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Steelers email fans after Mason Rudolph attends Trump rally
Some Steelers fans were upset about quarterback Mason Rudolph's recent appearance at a Donald Trump rally, prompting a response from the team.,Rudolph, along with veteran safety Miles Killebrew and 1970s-era running back Rocky Bleier, presented the U.S. president with a Steelers No. 47 jersey during...

Francis Ngannou Is The Most Exciting Talent In MMA
Talent, to paraphrase a Justice of the Supreme Court’s aphorism on the topic of pornography, is something you know when you see. It leaps off the page and jumps through a TV screen or off a stage. It’s something felt; the wonder of truly special genuine talent should rock even the most jaded observ...

Rally Cat Now Has A Lawyer
It was all fun and games when a cat ran onto the field during a St. Louis Cardinals game earlier this month. An employee wrangled him, the cat bit him, and Yadier Molina hit a grand slam on the next pitch. Rally cat!...

The Dodgers’ Rally Granny is funny (“I tell everybody that I supplement my Social Security with pole dancing”) and she knows her own worth (“Can they put an image of me on there without my permission?” she asks of a t-shirt being sold with her picture on it). This Los Angeles Times profile of her is...

Arm Yourself Against The Mosquito, Your One True Enemy
It is a time of war. We are under attack, and every woman, man, and child must fend for themselves. They are coming for us, and there’s nothing we can do to stop them. We must fight until we can fight no more. I’m so tired I could cry. ...

BMX Legend Dave Mirra Dead At 41 Of Apparent Suicide
Dave Mirra, BMX biker and 24-time X-Games medalist, was found this afternoon dead in his truck of an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” in Greenville, North Carolina. He was 41 years old....
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"Unbelievable!" Wild Rallycross Finish Leaves Announcer Screaming [UPDATE]
Timmy Hansen overtook Mattias Ekström on the final corner to claim the checkered flag at today’s WorldRX of Sweden championship, and the finish was almost too much for the FIA announcing team to handle. “You have to excuse my screaming! He’s done it! Epic!” ...

Disabled Dachshund Named Anderson Pooper Runs In Weiner Dog Race
This is the sweetest goddamned thing. A Washington radio station holds an annual Wiener Dog rally and this year's race took place last Sunday. We don't know who won the race, but Anderson Pooper, chugging along in his little doggie wheelchair, has won our hearts. ...

The Dodgers' Rally Bear, Unmasked
Don't watch this video. Rally Bear takes off his bear head, and it's just a regular guy underneath. Magic isn't real....

The Ballad Of The Fake Dodgers Bear Mascot
The great thing about baseball is that even after 150 years, you can watch a game and see something you've never seen before. Last night was one of those games. The renegade fan dancing atop the Cardinals dugout may have been wearing a bear suit, but this was a unique instance of guerilla mascoting....

Rally Car Co-Driver Vomits Blood On Himself
New question on rally car application forms: Do you get carsick?...

Debris Kicked Up By Rally Car, Hits Man In Crotch
This dude observing Rally Estonia 2013 got hit in the nards with something as one of the rally cars took a turn. Whether it was gravel or something else that made him fall to the ground, it evidently hurt. Poor guy....

Rally Car Goes Speeding Off Course And Downs An Electrical Pole That Almost Killed A Spectator At The Rallye De France
Petter Solberg is the driver of the car you are watching speed through french wine country. As the video begins, you can see parts of the car racing through the brush, exit onto the street for a moment and continue on to more flora before coming to a sudden stop thanks to a power line tower. The t...

In Least-Professional Broadcast Ever, ESPN Announcers Mock Wrecked Rallycross Driver As He's Taken To Hospital
ESPN's live broadcast of the Global Rallycross event in Las Vegas Saturday night turned bizarre as the feed—being recorded for later tape-delayed broadcast—revealed a series of bizarre comments by announcers in the aftermath of a driver's devastating accident....

A List Of Every NHL Team Not Yet Linked To Shane Doan
As promised, a full and comprehensive list of every NHL team that hasn't surfaced as a potential landing spot for veteran free agent winger Shane Doan:...

This Is Not How A Rally Car Jump Is Supposed To Go
Finnish driver Toomas Heikkinen was involved in this practice crash at the X Games on Friday, in which he was trying to clear a 50-foot gap on the RallyCross course. He cleared about 45 feet of it....

The Cardinals Put The Rally Squirrel On Their World Series Rings
If being from St. Louis weren't already embarrassing, here's the rally squirrel, immortalized in gaudy jewels and precious metal. The rings, as noted in these consecutively written sentences were presented to the Cardinals yesterday and are meant to encapsulate the entire season....

Sweden Has Rednecks Who Drift Tractors On Rally Courses
This is presumably a Michelin promo video for this weekend's Rally Sweden WRC event in Värmland, but for whatever reason there's video interspersed of a side event which features people drifting their farm tractors. I've never seen this before, and I come from farm country where it snows a whole l...

Skip Schumaker's New Baseball Card Features The Rally Squirrel
Your morning roundup for Jan. 31, the day you got killed. Photo via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Not To Be Outdone, A.J. Pierzynski Would Like You To Know That The White Sox Occasionally Drink "Rally Beer" During Games
White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski, everyone's favorite bleached-blond gnat (and World Series broadcaster), apparently wanted to stick up for the Red Sox players, bullied by the owners and the Boston Globe. So he went on The Dan Patrick Show and told everyone the White Sox occasionally drink in the c...