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The Time Tim Donaghy Punched Out Joey Crawford
The Oregonian's John Canzano published the last of his five-part series on the state of NBA officiating last week, and he saved one of his juiciest anecdotes for last. ...
Carey Price Is Out For The Series
The Canadiens' chances of reaching their first Cup final since 1993 has suffered a major blow, after coach Michel Therrien announced that goalie Carey Price will miss at least the rest of the series with an injury suffered in a Game 1 collision with the Rangers' Chris Kreider. As you might expect, s...
Grown-Ass Men Fighting Over A Baseball Bat, In Extreme Slow Motion
Edwin Encarnación let a bat fly into the stands during the ninth inning Saturday in Texas, and some Rangers fans engaged in some epic and embarrassing struggle in an attempt to take home a very special souvenir. We slowed the footage down for your enjoyment of every participant's role in this true t...
Let's Watch Arsenal Fans Celebrate The FA Cup In Extreme Slow Motion
Arsenal took home its first trophy in nine years thanks to Aaron Ramsey drilling home an extra-time winner to put the Gunners past Hull City at Wembley. Victory seemed quite in doubt after Hull took an early 2-0 lead, so you can excuse these Arsenal fans for going quite batty in the moment....
David Price Loses Cow-Milking Contest
Friday night was apparently Dairy Night in Anaheim, so the stadium held a cow-milking contest before the Rays-Angels game. The two competitors: David Price and Luis Jimenez. Who would be the best milker?...
Jungle Bird Jumps Nationals Wall, Runs Bases, Gets Sacked By Security
Jungle Bird showed up at tonight's New York-Washington game from Nationals Park, where the activist ran onto the field and successfully ran the bases in the ninth inning before being sacked by security. ...
Guy Dressed As Superman Breaks Up Pathetic Fight At Cardinals Game
Two sad, possibly drunk guys just sort of lean on each other in the way that sad, possibly drunk guys tend to do when they start a fight that they don't necessarily want to finish, and the world cries out for a hero to stop this madness. In comes Superman, who defuses the situation, and pauses in fr...
The Lawyer Who Blocked Kevin Durant
Last week, Brice Plebani stopped by the Seat Pleasant Activity Center in Prince George's County, Md., to drop off a graduation invitation. ...
SE Missouri Redhawks Tweet Weird And NSFW Bathroom Picture
So, um, we're not really sure what happened here, but a few minutes ago the official Twitter account of Southeast Missouri athletics sent out the seemingly innocuous tweet above. Clicking on that link, however, did not bring one to the live results for today's track meet, but to a very weird picture...
Rice Lands QB By Sending Recruiting Letter To His Cat
Quarterback J.T. Granato committed to Rice yesterday, his decision perhaps helped by a letter from the Owls' offensive coordinator to his cat, Kitty:...
The Death Of A Cowboy
Sometimes you read a story and everything about it is in harmony—narrative, character, setting, emotion, and insight. Such is the case with Peter Richmond's 1990 tribute to Lane Frost. I'll get out of the way now and let you appreciate it for yourself:...
Matt Brown Got Violent This Weekend, And It Was Awesome
On Saturday night in Cincinnati, Ohio, Matt Brown and Erick Silva beat the hell out of each other for a while, and then things turned. In the end, it was Brown delivering and Silva absorbing a frightening thrashing, to the delight of nearly all, both his local fans in the arena and all those watchin...
Richard H. Lee Duffs An Easy Shot Not Once, But Twice
The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass was one to forget for poor Richard H. Lee, as he whiffed twice in a row during the Players Championship....
Eagles Fan Attends Draft, Passes Out Before Philly Even Picks
We issued a call for evidence after Dan Wetzel reported a Jets fan was passed out in the Radio City Music Hall bathroom. Turns out it's an Eagles fan. ...
Richard Sherman Says The NFL Wouldn't Have Banned Donald Sterling
Seahawks corner Richard Sherman—fresh off signing a four-year extension including $40 million guaranteed—sat down for an interview with Time in which he was asked how the NFL would react if faced with a situation like the one the NBA confronted with Donald Sterling. ...
Sidney Crosby Finally Scored. Will Rick Nash Before It's Too Late?
When Sidney Crosby scored early in the second period last night, his reaction was noteworthy. Here was the best player in the world celebrating a breakaway goal like someone who hadn't done this in the playoffs 40 previous times....
Eric LeGrand Will Speak At Rutgers's Commencement After All
Calling it a "miscommunication" (a pretty freaking big one, and one that apparently took 14 hours to clear up), Rutgers has announced that paralyzed former football player Eric LeGrand will indeed give a commencement speech....
Shovel Girl Is Doing Just Fine, You Guys
Yesterday, the world got to meet Shovel Girl, the star of the greatest eight minutes in YouTube history. But many were left wondering about Shovel Girl's well-being, due to the fact that she got hit in the head with a shovel. It looks like she's doing just fine....
Idiot Father Shakes His Baby Around While Diving To Catch A Home Run
In fairness to this dad, on the list of things that you should not do while holding a baby, "diving into a scrum on the stadium floor for a home run ball" trails other modern parenting pratfalls, like using a chainsaw, or being thrown into the sun. Still, this seems ill-considered. ...
Rutgers Asks Eric LeGrand To Speak At Commencement, Rescinds Invite
It's been just an awful 13 months for Rutgers, from the Mike Rice mess to the failed vetting of new coach Eddie Jordan and new AD Julie Hermann to Hermann's expressed wish that the local paper go out of business. In the grand scheme of things, offering Eric LeGrand the chance to deliver the commenc...