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Bear Grylls's Producer Got A Horrific Snake Bite (NSFW)
Professional adventure stager Bear Grylls tweeted this photo earlier today: "our man vs wild producer suffering from a brutal snake bite - fighting the injury with courage." You really don't want to see the rest of this photo. It is not worth your lunch. Just don't click after the jump, and you don'...

Don Cherry Was First To Let A Female Reporter In An NHL Locker Room
It sounds crazy in light of his most recent outburst, but according to an open letter from Robin Herman, Don Cherry was the first coach in the NHL to let a female reporter in the locker room. ...

Dutch Striker Misses Wide-Open Goal From Point-Blank Range
There's got to be a point where one gets so close to the goal that it becomes physically impossible to miss. Nicoletta den Ridder was not that close. ...

Pitcher Throws At Batter Who Requests Timeout
That's Bryan Bullington pitching for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan. Bryan Bullington is not about to suffer fools like Ryota Arai who call timeout when he's already started his wind up. ...

NBC Covers Famous Gay Athletes, Confuses Billy Beane For Billy Bean
Wait, that's what Moneyball was about?...

"And That's The Cubs? My Fuckin' Ass!": Lee Elia's Famous Rant Is 30
On April 29, 1983, the Cubs lost by a run to the Dodgers at Wrigley Field, dropping them to 5-14, last place in the National League East. Afterward, a reporter asked Cubs manager Lee Elia a question about fan support. Elia responded with an unrivaled fusillade of profanities....

Tony Parker And Bruce Bowen Share A Similar Respect For Jason Collins
Well, at least the PR person who runs both of their Twitter accounts respects Jason Collins....

Here's Everything ESPN Covered Before Mentioning Jason Collins
The sports world blew up at a little after 11 a.m. this morning when Sports Illustrated posted its Jason Collins coming-out story. News takes a while to travel up to Bristol, apparently. How did ESPN cover it?...


Henry Rodriguez Nearly Beaned Himself With A Wild Pitch
Henry Rodriguez had some minor control issues. Also physics. Control and physics issues....

Jets Release Tim Tebow
Our long National Football League nightmare is over. The Jets have done the inevitable and released Tim Tebow into the wild. When you love something, you have to let it go....

Dwight Howard Gets Ejected And Kobe Bryant Returns To A Hero's Welcome
Dwight Howard was ejected in the third quarter of Game 4 against the Spurs after he received his second technical foul. The shorthanded Lakers were already getting manhandled with Howard actually in the lineup so this game, and series, is over....

Gronk Update: Evidence Surfaces Of Potential Cookie Theft
Gronk continues living the dream. ...

Tim Duncan Is The Greatest
Please accept my sincerest apologies for only now seeing this amazing GIF of Tim Duncan from Friday night. It is simply beautiful. There is a regular speed and a slow motion version for maximum Duncan trolling....

Memphis Radio Hosts Play Terrible Basketball Game Against "The Ribs"
Chris Vernon and Gary Parrish are radio hosts in Memphis. The Memphis Grizzlies provide halftime entertainment that includes a group of geographically-significant-food costumes called "The Ribs." Chris Vernon and Gary Parrish played The Ribs in a game of basketball at halftime of the Grizzlies 104-8...

Rob Gronkowski Drinking Bud Light Platinum?
Of course Rob Gronkowski drinking Bud Light Platinum. ...

Don Cherry Thinks Women Don't Belong In Male Locker Rooms
Don Cherry, quite possibly the single greatest example of an empty suit, went off on a sexist tangent tonight where he told viewers he thought women should not be allowed in a men's locker room. ...

Messi Back To Scoring Ridiculous Goals, Bringing Ray Hudson To Orgasm
While Barcelona fell short of seizing La Liga today—they needed a win, and only got a draw, at Atletico Bilbao—it's hard to argue any viewer didn't get their money's worth when Lionel Messi danced amongst defenders in a demonstration of ball control that reminds anyone who might have forgotten that...

"I'm Coming To Kill You": OKC Ball Boy Not Happy With Westbrook Injury
When Russell Westbrook went down earlier this week with a potentially season-ending knee injury, basketball fans everywhere sighed loudly. Crazy, stupid and crazy-stupid people shouted at Patrick Beverley, the man who ran into Russell Westbrook's knee during the second quarter of Game 2 between the ...

Volleyball Player Takes Spike To The Face
You'll want to keep an eye on the sprightly player in blue, wearing number nine. Gotta love the "we'll get 'em next time, face" reaction, though....