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Steve Phillips And Brooke Hundley: A Romance Told Through Filthy Sexts
You can head over here and read the long version of the affair between then-ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips and then-ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley. Or you can get a pretty good idea of their very brief romance by reading their text messages. As the full story points out, this was a m...

The Mostly Sexless Sex Scandal That Shook ESPN
A few hours after the 2009 Home Run Derby, Steve Phillips bought Brooke Hundley a drink. They were at the bar of St. Louis's Millenium Hotel, a block from Busch Stadium, where more than a dozen ESPN staffers had gathered after wrapping up another day's work during MLB's extended All-Star weekend. Hu...

Guy Runs Over Kid Trying To Get Game-Tying Grand Slam In Seattle
So, there's a pretty bonkers game going on in the Pacific Northwest. The Mariners and White Sox were in a scoreless tie for 13 innings before Alex Rios broke the tie with a little single to left-center. Chicago added four more runs and, mercifully, it looked like the game was over....

Goalie Scores Own Goal With Huge Assist From Mother Nature
Most of the more common own goals you'll see are the result of miscommunication or some freak bounce that happens too quickly for the goalie to react. Not so in this recent match from Italy's Serie D. ...

This Is Absolutely Disgusting
This is a woman (we think) applying sunscreen directly to her lips. ...

Tony Randazzo Ejected Mike Aviles From A Game That Was Already Over
When we profiled umpire Tony Randazzo last year, we noted he had an "aggressive attitude." That aggression was on display tonight in New York, as the ump blew a call with two outs in the ninth inning, tossed Mike Aviles from the game after it was already over, then taunted Indians skipper Terry Fra...

Triple-A Manager Just Plops Himself Down In Infield After Ejection
The minor-league manager ejection is one of the national pastime's favorite pastimes. And yet, there's something so wrong about most of them....

Messed-Up Mugshots & Dead Jermaine Dupri: May In Local News Blunders
We Regret The Error is our monthly look at local news mistakes and the subsequent boilerplate apologies. Spy a blunder on your local news? Let us know....

Cleveland Browns Greg Little And Joe Haden Hang With Charles Ramsey
That's wide receiver Greg Little and cornerback Joe Haden of the Cleveland Browns hanging out with the man who became a national sensation and Cleveland hero when he helped deliver Amanda Berry and two others from over a decade of captivity. ...

Top Recruit Says Coach Promised Him A Meeting With Michael Jackson
Da'Shawn Hand is the No. 1 ranked high school football player in the country, and he recently sat down with CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman to talk about what life as the prize of the Division I recruiting circuit has been like. It sounds like he's been meeting some pretty dumb people....

Domonic Brown Is Your New Favorite Slugger
If you haven't been paying attention to what Phillies left fielder Domonic Brown has been doing this season, now is the time to start. In the first inning of yesterday's game against the Brewers, Brown hit the absolute bejesus out of a Mike Fiers pitch, depositing the ball into the second deck in ri...

This German Keeper's Own Goal Against USA Is The Worst Own Goal
This is promising German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, and holy shit....

Roy Hibbert Had A Bizarre Post-Game Press Conference
In one press conference Roy Hibbert dropped a "no homo" and called reporters "motherfuckers."...

Pirates Broadcaster On The Pirates' Hot Streak: "This Is Kinky!"
The Pittsburgh Pirates, you guys! They've been spanking their fans for years, but now they've won 19 games in May. They haven't lost a series since May 5. Last night they won 1-0 for the fourth time in 11 games. And cuddly color man Steve Blass is just tickled by it all....


This Time, The Egg Avoided Jim Knox's Face
Let's recount our Jim Knox greatest hits:...

Bill Simmons Thinks Memphis Fans Get Tense Because MLK Was Shot There
For many years now, Bill Simmons has positioned himself as a kind of ULTRA fan. He's not simply the voice of the fan anymore. He is more fan than you. He understands fandom in a way that you could not possibly understand. He understands that when fans get loud, things are going well! And when fans ...

Let's Listen To Joey Votto Scream "Fuck!" Over And Over Again
Joey Votto was struck out by Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning of yesterday's Indians-Reds game. He was not happy about that, as evidenced by this torrent of fucks. Enjoy all the fucks....
