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Mike Francesa Forced To Order Wrestlemania For His Sons, Remains Crestfallen

Mike Francesa has two sons: Jack and the dreaded Harrison. This is the story of how they manipulated him into ordering last night’s Wrestlemania on pay-per-view:...

The Rock Showed Up With A Flamethrower And, Holy Shit, John Cena Came Back

This was supposed to just be a goofy post about how The Rock showed up on Wrestlemania again with a silly prop (this time, a flamethrower) but then he did this:...

Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, & "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Return To Wrestlemania

“Attitude Era” WWE stars Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returned to the ring tonight at Wrestlemania to defend New Day’s honor against the League of Nations, with the, uh, veteran wrestlers performing their famous finishing moves of Sweet Chin Music, the Mandible Claw (wit...

Wrestlemania Kicks Off In Front Of Half-Empty Jerry World After Ticketing Mishap [UPDATE]

Irate fans chanted “LET US IN! LET US IN!” as a stadium ticketing issue kept tens of thousands of pro wrestling fans from entering the stadium in Dallas before tonight’s Wrestlemania kicked off at 6 p.m. local time....

Jay Williams Receives Phone Call During Live Shot

ESPN analyst Jay Williams forgot to silence his phone before going live on SportsCenter this morning, and just like when you forgot to do it before going to church today, it rang at the most inappropriate moment. Williams laughed it off, suggesting it was one of the coaches to talk strategy—but who ...

Jim Nantz, He Ain't

Stadium Blacks Out Ribbon Boards To Fix Horrific TBS Glare

Massive viewer complaints about glare from the Final Four venue ribbon boards on TBS’s broadcast led to the lights being blacked out late in the first half of tonight’s Oklahoma-Villanova semifinal....

The Silicon Valley Guys Who Turned Around The Warriors Don't Believe In Their Ridiculous Luck

Friday night, in the third quarter of a home game against the Boston Celtics, Steph Curry started throwing up threes with no more trouble than a drunk trying to fall onto a sofa. Six for six he was, the kind of eruption that literally changes the dimensions of the game: He buried one trey from just ...

Play the Game the Right Way

This is a special Jezspin guest post by Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan....

The Definitive Opinion on Basketball Players Wearing Short Shorts 

A gentleman named Chase emailed in to Jezspin Day because he REALLY wants to know what us ladyfolk think of the new short shorts that basketball men are sporting these days. Chase, this sports blog is for you....

Man Surpasses Other Man 

A man made a bunch of dunks Thursday night, surpassing another man who’d previously had the most dunks. That’s gotta burn for that second man, the one being surpassed! Oh yeah. ...

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Dunk Contest Competitor Needs To Increase His IHOPs

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Spring Breaking Iowa State Football Players Save Woman From Drowning

Finally, something good comes from college students on spring break....

DeMarcus Cousins And Rajon Rondo Execute The Rare Double Technical

Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins, two of the surliest dudes in the NBA, teamed up to pull off a remarkable act of asshole behavior during the final seconds of last night’s game against the Wizards....

Report: Cops Called Butch Jones Before Searching Home Where Two Players Allegedly Raped A Woman

Phone records obtained today by the Tennessean show the flurry of calls made and received by Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones on the day in 2014 when a woman said she was raped by two members of his football team....

<i>New York Times</i> Responds To NFL's Demand For Retraction, Unleashes The Burns

This week, NFL lawyers sent a letter to The New York Times demanding that the Times’s recent investigation into the league’s bogus concussion studies be retracted. It was so limp that it demanded a proper takedown. Thankfully, the Times was happy to oblige, via a response letter from their own lawye...

Antonio Brown Had Some Boner Problems While Training For <i>Dancing With The Stars</i>

Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is a contestant on this season of Dancing With The Stars, and he made it through the latest round of cuts thanks to a decent performance on Monday’s episode. After his dance, he was asked what sorts of obstacles he had to overcome while practicing, and the conver...

Soccer Club's Interim Social Media Coordinator Abandons Twitter Duties To Play In Game

Deep in the lowest levels of the English soccer pyramid, the modern club needs its players to fill multiple roles in order to survive. Your backup striker might need to double as the electrician when the lights in the locker room go out. Your utility defender might be called upon to check the team b...

Jim Nantz Appears To Be Insane 

In attempt to teach you what real pain is, Golf Digest decided to let Jim Nantz go Kerouac on everyone’s ass. You should never expose yourself to Jim Nantz’s stream-of-consciousness musings, but I would like to briefly draw your attention to his deeply disturbing anecdote about toast:...