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The Texans And Browns May Or May Not Be Interested In Colin Kaepernick, Depending Who You Believe
The Super Bowl was just three weeks ago but the NFL offseason is already in full swing. Thus far we’ve seen combine dong, Hard Knocks rumors, and the Ryan boys styling out. The draft is in two months, and teams are steady evaluating who can fill spots of need. One of those spots that could be empty:...
ESPN Halftime Show Issues Lead To Angry Rece Davis: "That's Not Acceptable!"
ESPN’s halftime show during today’s North Carolina-Virginia game didn’t go off very smoothly, as revealed by off-air footage we’ve acquired. An issue with highlight footage led to host Rece Davis angrily stating to the production team “Hey guys? That’s not acceptable! It’s not acceptable, OK!?”...
NFL Network Screwup Catches Analysts Mocking Prospect
NFL Network inadvertently aired its analysts’ off-air commentary on a quarterback prospect at the NFL combine, mocking both his singing and throwing ability while declaring him “the next former Browns quarterback.”...
Chicago ABC Station Apologizes For Using McDonald's Restaurant Graphic In Story On Laquan McDonald
Chicago ABC station WLS issued an on-air apology last night after using a McDonald’s restaurant over-the-shoulder graphic to illustrate a story on Laquan McDonald, the 17-year-old killed by police in 2014:...
How SB Nation Published Their Daniel Holtzclaw Story
Last week, Vox Media’s SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a 12,000-word profile of a 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer who this winter was tried for raping 13 black women while on duty; convicted on 18 of 36 charges of rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and burgla...
Dexter Fowler's Agent Rips Into The Orioles And The Baseball Media
Dexter Fowler re-signed with the Chicago Cubs on a one-year deal, with a mutual option for a second, earlier today. That was a bit surprising, because just two days ago it was widely reported that he’d agreed to a three-year deal with the Baltimore Orioles. ...
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Women's Lacrosse Player Repeatedly Bashes Her Opponent In The Head With Her Stick [Update]
An Oregon Ducks women’s lacrosse player was caught on video smacking her opponent in the head with her stick three separate times during the team’s game against Detroit Mercy on Feb. 21....
Of All The Dumb Things Ever Written About Analytics, This Might Be The Dumbest
We don’t really bother to cover the Basketball Analytics wars anymore, because what’s the point? “Analytics” is simply a numbers-based way of understanding what is happening on the court, whether those numbers are expressed as points or RAPM. It is self-evident that teams should use every tool avail...
Jameis Winston Doesn't Have Much To Say About Those Sexual Assault Allegations
Are you ready for the Jameis Winston rehabilitation tour? Winston did his part in getting it started by putting together a decent rookie campaign—nobody cares about cleaning up a crappy player’s image—and now it’s up to the ever-deferential NFL media to tell us all about What Jameis Winston Learned,...
Referee Gets Fed Up, Walks Off In Middle Of Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund Match
Referee Felix Zwayer took his officiating crew off the pitch after Bayer Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt earned an ejection but refused to leave during today’s match against Dortmund....
WatchESPN Shows 10 Minutes Of This Guy Standing Around In A Studio Instead Of Warriors—Clippers
Maybe you booted up WatchESPN last night to catch the Warriors beat the Clippers. Maybe you wanted to watch Golden State try to win without a center, or Chris Paul yip at people. Instead, you got this....
"Chinaman" Is Not The Preferred Nomenclature
We’ve been over this before, dude....
They Just Heard Trump Was Talking About 9/11
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<i>Kansas City Star</i> Baseball Writer Publishes Same Column He Wrote A Year Ago [UPDATE]
Just what the hell is this?...
Dan Fouts Made A Dumb CTE Joke About Boomer Esiason
Pretty much everybody missed this because nobody listens to the radio anymore, especially for the Super Bowl. But in the second quarter of the game Sunday, Westwood One analyst Dan Fouts made a stupid joke about Boomer Esiason having CTE when the former Bengals QB forgot in which game Peyton Manning...
Cleveland Radio Dummy Cries Censorship
When the Buffalo Bills made Kathryn Smith a full-time coach in January, Cleveland sports radio host Kevin Kiley did not like the hiring. “She couldn’t possibly be qualified to the same level that a man could be qualified to do that,” Kiley said on his Jan. 21 show on 92.3 The Fan. Thursday night, Ki...
Dancing Kentucky Fan Picks Up Girl, Drops Her Down The Stairs
This old dude right here is apparently known as “Boogieman,” and is a fixture at Kentucky basketball games. Someone please tell Boogieman that he is far too old to just go around scooping people up:...
Browns Deny Report That They Covered For Drunk Johnny Manziel By Putting Him In Concussion Protocol
Quarterback Johnny Manziel missed the Browns’ final game of the season after the team reported that he was in the concussion protocol. NFL reporter Mike Silver emphatically claimed today that Manziel was actually in the protocol because he showed up drunk to practice on Dec. 30—and that the Browns l...
Affidavit: Johnny Manziel Restrained, Beat, And Threatened To Kill Colleen Crowley
As part of her request for a protective order against Johnny Manziel, Colleen Crowley outlined in an affidavit what she said happened the night Manziel is accused of beating her up. In the document, Crowley describes a horrific night in which Manziel keeps her from leaving his hotel room, later thro...
Gary Kubiak Was Actually The Third Person To Win The Super Bowl Coaching The Same Team He Played For
At least twice during the Super Bowl broadcast, Jim Nantz relayed an interesting fact to the audience: With Denver’s win, head coach Gary Kubiak—who backed up John Elway for nine seasons—became the first person to ever win the Super Bowl as a head coach for the same team he played for....