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Don't Tweet Menacing Things To Airlines, Like This Girl
Messing with companies on Twitter is fun, unless it involves sending an airline an ominous tweet that implies a future hijacking. That route of trolling is really, really dumb....
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NBA Suspends Mavericks' PA Announcer For Tweets Blasting Refs [Update]
Dallas Mavericks public-address announcer Sean Heath has been suspended for two games by the NBA, according to ESPN Dallas. His crime: a series of tweets criticizing the officiating in a controversial game against the Warriors last week....

Colin Kaepernick, Two Other NFLers Investigated In "Suspicious Incident"
According to Miami police, San Francisco 49ers players Colin Kaepernick and Quinton Patton and Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette are being investigated in connection with what is being called a "suspicious incident" that occurred in Miami earlier this month. [Update: the full incident report can be...

Sad Man United Score Great Goal, Then Get Pounded In Champions League
So...the gig's up. Manchester United, who have played like absolute dog shit all season long, almost definitely won't play in the Champions League next season. After drawing defending CL champions FC Bayern last week in the first leg of their quarterfinal, they needed to avoid a loss in Germany to a...

The Braves Set The American Flag On Fire At Their Home Opener
The Braves really fucked up, you guys. During yesterday's home opener against the Mets, they set off a fireworks display way, way too close to the American flag. You are not supposed to put flames that close to the American flag, Braves!...

UMass Guard Derrick Gordon Comes Out As Gay
Derrick Gordon, a sophomore starter on the UMass men's basketball team, has announced that he is gay. ...

Your Field Guide To WrestleMania XXX
WrestleMania is the kind of thing you can really only discuss in superlatives: it's the biggest, the loudest, the most-hyped, the most outrageous, the most ridiculous, and the most fun. Yes, pro wrestling is a totally unique performance art, one of the last direct links to an old, weird America, etc...

Missouri Basketball Player Reportedly Arrested Twice In One Day
Zach Price had a pretty bad Thursday....

Coolest Guy Ever Arrested For Doing Donuts At Churchill Downs
A Kentucky man was arrested Monday after he did some sweet-ass donuts in his Ford Mustang on the infield of Churchill Downs....

Richard Sherman Speaks The Truth On DeSean Jackson
Richard Sherman has written another post for The MMQB, and this time he is wading into the mess of stupid that has bubbled up around DeSean Jackson's release from the Eagles and alleged gang ties. It's the smartest thing that's been written about the situation yet....

Steph Curry Did Something Ridiculous Last Night
Steph Curry does ridiculous things all the time, but it feels like it's been a while since we've had vintage Curry highlight to drool over. So click play on the video above, and get to drooling....

The Lone Avenger: <em>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</em>, Reviewed
When Marvel pooled its superhero talent for 2012's The Avengers, the rationale was obvious: If Iron Man or Thor or the Incredible Hulk could top the box office solo, just think how massive a summer blockbuster with all of them would be. And although the result was indeed a mega-hit—it's the all-time...

Dirk Nowitzki Gives Conan O'Brien A "Texas Citizenship Test"
Conan O'Brien is taping his show in Dallas this week, and last night he invited Dirk Nowitzki onto the show to test just how much of a Texan Conan really is. It's a pretty funny bit, but mostly it's just a reminder that Dirk is awesome and that the NBA will be a much worse and humorless place when ...

The Brilliant Dirty Tricks Behind <em>Esquire</em>'s Famous Ted Williams Profile
Below you'll find Alex Belth's fun story about the making of Richard Ben Cramer's famous Esquire profile, "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" We shared this over earlier today, but I wanted to draw your attention to one section in particular. It's about Cramer's efforts to restore 1,500 words t...

Arizona Bro Takes So Many Pepper Balls To Chest Before Being Restrained
Police were called in to contain rowdy Arizona students after the Wildcats lost to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight last night, but all the beanbag shots pepper balls in the world couldn't take one dude down. (For a little while, anyway.)...

Ray Rice Got Married; Brandon Spikes Wants Someone To Choke Him Out
Ray Rice was married Friday to Janay Palmer, the same woman he allegedly knocked unconscious in an Atlantic City casino. One day before the wedding, the knockout earned him an indictment on third-degree aggravated assault charges....

Two Former Players Have DeSean Jackson's Back
The NFL story of the day is the release of WR DeSean Jackson almost immediately after the release of a report that the Eagles were concerned about his association with alleged Crips gang members. Two former players have weighed in, and both are of the mind that Jackson is being unfairly smeared for ...

Best Ever: The Making Of "What Do You Think Of Ted Williams Now?"
This piece originally appeared in the eighth issue of The Classical Magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. ...

Sweet 16 Games At Madison Square Garden Are An Enormous Ripoff
This year, the NCAA tournament's East regional is holding Sweet 16 games at The World's Most Famous Home Of Bad Basketball Teams, historic(ish) Madison Square Garden. The price for one of the good seats? On average, $1,100. And that isn't even getting into the floor seats. ...
