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Marshawn Lynch Lays Out Poor Bastard Just Trying To Learn Football
Marshawn Lynch is one of many pros down in Rio de Janeiro instructing at an AFWB football camp, and you can't say he's not showing campers the fundamentals of the sport. Rule No. 1: You will get hit....

Slovakia Goalie Gets Penalty For Butt-Checking
Slovakian goalie Jan Laco stuck it all out during today's men's hockey match against Russia, trying to sneak a hit on Alexei Tereshchenko as he skated behind the net. Laco's butt-move earned him a two-minute minor for interference, served by teammate Tomas Tatar....

NASCAR Season Kicks Off With Pace Car Catching Fire
As if tonight's Sprint Unlimited race at Daytona weren't bad enough (wrecks and mechanical failures have left all of eight cars still on the track), the season-opening exhibition has been delayed further by the pace car catching fire....

Has Figure Skating Maxed Out In Difficulty?
At the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, American Evan Lysacek won the men's singles figure skating gold medal without a single quadruple jump, while Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, who did have a quad in his program, took home silver. Four years later, this sort of scenario never materialized: Every top ...

Lebanese Olympic Skier Under Fire For Topless Photoshoot
Lebanese slalom skier Jackie Chamoun is facing criticism in her home country, with even the Sports Minister calling for an investigation, after images from a topless calendar photoshoot emerged on the internet Monday....

Paper Tiger
Dig this excerpt from Stanley Woodward's classic memoir, "Paper Tiger." It concerns Red Smith and the great horse racing columnist, Joe Palmer:...

The Dunk Contest Field Has Been Announced, And It's Not Terrible
ESPN's Marc Stein has the scoop on which six players will be competing in this year's dunk contest, and it's actually a pretty strong field. Paul George, John Wall, Damian Lillard, Harrison Barnes, Terrence Ross, and Ben McLemore will be this year's competitors. ...

Marshawn Lynch Reaches For A Bottle Of Fireball At The Seahawks Parade
This picture was sent to us by a reader who saw it pop up on his Facebook feed. According to the description added by the person who took the picture, that is Marshawn Lynch reaching for a bottle of Fireball while riding on the front of the duck boat during his team's Super Bowl parade....

Block Party: <em>The Lego Movie</em>, Reviewed
1. The Lego Movie is way more fun than it has any need to be. Though it never quite reaches the lunatic levels of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, it has that film's same hellzapoppin' zeal, that willingness to go anywhere for a joke and that absolute insistence that it must never, ever slow down. The Lego ...

Vladimir Putin Would Win All The Gold At Sochi If He Wanted To
At last! We're finally on the cusp of the Sochi Olympics. It's a time to focus on all the extraneous inconveniences, both small and great, that, for better or worse, will be forgotten as as soon as the real action starts. But before we fully lose ourselves in a world of ice dancing and curling, we s...

Did Ya Hear The One About The '84 U.S. Hockey Team?
Over at SB Nation Longform, Jeff Pearlman details a miracle put on ice:...

Marshawn Lynch Is Still Not Talking
Lest you think Marshawn Lynch was putting on an act with his taciturn Super Bowl week performance, gaze upon his postgame press conference transcript from last night. (Via Shalise Manza Young.)...

Here's Marshawn Lynch Dancing In The Locker Room
Marshawn Lynch is cutting loose after winning the Super Bowl and that's a lot of fun to watch, but if anyone could explain the half-beard man in the back there that no one seems to give a second glance to, that would be swell....

Awkward Super Bowl Interviews Have More Insight Than Most Of Media Day
Saturday Night Live's Kyle Mooney went to Super Bowl Boulevard to mumble and talk nonsense with people on the street, and it was delightful....

Here's The Worst Thing <i>Said</i> About Marshawn Lynch This Week
Earlier, we brought you the worst thing written about Marshawn Lynch. Now, behold the worst thing said about him, courtesy of the Bucky and Sully Show....

Here's The Worst Thing Written About Marshawn Lynch This Week
Well, it's official: Sportswriters getting huffy about Marshawn Lynch not wanting to talk to the press is officially the worst thing about this particular Super Bowl week. Just check out CBS New York's Jason Keidel's column ("From 'Beast Mode' To 'Least Mode,' Mute Marshawn A Shame") for a prize exe...

Football Writers Are Furious With Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Lynch hates talking to the media. Hates it. He's skipped enough appearances this season that the NFL threatened him with a six-figure fine if he didn't speak at yesterday's Media Day. Lynch took the podium for just six unconstructive minutes, before retreating behind the scenes. Now the Pro...

Marshawn Lynch's Media Day Interview Was Short And Sweet
Marshawn Lynch is known for being a bit reclusive and wary of speaking to the media, but Deion Sanders was able to corner him for a few minutes of screen time on NFL Network today. Things got off to a good start; Lynch just replied, "smooth" when Sanders asked him how he was feeling. "You look good...

Marshawn Lynch "Skittle Sausage" Looks Like The Worst Thing Ever
I want to be openminded about this, because I will eat pretty much anything. But the idea of adding a giant bag of Skittles to hot sausage seems as gross at that screengrab looks....