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How Joe Biden's Bodyguard Helped Clemson Win Its Only National Title
On the night of Jan. 1, 1982, the Clemson Tigers, coached by Danny Ford, defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 22-15 in the Orange Bowl to win the football program's only national championship. In the third quarter of that game, sophomore safety Billy Davis returned a Nebraska punt 47 yards to the Cornh...
Two Japanese Soccer Stars Play Team Of 55 Kids On Game Show
What do you get when you mix Shinji Kagawa and Hiroshi Kiyotake, 33 Japanese kids, and a soccer pitch? Well, a pretty easily scored goal. But what about when you up the number to 55? Pure chaos....
Female Alabama Fan Ambushes Oklahoma Bro At Sugar Bowl
At first, it seems like a mere verbal confrontation between the Bama woman—who looks like a pleasant mom—and the Oklahoma fan in the white polo. It gets so much better, though....
Sad Alabama Fans: A Gallery
The best way to watch a dynasty end is to turn your head from the field, and look at the crowd....
...But With A Whimper
RIP, at least six veins in Nick Saban's neck. ...
Andrea Bargnani Is Still Terrible At Defense In 2014
In case you were wondering if anything had changed with Andrea "Broken Controller" Bargnani's defense in the new year, here is video evidence that no, nothing has changed....
According To Exit Polls, These Four Players Will Make The Hall Of Fame
The 2014 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced next Wednesday. As of today, 101 sportswriters (of the 600-something eligible) have publicly shared their votes. Projecting from those ballots, four players will make it to Cooperstown, and a fifth will fall just short....
You Can Draft A Fantasy Puppy Bowl Team
We are only a month out from the sporting spectacle of the year: Puppy Bowl X. (The "X" is for eXtreme puppies. Also, "ten.") This year's edition will have a number of new wrinkles, but the biggest game-changer is the ability to play fantasy puppy football. Everything else on Feb. 2 has just been re...
Murray Chass Is Everything That's Wrong With The Hall Of Fame Election
Murray Chass, a once-great baseball reporter turned bitter crank, recently revealed his 2013 Hall of Fame ballot in a blog post in which he proudly stated that he did not vote for Craig Biggio or Mike Piazza because he believes that they used steroids. It was the kind of thing that was written speci...
Cody Zeller Made The Poor Decision To Attempt Dunking
The Charlotte Bobcats are a pretty bad basketball team, and they lost again tonight to the Los Angeles Clippers. One reason they're bad might be that Cody Zeller is trying to dunk....
Mark Dantonio Wins 100th Rose Bowl, Picks Nose
Michigan State wins the Rose Bowl and Mark Dantonio gets a new contract that makes him one of the "three highest paid coaches in the Big 10"? There are worse days to get caught picking your nose on television. ...
Somehow The A&M <i>Defense</i> Was The Hero Of A 52-48 Bowl Win
Johnny Manziel will get much of the credit, and deservedly so since the Texas A&M defense allowed 38 points in the first half, but Johnny Football doesn't do what Johnny Football did unless his D tightened up in the second half. ...
Nebraska Goes Big For 99-Yard TD Strike
After an eight-yard sack on second down left Nebraska with a third-and-14 play from their own one-yard line, Nebraska did not go with the bullshit draw play. The Huskers went for it all....
Detroit NBC Winter Classic Broadcast Gets Angry, Profane
"C'mon, man, what do you want us to fuckin' do?" ...
Watch Al Roker's Soul Leave Forever
Al Roker and Hoda Kotb are hosting the Rose Bowl Parade. It looks like...fun....
"David Lee, Bodied By Big Dick Baby"
I'm trying real hard to come up with possible words Bob Fitzgerald, the Warriors play-by-play man for CSN Bay Area, could have said instead of "Big Dick Baby" and I'm coming up short. ...
AP Photographer Dave Martin Dies After Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Dave Martin, a longtime AP photographer based out of Montgomery, Alabama, was taken to Emory Hospital Midtown after suffering a heart attack on the Georgia Dome field. He was pronounced dead, at 59 years old, early Wednesday morning....
AP Photog Has Heart Attack On Field At Chick-Fil-A Bowl
At the conclusion of Texas A&M's thrilling comeback against Duke, an AP photographer collapsed of an apparent heart attack and required CPR at the scene. It was predictably intense. ...