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Philadelphia Eagles Earn Super Bowl Trip On Back Of Superstar Nick Foles
One week after Doug Pederson game-planned his way to a defensive struggle win over the Atlanta Falcons, his Eagles routed the favored Minnesota Vikings 38-7 and earned Philadelphia its first NFC championship since 2004. ...
There Was Violence At The Eagles Tailgate
The Eagles have the late game today, which probably isn’t the best-case scenario for Philadelphia. People have been tailgating since 6 a.m. Maybe earlier. The parking lots were a sea of trash by mid-afternoon....
Say A Prayer For Jakob Poeltl, Whose Soul Now Resides In Hell
Early in Saturday’s tilt in Minnesota it looked like the Raptors might pull away from the home Timberwolves, who were missing Jimmy Butler due to soreness in his right knee. That turned out not to be the case—the Wolves pulled ahead during a lopsided third quarter, and won the second half, and the g...
Okay, Here Is The Last Minneapolis Miracle Video You'll Need
It’s been nearly three whole days since Stefon Diggs caught the ball and turned around to find nothing but open field in front of him, and I’m not ashamed to say I’m still jazzed up about it! If you’re like me, then you will enjoy this latest video compilation of the play, courtesy of the Minnesota ...
Arron Afflalo Swung At Nemanja Bjelica, Who Put Him In A Headlock
If you’re suffering from withdrawal after enjoying all the ridiculous details of last night’s Rockets-Clippers squabble, fear not, for there is more delicious NBA beef. Things got spicy between Arron Afflalo and Nemanja Bjelica midway through the second quarter of tonight’s Timberwolves-Magic game; ...
Sean Payton On Spectacular Self-Own: "It Was Good Playoff Fun"<em></em>
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton seems to have a knack for getting cocky at precisely the wrong moments. In December, he threw the “Choke!” sign at Falcons running back Devonta Freeman while Atlanta in the middle of a scoring drive. It comes as no surprise, then, that Payton really played t...
Watch Vikings Fans Lose Their Minds Over Stefon Diggs's Touchdown
The thing to notice for in fan reaction videos to the final miraculous play of Sunday’s Vikings win is the sound—sort of a double-surge of joy, first when Stefon Diggs goes up to get the pass, and second when he turns around and everyone realizes there’s no one between him and the end zone....
Oh No, Marcus Williams
Twelve or so hours later and I still don’t know what happened. I don’t know what Marcus Williams was thinking when he went low, and also a little sideways, and ended up missing Stefon Diggs altogether and instead taking out his own teammate, allowing Diggs to float unthreatened down the field for on...
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT REALLY HAPPENED<em></em>
I scared the shit out of my kids. They had already been subjected to three hours of me clapping and yelling and screaming at the TV, bearing witness to an utterly deranged side of their father that they almost certainly would have preferred to never learn about. I sat. I stood. I paced. No position ...
Vikings Miraculously Don't Blow It, Thanks To Incredible Last-Second Touchdown<em></em>
The Vikings held a 17-0 lead over the Saints at halftime today. And then they blew it. Drew Brees came alive and kicked into gear, and a back-and-forth second half approached a close with New Orleans kicking a 43-yard field goal to go up, 24-23, with 29 seconds to play. ...
The Fellas Are Talkin' Football
The big game is coming up this weekend. Vikings vs. Bad Guys. It’s all on the line. Who’s ready?...
Reggie Lynch's Lawyer Warns Of Sexual Assault "Hysteria," Hopes He Doesn't Get In Trouble With His Wife<em></em>
Attorney Ryan Pacyga pulled off a stunning performance in a press conference today, barely 24 hours after Minnesota basketball player Reggie Lynch retained him as part of his appeal to avoid expulsion for sexual misconduct. Pacyga’s response to the allegations against Lynch included his concerns abo...
Investigation Finds Reggie Lynch Responsible For Another Sexual Assault, Recommends Expulsion
Last week, the University of Minnesota’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office found center Reggie Lynch “responsible” for a “sexual misconduct incident” that took place on April 28, 2016. Lynch was suspended until 2020, pending an appeal. As the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported this aftern...
Jimmy Butler Did Not Enjoy That Football Game
The Wolves whomped the Cavs last night, 127-99, as LeBron James played one of the spottiest games of his career. But for Jimmy Butler—heard here hollering in the background—the night’s real emotional stakes only came afterwards, as he watched the final moments of the college football championship. K...
This Was One Rough Night For The Cavaliers
The Cavaliers have now lost five of their last seven games, but none of those losses has come close to being so ugly as tonight. It’s grossly obvious in the final score—127-99, Timberwolves—but it was obvious in just about every single moment prior, with Minnesota scoring first and never relinquishi...
Minnesota Center Reggie Lynch Suspended Until 2020 For Sexual Misconduct
Minnesota center Reggie Lynch was officially suspended from participating in any university-related events until Aug. 1, 2020 after an investigation by the school’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office found he was “responsible” for an April 28, 2016 “sexual misconduct incident,” accordin...
Photographer Says Miguel Sanó Assaulted Her
Women in sports journalism are now telling their stories of assault and harassment in their workplaces. There have been women speaking out about working at ESPN, NFL Network, and Fox Sports. But there’s no reason to think the behavior is contained only to national networks or certain media enclaves....
Teddy Bridgewater Throws His First Interception Since The 2015 Season<em></em>
Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, whose gruesome knee injury last year seemed like it could’ve been career-ending, returned to the field for the first time since the end of the 2015 season. He received a heartwarming reception in Minnesota....
Tom Thibodeau Is Destruction
In his stints as an associate head coach in Boston and head coach in Chicago, Tom Thibodeau made his name and his career with a set of genuinely smart and hugely influential defensive tactics, leveraging the NBA’s relaxed rules against zone defense to essentially eliminate what had been the dominant...
And Now For Some Stupidly Bad Defense From Karl-Anthony Towns
Joel Embiid is talented and charming and big, a combination of qualities which can reasonably be quite daunting in anyone, but especially so in a basketball player. Karl-Anthony Towns’s strategy for handling all that during the second quarter tonight was just to panic-jump, arms outstretched, at a r...