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Jets And Bills Fans Greet The Season By Brawling In The Stands
Fans of the old AFC East rivals chose to renew their own rivalry in the upper reaches of MetLife Stadium on Sunday, and the rout was on around the 32-second mark, when the meathead in the black tanktop took a swipe at the (male? female?) Bills fan who appeared to be arguing with someone else....
Here's An Arkansas Fan Wearing A Bizarre Hog Costume Singing Her Own Razorbacks Version Of "United We Stand"
Look, things ain't great in Fayetteville. Their previous coach was run out of town after suffering an unfortunate mid-life crisis, the new interim coach just filed for bankruptcy, and they lost on Saturday despite being 30-point favorites....
Arkansas's Drop Out Of The Top 25 Is Second Only To Michigan's After The Appalachian State Debacle
Remember about 17 hours ago, when the Arkansas Razorbacks lost to 30-point underdog Louisiana-Monroe in Little Rock? SEC teams that lose to Sun Belt teams can expect to take a dip in the rankings, but this one is especially dramatic: Arkansas fell from eighth to nowhere in this week's version of the...
Lance Thomas May Have Bought Improper Jewelry While Starting For Duke's National Championship Team
In 2009, Lance Thomas, then a forward for Duke (now a New Orleans Hornet), bought $97,800 worth of jewelry at Rafaello & Co. in midtown Manhattan; he paid $30,000 upfront and the store expected him to pay off the remaining balance in 15 days. He did not, according to a lawsuit filed by the jeweler a...
30-Point Underdog Louisiana-Monroe Upsets Eighth-Ranked Arkansas On Ballsy Overtime Fourth Down Play
Sun Belt also-ran Louisiana-Monroe shocked the world by beating a depleted Arkansas 34-31 in overtime in Little Rock tonight....
Yet Another Player Carted Off As Arkansas DB Tevin Mitchel Victimized By Helmet-To-Helmet Collision
Tears, prayers, and hushed tones overtook yet another college football stadium today as a third major injury led to a player lying motionless on the turf in Little Rock. Razorbacks defensive back Tevin Mitchel, while attempting to tackle a Louisiana-Monroe opponent, made a direct helmet-to-helmet ...
Deadspin's Sign of the Apocalypse
It was with no small degree of concern that Deadspin noted the lack of a Sign of the Apocalypse in this week's Sports Illustrated. Until August, the magazine had been chronicling the demise of Western civilization via sports news of the weird at least as far back as 1993, when it noted that "David C...
Colorado School District Says Peyton Manning Is A Gang Sign
If you're a student in the Greeley-Evans (Colo.) School District and you want to wear your brand-new Peyton Manning jersey to school, you might be gang-curious, according to the people who run your schools....
Arkansas Interim Head Football Coach John L. Smith Files For Bankruptcy
Arkansas football coach John L. Smith, thrust into the interim role after Bobby Petrino's midlife crisis, is facing a crisis of his own after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in an Arkansas court today....
Why Grown Men Walk Around Wearing Football Jerseys
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season, except when the NFL decides to open the season on a Wednesday....
Tuesday Night Fights: Why Are These Two Women Fighting In The Street? A.J. Daulerio Cracks The Case.
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Two fat women fighting in the street." Tonight's commentator: A.J. Daulerio, editor of Gawker, former editor of Deadspin, LSD enthusiast....
Mike Tyson: Evander Holyfield's Barbecue Sauce Is Ear-Licking Good
A while back, Holyfield and Tyson began using twitter to spread the word about Holyfield's "Real Deal" BBQ sauce. It was all good-natured, Holyfield even said "Love ya, bro!" after mentioning how his BBQ sauce would make you want to chew on an ear. Oh yeah, Tyson, to refresh your memory, once bit E...
Brent Musburger Said Piss, And Kirk Herbstreit Couldn't Keep His Shit Together
On Saturday night, we all speculated about what Brent Musburger could have said that was bad enough that ABC felt the need to cut off the audio while he and Kirk Herbstreit pulled themselves together. Today, we have the unedited version: piss. He said "piss," instead of "pick." ...
Brent Musburger Bleeped By ESPN Censors After Saying Something Naughty
We're not sure exactly what Brent Musburger is saying here, because we're officially out of the business of reading lips. But his comments during tonight's Michigan-Alabama blowout were something that necessitated censors using the seven-second delay, and ones Musburger later remarked were "a Freu...
Deadspin's Sign Of The Apocalypse
Deadspin has long admired Sports Illustrated's weekly Sign of the Apocalypse, a cheeky chronicle of sports' wacky tapestry. But why stop at one sign per week? This civilization of ours has plenty of foibles to go around....
How To Barbecue Chicken Thighs: A Guide For People Who Aren't Assholes
So it's Labor Day weekend, the holiday that offers up togetherness and honoring American labor as flimsy pretexts for men across the land to stand next to fire, poking things. ...
Bristolmetrics: ESPN Loves Urban Meyer, And The Feeling Is Mutual
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
Tuesday Night Fights: Some Notes On Cabbie Violence, From An Atlantic City Jitney Driver
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Mass Fight TAXI Driver Punches Passenger." Tonight's commentator: Atlantic City's @JitneyGuy, who cruises the seaside resort with a motto of "You Drink, I Drive! For A...
We Have A New Favorite Tennis Player: Jack Sock
This morning, Harvey Araton of The New York Times introduced the world to a U.S. Open qualifier named Jack Sock. Here's a passage that apparently posed no problem for any copy editors:...
John Elway Has Become That Dude Playing Dollar Blackjack At The Golden Nugget
This is from Sunday, but it's so priceless we had to take a look at it. John Elway, perhaps the greatest quarterback in NFL history, stopped by the booth for a conversation with Terry Bradshaw during this weekend's 49ers-Broncos game in Denver—and he came dressed quite curiously. Maybe this is haut...