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Why Is HBO Refusing To Deny That <i>Westworld</i>'s Robots Poop?<em></em>

HBO’s Westworld, the haunting tale of what can happen when cowboy sex robots go awry, spent its first season unwrapping many of the mysteries that so captivated its audience—save, that is, the question that has tormented fans most of all. And that’s apparently exactly how HBO wants it....

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James Harden And Clint Capela Are Here To Bless Us With Alley-Oops

Clint Capela is a passable basketball player. But he is very, very nice to pass to if you are the new point guard incarnation of James Harden. You might be surprised to see the third-year center elbow out DeAndre Jordan and—much more to the point—Dwight Howard for the highest field goal percentage i...

Vontaze Burfict Shamelessly Flops, Gets Steve Smith In Trouble

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict has many instances of dirty play listed on his résumé, but in today’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, he showed off his versatility with an ostentatious flop....

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Michigan State Holds On Against FGCU After Incredible Clock Operator Blunder [Update]

Michigan State claimed its second win of the year after the 13th-ranked Spartans beat Florida Gulf Coast thanks in part to a clock blunder on the game’s final play that officials decided to let stand....

Flopping-Ass Marcus Smart Conned His Way Out Of A Humiliating Posterization

Perhaps Marcus Smart’s most distinctive basketball skill is his gift for flopping. The Celtics point guard is liable to careen wildly in anticipation of any contact, and he pulled off my favorite flop in NBA history. “I was just trying to make winning plays for my team,” Smart said of the below flop...

President Obama Notes That The Warriors Blew A 3-1 Lead In The Finals

In these, the precious final days before the title of Leader of the Free World is officially handed over to an unhinged megalomaniacal trash TV star, it is important to treasure the relatively good times we have today. To help us at least temporarily forget about this lost world we find ourselves in...

Jarryd Hayne Stands Helplessly As High Schoolers Accidentally See A Whole Bunch Of Porn<em></em>

Jarryd Hayne, the rugby league player who briefly played for the San Francisco 49ers last season and now plays for the Gold Coast Titans, took part in a presentation about cyberbullying and cybersecurity at a high school in Australia. The demonstration ended abruptly when a bunch of porn showed up o...

NFL Deletes Highlight Clip After Realizing What Mark Ingram Said

Saints running back Mark Ingram scored a marvelous touchdown in the second quarter of today’s New Orleans-San Francisco game to give his team a 28-10 lead, leading the NFL to rush tweet a highlight of the play—and, just as quickly, delete the tweet after hearing the language used by Ingram as he pas...

San Antonio Cop Reportedly Fired For Feeding Homeless Man A Literal Shit Sandwich

Our American law enforcement system enables its officers to abuse their power and harass the citizenry in ways both petty and outright barbaric. Here’s a particularly cruel example, from down in San Antonio: a cop was fired this week after he fed a homeless man a shit sandwich. I do not use “shit sa...

Let's Talk About MONOPSONY 

In the wake of AT&T’s newly planned mega-merger with Time Warner, it’s a great time to discuss—what?—MONOPSONY, a funny word describing what happens when an employer has too much power in the marketplace. Sounds familiar......

Washington Coach Pulls Out Dong, Pees Freely Before The Masses During Game [NSFW]

As several tipsters have notified us, a Washington football team assistant coach took a semi-covert piss into a cup during the team’s loss to Detroit yesterday. A fan took several photos of Ben Kotwica mid-piss—TMZ has the story— which has subsequently come to overshadow the team’s late loss to the ...

Colorado Gives Up Two Safeties On The Same Play

Colorado is in the midst of its best season in years, earning its way to bowl eligibility today with a 10-5 win over the once-seventh-ranked Stanford Cardinal. But even with its inexplicable 6-2 record, the Buffaloes still showed some of that haplessness that was a hallmark of the program for a deca...

Apparently Psychic GOP Leaks Recap Of VP Debate Hours Before It Starts

If you don’t want to know what will happen in the VP debate tonight, please do not scroll down. Spoilers abound. The GOP leaked the results on their website, which they obtained from some sort of psychic or mage or some such, and this is your last warning....

Fan Tosses Helmet At Jerry Jones, Hits Him In Head<em></em>

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took a helmet to the head before today’s game against the 49ers in Santa Clara. It seems that an overeager fan wanted the team memorabilia signed. ...

Pete Morelli With A Moment Of Honesty During Bills-Pats

Colts Radio Announcer Is Really Happy The Game Is "Finally Fucking Over"

The Colts won a nervous game against the Chargers yesterday, finally locking up the victory with a fumble recovery in the final minute. This was a great relief to longtime Colts radio announcer Bob Lamey:...

Kolten Wong Eats It

Wrigley Field’s grass gave way during today’s Cardinals-Cubs game and caused St. Louis outfielder Kolten Wong to faceplant as he tried to field a hit....