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Was Duane Brown Traded Out Of Spite?<em></em>
Of all the batshit moves made (and not made, if you’re Cleveland) at the shockingly active close of the NFL’s trade deadline, the one that will probably have the greatest impact on this year’s playoff race was Houston sending franchise LT Duane Brown to Seattle for draft picks....
NFL Conditionally Reinstates Josh Gordon
After several lengthy suspensions spanning multiple years, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been conditionally reinstated by the NFL, clearing the way for the former All-Pro to play his first games since December 2014....
Impact Wrestling Ruins Everything: Losses Lead to Journalist Layoffs
Thirteen months ago, one story had the hardcore wrestling fan community rapt for several weeks: The seemingly impending demise of Impact Wrestling, formerly known as Total Nonstop Action or TNA (yes, really). At that point, the promotion was running on fumes, to the point that it was unclear, even d...
Todd Bowles Learns Of Jets Trade From Reporter At Press Conference
Right at the NFL trade deadline yesterday, the Jets acquired cornerback Rashard Robinson from the 49ers in exchange for a 2018 fifth-round pick. Also right at the NFL trade deadline yesterday, Jets head coach Todd Bowles held his daily press conference with reporters. Bowles wasn’t prepared to talk ...
Report: The Browns Are Huge Idiots Who Didn't File Paperwork But Also Maybe Sabotaged Their Own Trade
The Bengals almost traded backup QB A.J. McCarron to the Browns Tuesday, but the deal didn’t go through. Adam Schefter reported that Cleveland had missed the 4 p.m. deadline. The Browns still have a dismal QB depth chart, and now they’re also getting roasted by anonymous sources willing to detail pr...
Pro Wrestling's Definitely Still Real To This Guy
Yes, we know you missed tonight’s WWE SmackDown because you’re tuned into the Battle of the Bricks on ESPN2. It ended with this front-row bro taking a Sami Zayn table to the face:...
Report: Browns Forget To Complete QB Trade Like A Bunch Of Big Dumbasses
The Browns tried to get in on an unusually busy NFL trade deadline by making a somewhat inexplicable deal with the Bengals for backup QB A.J. McCarron. They weren’t even able to pull that off, according to Adam Schefter:...
Athletes Should Play In Costume On Halloween
The Cleveland Cavaliers threw their Halloween party Monday, and LeBron James dressed up as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. He looked pretty scary in the light:...
Who Calls Dirk Nowitzki "Tall Baller From The G"?
Basketball Reference is an invaluable resource, and millions of people are surely grateful that it exists. There is one minor feature on the site that might make you question the whole enterprise, and that’s the field for nicknames:...
Ezekiel Elliott Is Re-Resuspended
Another layer to the mess that is the NFL’s disciplinary action against Ezekiel Elliott: His suspension is in effect again, two weeks after a judge ruled that the league would be “temporarily restrained and enjoined from enforcing” discipline against Elliott until a different judge returned from vac...
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Reports: Texans Trade Duane Brown To Seahawks
Just after Duane Brown ended a months-long holdout over a contract dispute, the Texans have reportedly traded the left tackle to the Seahawks for cornerback Jeremy Lane and two draft picks, a 2018 fifth-rounder and 2019 second-rounder....
The Cavaliers Stink!
Append all the ordinary caveats, of course: It’s October; they’re without Isaiah Thomas; they’re integrating what seems like a small army of new players; the East is so godawful shitty there’s basically no floor to playoff contention; and so on. Fine. But still. The Cleveland Cavaliers are not just ...
Team Concedes Penalty With Head-First Tackle
Berwick Rangers, a team that is actually based in England, plays in the fourth level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Yesterday they beat Cowdenbeath FC, 1-0, on a successful Michael McKenna penalty on the 80th minute. Normally not news that would make the sports blogs, if not for how B...
Poor Brandon Morrow Never Should Have Been Out There
Major-league pitchers are talented enough, and managers are cautious enough, that you rarely see a baseball game featuring a pitcher so fatigued and overmatched that he just doesn’t belong on the mound. Last night, the Dodgers and Brandon Morrow showed us what that scenario looks like....
L.A. Fox Station Runs Postgame News Promo: "DODGERS WIN!"
Distraught Dodgers fans waiting for their late local news after five-plus hours of emotional whiplash got one, final head turn after L.A. Fox station KTTV ran this promo, which celebrates a Dodgers victory. Whoops! It’s not like y’all aired the game, or anything....
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Eagles Mime Baseball Again With Hit-By-Pitch TD Celebration
Earlier this month, the Eagles scored a touchdown and celebrated with an elaborate baseball-themed celebration. Nelson Agholor threw a pretend ball, and Torrey Smith knocked it over the fence. Today, Alshon Jeffery scored on a long pass from QB Carson Wentz, and teammate Zach Ertz “plunked” him....
Travis Benjamin's Terrible Decisions Led To One Of The Worst Punt Returns Ever<em></em><em></em>
Los Angeles’s Travis Benjamin could have had only a minor miscue on his record if he had stayed where he was on the field after he picked up his own muffed punt, but nah, he had to try and create something better. In doing so, he inexplicably ran backwards almost 10 yards into his own end zone, gett...
Report: Colin Kaepernick Excluded From Player-Owner Meetings
Despite certain NFL players proposing meetings that include him, and an NFL spokesperson indicating last week that he expected an invitation to be extended, Colin Kaepernick is being frozen out of meetings on social justice between the NFLPA and NFL owners, according to a report from Slate....