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The Worst National Anthems Ever
These are the five we included in our poll on Sunday. As of this writing, Roseanne Barr's version is the "worst anthem" clubhouse leader by a substantial margin (she has nearly 50 percent of the vote, with Carl Lewis checking in at 28). Facebook users can vote here....
Tom Coughlin And Tom Brady Are Assholes, According To Pastry
Your morning roundup for Jan. 24, the day we could have learned the secrets of Goldman Sachs. Photo via Kyle M. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Billy Cundiff Rushed His Kick Because Of An Error On The Gillette Stadium Scoreboard
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Rob Gronkowski, To An ESPN Deportes Reporter, On His Emotions Last Night: "Yo Soy Fiesta"
Now, let's be clear: Rob Gronkowski is a party. He just had the best season ever for a tight end, and found time during it to laugh at a head injury and throw down with porn stars. So we commend him for giving the bilingual interview his best shot. But still....
Jack Edwards Is Live-Tweeting His Visit To The White House
Bruins announcer @RealJackEdwards, a real American who hates the Canadian monarchy or something, is visiting the White House and letting his Twitter followers in on his deranged thoughts ("Anyone wanna tangle with the US Navy?"). It's a treat....
Bill Belichick And Tom Brady Stank Their Way To The Super Bowl
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Steven Tyler's "Star-Spangled Banner" Was Terrible. But Was It The Worst Ever?
Aging rockers often struggle to hit high notes, but Steven Tyler's juxtaposition of screaming and a languid pace made his rendition of the National Anthem before the AFC Championship in New England especially difficult to listen to. (His liberal lack of adherence to the actual lyrics didn't help.)...
Don't Hire Bill Belichick: TV Network Heads Are Shockingly Stupid
The conventional wisdom is that Bill Belichick is the greatest football coach in the history of the world. On this point, conventional wisdom may be right. Who knows, or cares really, it's all so subjective. What is not subjective is that Bill Belichick is one of the greatest football coaches in th...
Mario Chalmers Just Found Out That He Has A 20-Month Old Daughter Named "Queen Elizabeth"
Congratulations to the Heat guard. If money's tight, he can always cut the $2000 he spends monthly on the most unnecessary bodyguard in the world. [Miami New Times]...
Today In Hilariously Misleading Headlines About NFL Playoff Bets Between Mayors
Wait. What? [CBS Boston]...
The Patriot Way Is Now A Load Of Shit
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....
Adidas Won't Re-Up Sponsorship Deal With Liverpool Because They're Losers
With a six-year, $18.5 million sponsorship deal coming to an end, everyone expected Liverpool to sign a new contract with Adidas, which has supplied the Reds since 1985. But Adidas was having none of it, claiming the numbers Liverpool asked for would be more in line with a club that has a few trophi...
Tim Tebow Played Injured. Get Used To It.
On a play early in the second half, Tebow was hit just after releasing a pass. He suffered torn rib cartilage, a bruised lung, and fluid buildup in his chest. It must have been excruciating—he had an MRI Monday after he couldn't sleep through the pain—but he showed no outward signs of being injured,...
Marshall Coach Tom Herrion Flops On Sideline To Draw A Foul, Helps Seal Win Over UCF
Marshall head coach Tom Herrion appeared to have survived "The Big One" toward the end of the second half against UCF on Saturday, when he was allegedly elbowed by Knights guard Isaiah Sykes and collapsed in pain. Repeatedly. And rather dramatically. ...
Man Agrees To Drink An Entire Bottle Of Tabasco If Tebow Loses To The Patriots, Pukes
Amateur cinematography aside, this is an oddly compelling watch. Textbook storytelling, actually. The tension slowly builds—A hero's quest, will he actually do it? I don't think he's going to do it—rising action—he's getting ready, he may actually do it— climax—oh my god he did it!—and then, denou...
Tim Tebow Losing Is Why We Love Sports
Your morning roundup for Jan. 15, the day we learned old drawings of space are actually pretty awesome. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Tom Brady's Punt Finally Brought Some Life To The Broncos Defense, If By Life You Mean Punches
Blame Von Miller for this dirty hit that is an unfortunate coda to his otherwise spectacular season. But quick kicks always tend to result in some kind of craziness; like turnovers, they put players outside their comfort zone. In this case, it was reason for Miller to go on an assault mission, th...
Your NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Open Thread: Denver Broncos At New England Patriots
The back end of our Saturday doubleheader begins now. Talk amongst yourselves down below....
A.J. Daulerio's Stirring 9/11 Column, And Other Roast Remainders
Over the past week or so, we've roasted our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, the English-language newsletter of a Hungarian tech company. Some people who knew A.J., and some who didn't know him at all, were kind enough to send in their own tributes to the ma...
Kwame Brown's Season Likely Over After He Hurt Himself Fouling Someone
An MRI revealed a torn muscle in his chest, so Brown needs surgery that could keep him sidelined for up to three months. The injury happened Tuesday night when he fouled Udonis Haslem. So goes the No. 1 draft pick's reinvention as an arguably useful defensive stopper. [Marin Independent Journal]...