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Lookin' Good, Mark Sanchez!
Mark Sanchez's face is the perfect representation of a long day of Kentucky Derby celebrations....
Tim Lincecum Put On A Few Pounds
Well, no need for the Colonization of the MLB like we planned, Tim Lincecum has decided to do it himself....
Jim Brown Destroys "Reprehensible" NCAA, Says "Come At Me"
While speaking to a group of fans at a Pro Football Hall of Fame fan fest, Jim Brown was asked about the NCAA and he didn't hold anything back. He said "[t]he NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created." Putting aside the creationism for a second, these are strong words....
Super Bowl Economic Impact Quantified
New Jersey Transit took a $5.6 million net loss on the Super Bowl for the honor of shuttling fans to and from New York, where they actually stayed and dropped their cash. Public funds well spent!...
London Fletcher Says He Started Feeling "Uneasy" About Redskins Name
Former Washington linebacker London Fletcher was recently a guest on NBC's SportsDash, and he was asked about how he felt about playing for a team that has a racial slur as a name. His response, flagged by DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg, was surprisingly honest....
This Is How You Play A Ball Off The Wall
In the grand scheme of things, this behind-the-back, no-look corral by the Nats' Kevin Frandsen—a utility infielder by trade who was starting in Houston, which has the least intuitive outfield in the majors—did not ultimately affect the game. Both runners scored on the next play. But come on, how fu...
Feel Old With Our "How Many Pro Athletes Are Younger Than You?" Tool
An important milestone on your inexorable march toward bleak death is the sudden realization that most professional athletes are younger than you are. To help this along, the tool below calculates the percentage of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB who are already younger than you are at this ve...
Bernard Pollard Promises The Titans Will Suck Less Butt This Season
Athletes tend to fall back on weasel words to avoid saying their team isn't very good. "We didn't gel as a unit." "The breaks didn't go our way." "We weren't able to sustain momentum." Titans safety Bernard Pollard prefers to cut to the chase....
Chargers Linebacker Beats Down Bar Employee On Video, Gets Probation
The night of December 29, after the San Diego Chargers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs to a playoff spot, Chargers linebacker Thomas Keiser went to a local bar called Barleymash with another man who was allegedly a relative. It was there that he got drunk, grabbed a Barleymash employee, threw him to...
The NFL's Top 50 Player Sales List
Via the NFLPI, these are the 50 players who sold the most merchandise (all kinds of things, not just jerseys) from March 1, 2013, through Feb. 28, 2014:...
Liverpool Would Have The Biggest Turnaround For A Champion In 29 Years
The race for the Premier League title got a lot closer this Sunday, as Liverpool fell to Chelsea and Manchester City topped Crystal Palace. With one fewer game played, City holds the goal differential tiebreak over Liverpool, and is currently a 4/5 favorite to win it all....
Running Apparel Company Oiselle Sponsors Baseball Team
The Bend Elks Baseball Club, a college summer team with comical proofreading skills, announced on Saturday that women's running apparel company Oiselle had become its "Tiitle sponsor."...
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NFL Prospect Bradley Roby Disputes Report Of His OVI Through Twitter
NFL draft prospect Bradley Roby was reportedly charged with an OVI—operating a vehicle impaired—on April 20 in Columbus, Ohio. But today, Roby took to Twitter to dispute the accuracy of that report, and he had some tangible evidence....
Insane Handbook: Bills Cheerleaders Are Told How To Wash Their Vaginas
There are a few things you need to know if you want to be a successful Buffalo Bills cheerleader. “When menstruating, use a product that [sic] right for your menstrual flow,” reads the “General hygiene & lady body maintenance” section of the handbook given to cheerleaders, known as the Jills. “A tam...
The NFL Schedule, Ranked By Week
Whoa, hey, the NFL schedule came out last night. Sure, thanks to perfect divisional symmetry, you already knew all 16 of your team's opponents this upcoming fall, but you didn't know the ORDER of those opponents, and the NFL knows that putting things in order is fun! Also, you get to measure your t...
Your Team Should Win 11, Maybe 12 Games This Season
With the release of the NFL schedule, fans everywhere finally have the chance to see their team's 16-game slate, and work out probable final records. And yeah, look at those games; your team's going to the playoffs for sure....