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Auburn Football Player Shot And Killed
Auburn redshirt freshman Jakell Mitchell was shot and killed at the Tiger Lodge complex near the university Sunday morning. He was 18....

Nebraska Players Are Pissed At AD Shawn Eichorst For Firing Bo Pelini
Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst fired head football coach Bo Pelini today, and boy, are Huskers players pissed. (Even Nebraska alum Ndamukong Suh is taking shots.) A number of current players aired their grievances through Twitter....

Steelers Try To Wreck Jets' Victory Formation
Greg Schiano took some shit awhile back for instructing his team to try and blow up a victory formation, and the Steelers took their own crack at it today when when Mike Mitchell came over the top to try and get the ball back with Pittsburgh down only a touchdown. It's just another example of the ri...

Georgia Football Player Joins A Book Club With Some Very Nice Ladies
Here's a cute story get you through the shit tsunami that's been the last few days. Georgia receiver Malcolm Mitchell is a literature fiend who's joined a book club in Athens with a bunch of welcoming women....

Scott Mitchell Got Fat And Will Be On <em>The Biggest Loser</em>
Via Ben Mathis-Lilley, former journeyman QB Scott Mitchell, who was never a small dude, has gone and gotten enormous. Like, 366 pounds big. That's too big. So he's going to lose some of it on television....

USATF Hires Dopers As Coaches, Doesn't See What's The Big Deal
Yes, USA Track & Field will sue your balls off if you mess with The Almighty Swoosh. But taking performance-enhancing drugs? They're much more forgiving. Hell, they'll even give you a job....

Mercer Alum Sam Mitchell Celebrates Win Over Duke With Irish Jig
Sam Mitchell played four years at Mercer and is the leading scorer in Bears history. He went on to play for the Timberwolves and Pacers before coaching the Toronto Raptors for four seasons and change. He's now an analyst for TSN and NBA TV and while on set today, he busted out this little bit footwo...

Dunk Contests Featuring Coach Sheed Are The Best Dunk Contests
That's it, cancel the dunk contest. Because in terms of entertainment value, nobody is topping Coach Sheed's performance in this post-practice dunk contest with Tony Mitchell....


Joseph Mitchell: My Ears Are Bent
Something good is this: John Schulian on Joseph Mitchell:...

The Streetwalker of New York
Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....


This Is How You Sign A Picture Of Ray Lewis Trying To Tackle You
This comes to us from reader Andrew, whose friend received this autographed photo from former Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Pete Mitchell. I doubt Mitchell signed too many autographs throughout his eight-year career, but it looks like when he did get the opportunity to do so, he made it count....

Which Athlete Did Freddie "FredEx" Mitchell Ensnare In His Low-Rent Tax Evasion Scheme?
Former Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell, who is mostly known for catching one long pass and giving himself a catchy nickname, has been facing tax evasion and fraud charges since March of last year, and pled guilty to filing a false tax claim yesterday. That crime carries a maximum penalty of te...

ESPN's Lomas Brown Says He Didn't Send All Those Insulting Tweets Sent By Lomas Brown
He's just shocked—shocked!—at what happened the other day, at least now that someone's finally noticed it. Brown's response here only prompts additional questions: Does someone else do his tweeting for him? (If so, this person is awfully prolific.) Does Brown ordinarily approve every tweet before th...

ESPN's Lomas Brown Spent His Christmas Insulting People On Twitter
Former Lions lineman Lomas Brown has been getting a ton of shit from people since admitting the other day he once deliberately allowed quarterback Scott Mitchell to get injured during a game. Though we never realized it until the Mitchell story got out, Brown is an ESPN analyst. But then we looked i...

Scott Mitchell Is Not Happy About The Fact That Lomas Brown Let Him Get Injured In 1994
Last week, we told you about former Lions offensive tackle and current ESPN NFL analyst Lomas Brown admitting to intentionally blowing a block in the hopes that his team's quarterback, Scott Mitchell, would be knocked out of the game with an injury. Brown's plan worked. Mitchell left the game with ...

The Lions’ Lomas Brown Says He Deliberately Let QB Scott Mitchell Get Injured In 1994
If you've ever wondered why quarterbacks splurge on lavish gifts for their offensive lines, may we present Lomas Brown telling ESPN Radio that he let the Packers blow up his quarterback, Scott Mitchell, in a 1994 game. At the time, Mitchell was playing like, well, Scott Mitchell on a bad day (5-fo...

Yet Another Player Carted Off As Arkansas DB Tevin Mitchel Victimized By Helmet-To-Helmet Collision
Tears, prayers, and hushed tones overtook yet another college football stadium today as a third major injury led to a player lying motionless on the turf in Little Rock. Razorbacks defensive back Tevin Mitchel, while attempting to tackle a Louisiana-Monroe opponent, made a direct helmet-to-helmet ...

Phillies Prospect Makes Home-Run Robbing Catch
That's Derrick Mitchell of the Triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs reaching above the wall to take away a home run from Toledo Mud Hens catcher Brad Davis in the eighth inning last night. The Express-Times of Easton (Pa.) said it was one of two outstanding catches Mitchell made during the game. We're...