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The Broncos Will Sit Peyton Manning When They Need To Throw The Ball A Long Way
Broncos backup QB Brock Osweiler was getting loose on the sideline late in their loss to Atlanta. If Denver could make a defensive stand, they would have received a punt deep in their own territory with just seconds remaining. Enough left for a Hail Mary, but Hail Mary time isn't Peyton Manning time...
Who Is The Blurry Guy In This Photo, And Why Did Manny Ramirez Steal His Pants? The Long Baseball Life Of "The Machete"
After Roger Clemens's first start in the Atlantic League, the Associated Press sent across the wires a photo of him in the middle of his lumpy follow-through, pitching to an out-of-focus batter at the plate. The Hall of Famer, of course, had dropped in to pitch for the Sugar Land Skeeters; his oppon...
Arkansas Coach John L. Smith Will Not Tolerate You Not Smiling
A bad offseason for Arkansas football has turned into a bad regular season, but at least head coach John L. Smith is still willing to have a little fun with the press corps along the way. As you can see above, even in the midst of Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Smith still has retained his (somewhat terrify...
Stephen A. Smith Used To Wallpaper His Cubicle With Hate Mail
A tipster, who used to freelance for the Philadelphia Inquirer some years ago, sends us this tale:...
Malcolm Gladwell Turns Jerry Sandusky Into A Parable By Leaving Out Some Facts
This week's New Yorker brings a new retelling of the Jerry Sandusky story, this one from pop-think guru Malcolm Gladwell. In his usual this-thing-explains-that-thing mode, Gladwell cites case histories of two other prominent pedophiles, using those stories to explain how Penn State failed to act on ...
Here's An Unverified Story About Stephen A. Smith Being A Bad Tipper
The following is excerpted from a comment that was left in the discussion section of yesterday's story about Stephen A. Smith's first brush with The Onion:...
Atlanta 27, Denver 21: The Game In Two GIFs
The officiating in this game was an absolute disaster. Just brutal. It was as if Drew's column earlier today sprouted legs and was playing out on our televisions. There was a point where it really looked like things were going to boil over and shit was going to get out of hand. Shit did not get enti...
THIS GUY Is Back On Monday Night Football
If you watched any of ESPN's pre-game extravaganza you know that Jon Gruden is positively jacked up for this game. And why shouldn't he be? Peyton Manning is back on Monday Night Football! Woo! Yeah! Fist pumps all around....
Metta World Peace Wants The Lakers To Go 73-9 This Year
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Goals are important....
Speed Skating Coach Accused Of Verbal And Physical Abuse, "Inappropriate Sexual Behavior"
The accusations are leveled against Jae Su Chun, the head coach for U.S. short-track speed skating, and his assistant coaches Jun Hyung Yeo and Jimmy Jang. Fourteen skaters have filed a complaint against Chun and have boycotted training with the team and coaches for fear of further abuse, having do...
Your Belated Week Two NFL Open Thread
Whoops! Hope you didn't have any thoughts during the first, oh, 80 minutes football this weekend. Luckily the games are flying fast and furious, so everyone was probably too discombobulated to think of anything witty. Right? Yak here and we'll link back throughout the day. Here's the best gif ever, ...
How To Make A Salad That Doesn't Suck: A Guide For The Nutritionally Unvirtuous
Even the more willing salad-eaters among us tend to think of salad as the culinary equivalent of floss, i.e. as a depressing incarnation of grim, miserable healthfulness wagging a finger of admonishment from the most boring sector of the table. At family functions, you scoop some onto your plate wit...
Evgeni Malkin Sign With KHL Team Metallurg, Metallurg Best
Since American NHL leader troll Gary Bettman make with hockey lockout (remind you of Putin, da? Except fearless leader Putin like hockey, ho ho ho!), Evgeni Malkin sign with Metallurg. Metallurg play in Magnitorogorsk, hearty industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Malkin from Magnitorogorsk,...
The Time ESPN's Lynn Hoppes Debunked MediaTakeOut's Report That Lolo Jones Was Dating Ndamukong Suh
On Thursday, an exclusive came roaring across the front page of the internet: MediaTakeOut.com, long beloved and respected for its crack reporting and evocative headlining, had the exclusive. The full text of their Lolo Jones/Ndamukong Suh love story:...
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Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini Left Today's Game In An Ambulance [UPDATE: Flu-Like Symptoms]
Nebraska is still playing Arkansas State—they're up 35-13 in the fourth quarter at the moment—but their head coach, Bo Pelini, is not on the sidelines. Here's the AP report:...
"Horse Crap": Oddly Enough, The Amazon Reviews For The Freeh Report Are Mostly Pretty Negative
That is to say, as negative as possible, in every case: the Freeh Report has 44 reviews on Amazon right now, and they are all one star. I mean, that sort of makes sense—who goes on Amazon to give a positive review of the report stemming from an extrajudicial review process?—but on the heels of Franc...
Your College Football Open Thread
Early afternoon: Florida State might (but probably doesn't) have a game on its hands in Tallahassee with Wake Forest coming in. That's practically it until things get kind of hectic in the later afternoon, with Alabama probably crushing Arkansas and taking us into a very good slate of night games. M...
Franco Harris Injects Himself Into Penn State Board Of Trustees Meeting, Has Microphone Cut Off
A contentious Penn State board of trustees public meeting today turned farce as NFL Hall of Famer and PSU alum Franco Harris attempted to commandeer the microphone despite not having registered to be a speaker....
Drunk 9/11 Hippie Girl Speaks Out: "I Wanted To Make A Tribute"
On Tuesday, we brought you the tale of a Phillies superfan that one tipster dubbed "Drunk 9/11 Hippie Girl," a moniker based on (a) her presumed level of intoxication, (b) her unwavering patriotism, and (c) her obvious predilection for wearing headbands and bracelets and expressive body paint. After...