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ESPN's Ron Jaworski Would Like You To Ignore His Breaking News [UPDATED]
ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski was all excited to drop a HOT SCOOP about the Odell Beckham Jr. appeal hearing this afternoon:...
Bismack Biyombo's Terrible Post Move Was Just Too Much For JaVale McGee
Raptors center Bismack Biyombo, as we’ve previously noted, is not the most gifted offensive player. His, uh, skills were on full display last night against the Mavericks:...
Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Carmelo Anthony, And Joakim Noah Star In Anti-Gun Violence Ads
Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group that seeks to end gun violence in America through stricter gun control laws, has cut a series of ads with NBA stars Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Carmelo Anthony, and Joakim Noah. ...
Here Are Videos Of Dez Bryant Racing A Horse In College
Oklahoma State blog Pistols Firing unearthed a couple of videos of Dez Bryant racing Bullet—Oklahoma State’s mascot horse—in Boone Pickens Stadium....
The Worst Man On Facebook Ruined <i>Star Wars</i>
Penn Holderness, professional, uh, person who makes his family help him ruin pop music tracks on YouTube, is bad. His videos are bad. His hair is bad. “All About That Baste” is the absolute worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Everything about him is bad. Bad bad bad. Also, he (allegedly) big-ti...
Bad Soccer Man Savagely Kicks Opponent Straight In The Face
This disgusting act of wanton violence is brought to you by Mehmet Değirmenci, a Turkish amateur soccer player. As you can see in the video below, moments before Değirmenci so cruelly smashed this poor guy’s head like a teed-up football, he became upset when the ref showed him a red card for the rec...
Cops: Denied The Bathroom, UFC's Julianna Pena Kicked Two Men In The Groin
UFC fighter Julianna Pena was arrested yesterday in Spokane, Wash. after, according to police, a bar refused to let her and her bloodied friend, fellow fighter Joshua Gow, use their bathroom to clean up because they were closing. Upset by this, witnesses told police, she kicked two different men in ...
Steve Harvey Announces Wrong Winner Of Miss Universe, Chaos Ensues
Steve Harvey, the host of tonight’s Miss Universe pageant, did the one thing that the host of any award show absolutely cannot do: he announced the wrong winner. It was hilarious....
OBJ And The Panthers Cornerbacks Are Staging A Boxing Match In The Middle Of A Football Game
Odell Beckham Jr.’s matchup today with Josh Norman, perhaps the best corner in the game this year, is one of the coolest one-on-one matchups we’ve seen all year. On the Giants’ fourth play from scrimmage, Beckham burned Norman, and then dropped a perfectly good touchdown. A few plays later in the qu...
Dwight Howard Blocks The Daylights Out Of Austin Rivers Then Jams It On The Other End
Last week, we showed you a funny little Dwight Howard lowlight reel. It was some deserved shade, but last night he led the Rockets in a rare victory over the Clippers, and more importantly, embarrassed Austin Rivers then jammed it on the other end:...
Retired Showboater Richard Dent Claims He'd Knock Cam Newton On His Ass For Celebrating
Every time an athlete gets excited about kicking ass at their job, you’ll hear the chorus of traditionalists and outsiders jawing about how no professional athletes should celebrate because of the hallowed sanctity of the game they play that makes billionaires richer. Cam Newton in particular is a ...
How Not To Run A Fake Field Goal
The New Mexico Bowl, one of the more mediocre matchups out of approximately one million mediocre bowl matchups this year, is on and popping. Arizona has New Mexico and the winner presumably gets expanded water rights on a tributary of the Colorado River or something. Anyway, New Mexico tried to go f...
The <i>Star Wars</i> Chronology Melted Mike Francesa's Brain
Today, Mike Francesa talked Star Wars, and it was glorious. A simple question about how many Star Wars movies George Lucas actually directed led to one of his producers attempting to explain the chronology of the movies, and that’s when things got good:...
Alex Burrows Apologizes For Chirping Patrick O'Sullivan Over His Abusive Father
Former NHLer Patrick O’Sullivan’s story at the Players’ Tribune, about suffering horrific physical and mental abuse at the hands of his father, is one of the rougher sports reads in recent memory, and an invaluable one for anyone who’s ever wondered what they should do if they witness what looks lik...
The Anatomy Of A Bogus Soccer Rumor, Starring Wayne Rooney
As any sports fan knows, rumors of trades, signings, suspensions, and lineup changes—almost always vaguely attributed to sources—dominate sports media reporting, and therefore our conversations about sports. (Perhaps the causal arrow points in the other direction?) But what the American sports fan m...
DeMar DeRozan's 40-Foot Game-Winner Wiped Out By Timeout
A Cory Joseph steal with just a couple of seconds remaining gave DeMar DeRozan the opportunity to nail a nearly half-court shot for a 93-90 win over the Hornets. But as you can hear from the whistle that blows shortly before DeRozan released, the Raptors called a timeout, negating his shot. Coming o...
Mike Francesa, Live On Air, Just Counting To 42
I don’t think this latest example of Mike Francesa’s utter contempt for his listeners achieves the same level of majesty that 50 Seconds of Phone Scrolling did, but it’s still great:...
The Road To <em>The Three-Year Swim Club</em>'s Olympic Glory Starts In A Ditch<em> </em>
Duke Kahanamoku is perhaps best known as the father of surfing, but he’s also one of the best swimmers of all time. He participated in three Olympics (it would’ve been four, if not for the wartime cancellation of the 1916 Berlin games), and served as an alternate for the 1932 U.S. water polo team. H...
All The Ways We've Described Rob Gronkowski In 2015
Rob Gronkowski, who will bleed Grey Goose if you cut him, had quite a year. After the Patriots won the Super Bowl, Gronk was shirtless, twerking, and shirtless while twerking. Here are all the things we’ve called the tight end while chronicling his exploits:...
Joe Haden Gets Emotional While Talking About What It's Like To Have A Concussion
Browns cornerback Joe Haden has had a particularly rough season, having suffered numerous injuries early on and then two concussions that have kept him off the field since Week 8. On the latest episode of the Browns’ official podcast, Haden talked to host Max Linsky about what it’s like to try and c...