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The Patriots Annoyed John Harbaugh By Having Fun With Eligible Receivers
The Patriots needed creativity to beat the Ravens last night. Julian Edelman showed he could throw a deep ball better than Tom Brady on a trick-play touchdown bomb to Danny Amendola, but New England also ran a few plays that mixed up eligible receivers. Those formations were totally legal, but Balti...
Francesco Totti Scores With Flying Kung Fu Kick, Celebrates With Selfie
Somehow, it's not really a shock to see the 38-year-old Francesco Totti still scoring goals in his 23rd season with Roma with outrageous bits of athleticism like the goal below. What is surprising is that the old man actually knows what a selfie is....
Trevor Booker Scores Volleyball Pass Shot With 0.2 Seconds Remaining
Here's an excerpt from the NBA rule book: ...
Tommy Craggs Wants You To Be As Miserable As He Is
I've had the privilege of sitting next to Craggs for five years now (and working alongside him at ESPN The Mag for a year before that, though I don't think he once bothered to say hello or introduce himself—this generation's I.F. Stone wouldn't deign to pretend he was doing anything more than slummi...
Tommy Craggs Is A Herb-Ass Goober Who Rides Citi Bikes Around Town
This is a true story....
What's The Deal With This Shifty Ohio State Fan?
I find myself hypnotized by this seemingly innocuous crowd shot from last night's Sugar Bowl, in which the lady at the center of the frame silently comes to some sort of world-shattering realization. What's going on in this lady's head?!...
Baylor Defensive End Shawn Oakman Is An Enormous Man
While watching yesterday's Cotton Bowl, many of us learned that Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman is a gigantic person who does not look real. This screengrab might benefit Oakman a bit, but he is still listed at 6-foot-9, 280 pounds. He is a big dude....
Ohio State Beats Alabama And The College Football Final Is Set
Ohio State and Urban Meyer exorcised some demons tonight. ...
Michigan State Scores Last 21 Points In Wild Cotton Bowl Win Over Baylor
What an insane game this was. Baylor and Michigan State went back and forth, battling to a quick 14-14 tie in the first quarter before the Bears' offense exploded to a 41-21 lead by the end of the third. The Baylor run included this bananas touchdown by a 390-pound player:...
Blocked Field Goal Results In Kicker Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Somehow, he got back up from this. But never be a kicker. This play has taken what was a Cotton Bowl blowout and left Michigan State with a chance to win....
<i>Black Messiah </i>Transcends The Cult Of D'Angelo, But Just Barely
In light of all the hoopla surrounding the surprise mid-December release 0f D’Angelo’s long-gestating new album, Black Messiah, it’s a little strange that despite all the rhapsodic praise that quickly followed—it’s classic, it’s revolutionary, it’s a miracle, etc.—curious agnostics can’t seem to g...
What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?
Consider this the crotch-clenching companion piece to our annual look at American insertion: a collection of the worst penis-related mishaps to befall our great nation last year....
Jim Harbaugh's Getting <i>Paid</i> At Michigan
After weeks of pretending this wasn't inevitable, Jim Harbaugh was officially introduced as Michigan's new head coach. Your friends who root for the Wolverines are probably the happiest they've been in years. Even Harbaugh attempted a human smile!...
Kirk Cousins: If RGIII's The Starter, I Want Out
With so many crap teams hitting the reset button today, you may have briefly forgotten about Washington, the kings of dysfunction. Well, here's your reminder: they're still a mess, and they're content to come back with the same coach and GM. But it seems they're going to need to clear out at least o...
Hey, Newspaper, That's The Wrong Harbaugh
Whoever put together this morning's Detroit Free Press front page forgot the Golden Harbaugh Rule: John is the normal-looking one, and Jim is the one who always looks like a goddamn angry dragon. ...
Reports: Jim Harbaugh Will Be Named New Michigan Head Coach
After weeks of speculation and reports from curious sources, Fox Sports's Bruce Feldman is now reporting that Jim Harbaugh will be introduced as the new Michigan Wolverines head coach on Tuesday....
For Some Reason Jim Harbaugh Was On <i>Saved By The Bell</i>
Jim Harbaugh is looking for a new job. Dustin Diamond is out here getting into bar fights on Christmas Eve. In better times, they were on Saved By The Bell* together teaching the students of Bayside High School about heroism....
The Cardinals' Starting QB Will Be Ah Who Cares
This whole thing may be purely academic; the Cardinals are zeroing in on a road wild-card game, and Drew Stanton will probably be back by then. But, for the NFL completists out there: the third-stringer appears to have regained the inside track from the fourth-stringer for a likely-meaningless Week ...