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Colts Lineman David Parry Arrested After Allegedly Hitting Golf Cart Taxi Driver And Stealing His Ride
David Parry has enjoyed a decent NFL career for the Colts, starting in all 32 games of his first two seasons and notching four sacks from the nose tackle position. Parry also allegedly enjoyed a drunken golf cart joyride before getting popped for a DUI, per the owner of said golf cart....
The Steelers Will Pay Antonio Brown After All
So much for whatever concerns the Steelers might have had about Antonio Brown and his alleged selfishness. With a little more than a week to go until the start of free agency, Pittsburgh inked its star receiver to a contract extension that reportedly makes him the highest-paid wide receiver in the N...
This Is How Hard It Is To Rip A Winner Past Gael Monfils
Gael Monfils is content to camp out eight feet behind the baseline and beat back whatever you send his way; it’s how the world No. 12 has made his living. He’s springy and long-limbed and you’re probably going to get tired before he does. But Mohamed Safwat, ranked No. 199, played Monfils’s game tod...
Index Pensions
This should be the most nonpartisan issue in America: don’t give middle class retirement dollars to high-priced Wall Street money managers for no good reason. And yet......
Gronk Tries To Get 69 Out Of "Monster Girl," Fails
Rob Gronkowski is, for whatever reason, on Fox’s Daytona 500 coverage today, and he’s doing roughly what you’d expect him to be doing. Here he’s talking to a young woman identified as a “Monster girl,” and not quite getting the answer he was going for....
Ravens Safety Matt Elam Arrested With Quarter Pound Of Weed
Ravens safety Matt Elam was arrested on several drug charges early Sunday morning. When Miami-Dade police pulled him over for reckless driving just before 3:45 a.m., they found several illegal substances in his car—126 grams of marijuana, which is more than a quarter of a pound, alongside three gram...
Cedric Benson Blames Eight-Year NFL Career For Inability To Recite Alphabet
Former NFL player Cedric Benson presented a bit of a problem for the police officers trying to administer a sobriety test before arresting him last week—he said he couldn’t recite the alphabet because of his eight years in the NFL....
Spring Training Can Be Rough, Folks
This Astros-Tigers game is not being broadcasted and there sadly do not appear to be any beat reporters who were interested in taking cell phone videos, so we instead are left to imagine just how terribly Edison Frias must have telegraphed that he was trying to intentionally hit Miguel Cabrera in or...
Rex And Rob Ryan Are Jobless And Ready For Exhibition Baseball
Rex and Rob Ryan might have gotten tossed to the curb by the Buffalo Bills this past season, but even in unemployment, they appear to be living well. The coaching brothers showed up at today’s Phillies-Yankees exhibition game in Tampa. Rex even wore a wacky shirt:...
Totally Unsurprising Development: Russell Okung's Self-Negotiated Contract Didn't Pay Off
Offensive tackle Russell Okung, who signed with the Broncos last offseason, is now a free agent. This is unsurprising, because despite the fact that Okung had a five-year “contract” with the Broncos that was “worth” $53 million, the Broncos faced no financial penalties for cutting him....
Jake Peavy Had A Truly Terrible 2016
Jake Peavy’s 2016 season ended with a career-worst 5.54 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and divorce papers. According to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, Peavy’s wife Katie, a childhood friend he married at 19 years old, filed for divorce in October, right after the Giants were eliminated in the NLDS by the Cubs....
Aaron Hernandez's Attorneys Might Argue That Weed Made Him Violent
Opening arguments in the second Aaron Hernandez homicide trial begin next week and ahead of the start of the trial, his attorneys have filed a list of witnesses they might call or mention during the trial....
Former NFL Player Loses High School Coaching Job Over Old Photo Of Him Holding Booze
Thanks to some snitching parents and a reactionary, uptight school administration, former NFL corner Fernando Bryant is now out of a job....
Jameis Winston Tells Elementary School Girls To Be "Silent, Polite, Gentle"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston went to Melrose Elementary in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, and what was supposed to be a breezy photo op turned into yet another instance of Winston being a dumb shithead in public....
It's Early, But The Sports Highlight Of The Day Might Be This Guy's Flying Leap To Take Down A Confederate Flag
It’s been a while since I watched rasslin, but that looks like a textbook Stinger Splash by a counter-protestor to break through the tape and snatch down a Confederate battle flag being waved by members of South Carolina Secessionist Party. The whole thing was caught on live TV, and it’s very satisf...
Baseball's New Intentional Walk Scheme Is A Pointless, Off-Target Act Of Surrender
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, in collaboration with his quisling associates in the players’ union, is apparently ready to do away with the normal and basic baseball act of four balls leading to a walk. He and they have agreed to a scheme by which the intentional walk doesn’t physic...
The Latest Skins Drama Is Red Meat For Conspiracy Theorists
The Washington football team is perhaps the most dysfunctional in the NFL, and this week the Skins have given D.C. football kremlinologists plenty to chew on....
Todd Gurley Finally Shows Lateral Movement
Todd Gurley, who averaged 3.2 yards per carry last season because every defense playing the Rams challenged either Jared Goff or a sack of leaves to beat them through the air, showed an ability to cut and dodge a defender when he torched some poor sap in pickup basketball at a California gym over th...
Former Bengals LB Accused Of Assault, Exposing Himself In Church Parking Lot
Jerome “J.K.” Schaffer, a former football player for the Cincinnati Bearcats and Bengals, was arrested in Ohio Sunday after allegedly assaulting a man and exposing himself outside of a church....
Police Release Video Of Incident That Led To Joey Porter's Arrest Outside Pittsburgh Bar
A few weeks ago, former Steeler linebacker and current assistant coach Joey Porter was arrested outside of a Pittsburgh bar following an argument between Porter, a doorman, and a police officer. Today, Pittsburgh police have released video of the incident:...