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Here's A Picture Of Rob Gronkowski Hanging Out With Some Girls In A Boston Hotel
A friendly tipster writes in: "is this the Gonk with 8 party girls in a Boston hotel room last night? I'll let you decide." Thank you. Short answer: No. But it does look to be Rob Gronkowski hanging out in a hotel room with five (four and a half?) girls, plus the one that took the picture, so we're ...
High School Softball Coach Suspended For Sending His Players Out To Find Him Dates, Just Days After Starting The Job
Troy Hennum, the 25-year-old softball coach at Roosevelt HS in Seattle, started work last week. It took him until Monday to be placed on unpaid leave after sending his players out on a scavenger hunt. Their mission: take photos of "cute girls" and get their phone numbers for him....
The Best Videos Of The Week
Richard Sherman nukes Skip Bayless, Kobe Bryant tells Serge Ibaka how he feels about nutshots, Mark Staal takes a puck to the eye, and the Lakers get tricky. Here are the best videos of the week....
What Can You Learn From The Carolina Panthers' Leaked Financials? Ask A Sports Economist
There's still a lot to unpack in the Carolina Panthers' financial statement, which we published Thursday. That document showed the team bringing in $112 million in operating profit over a recent two-year period, one that saw owner Jerry Richardson pleading hardship on behalf of his fellow NFL plutoc...
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Leaked NFL Documents: While Owner Cried Hardship, Carolina Panthers Had $112 Million Profit Over Two Years [UPDATE]
In 2010 and 2011, as the NFL prepared for and staged a lockout of its players, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson was among the hardest of the hardliners, urging his fellow owners to "take back our league" by demanding a more management-friendly collective-bargaining agreement....
The 10 Supplements You Actually Need
Men's Health, a magazine for men who are healthy and dumb, will tell you that there are 10 supplements that you, the fitness-seeking man, "actually need." Oh really? You can't go to the gym without "Coenzyme Q10?" You can't work out unless you're shoveling glucosamine powder down your gullet? It tak...
This Is What Happens When Newspaper Design Tries To Get Creative
Via Reddit and Bryan Armen Graham, the front of the C section of today's Mankato (Minn.) Free Press. That doesn't even look like a "G."...
Reports: Joe Flacco—That Joe Flacco—Will Soon Be The Highest Paid Player In NFL History
Yep, Joe Flacco. The big-armed oaf. The doofy bridegroom. The guy whose dad said he was "dull" four times in two sentences five days before the Super Bowl. That guy. No, not the plumber who stripped the washers off your sink and left his wrench on your kitchen table—I mean the guy who backed up Tyle...
Start Your Weekend With An Inspirational Quote From Bob Knight
Bob Knight has a new book out next week. It's called The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results, because Bob Knight is still playing his (lucrative) role as college basketball's senile great-uncle. He sat down with Andrew Goldman for the New York Times M...
Here, Have This Blake Griffin Subway Coupon That Expires Feb. 29
Fox Sports West, which broadcasts Clippers games, has a promotion deal with Subway. Any time Blake Griffin goes for a double-double, you can print out a coupon to get double the meat on your sandwiches the next day. Griffin sprung for 18 and 14 against Indiana last night, so it's Subway time. As tha...
Zach Galifianakis Is Nikola Pekovic's Ventriloquist Dummy
If the two people in this photo weren't famous, it would be quite the optical illusion. Is the guy on the left some kind of bearded mini-person, or is the guy on the right a gigantic mutant? I can't tell!...
Coach K Hates Fun And Games
A wonderful thing happened in Charlottesville, Va., last night: the Virginia Cavaliers defeated No. 3 Duke, 73-68. Duke losses are always something we, united in our reasonable hatred of the Blue Devils, can collectively appreciate; that this one came against an unranked bubble team playing on it...
The Best Videos Of The Week
LeBron blows our minds with a pregame dunk, a high schooler makes the best recruiting mixtape ever, a college outfielder defies the laws of physics, a news anchor doesn't recognize Mo Farah, and a first-time ski jumper has some issues. Here are the best videos of the week....
"Sweat Is Just Your Fat Crying," Says Weird Sign In Alabama Weight Room
That's it, we've officially run out of motivational slogans to slap on the walls of places where college athletes congregate. The day that this sign was hung up in the University of Alabama football team's weight room is the day that someone should have taken a step back and said, "You know what, m...
Did Tom Crean Tell His Indiana Players To Flop Late In Last Night's Loss To Minnesota? Here's What He Said, According To A Lip Reader
Down five with less than 30 seconds remaining last night in Minneapolis, the top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers found themselves in a bind: They needed points, but first they needed the ball. One way to achieve both without losing precious seconds was by somehow drawing an offensive flagrant foul on Min...
Local News Anchor Has No Idea Who Mo Farah Is, Asks Him If He's Ever Run Before
You remember Mo Farah, right? He's the Somali-born runner who became the darling of the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning gold in the 10,000 meter and 5,000 meter races. How could you forget the man who gave us this image?...
Here's Old Footage Of Bill Russell Going Coast To Coast And Jumping Over A Guy
This clip popped up on YouTube two days ago. According to the uploader, that's a young Bill Russell—playing for the University of San Francisco—grabbing a defensive rebound, streaking down the court on a one-man fast break, and jumping over some poor sap while gracefully laying the ball in. Accord...
The 15 Or So Most Watchable Teams In College Basketball: An Occasional Ranking
A weekly (or so) ranking of college basketball teams on the basis of watchability and with very little regard to how good they might be. ...
The Best Videos Of The Week
The search for the worst free-throw attempt ever ends, a driver pouts like a baby, a table tennis player blows our minds, Greg Monroe gets obliterated, and some bro falls off a chair lift. Here are the best videos of the week....
Kobe Bryant Guarantees The Lakers Will Make The Playoffs
What do Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol, and Metta World Peace have in common with Chris Mihm, Chucky Atkins, Lamar Odom, and Caron Butler? If the season ended today, those would be the only two supporting casts in Kobe Bryant's career with which he didn't make the postseason. One of these rost...