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Man Creates 80-Foot-Long Whip Apparently Good Only For Hurting Himself

Via Reddit, here is a comically long bullwhip. But thanks to physics, the whipper necessarily becomes the whippee....

Buddy Hield Ejected For Brutal Nutshot On DeMarcus Cousins

NOOO. Buddy, you can’t do that. It’ll earn you an ejection every time, and shared pain among many, many men....

Adele Falls Apart During George Michael Tribute, Curses, Makes Everyone Start Over Again

Adele, who opened tonight’s Grammy Awards, reappeared later to perform a memorial tribute to George Michael with a rendition of his “Fastlove.” It didn’t go so well, and we all learned the realities of live television. She was sorry, though!...

Smokey Robinson Is The Greatest American Songwriter

If you love American music, it’s more than likely that in 2016 your favorite songwriter either published a bestselling memoir, died, or won a long-shot Nobel prize. This means that you probably read a greater-than-average number of essays and considerations about songwriting itself, and about some o...

CU Bros Thrilled To Have Been Slapped By Washington's Malik Dime

I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that this story from BSN Denver is the most heartwarming sports story of 2017. Prepare to be charmed by the tale of the University of Colorado basketball fans who had a great time getting slapped by Washington forward Malik Dime....

Here Are The World Baseball Classic Rosters

A snowstorm is blanketing the Northeast, but baseball is oh so close. Pitchers and catchers start reporting next Tuesday, and this is a special spring: It’s almost time for the quadrennial World Baseball Classic....

SLU Basketball Team Abandoned As Bus Driver Goes Rogue And Makes A Run For It [Update]

The St. Louis University basketball team may have just unveiled a less scary mascot, but unfortunately, they still suck at basketball. The 8-16 Billikens lost a road game to St. Bonaventure tonight, and they were unable to immediately hightail it back to the midwest after the game, on account of the...

Enthused Announcer Nearly Passes Out From Excitement Calling D-II Buzzer-Beater

Have you ever counted your chickens? Before they hatched??? Repent....

Here’s our buddy Alan Siegel on “Homer’s Phobia,” a cultural milestone, a wonderful Simpsons episode in its own right, and one of the last where a celebrity voice made sense and wasn’t just stunt casting. [The Ringer]...

High School Sophomore LaMelo Ball Scored 92 Points In A Game

High school basketball player LaMelo Ball, last seen calling his shot from half court, scored 92 points tonight. Ball is the youngest brother of UCLA star Lonzo, and he’s currently a high school sophomore at Chino Hills HS (Ca). Chino Hills had a 60-game winning streak going until they lost on Sunda...

Steve Sarkisian Named As New Atlanta Falcons Offensive Coordinator

Steve Sarkisian will be the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator as the team attempts to move forward from its incredible Super Bowl loss and convince NFL fans that the team shouldn’t be excommunicated from the league....

DeMarcus Cousins Lost His Shit Again

On Saturday night, we all got to see the best version of DeMarcus Cousins. This is the version that, while still unable to prevent himself from screaming at the refs and picking up a technical, can singlehandedly down the Warriors with a 32-12-9. Last night, we got the bad version of Cousins....

Bruins Fire Claude Julien And Will Probably Regret It

The oldest trick in the book...the Tuesday morning news dump? The Bruins announced the firing of head coach Claude Julien shortly after sunrise, and while the move isn’t exactly unexpected (whether it’s wise is an entirely different question), the timing is suspect. Boston hasn’t played a game since...

Here Are Some People Hitting Golf Balls At A Ruined Pontiac Silverdome

The Pontiac Silverdome used to be the home of the Bad Boys, Barry Sanders, and Wrestlemania. Now it hosts ruin and some illegal Volkswagens. Here’s a video of some people who went there to hit golf balls, because reality television....

Report: High School Basketball Coach Appears To Have Six Players Living In His Cramped Apartment

Six New Jersey high school basketball players, all from Puerto Rico or Nigeria, appear to have been living with their coach, have complained about going hungry, and are the subjects of a Division of Child Protection and Permanency investigation, according to an NJ.com investigative report....

Tom Brady's Pick-Six, As Heard Around The World

So far the biggest moment of tonight’s Super Bowl was Tom Brady throwing a pick-six. For the purposes of critical and educational analysis, we allow you to listen to and discuss the play as it was called by announcers on Fox Deportes, BBC 1, PULS 4 (Austria), and Televisa (Mexico). Which broadcaster...

DeMarcus Cousins Was His Best Self And The Kings Took Down The Warriors

What should have been an easy win for the Warriors became an overtime upset, courtesy of DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings....

Bad Brains

UFC says its concussion protocol is better than the NFL’s, and they might need to prove it tonight after Marcel Fortuna knocked Anthony Hamilton out so severely that the latter struggled to rise for the official announcement....

Kirk Cousins Shoves Volunteer Official At Charity Flag Football Game [Update]

We’ve illustrated Kirk Cousins’s legendary competitiveness a few times, but the Washington QB may have taken it a bit far today at a charity flag football game when he got very angry and shoved a volunteer official....

"Steele Fucks My Mom!"

Brendan Steele is currently battling for the lead at this weekend’s Phoenix Open‎, and the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale is full of its usual cast of drunken characters....