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Faster Is Better For The Suddenly Excellent Matt Stafford
Matthew Stafford is in his eighth season in the NFL. He’s lost Calvin Johnson to retirement, and thanks to injuries he’s currently without his top three running backs and his top two tight ends. Yet Stafford is having the best season of his career, a potentially MVP-caliber year, and it’s being trea...
Dude, Jason Kipnis, Are You Sure You Can Play On Your Sprained Ankle?
Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis sprained his ankle celebrating the Indians winning the pennant, but he says he should be good to play tonight in Game 1 of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs....
Kyle Schwarber Is On The Cubs' World Series Roster
Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber hasn’t seen major-league game action since tearing two knee ligaments during the second game of the season. He was finally cleared to return to the field last week, and on Saturday he joined the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. Schwarber got six at-bats in two g...
Brock Osweiler Was Historically Bad Tonight<em></em>
Here is a neat, one-play summary of how Brock Osweiler’s return to Denver went....
Jim Harbaugh Just Can’t Let Anything Go<em></em>
Jim Harbaugh’s thirst for COMPETITION and WINNING is perhaps only matched by his enthusiasm for good ole milk. The latest, and perhaps silliest, example of Harbaugh’s unceasing intensity came this afternoon at his weekly press conference....
We're Simulating Texans-Broncos In <i>Tecmo Super Bowl III</i>
TEXANS. BRONCOS. TECMO SUPER BOWL III ON SUPER NINTENDO. We’re taking our simulation to the next level, LIVE: ...
Chicago Cubs Are National League Champions<em></em>
The Cubs just needed to win a game. And so they did, shutting out the Dodgers 5-0 Saturday night to earn a trip to the World Series for the first time since 1945. That was so long ago (how long ago was it?!) that this marks their first ever NLCS win as the World War II-era pennant was a simple matt...
I'd Watch Javier Baez Read A Book
I watched most of Game 5 of the NLCS in a noisy bar, but it wasn’t the same experience I usually have while watching a game in public. Instead of glancing at the screen every now and then just to check the score while drinking and chatting, I found myself much more concerned with what was happening ...
Trevor Bauer Considered Cauterizing His Gross Finger With A Soldering Iron
Trevor Bauer kicked off Halloween early last night when his disgusting diced up finger burst and dripped blood everywhere. He made it two outs into his start before he got yanked. According to a rather amusing (if not medically terrifying) report from Yahoo’s Jeff Passan, it could have been much wor...
Trevor Bauer Exits Game 3 After His Finger Liquefies On The Mound<em></em>
Trevor Bauer tried to pitch in Game 3 of the ALCS this evening despite a fucked up finger. He made it 21 pitches and two outs into the game before the dam burst and he started bleeding everywhere. His hand looks like art from “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.”...
Trevor Bauer's Sliced Up Pinkie Is Extremely Gross
Trevor Bauer got his pinkie all Ginsu-ed up last week while he was fixing his drone, which caused him to miss his scheduled Game 2 start. He showed off his disgusting finger today before Game 3 of the ALCS, and it looks like a zombie bite. ...
Baseball Genius Javier Baez Turns Soft Line Drive Into Two Outs
Javier Baez’s incredible heads-up baseball has been the biggest storyline of the Cubs’ narratively overwrought postseason. And with his team trailing 1-0 in Game 2 on Sunday night, he made a brilliant snap decision to bail them out of a two-on, one-out jam....
Cubs Take 3-0 Lead On Javier Báez Steal Of Home
The Cubs continued rolling tonight in Game 1 of the NLCS as Javier Báez drove in Jason Heyward with a double and then stole home in a less-than-graceful manner. It’s 3-0, and it’s still the third inning....
Baylor Homecoming Parade Float Sweeps Things Under The Rug
The past six months at Baylor have seen an independent investigation reveal the university’s repeated flaws in responding to sexual assault accusations against its football players, leading to the firing of head football coach Art Briles and the resignation of Chancellor Ken Starr....
Trevor Bauer's ALCS Start Pushed Back After He Hurt His Hand Fixing A Drone<em></em>
Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer had been scheduled to pitch in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Blue Jays, but his start has been pushed back to Game 3 after he injured his hand, reportedly messing with a drone....
The Broncos Were So Bad Tonight
The Denver Broncos’ best offensive play of the night didn’t count....
Even-Year Bullshit Is Dead
The San Francisco Giants’ success in even years has run its course, and we can all breathe easy that there is in fact no higher power devoted to San Francisco baseball....
Javy Baez Only Makes Spectacular Plays
The Giants finally remembered how to play offense and hit the baseball tonight, but Cubs second baseman Javy Baez is doing everything he can to shut them down. Baez only plays baseball at one million miles per hour, and he attacks approaching grounders like Jim Harbaugh attacks glasses of milk. ...
Big Boy Jim Harbaugh Enjoys Huge Glass Of Milk With Large Steak<em></em>
“Would you like a drink to pair with your hunk of steak?” “Yes, can I see your two percent list?”...
