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Infographic: How Should I Feel About The Latest Sports Scandal?
You can't pick up a magazine or turn on the radio these days without hearing about a new scandal in the world of sports. This player's career was a front for a massive interstate drug smuggling operation; that league's games were fixed for the benefit of gamblers; players and owners from that other ...
Sammy Sosa Is A Terrifying Vampire
We haven't seen much of Sammy Sosa ever since he created the greatest Pinterest page in history. From the looks of this picture, he has returned to feast on all of our souls....
Coach K Has No Comment On Gucci Mane's Sex Life
Yesterday, rapper Gucci Mane went on a barely decipherable Twitter rant in which he dished dirt on women in the music industry with whom he has allegedly had sex. One tweet in particular caught our eye:...
Guy Takes Picture, May Have Weirded Out Woman Next To Him
This man so brazenly leans over to take a picture during the Rangers-Mariners game tonight that it is either an optical illusion, and he's actually snapping a picture of something other than the attractive woman next to him, or he is snapping a picture of the attractive woman next to him and just ...
Reports: Lamar Odom Is Addicted To Crack (Or Oxycontin And Ambien)
Depending on which report you read, Lamar Odom is either addicted to crack or oxycontin and Ambien. Odom, who is married (for now) to a Kardashian, was reportedly in rehab for one or all of these addictions last August and left after three weeks. He was clean for the 2012-2013 season....
Here's Alfonso Soriano Celebrating A Home Run He Didn't Hit
This looks like a home run celebration—you always save the bat-toss-transitional-slow-trot-skip for home runs—but it is not a home run celebration....
This Photo Of Cronut Customers Buying Breakfast In Line Is Very Sad
Reader Tara sends this along:...
Alfonso Soriano Is A Breath Of Fresh Air
In two nights, Alfonso Soriano has four home runs and 13 RBI. In those same nights, the Yankees have demolished the Angels 14-7 and 11-3. He's played 17 games for the Yankees this season and has seven home runs. It is 2013 and Yankee Stadium is chanting "Soriano" like it's 2003. ...
Messi, Beckham, Pelé Sign For An English Club You've Never Heard Of
This is so dumb....
Yes, Sidney Crosby Should Get To Skip The DMV Line
Sidney Crosby renewed his driver's license at the DMV this week. Unlike all of the rest of us, he didn't have to wait, thanks to Pennsylvania state policy. GET ANGRY (or don't because this policy actually makes sense)....
Bryce Harper Sparks Dumb Baseball Beef, Dumber Twitter Spat
Bryce Harper stared at a homer for a little too long for the Braves' liking tonight. This got him plunked, and allowed the people running the teams' Twitter accounts to further cheapen the meaning of beef....
Here Is A Crow Moving A Ball At The Women's British Open
A crow interrupted the final round of the Women's British Open on Sunday to move a ball, apparently so minor a thing that it did not even rate a mention from the announcers....
In Lieu Of UFC Highlights, Embarrassing Videos Of A UFC Executive VP
The UFC, a leading mixed martial arts promotion, has an exciting pay-per-view card scheduled tonight, on which fighters will surely demonstrate beautiful artistry and competitive spirit. We would like to show you brief clips or .gifs of the exciting action, which would perhaps encourage you to buy f...
The Yankees Are The Worst Right-Handed Hitting Team Ever
Originally published on Baseball Prospectus...
Alfonso Soriano Is A Yankee Again
The Yankees, who can't hit for shit, have officially acquired Alfonso Soriano from the Cubs. Soriano is old and streaky, and will therefore hit cleanup for New York tonight....
NBA Ref Finds Love On JDate, Has Times Square Billboard To Prove It
JDate.com is a dating website which matches single Jewish people with other single Jewish people. But is it a place to find true love? It is according to this billboard in Times Square, which features NBA referee Marat Kogut and his lovely wife Mariana. If you see Marat at an NBA game this year, be ...
NBC's Fake <em>USA Today</em> Pages Actually Text From The <em>Chicago Sun-Times</em>
You may have noticed NBC running these stupid, horribly-Photoshopped USA Today pages on their sports broadcasts recently. The mockups were inane enough before we realized the text was plagiarized from a Chicago Sun-Times article about this year's Notre Dame-Michigan football game....
Does The Majority Party Have An Advantage In Congressional Ballgame?
Tonight, Congress will once again take part in its annual baseball game, an ultra-American tradition that dates back to 1909. The Democrats, led by Louisiana Ace Cedric Richmond, have won the last four, but Republicans have a new weapon in freshman Rep. Ron DeSantis. Both played serious college ball...
<em>Mike & Molly</em>, NBA Style: Part 1
You may have noticed that many of your favorite sports media platforms like to express ideas about the NBA through the prism of popular culture. Here's Grantland applying Game of Thrones plotlines to the NBA in a two-part series. Here's Sports On Earth turning players from the year's playoffs into a...
Here's Charles Barkley Wearing An Ill-Fitting Shirt
We received this image moments ago in an email from reader Tyler, with no text other than the subject "Charles Barkley Swapping Shirts with a Bro." ...