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Here Are The New Sky Bridges At Madison Square Garden
For the last three summers, Madison Square Garden has undergone massive renovations. The most instantly recognizable additions are a pair of sky bridges above the action, and just 11 days out from their debut, MSG has released some photos. They look nothing like the awesome lawsuit-magnets we were p...

Simone Biles Vs. The Racists: Are Black Gymnasts The New Black QBs?
Last week in Belgium Simone Biles made history by becoming the first woman of color to win an all-around title at the world championships, just a year after Gabby Douglas took the top spot at the Olympic Games....

Derrick Rose Dressed Up As The <em>Duck Dynasty</em> Guy For His Son's Birthday
Derrick Rose recently threw a costume party for his son PJ's birthday, and it looks like everyone was really into the theme. PJ appears to be in a much better mood than the last time we saw him around these parts, and Rose is rocking a pretty great Willie Robertson costume. I would not have guessed ...

Win Or Lose, Carlos Beltran Is The King
Carlos Beltran hit the 16th postseason home run of his career yesterday, passing Babe Ruth on the career postseason home run list. If you've watched playoff baseball over the last decade you know all about Beltran's surreal ability to come up big in October, but there probably aren't that many casua...


Return Of The Meme: McKayla Maroney Vaults Again
One year and three leg surgeries after London, McKayla Maroney has returned to competition on the vault. And from a performance standpoint, not much has changed. She does the two-and-a-half twister that made her famous (before the meme made her even more famous) just as well as she did at the Olympi...

NBC Affiliates File Bankruptcy Petition For CSN Houston; Astros Pissed
The Astros are the largest owners of CSN Houston at a little over 46 percent. The Rockets own 31 percent and the remaining 22-ish percent is probably owned by the Dos Equis guy because he had to foul up at some point belongs to NBC Universal. NBC Universal just filed a petition to begin an involunta...

Astros Outfielder L.J. Hoes Has Feelings, Dammit
One would imagine that L.J. Hoes has heard roughly 10,000 different variations of "Haha, your last name is Hoes!" over the course of his life, and that his patience for people who mock his name is understandably low. But last night on Twitter, Hoes showed us all how to calmly and constructively deal...

The Astros Drew A 0.00 Nielsen Rating
Last week we cringed to the news that the Astros drew an average local viewership of 1,000 people for a game—less than for an out-of-market WNBA game on at the same time. How bad could it get for yesterday's 9-2 loss at Cleveland, which went up against the Texans' game? Pretty damn bad....

ACC Officials Decide N.C. State Didn't Score TD They Totally Scored
The latest conference to make its officials, rather than players and coaches, the story is the ACC, as tonight's Clemson-North Carolina State game was marred by a botched call that reversed a Wolfpack touchdown and led to one for the Tigers. ...

Every Glorious Angle Of The Astros' Buttslide
Just as the Buttfumble couldn't have happened to any team other than the Jets, it had to be the Astros to bring you this piece of baseball history. Behold the Buttslide....

Astros Lost In Local TV Ratings To Out-Of-Market WNBA Game
On Saturday, the Astros set an all-time low for viewership in the Houston area, with an average of 915 households tuning in for Houston's loss to the Angels. That's sad, but this is sadder. ...

An Astros Game Had Just 1,000 TV Viewers
Houstonians apparently had better things to do than watch the Astros Saturday night. Like, anything at all. ...

The Florida Panthers Really Packed 'Em In For Their Preseason Opener
This was the anthem scene at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., this afternoon for Predators-Panthers. It proves once and for all that there's no better setting for preseason hockey than a doubleheader that begins at 2:30 on a Monday in south Florida in the middle of September....

Wisconsin-Arizona State Game Ends In Bizarre Fashion
With time winding down and Wisconsin facing a two-point deficit tonight in Tempe, the Badgers attempted to set themselves up for a game-winning field goal attempt. That attempt never came, though whether that's their own fault, the officials', or Arizona State's is still unclear....

Your Best Rocket Frog Photoshop Contest Submissions
The Rocket Frog Photoshop contest went about as well as we could have hoped. You all did right by Rocket Frog, the 21st century's most important icon. Here are the best of your submissions, as well as your winner....

Did <em>Anyone</em> Get Into The NASCAR Chase Fair And Square?
Just as NASCAR was cleaning up its mess, booting Martin Truex Jr. from the Chase for the Sprint Cup after his teammates conspired to bone Ryan Newman, comes more controversy! Was there more collusion afoot at Richmond? Did Jeff Gordon get screwed? Is NASCAR infinitely more fun with these shenanigans...

Crazy Picture Captures Frog Being Blasted Into Sky By NASA Rocket
This amazing image—captured by NASA cameras during a launch last week and flagged by Universe Today—has not been altered in any way, and it is my new favorite thing. Just look at how high that goddamn frog is! ...

Cool Flix
Check out Chris Ozer's photographs for Jimmie Johnson racing. ...

ASU Player Trips During Entrance, Repeatedly Gets Run Over
Just last week we were taken by the "Tillman Tunnel," the newest addition to Sun Devil Stadium. But we didn't realize that things didn't go so well once they got onto the field....