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Somehow Josh Cribbs Woke Up And Walked Away From This Brutal Head-Crunching Hit

On a day the NFL celebrated the end of its most pressing controversy, its lingering one rose again to prominence as Browns returner Josh Cribbs took a brutal hit from Dannell Ellerbe at the end of a first quarter punt return and lay motionless on the turf during tonight's Cleveland-Baltimore game ...

Cheerleaders, Endless Chants, And Fan-Created Performance Art: Why Baseball Games In The Far East Feel Like College Football Games

On my flight to Busan, South Korea I sat next to an older Korean woman sporting a Detroit Tiger hat. It seemed serendipitous that I'd be seated next to a fellow Tigers fan on a vacation planned entirely around seeing baseball games. The issue, which was a big issue, was expressing this....

ESPN Spoils Its Own Demetrius Jackson Announcement (He's Going To Notre Dame), Then Pulls Spoiler Video [UPDATE]

Well, ESPN's Dave Telep had quite a scoop earlier today. A video by Telep was posted to ESPN about an hour ago that reported big time basketball recruit and point guard Demetrius Jackson was heading to Notre Dame. The video was titled "Telep: Jackson's Impact on Notre Dame." For folks following this...

Kellen Winslow asked for his release from the Patriots today. The team granted his request and honorably discharged him....

A's Pitcher Dallas Braden Goes A Little Crazypants At A Community Meeting In His Hometown

A public meeting was held in Stockton, Calif., last night in order to address the town's high crime rate. That's not something that would normally register on our radar, but when Dallas Braden decides to show up at that meeting with a baseball bat and berate the police chief until he gets himself k...

"The Referee Lockout Is Over! Let's Give Roger Goodell A Raise," Says Shill

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that this happened, but it's maddening, nonetheless. Shortly after the NFL referee lockout came to an end last night, Mike Florio posted this pile of crap on ProFootballTalk.com, in which he argues that Roger Goodell actually deserves our praise for how he handle...

The NFL's Replacement Referees Will Not Be Missed, But They Did Entertain Us

Here's a greatest hits compilation that surfaced on YouTube within minutes of the news that the NFL and its referees had come to agreement on a new labor deal. Seeing all these lowlights strung together in one sad clip after another does give an appreciation for the unprecedented levels of suckitu...

ESPN Personality Rob Parker Pissed Off Every Intelligent Baseball Fan On The Internet Today [UPDATE]

Do you know who Rob Parker is? You probably don't because there's really nothing special about Rob Parker. He currently exists as a member of ESPN's stable of chuckleheads who are periodically rotated into duty on First Take, where their main job is to sit there and let Skip Bayless do his thing....

Bob Backlund Is An Insane Person: More Wrestler Run-Ins

Inspired by the saga of "Wrestling Superstar Virgil," we continue with readers' encounters with the titans of the squared circle. If you've had your own run-in with pro wrestlers past or present, e-mail us, subject line "Virgilbag."...

Which MLB Pundit Makes The Worst Predictions? Grading ESPN And <em>Sports Illustrated</em>

Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com, which just launched its fancy new site....

Hoax Website Fools Reporters Into Thinking Ben Roethlisberger Broke His Legs In A Car Accident

What you see above was the story that went screaming out on something called the Global Associated News early this morning. That the item appeared on a web page with a warning at the bottom that says "THIS STORY IS 100% FAKE" didn't stop people on Facebook and Twitter from believing it:...

The NFL Told Broadcasters To Go Easy On The Scab Refs

Hoo boy. Notice how every broadcaster has come down so hard on the replacement refs? But it only really seemed to start in Week 2? This is not a coincidence....

Tonight's Yankees Broadcast Was Temporarily Invaded By A Mysterious "Fucking"

The top of the fifth inning of tonight's Yankees-Twins bout in Minneapolis was extra-spicy for Yankee fans viewing on WWOR (or on MLB Network's simulcast) as a voice seemed to interrupt Jayson Nix's at bat to talk about "play-in games" and someone or something being "fucking hot."...

Science! Proves That Hawk Harrelson Is More Biased Than Every Other AL Broadcaster Combined

Today is probably a good day for the other sports to drop bad news. Maybe announce some NCAA sanctions, or failed steroid tests. Everything non-scabby is completely under the radar, so it would have been lucky timing for the White Sox broadcasting team to be selected as far and away the biggest home...

Packers Lineman Josh Sitton Is More Upset With Pete Carroll And Golden Tate Than He Is The Replacement Officials

Green Bay Packers guard Josh Sitton, whose angry postgame tweets made him an Internet superstar (and quadrupled his follower count overnight), appeared on The Jim Rome Show today and remarked that while replacement officials "have no idea what they're doing" and stated he'd go on strike if it was ...

Idiots In The Ring Try To Wrestle On WWE Raw, End Up In Dark Match With Arena Security

Two weeks after Jerry Lawler's on-air heart attack led to a breakdown of kayfabe on WWE Raw, unscripted events again found their way to air as two idiots broke the barricades in Albany and headed onto the mat during a match between Ryback and the Miz....

College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Georgia Tech)?

Our weekly college football shame index. ...

Jason Campbell Played For Three Teams Yesterday

Reader Jay sent in this headshot goof by Express, a D.C. newspaper. Yesterday, Jason Campbell ran for 78 yards and a touchdown for the Redskins. He also caught nine passes for 178 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals. What a dual threat! The Bears—who actually have Campbell—did not play him at all...

Greg Schiano Doesn't Care About Myron Lewis's Balls

About halfway through the fourth quarter of yesterday's Buccaneers-Cowboys game, Buccaneers cornerback Myron Lewis committed an unnecessary roughness penalty while his team was attempting to return a punt. In the video above, you can see him get tangled up with the Cowboys' Lequan Lewis (#23) befo...

The Cowboys Outlasted The Bucs And The Game Tape Goes In The Garbage, In Two Gifs

Don't forget this—the moment when a scab ref in a likelihood ruined a touchdown for the Cowboys....