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Tyrann Mathieu Returns To Louisiana, Gets First NFL Interception
The Cardinals still trail the Saints, but the Honey Badger came home, and he picked off Drew Brees. ...
Parents Threaten To Sue Guy Whose House Their Degenerate Kids Trashed
You'll recall Brian Holloway, the former New England Patriots lineman whose vacation home in upstate New York was broken into, urinated on and generally destroyed by partying teenagers. The party became a story because Holloway publicly shamed the 200-300 idiot kids who posted pictures and tweets ca...
Punter Ejected For Fighting
That is a headline I just wrote. ...
Jonny Gomes Punts Beers, Hits Old Guy In The Dome
The Red Sox clinched the A.L. East last night against the Blue Jays and engaged in the usual champagne-and-beer-spraying celebration. Fun times. Jonny Gomes added to the fun by kicking beer cans all over the place and apparently hit an old dude in the stands. Looks like he got him pretty good, too....
If Arian Foster Is A Prostitute, Is Dick Vitale A Pimp?
Dick Vitale compared Arian Foster to a prostitute last night and apologized for it this morning. ...
Being A Fan Of A Bad Football Team Will Make You Fat
A new study has found that saturated fat consumption in football fans goes up 16 percent after a defeat and actually goes down nine perfect after a win. Although it is shocking to learn there is saturated fat in Maker's Mark, mostly the study confirms what we already know: football fans are big, dum...
"Crap On Me Sam Ponder": Your NDSU-Delaware State <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
We don't know much about our friends up in Fargo, North Dakota, but we are learning every day. For example, today on ESPN's College GameDay from North Dakota State, we learned that they enjoy scat play. Which is nice. For that and so much more, join us in our GameDay sign roundup from The Great Nort...
Rays Win In 18, Set Stage For Wide-Open Wild Card Finish
I gave up on this game in the 16th. If only the Orioles were so sleepy, they could have been spared two further innings and grief. And, who knows, maybe if it ends in 16, Kelly Johnson here doesn't get drilled with DeJesus's helmet after a celebratory heave. But that's baseball: unpredictable. Somet...
Jake Gets Hitched...Again
From the New York Times in 1985, here's Ira Berkow on Jake LaMotta's sixth wedding:...
Finger-Lickin' Good: Your Eagles-Chiefs GIF Roundup
Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16: Everything about this image screams "meth." Except for the two people dressed like adults. They scream "employed."...
Huge Fight Breaks Out In Front Of Press Box At Eagles Game
Around the middle of the third quarter, the beat writers covering the Eagles-Chiefs game in Philly started tweeting about a "major" fight that broke out in the stands below them. It was three rows deep. Women were involved. Security was late getting to the melee. Beer was thrown. It sounds amazin...
Dodgers Clinch NL West, Celebrate By Swimming In D-Backs' Pool
It was revealed earlier in the week that the Diamondbacks politely requested, should Los Angeles clinch in Arizona, that the Dodgers not bring the celebration back onto the field after popping the light beers in the locker room. So, when L.A. clinched tonight, they came back out and went swimming ...
Martellus Bennett Said His Coach Reminds Him Of Willy Wonka
Martellus Bennett seems like a lot of fun. On Tuesday, Jay Cutler's new favorite target went on the radio and compared his head coach to Willy Wonka. Specifically, he said Marc Trestman reminded him of Gene Wilder's Wonka, not version 17 of the Depp-Burton-face-powder collabo. ...
"Football Rain Delay" Drew Higher Ratings Than <em>MNF</em> And <em>60 Minutes</em>
The 49ers-Seahawks rain delay—a weather delay—was the second-highest-rated block of programming this week, according to Nielsen. The hourlong delay drew 17.84 million viewers, five million more than the viewership for 60 Minutes and nearly double that of America's Got Talent. Six of the week's seven...
Why Howard Beck Left <em>The New York Times</em> For Bleacher Report
"I understand the reactions," Howard Beck said over the phone, "because of where I have been working for the last nine years and because of where I'm going." ...
The NFL Wants $1.5 M. From M.I.A For Flipping The Bird At Super Bowl
Remember when M.I.A. flipped the bird at the Super Bowl halftime show? Yeah, it's sorta fuzzy for me, too. The NFL apparently does remember, and being that this is the NFL, the offense will not go unpunished....
Brandon Phillips Bunts, Gets Hit In The Head And Called Out
This is what you get for bunting. With men on first and second in the ninth inning of a tie game in Houston, Brandon Phillips successfully bunted them to second and third. And then he ran inside the baseline and got hit in the dome, ruining everything. ...
Bleacher Report Poaches Howard Beck From The <em>Times</em>
Well, then. Six weeks after Bleacher Report poached Mike Freeman, Turner's flagship sports site has gone and hired New York Times basketball reporter Howard Beck. ...
BBC Presenter Introduces News Report Holding A Pack Of Printer Paper
We're big fans of the BBC 24-hour news channel around here, but when we saw presenter Simon McCoy introducing a story about drunk tanks while holding a pack of printer paper, we wondered if this was some kind of British journalism tradition that never made its way to our shores....
Browns Promote Third-String Quarterback To Starter
Browns gonna Browns, I guess. Via the team's Twitter account and an unintentionally hilarious use of the word "BREAKING," the Cleveland Browns have announced that third-string quarterback Brian Hoyer will start this Sunday's game against the Vikings....