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America's Top Sailing Team Capsizes, Destroys Their $10 Million Boat
Oracle Team USA, America's premier sailing team and one that's bankrolled by billionaire Larry Ellison, is the odds-on favorite to win the America's Cup title next September, but the crew hit a little snag Tuesday when their souped-up, super-expensive AC72 boat capsized in San Francisco Bay during...

Doc Emrick Will Be Calling Figure Skating During The NHL Lockout
Hockey's preeminent voice is just another dude adversely affected by the NHL lockout. As our friends at Awful Announcing noticed, NBC announced today that Mike "Doc" Emrick will be the play-by-play voice for the network's figure skating coverage, which will air for the next six weekends, when the re...

Trying To Do A Cannonball Into A Frozen Swimming Pool Is Not A Good Idea
That didn't stop this guy in Germany from giving it his best shot. "Fuck the fucking cold," he said, just before taking the, uh, plunge. The cold won....

Bristolmetrics: Stuart Scott Asks <i>SportsCenter</i>'s Single Dumbest Question Of 2012
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....

How The Hell Did The Seahawks Build An Elite Defense?
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Patrick Willis Doesn't Want To Hear Criticism From "Whoever This Matt Millen Guy Is"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: He's just some dude....

Eric Decker's Fiancée Wants Everyone To Know That Eric Decker Has A Big Dick
During last night's Broncos-Chargers game, Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker tripped on his own feet after catching a pass that should have led to an easy touchdown. As you can see below, it was embarrassing:...

Someone Stole A New York Giants Player's 1996 Chevy Caprice
While the Giants were in San Francisco to face the 49ers, burglars broke into the team's parking lot back in East Rutherford, N.J. where the players' cars were parked. The burglars broke into multiple vehicles and stole one....

Russell Wilson Has Great Character. Is He A Great Quarterback?
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The Many, Many Tweets Referring To Alex Rodriguez As "Fag," "Pussy," And "Gay-Rod"
Alex Rodriguez is both straight and male, but you wouldn't know it from the insults lobbed his way on Twitter over the past few days. Here are a few hundred examples....

Cranky Columnist Writes Anti-Stats Column That Reads Like Parody Of Anti-Stats Columns
Chaz Scoggins has been around. The longtime Lowell Sun writer has served as the Red Sox's official scorer for 34 years. He's been a SABR member for nearly as long. He even served as president of the BBWAA. But his hidden talent appears to be master satirist. How else to explain his weekend column, w...

Seahawks DB Richard Sherman Intercepts Tom Brady, Snickers At Him With "U Mad Bro?" Picture On Twitter After The Game
Predictably, the actual tweets have since been deleted, but Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman tweeted the picture above after the Seahawks 24-23 comeback win over the Patriots Sunday evening. Sherman, it seems, is a bit of a chatter and was in Brady's ear all day, especially so after intercepting...

<em>Friday Night Lights</em> Creator Tells Mitt Romney To Stop Using His Slogan
The internet loves a few things more than the regular population does. Chief among them are animated GIFs, pornography, and scripted NBC shows. But the internet does not love Mitt Romney. So when Romney co-opted the motivational cry of Friday Night Lights's Dillon Panthers, the internet smelled cyni...

Alex Rodriguez Benched For Game 5: Where Do The Yankees Go From Here?
What a world. It's three hours before first pitch, and everyone with an internet connection is aware of the Yankees' lineup for tonight's Game 5 against Baltimore....

Weep For The Millionaire College Football Coaches Who Can't Sell Their Million-Dollar Homes
Being a Division I college football coach is hard. You get paid millions of dollars, you get to bully your post-adolescent free labor into doing whatever you want them to do, and you get painted as a demigod by football-obsessed towns and campuses. It's a tough gig....

How NHL Interference Forced One Of The Game's Best Reporters Out Of Hockey
Rich Hammond covered the Kings for the Los Angeles Daily News for nearly a decade, becoming known as one of the most respected writers in the sport—even in a town with Helene Elliott. But hockey being hockey, and dying newspapers being dying newspapers, the Daily News decided it was no longer cost-e...

Justin Bieber Fan Defaces Rick Rypien Memorial In Vancouver, Faces Wrath Of Hockey Fans
The American Civil War was fought over slavery and states' rights. The Canadian Civil War will naturally be fought between supporters' of the country's two pastimes: hockey and Justin Bieber....

A Brawl In The Stands At A Canadian Lingerie Football League Game Involved A Shirtless Guy AND A Guy In A Gronk Jersey
What is there to do in moderate-sized cities in Canada's western provinces when there is no NHL hockey? (Remember, there is no NHL hockey. There is a lockout, as there has been for nearly a month now. The lockout will not end soon, because both sides are more concerned with rapping about ice surfa...

The Child Porn Case Against Minnesota State Head Football Coach Todd Hoffner Is Falling Apart
In August, when the details of the child porn allegations against Minnesota State head football coach Todd Hoffner first emerged, they seemed particularly disturbing: Hoffner, 46, allegedly had videos on his school-issued phone of his own three children, all under the age of 10, dancing naked and to...

Mark Cuban Twists Deron Williams's Words To Make Williams Seem Unhappy With The Nets
On Monday, Deron Williams told reporters that he decided to stay with the Nets instead of signing with the Mavericks due to the absence of Mavs owner Mark Cuban (who was filming an episode of Shark Tank at the time) at the free-agency pitch. Today, Cuban fired back at Williams, but chose to call Wi...