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The Spoof Indy Super Bowl Shuffle Video That Will Scare You Off Indianapolis Forever
Congratulations, Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association. Super Bowl or no, you have guaranteed that I will never intentionally visit your city. I will never spend a dime outside your airport. I will work to prevent everyone I know from having anything to do with Indianapolis. This I prom...
The Birdman Is Sticking Up For Animals Because No One Else Will
If this is your thing, Chris "Birdman" Andersen has loaned his defiled corpus to PETA for their "Ink Not Mink" anti-fur campaign. Today, per the Denver Post, he'll be handing out donated fur coats to the homeless for winter. Something tells me J.R. Smith wants one....
New Accuser Sues Jerry Sandusky, Claiming Over 100 Incidents Of Sex Abuse
Yet another alleged Jerry Sandusky victim has come forward. The man is not one of the eight alleged victims in the grand jury presentment that led to Sandusky's arrest. He's a new one. And he's suing Sandusky, Penn State, and The Second Mile charity in Philadelphia court. ...
It Took All Of 16 Seconds For Sean Avery To Get Into A Fight With The Penguins
Calling it a "fight" is a bit misleading—the participants were only assessed two minute roughing minors—but the efficiency by which it was commenced is worth noting, especially since Sean Avery didn't appear to actually start this fight with the Penguins' Tyler Kennedy. (He took a more active part...
Penn State's Student Newspaper Has Put Its Sex Column On Hold
Called "Mounting Nittany," it typically ran with headlines like "Let's talk sex, hugs, and handjobs." The column last ran on Nov. 3, two days before Jerry Sandusky turned himself in. Its author decided it would "not be 'respectful to those who have been affected by sexual assault' to write the colu...
Adam Morrison Is Coming Home From Serbia, Where He Was Playing Basketball, Apparently
For today's edition of Former College Hoops Sweathearts: Where Are They Now?, we're checking in with former Gonzaga star and former No. 3 overall pick Adam Morrison. Again....
Jerry Sandusky Has Hired A Private Investigator So He Can Get To The Bottom Of These Claims
Sarah Ganim of the Patriot-News reports that alleged child rapist Jerry Sandusky has hired his own private investigator to look into claims of child sex abuse against him. If you're keeping track, there are now something like five investigations underway: Penn State's internal investigation, the NCA...
Penn State May Have Broken Federal Law By Trying To Cover Up What It Knew About Jerry Sandusky
The Clery Act requires universities to disclose criminal acts and, under certain circumstances, to issue a warning for particular threats. Starting today, the U.S. Department of Education is thus looking into whether Penn State's actions violated federal law. Also, per the New York Times, as many a...
Cincinnati's Jerome Simpson Proves That Flopping Is Not Just For Soccer
Your morning roundup for Nov. 28, the day we learned what really happened to the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries marriage. Video via The Big Lead. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Well, this will be a game. Sort of. Discuss in the comments....
How Do You Get People To Not Hate You?: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Your 4:00 p.m. games start now. Get into it with each other down below....
Hovering Right Around .500: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Hey! There's more football today, and not that sissy amateur stuff, either. Playoff races are taking shape and/or heating up. Let's chat about it, inside. ...
Your Saturday Night College Football Open Thread
Rivalry week is almost over, but we've still got a couple good ones left, so join us inside and type away down below. ...
Your Afternoon College Football Games Open Thread
Rivalry week continues, so feel free to use this space to spiritedly defend your alma mater....
High School Football Coach's Wife Changed Grades For Over 40 Of Her Husband's Players
Well, "Say What, High School Football Coaches?" rolls on, this time with the Significant Other Edition. Sara Glashagel, the wife of Antioch Community High School's football coach, Brian Glashagel, took it upon herself to change the grades of over 60 students, 41 of them football players. Glashagel,...
Your Early College Football Games Open Thread
It seems like there has been a college football game on every day this week and today is no different. Here's your spot to talk about it all....
Your Arkansas-LSU Open Thread
Hey, remember that big ol' stink about The Game Of The Century a couple weeks ago? Well, don't look now, but #1 LSU is playing #3 Arkansas today. Probably The Game Of The Week, or at least The Game Of Friday....
Your 49ers-Ravens Open Thread
Finally, you guys: The great Harbaugh showdown of 2011 is on. This will be just like the touch football game you played with your family earlier today, only close to 70,000 people will be in the stands and it'll be on national television. Otherwise, it's very, very similar....
Your Dolphins-Cowboys Open Thread
This is definitely the downer out of today's three NFL games—but if you're a good American, then you're in a food coma by now, so just keep drinking and everything will go by in an easy blur....
Your Packers-Lions Open Thread
The last time the Detroit Lions won one of their Thanksgiving Day games was in 2003, when the Internet was slower and Nickelback might have been slightly more popular than they are now (those two things are related, I'm sure). Detroit has lost seven straight Turkey Day games by an average margin of ...