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Big Ol' Goofy Dog Is Just So Damn Bad At Catching Treats
This is Nana the dog. Nana the dog is not very good at catching treats, but that doesn't mean that she is not a good doggie. Clearly, she's a great doggie....

Paul Pierce Got What He Asked For, And LeBron Went Off
Before last night's Game 4 between the Nets and Heat, Paul Pierce announced that he would be guarding LeBron James. It was an inspired bit of gamesmanship from the wily veteran. The likely idea was to get LeBron thinking about all those Celtics teams that stifled him in the playoffs—I'm an old dog, ...

What Sport Is This?
[Paul Pierce looks particularly zombie-like as he tries to prevent LeBron James from getting the easy bucket during Game 3 of Heat-Nets Saturday night. The scene doesn't appear to be from the sport of basketball, though. Photo by Julie Jacobson/AP]...

Adorable Puppies Invade Soccer Pitch; Dickhead Player Intervenes
Everyone who isn't a giant dickhead knows that there are few things in this world that are more enjoyable than watching doggies run around on a soccer pitch. So when three adorable doggies decided to interrupt a Bolivian soccer match, it should have been a joyous occasion for all. Too bad one of the...

Paul Pierce And Kevin Garnett Couldn't Stop Gushing About Toronto Fans
The real star of the thrilling first-round series between the Nets and Raptors turned out to be Toronto itself. The success-starved sports town brought its A-game, even as Brooklyn prevailed in seven, to the point where the Nets' biggest stars had nothing but love for the opposing fans....

Raptors' Final Shot At Series Win Denied By Paul Pierce
The Raptors were doing everything right in the final minutes of Game 7. They were quickly scoring and fouling right after. With a sloppy inbounds pass, Terrence Ross was smart enough to bounce the ball off of the Nets' Paul Pierce before he went out of bounds, giving Toronto a chance to win their fi...

Softball Glove-Stealing Pit Bull Is The Second-Best Sports Dog
Lookit the dog! What a happy dog. He really wants that glove. No wait, there's a better glove over there. Take that glove and run! Run free in the grass! Play with the people! They are all your best friends....

How To Make Fish Tacos, Perfection Now And Forever
Hell no, I don't need to persuade you to make fish tacos. Pfft. No way. It's spring; the sun is shining in a blue sky; birds were singing outside your open window when you awoke this morning, because you left your window open overnight, because that is what you do in springtime, because you are n...

Adorable Little Dog Turns Demonic At The Mention Of Barcelona Players
The Real Madrid-FC Barcelona rivalry is one of the greatest in sports, and almost everyone in the world picks a side when the two clubs meet. I know this is the part where I'm supposed to speak some sappy bullshit about how this rivalry seeps through all the way to the Animal Kingdom, and use that a...

Hank The Dog Got A Hank House
Hank the dog has been having a swell time acting as the Milwaukee Brewers' unofficial mascot, but there's something he's been missing: a place to lay his little Hank head at night. Hank no longer has to worry about that, though, because the Brewers gave him a Hank House....

Paul Pierce Is Still The Truth When He Needs To Be
I went to the Barclays Center last month and watched the Brooklyn Nets kick the crap out of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Paul Pierce played 19 minutes in that game, going 5-of-6 from three-point range and scoring all of his 22 points in the first half, which he spent leisurely jogging between the arcs, ...

Penguins Fan Says He Was Booted For Pierre McGuire Sign
Penguins superfan Cy Clark alleges he was kicked out of yesterday's game because of his sign of Pierre McGuire's noggin, with "REGIS" stamped on the forehead. (McGuire's real first name is Regis. Now you know!) Others say there's more to the story....

<em>The Daily Show</em> Takes Down The NCAA
With the NCAA tournament at a close, and the recent decision allowing Northwestern football players to vote on forming a union, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show decided to tackle an issue near and dear to our hearts. Never has the exploitation of teenagers been funnier. ...

Shabazz Napier On Winning: "This Is What Happens When You Ban Us"
Shabazz Napier had some parting shots for the NCAA following his MVP-esque performance in defeat of the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA Championship. Before his interview with Jim Nantz even began, Napier asked for everyone's attention and introduced the "Hungry Huskies" and told the world how pisse...

Shirtless Idiot Crashes Pirates' Pierogi Race
During the Great Pierogi Race between innings of last night's Cubs-Pirates game at PNC Park, one fan hopped the fence and took off in hot pursuit of those savory, anthropomorphic dumplings. High-stepping across the outfield, shedding clothes as he went, he tried to escape over a low wall in right. H...

Behold, The "Ya Jeets" License Plate
This was inevitable. As soon as that Derek Jeter groupie gossip that we desperately want to believe hit the internet, we all knew some proud Yankees fan was going to get this license plate....

Georgia Grocery Store Terrorized By Giant Nightmare Bulldog
This picture comes to us from an Athens, Ga., resident who was just trying to get some grocery shopping done when he was confronted by this helldog in his local Kroger. ...

Hank The Dog Gets A Hero's Welcome In Milwaukee
Hank the dog stays winning like no dog before him. Over the weekend, Hank arrived at his new permanent home in Milwaukee, and he was welcomed in style....

I Can't Stop Watching This Dog Run Around In A Football Costume
We're a little late to this, but man, is that one cute football-playing dog. Look at those tiny arms! We really have been watching it for a while....

The Brewers Are Bringing Hank The Dog To Milwaukee
It's a big day for Hank the dog, the stray who became an unofficial mascot of the Milwaukee Brewers when he wandered into the team's spring training facility in Arizona. The Brewers have decided that Hank, because he is such a good doggie, will be spending the baseball season in Milwaukee with the ...