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Arian Foster Continues To Troll The Media
After Arian Foster gave the exact same answer 11 times in a 90-second interview, he got a letter from the NFL threatening a fine if he didn't start being more cooperative with the media. So Foster agreed to an interview with reporters after yesterday's practice, and he added a few twists to his old ...
Let It Be Demolished: Paul McCartney Shuts Down Candlestick Park
Paul McCartney is like the Grand Canyon, or bangers and mash: There's no sexing him up. At 72, he's the rare individual for whom the phrase "living legend" feels like kind of a slight. Bigger than Jesus? Quite possibly. But how many records did Jesus ever sell, and what has he done for you lately? T...
Whatever Happened To Sports On Earth?
Originally published at The Classical....
Lil Wayne Freestyles Over The <em>SportsCenter</em> Theme, For Some Reason
Today was Lil Wayne Day on SportsCenter, or something, which means the rapper was on set all day to do zany things and promote his upcoming album. It also meant that he had to freestyle over the SportsCenter theme, which, given how that song goes, was a pretty raw deal for Lil Wayne....
Angry Soccer Coach Tries To Kick Ball, Falls Right On His Ass
Here is your latest reminder that you should never, ever try to kick something while you are angry. Because when you are angry you tend to forget things—like the fact that you are wearing very expensive dress shoes and standing on a slick floor, and that even though you are so damn mad and that ball...
Joe Nathan Tells The Home Crowd How He Really Feels
The Detroit Tigers are in a miserable tailspin right now, having lost seven of their last nine games and the division lead going into last night's contest against the Pirates. The Tigers won that game 8-4, but not before struggling closer Joe Nathan heard it from the home crowd. Nathan, it seems, ...
White Sox Boned By Catcher-Blocking-The-Plate Rule, Ventura Loses It
It feels like we haven't had a manager freak out and start kicking dirt all over home plate in ages. We can at least thank the unnavigable abyss of Rule 7.13 for that. ...
Smackdown: Burger King's Extra Long BBQ Vs. McDonald's Jalapeño Double
At first glance, a horizontally oriented double cheeseburger doesn't seem very flashy: Mankind is well accustomed to taking our meals the long way. Cheesesteaks, ribs, roll-ups, Twinkies, wraps, corn, whatever the hell a hoagie is: All these and more have been served to us on the landscape setting...
Thirsty-Ass Browns Rookie Gets His Thirst Quenched With Dick Pics
Here's a story about a Browns rookie, a reader's lovely wife, and the thirst. Use this as a teaching moment....
Cowboys And Raiders Brawl At Joint Practice
The Cowboys and Raiders held a joint practice today in Oxnard, California. They did so in front of a significant police presence because Oxnard's two largest gangs—Colonia Chiques and the Southside Chiques—wear the colors of the Cowboys and Raiders, respectively. It wasn't the gangs that broke t...
America Is Not For Black People
The United States of America is not for black people. We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us. Saturday, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., something like that happened: An unarmed 18-year-old black man was executed by police in broad dayli...
Do You Know Why Iowa Got Rid Of Its Field Hockey Coach? Let Us Know
When Iowa fired field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum last week, they did it in the style of a place that didn't want to talk about it. Officials announced the news during Iowa's football media day. They didn't say why she was fired beyond needing "a change in leadership." And more than a week later,...
Tell Us About Your Go-To Foodstuff
Do you have a go-to food? Something that you can whip up with your eyes closed when you need to get some food on the table and don't have the time or resources to experiment?...
Chris Sale Flexes His Comprehensive Vocabulary After Starts
After nearly every start this season, White Sox pitcher Chris Sale has met a specific objective: Incorporate a predetermined word into his postgame conference....
Orlando Scandrick Got Boned By The NFL's Stupid Drug Testing Policy
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick has been suspended for the first four games of the season after testing positive for PEDs. This is dumb, because while Scandrick did have drugs in his system when he was tested, if his version of events is true, there's no way that the drugs he took should...
Pro Wrestling's Greatest Angle Was Convincing Us It Doesn't Matter
This article was first published at Jacobin, a publication offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Subscriptions start at $19....
Jerry Jones Calls Photos With Strippers A Misrepresentation
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke to the media for the first time since some weird and gross photos of him and two strippers surfaced online, and he didn't really have much to say. According to him, the photos have been "misrepresented."...
Huge Wreck Delays Cheez-It 355
Ryan Newman and Michael McDowell were involved in a significant wreck at the Cheez-It 355 in Watkins Glen that destroyed both cars. Ryan Newman spun out, slammed into the wall, and then spun back out into the track where he hit Michael McDowell. McDowell then went just has hard into the barrier on t...
Hey, ESPN Sorta Asked Bob Bowlsby If He Works Harder Than His Secretary
This is pretty cool. On Thursday, I offered a leather-bound edition of Das Kapital to any reporter who asked Bob Bowlsby just one little question. Bowlsby is the Big 12 commissioner who, in an act of face-melting chutzpah, recently decided to wrap himself in Marx's labor theory of value as intellect...