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Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Year's Worst Films
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's a look at the worst movies of 20...
Who Cares If Jérémy Ménez Was Just Fucking Around, This Goal Is Dope
"Well actually," pedantic soccer fan (but I repeat myself) begins, "Ménez had been offside for a while, so the 'goal' was"—yeah, shut the fuck up. Just look at the spin on that thing:...
Jimmy Clausen Diagnosed With Concussion After Taking Brutal Shot To Head
Late in yesterday's loss to the Detroit Lions, Bears quarterback Jimmy Clausen nearly got his damn head taken off by Ziggy Ansah at the end of a short scramble. Clausen stayed in to finish the drive, the Bears' last of the game, and now it's being reported that he experienced "delayed symptoms" of a...
Jimmy Clausen Got Speared In The Head
All about fair play, these Lions are....
Jeremy Lin Wishes Kobe Would Let Him Shoot A Game-Winner
On Friday, the Los Angeles Hindenburgs Lakers actually hung tight with a Kevin Durant-less Oklahoma City Thunder squad. Down 104-103 in the waning seconds, the Lakers were cued up for a Kobe Bryant game-winning shot attempt. Despite getting a solid look from the left elbow, Bryant's shot was just ...
Jay Cutler Has Been Benched For ... Jimmy Clausen? Wait, Really?
Hahahaha, what?...
Jumping Into Opposing Team's Fans: Always A Bad Idea
Jeremy Hill attempts to leap into the Dawg Pound, with poor results....
What Are The Dodgers Even Doing?
These aren't your father's Dodgers. Hell, these aren't the same Dodgers from when you went to bed. Andrew Friedman has been busy at his first Winter Meetings representing a team with resources, and he has revamped the Dodgers roster—well, basically overnight....
The Day John Lennon Was Murdered
Via Cathal Kelly's Twitter feed, dig Jimmy Breslin's column about John Lennon's death:...
Isolated, Unedited Vocals Of Mariah Carey's Awful Holiday Performance
Remember when Mariah Carey could sing? Most millennials probably can't. "All I Want For Christmas Is You," she sings, but we'd suggest adding "a new voice" to her letter for Santa. Only Rep. Peter King could vocalize something more tone-deaf in New York today....
Ravens Player Experiences Snow For The First Time, Runs Late To Meeting
Florida-born Timmy Jernigan had never seen snow up close until Wednesday, so after the Ravens finished practice, he enjoyed a new life experience. Snow! (He'll get sick of it soon enough.) Jernigan was having so much fun that he ended up being late for a defensive meeting....
Devon Still's Ex Says He Hasn't Paid Child Support In Months
Bengals defensive end Devon Still's relationship with his cancer-stricken four-year-old daughter, Leah, has seemed to be perhaps the only true feel-good story in the NFL this year. Maybe not so much anymore, though, as Leah's mother, Channing Smythe, is claiming that Still has recently refused to pa...
Shadow Boxing: Lessons About Life, Death, And Writing, From <em>Rocky</em>
Originally published in the Georgia Review and later anthologized in the Pushcart Prize XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses....
Buzzer-Beating Alley-Oop Sends Game To Overtime
UMass just finished up a 77-68 victory over Manhattan, but not before Manhattan's Emmy Andujar and Rich Williams pulled off one of the coolest buzzer-beaters you will see all year....
Sad Jeremy Lin Sums Up The Lakers' Season In Six Seconds
I have no idea what question this is in response to, but it could have been anything from "How can you guys improve on the defensive end?" to "At this point, why even continue living?" and this would be the perfect answer....
Lovely How I Let My Mind Float
Respect to the Biz 'cause he is who he is. ...
Army Beats UConn After Pick-Six On Would-Be Tying Touchdown Pass
Tonight's UConn-Army game from Yankee Stadium gave fans an especially unique experience: watching the first West Point win in the Bronx since 1960....
Bengals RB Jeremy Hill Says The 6-3 Browns Are Still Bad
Holy crap, the Browns are at the top of their division (tied with the Steelers). They beat the Bengals 24-3 last night to improve to 6-3, their best start since football returned to Cleveland in 1999. Hoyer the Destroyer! An impressive defense! Josh Gordon's coming back soon! But Bengals running bac...