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Pete Holmes Does Extremely Awkward Interview With Lolo Jones
Comedian Pete Holmes has found a bit of a niche on his comedy show: he's really good at conducting painfully awkward interviews with famous athletes. ...
Martin St. Louis Honored For 1,000 NHL Games, Scores Goal, Falls Down
Tampa Bay is honoring winger Martin St. Louis tonight on his achievement of playing in 1,000 NHL games (set last week in Los Angeles), and the Lightning captain made it an even more special night for fans by scoring his ninth goal of the season in the first period. Then he celebrated so hard he fel...
The Time This Kid Realized He Was Waving A Turkey Leg
The waving of the turkey leg — sure, cute, but we've all been there. Having only two hands can feel so limiting, so of course, you're watching Okie State piss-pound Baylor back into the MaybeNextYear.com Bowl, and everyone else starts some kind of en masse arm swing, and what option do you have but ...
Coaches: High School And Its 20-Year-Old Star "Stole" D.C. Hoops Title
Long after the credits should have rolled in the soap opera that was Junior Etou's high school basketball career, we have a plot twist....
Cowboys Player Celebrates Win By Smearing Fake Blood All Over His Face
This is what Cowboys defensive tackle Jason Hatcher looked like right after his team's 24-21 victory over the Giants. That's fake blood all over his face, because Jason Hatcher likes to celebrate victories like a totally normal person, obviously....
The Giants' Season, In One Vine
Goofy turnover turns into a touchdown; an old man is furious. ...
Tavon Austin Scores Cool Touchdown, Moose Calls Him "Tavon Martin"
Cool pitch and half-reverse play here to spring Tavon Austin for a score. Daryl Johnston got his young black males mixed up, though, and called Austin "Tavon Martin"—because, well, you know—before quickly correcting himself. As unfortunate slips go, this isn't the worst, but I'm sure Moose would ra...
Skip Bayless Is Making Up Shit About The NFL And JFK's Assassination
We all remember where we were and what we were doing when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Skip Bayless, as is his habit, even remembers things that seemingly didn't actually happen. The First Take embrace debate train rolled through Dealey Plaza on Friday and argued over whether the NFL should ha...
LeBron James Airballed A Layup
Sure, Dwyane Wade dunked like he hasn't in years, and LeBron hit the game winner, but that isn't so uncommon. LeBron airballing a layup, though? Weird! And just delightful. ...
Auburn Fans Are Already Lining Up For Next Week's Iron Bowl
The annual Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama is next week and these folks decided to use vacation time to drive their homes to a field and have themselves a nice little week-long staycation at the alma mater....
Marc Gasol Keeps The Grizzlies Regular
Here's a fun blurb from Memphis's daily, the Commercial Appeal, attributing a humorous malapoopism to Tony Allen. Marc Gasol has a Grade 2 sprain of his MCL in his left knee and is out indefinitely. This is problematic for the Grizzlies and worse for the Appeal....
Coach Ejected And Suspended For Title Game After Late Hit On His Player
Ensworth (TN) was up 21-12 with two seconds to go in its state semifinal matchup against Brentwood Academy when Brentwood's Derek Barnett—committed to play at Tennessee next year—hit an Ensworth player well out of bounds. It was a clearly cheap and late hit and tempers flared. The referees ended th...
Navy Almost Lost Last Night Because They Scored Too Many Touchdowns
Navy's Keenan Reynolds set an NCAA record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback last night by finding the end zone seven times. Midshipmen coach Ken Niumatalolo would have preferred Reynolds stopped at three, because his fourth allowed a San Jose State comeback that forced Navy to win in triple o...
But Seriously, What Was Southampton's Keeper Doing On This Goal?
Southampton keeper Artur Boruc received a pass in the 22nd minute against Arsenal today. Unable to pick up the ball, he then attempted to, like, dribble Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud or something, for some reason. It didn't work....
Jeff Van Gundy Sits Down During Live Shot; Mark Jackson Mocks Him
Jeff Van Gundy got off to a rough start last night and didn't even make it to the tip of Warriors-Lakers before stepping in it. Mike Breen and Van Gundy were standing for a pre-game shot and hadn't even introduced the starting lineups when Van Gundy just casually starts to sit down. He slowly leav...
