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Torii Hunter Says Homosexuality Is "Not Right" (Then Claims He Was Misquoted)
On Saturday, Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times wrote a column about the obstacles that a potentially gay athlete still faces in today's locker room culture. Included in the piece is the following quote from Detroit Tigers center fielder Torii Hunter:...
The Sun Bowl Officiating Crew Botched A Missed Field Goal Call And It Had To Be Overturned On Replay
The Sun Bowl is scoreless midway through the first quarter, though if it were up to the bowl's Big Ten officiating crew, it would be a bit different. That's because they attempted to call a field goal attempt by USC's Andre Heidari good, even though it was obvious to viewers and everybody in the s...
ESPN Suddenly Remembers That Jay Glazer's Name Is Not "Sources"
Well, look what we have here. That's Fox Sports' Jay Glazer getting credited—with his actual name this time—on SportsCenter for first reporting that the Browns had fired head coach Pat Shurmur. This is somewhat of a big deal, as it comes on the heels of yesterday's Twitter kerfuffle between Glazer ...
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Dancing, Yawning, And Picking Our Noses Into The Sunset: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATE]
We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from every last person in the league—coaches, players, mascots—breaking out that one dance move they've been saving up all year, to a referee in New Orleans thinking he could pick his nose because no one was watching. We'll update the post as the late...
Here's The Bitchy Sign An LSU Strength And Conditioning Coach Used To Embarrass Motivate His Players
This photograph (via @SEC_Logo) of a sign posted in the LSU training room. It reads:...
The Year In ESPN Being Dumb
The Worldwide Leader once again dominated the sports scene in 2012, though not always for the reasons they'd prefer. In a year of Tebowmania and Linsanity, it was often the machinations inside Bristol that made for the most interesting news. Join us, won't you, as we look back on our favorite ESPN ...
Everything You Need To Know About New Browns Quarterback Thad "The Champ" Lewis
Per Mary Kay Cabot, Browns head coach until Monday Pat Shurmur announced today that third-string quarterback Thad Lewis would start against the Steelers in Week 17, as Brandon Weeden and Colt McCoy are terrible "dealing with injuries." Lewis will be the Browns' 18th starting quarterback since 1999,...
ESPN's Lomas Brown Says He Didn't Send All Those Insulting Tweets Sent By Lomas Brown
He's just shocked—shocked!—at what happened the other day, at least now that someone's finally noticed it. Brown's response here only prompts additional questions: Does someone else do his tweeting for him? (If so, this person is awfully prolific.) Does Brown ordinarily approve every tweet before th...
ESPN's Lomas Brown Spent His Christmas Insulting People On Twitter
Former Lions lineman Lomas Brown has been getting a ton of shit from people since admitting the other day he once deliberately allowed quarterback Scott Mitchell to get injured during a game. Though we never realized it until the Mitchell story got out, Brown is an ESPN analyst. But then we looked i...
ESPN Article Analogizes Soccer Team To A Teenage Virgin And A Libidinous Rod Stewart
At first, there doesn't seem to be anything all that special about this article on ESPN's Soccernet. It's not much more than a standard game recap, until you get to this part:...
"Buster Olney U So Full A Shit": The Year In Great, Terrible, And Deeply Weird Tweets From The World Of Sports
2012 offered many windows into the athlete soul, but none were larger or more revealing than the unfiltered weirdness that came from their screwy social media presences. Here are our favorites, from Cardale Jones delicately explaining that he wasn't recruited to Ohio State for his academic prowess, ...
Daryl Johnston Is Wearing This Right Now
Top five weirdest things about that thing Daryl Johston is wearing, on his body:...
Kansas State Guard Angel Rodriguez's "Puerto Rican Temper" To Blame For His Third Foul, According To ESPN Announcer
The last time we wrote about Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez, he was facing chants of "Where's Your Green Card" from a brain-dead Southern Miss band. Sadly, the Wildcats' backcourt star can't escape comments about his ethnic background, as ESPN announcer Mitch Holthus made note of Rodriguez's "...
Yahoo's Hockey Scribes Have Finally Cracked Under The Strain Of The NHL Lockout
The NHL lockout is a man-made catastrophe with many victims. Montreal poutine vendors, Boston bar-puke moppers and Vancouver glaziers all stand to take a bath this year without the NHL stimulating the local eat/drink/smash economies. Even a third-rate alleged professional league such as the NHL keep...
ESPN Suspends Rob Parker For A Month
After taking a week to think about it, ESPN has hit Rob Parker with a 30-day suspension for his "brother or cornball brother?" comments. Also, ESPN is promising "enhanced editorial oversight" over the show, which means ... well, I'm not sure what. In a statement, Marcia Keegan, vice president of pro...
Ugh. Colin Cowherd Is (Statistically) The Best Pundit Of 2012.
Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com....
The Miami Heat Minority Owner Who Sued Google Because Of This Derpy Photo Is A Dick
The mug you see there belongs to Raanan Katz, minority owner of the Miami Heat, former Israeli basketball player, and real estate developer in Sunny Isles, Fla. He's into silly faces and frivolous lawsuits, and somehow he just got a court in Florida to walk all over the First Amendment....
Other Than The Part Where <em>Lincoln</em> Made You Horny About Roger Goodell, How Was The Movie, Peter King?
Peter King sat through eight hours of Wikipedia on film and reports back: ...
Russian Soccer Fans Claim To Be Non-Racists In Letter That Is Totally Racist
Zenit St. Petersburg, one of the most successful teams in the Russian Premier League, recently signed two players of mixed ethnicity. Hulk, a forward from Brazil and Axel Witsel, a midfielder from Belgium, are the two darkest skinned players on the team. Landscrona, a fan club of the team, released...
Report: London Fletcher's Family Involved In Altercation With Cleveland Fans, Aunt Suffers Heart Attack
Following the Redskins' 38-21 win over the Browns in Cleveland, several members of London Fletcher's family were reportedly involved in an altercation with Browns fans that resulted in three arrests and one hospitalization. Fletcher is a Cleveland native and this was the first NFL game he played in...