Here's A Picture Of Mike Leach Possibly Macking On A Young Lady In A Key West Bar [UPDATE]
What does a college football coach do in order to celebrate escaping allegations of abusing his players? He heads to Key West, throws on some cargo shorts and a nice pair of sandals, and chills the fuck out....
Report: The Detroit Red Wings Are Tax Delinquents
The city of Detroit is a fiscal disaster. Its bond rating was downgraded to an even lower junk status last month, it's looking at the prospect of having its finances taken over by the state next year, and layoffs of city workers seem unavoidable. Mayor Dave Bing—yes, that Dave Bing—has promised to c...
Mike Tyson Wanted To Call His Touring Vegas Lounge Act <em>Boxing, Bitches, Babies, And Lawsuits</em>
Mike Tyson has spent the last several months performing in a one-man multimedia stage show about his life, and it goes by the rather ordinary name of Undisputed Truth. The routine debuted in Vegas, hit Broadway, and is now fanning out across the country to bring all the drama of the Tyson saga to a ...
The Jets Are Trying To Get Two General Managers To Work Together, Since It Went So Well To Have Two Quarterbacks Do That
At this point, the sad-sack New York Jets aren't a circus, as the New York Post insinuated back in September. They're a bizarre performance art project that only a few people can tolerate watching. Their inept handling of seemingly every decision has become impressive....
The Czar Of The Telestrator Has His Own Custom-Branded Chocolate Bars
The Inside The NBA hosts swapped holiday gifts at the end of last night's show, with a special gift to the show's staff from longtime coach and analyst Mike Fratello. Not only does the logo in these extra-large chocolate bars bear the Czar's moniker, but look closely and you'll see there's an actua...
Judge Denies Penn State's Motion To Delay Mike McQueary's Whistleblower Lawsuit
In a 14-page ruling issued this morning, Centre County (Pa.)* Senior Judge Thomas G. Gavin said Mike McQueary's whistleblower lawsuit against the Penn State can proceed even with the criminal cases against three university administrators still pending. McQueary is the former Penn State football assi...