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"Dad Gets College Football Tickets For Christmas" Video Has A Twist
So, videos of college football fans getting tickets for Christmas are popping up all over, as they do every holiday season, but this one stands out for the elaborate scheme. It's on par with the final minutes of a soap opera....

Tim Howard Gets Red Card To End Everton's 2013 Unbeaten Home Record
Everton only needed to win or draw each of their last two matches at Goodison Park this year to go all of 2013 unbeaten at home. Their match against Southampton on Sunday was always going to be difficult to navigate, but today the Blues, in fourth place, hosted last-place Sunderland in what was expe...

Even Carmelo Wanted To Sleep Instead Of Watch The Knicks Yesterday
Yesterday's slate of NBA games sucked. The sleeved jerseys had everyone looking like rec league handball players, and we had to watch the the Derrick Rose-less Chicago Bulls squat and take a dump on the collective chest of the Brooklyn Nets. And then we had to watch the New York Knicks....

Missouri Players Flip Their Shit After Seeing Cotton Bowl Gifts
Each college football bowl has a specific gift package for the players participating, and it's safe to say the Missouri Tigers were happy with the Cotton Bowl's presents. The video starts out with some nice team apparel—you have to serve the appetizers first—but when the Apple products come out, hol...

Ohio Player Gets A Football To The Face While Minding His Own Business
The Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl is going on right now. Don't worry about missing it, because it's the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. What you do need to see, however, is this poor Ohio Bobcat catching a football with his face. ...

Report: Tony Romo Out For The Season
With a victory against Philadelphia next Sunday, the Cowboys are in the playoffs, but Tony Romo won't get the chance to help his team win or lose or whatever it is Romo does. According to Adam Schefter, he's out for the rest of the season with a back injury....

W.C. Heinz's Short Story: One Throw
Here's a treat—W.C. Heinz's 1950 short story, "One Throw":...

Peter King Should Shut Up About Cam Newton
During the fourth quarter of yesterday's Saints-Panthers game, with the Panthers down three points and running out of time, Peter King sent the following tweets:...
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Skins Fan In "Dallas Sucks" Shirt Thrown Down Stairs [UPDATES]
This Skins fan—clad in a "Dallas Sucks" shirt—just gets tossed down the stairs by some kind of security. The reason why is as clear as the reason for the dude in the Peyton Manning jersey at a Cowboys-Skins game....

Tony Romo's Christmas Card Allows For Endless Cheap Jokes
This is apparently Tony Romo's Christmas card, as sent to us by an anonymous tipster. Romo and Candice Crawford look so happy. Their kid Hawkins, on the other hand, seems to be struggling with the sandwich—hot dog?—forced in his face. Make your own punchlines....

Today In LOLJets
Today in LOLJets, the New York Jets attempt a fake punt. Here's how it went:...

Paralyzed Player Looks Upon Gravely Injured Player: Regrettable Angle?
Much of last night's ESPN coverage from the New Orleans Bowl matchup between Tulane and Louisiana-Lafayette focused on former Green Wave safety Devon Walker, who was paralyzed from the neck down after a helmet-to-helmet collision last year in a game against Tulsa. When Tulane cornerback Jordan Sulle...

High School Basketball Player Scores While Playing Defense
Although Eisenhower (Ill.) was on defense during Friday's game, one of its players still managed to get two points after he deflected an inbounds by a Tinley Park (Ill.) player up and into Tinley Park's own net....

Is This Colorado State Coach Calling The WSU QB A "Fucking Faggot"?
Man, it sure looks like it. It's tough to tell, of course, it could be any number of other insults prefaced with "fuck you, you fucking" but it looks like Colorado State's defensive line coach Greg Lupfer called Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday a "fucking faggot" at the Gildan New Mexic...

How To Make A Ragù, Which Has Nothing To Do With Jars
By now you're likely well aware that the word ragù—although perhaps most frequently encountered with its accent symbol flipped over, emblazoned across ten thousand jars of tomato products in your local supermarket—has its own non-commercial definition, other than "bad-tasting Italian-themed ketchup....

This Man City Own Goal Is Incredible
"How does that happen?!" This own goal from Man City's Vincent Kompany, seems like it should be impossible but, lucky for us, it was merely improbable....

Darnell Dockett: Unapologetic, Racist Dummy
Here's Darnell Dockett exercising his right to a speedy and public trial in the court of public opinion. And The verdict is in: unfunny and racist!...

LeBron James, In American Airlines Arena, With All The Power
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Pete Prisco's Ass
Please enjoy this collection of tweets from odious football columnist Pete Prisco, helpfully compiled by our good friend Arkansas Fred....
