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Matt Mitrione's Eye Is So Gross We Had To Censor It For You
Only click through if you want to see some uncensored and very gross photos from tonight’s UFC Fight Night....

Pacman Jones Apologizes For Saying That Antonio Brown Faked A Concussion
When Antonio Brown suffered a concussion in Saturday’s playoff game from linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s hit, Bengals cornerback Pacman Jones thought the Steelers receiver was embellishing it. Jones said he would only apologize for calling Brown a faker if the wideout wasn’t able to play Sunday against...

Watch Shaq's Brain Break On Live TV
To be fair to Shaq, I can’t really compose a coherent thought after 8:00 p.m., either....

Cris Carter Casually Suggests Chandler Jones Was Smoking PCP
ESPN NFL analyst Cris Carter was a guest on the Mike & Mike show this morning, and he had some interesting takes on Chandler Jones’s brush with synthetic weed:...

Antonio Brown Is Out; The Steelers Are Boned
The Steelers have officially ruled Antonio Brown out for Sunday’s game in Denver, which means Pacman Jones owes him an apology....

A Reader Sends Along Some Important Information Regarding Synthetic Weed
Synthetic weed! It’s all over the sports news cycle this week, but what is it? Is it the same thing as K2? What is spice? Can it kill you? Why is everyone always smoking it? You’ve got questions, and one of our readers has unsolicited answers:...

If You Never Liked <i>Once Upon A Time In America</i>, Give The Director's Cut A Chance
Michael Sragow’s review of the director’s cut of Once Upon a Time in America appeared in the March 5, 1985 edition of The Boston Phoenix and appears here with the author’s permission. ...

Here Are The Details Of Chandler Jones's Interaction With Foxboro Police
Patriots DE Chandler Jones arrived shirtless and disoriented at the police station early Sunday morning, according to an officer’s statement that was just released by Foxboro town management. The account, though not a formal police report, sheds more light on Jones’s hospitalization, reportedly for ...

Report: Chandler Jones Hospitalized After Smoking Synthetic Weed
Chandler Jones went to the hospital Sunday morning with no clear explanation. According to Christopher Gasper of the Boston Globe, the Patriots defensive end had used synthetic weed....

What Happened With Chandler Jones?
There is a strange, mysterious story unfolding involving Patriots Pro Bowl DE Chandler Jones, police, a hospital visit, an officer’s apparent reference to drugs, and the unusual deletion of police dispatch records once the media started sniffing around. Let’s try to sort out what we know so far....

Ballon d’Or Voting Is Full Of Bizarre Ballots
This is how democracy works. You give the right to vote to a large swath of people of varying ages, expertise levels, and motivations, add up their collective responses, and hope to come out with a good result. Today’s Ballon d’Or award ceremony, where Lionel Messi won the thing for the fifth time o...

Missed 27-Yard Field Goal Costs Vikings Playoff Win Against Seattle
Blair Walsh blew a short field goal that would have most likely won today’s Vikings-Seahawks game. Instead, he missed wide left and Seattle escaped with a 10-9 win. They have Carolina next week, in what should be a warmer climate....

The Brooklyn Nets Are Cleaning House
The Brooklyn Nets are the most aimless team in the NBA. They’re old, bad, and they don’t have any of their draft picks, on account of trading too much for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, then watching them tailspin into irrelevancy. This morning, they fired coach Lionel Hollins and “reassigned” GM Bi...

"Pacman" Jones Is Mad, You Guys
From his since-deleted Instagram post, here is Adam “Pacman” Jones telling us what he really thinks about the officials, and Joey Porter....

Steelers Move On After Winning Field Goal Set Up By Attempted Antonio Brown Assassination
Vontaze Burfict’s head shot to Antonio Brown and a subsequent penalty on Adam “Pacman” Jones earned the Steelers and a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger enough yardage to set up a game-winning field goal—one that erased what had been a stunning fourth-quarter Bengals comeback....

Beware Jeff Jones's Post-Game Handshakes
Old Dominion came away from Ruston tonight with a shocking upset win over Louisiana Tech—the Monarchs’ first road win of the season, and the Bulldogs’ first home loss since 2013. ODU coach Jeff Jones clearly saw someone after the game who needed a celebratory crotchpalm....

Once Again, God Bless Evan Turner, Who Is Never Not Feeling Himself
It’s high time we checked in on Celtics guard Evan Turner, a perfectly mediocre basketball player whose self-absorption is so steadfast and unconvincing that it’s impossible not to find endearing....

#1 Kansas Knocks Off #2 Oklahoma In 3OT Thriller
Monday night saw an exciting-as-hell throwback to a different time for college basketball: the two best teams in the country facing off, each led by a senior. In the end, Perry Ellis (27 points, 13 rebounds) and #1 Kansas topped Buddy Hield (46 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists) and #2 Oklahoma, 109-106...

Al Jazeera Reporter: Second "Knowledgable And Credible" Source Confirms HGH Sent To Manning House
Deborah Davies, the Al Jazeera reporter responsible for last week’s documentary that alleged human growth hormone was delivered to Peyton Manning’s home, revealed today on CNN’s Reliable Sources that a second confidential source confirmed what the network was told by a former employee of an Indianap...
