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Can Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Upend The Conventional Wisdom Of Pro Marathoning?
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the NYC Marathon in 2:07:51, but what received almost as much attention as his dominance of the competition was his extreme youth. The Eritrean turns 21 today, which makes him the youngest man to ever win the NYC Marathon. Considering most top marathoners peak between 29 an...
Mike Evans Sat During National Anthem To Protest Election Of Donald Trump
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans became the latest NFL player to refuse to stand during the national anthem yesterday, a sign of protest that was directed at either half the electorate or one person in particular, depending on how you look at it....
Rob Gronkowski Said This Was The Hardest He's Ever Been Hit
In the second quarter of the Seahawks’ win over New England, TE Rob Gronkowski took a hell of a shot from safety Earl Thomas:...
One Step Back Helped Kam Chancellor Foil The Patriots' Last Play
There’s something pleasant about sports displaying symmetry; it’s a reassurance, however misleading, that we aren’t devoting so much of our lives to a random number generator. The ending of Seahawks-Patriots looked a lot like the ending of Super Bowl XLIX: It came down to a goal-line stand, the defe...
Warriors And Suns Enact Humanity's Doomed Search For Meaning<em></em>
The Warriors beat the Suns 133-120 tonight, but the game wasn’t entirely the display of offensive efficiency suggested by that final score. Here’s a sequence of abject futility and a metaphor for the human condition in 2016—saved, as we are always, by Stephen Curry....
Steelers Take The Lead With A Fake Spike, Lose Anyway
Down 29-24 to the Dallas Cowboys with less than a minute to go, the Pittsburgh Steelers set up to spike the ball—except they didn’t, with the fake-spike play giving way to a Ben Roethlisberger touchdown pass to Antonio Brown that gave the Steelers a 30-29 lead. ...
Philip Rivers Throws Away Chargers Game With A Last-Minute Pick-Six
San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers did a less-than-stellar job of keeping the ball away from the Miami Dolphins Sunday. A total of three interceptions through the first three-and-a-half-plus quarters... and then one more with hardly one minute left in the fourth quarter of a tied ballgame....
Why Does Johnny Cueto Always Keep His Shirt On In The Pool?
San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto shared a few pictures of himself in the pool this afternoon. Just kicking back, relaxing, enjoying a nice chill offseason Sunday. Beautiful! ...
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Larry Fitzgerald Taken To Locker Room After Landing Backwards On His Neck [Update]
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald made his 1,079th career reception today against the San Francisco 49ers, passing Terrell Owens on the all-time list. A few plays (and another reception later), Fitzgerald made a catch from quarterback Carson Palmer, but flipped over 49ers defensive ba...
Broncos Beat Saints With Wild Defensive Two-Point Conversion
With just under two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the New Orleans Saints scored a crucial touchdown to tie the Denver Broncos at 23 points apiece....
Jay Cutler Ends First Half With Hail Mary
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler’s game against the Buccaneers did not get off to a good start, with two interceptions (one a pick-six) in the first quarter. But he took a pretty nice step toward redeeming himself with a Hail Mary to finish off the first half:...
The Best Fight At UFC 205 Happened In The Crowd
Here’s some video from last night’s UFC 205 event at MSG. You can tell by the music that it’s just as Conor McGregor entered the arena, and it’s a lovely brawl. Reader Jason shot it, and we’re happy to actually have UFC video we can use for once. ...
Titans Start Game With Failed Onside Kick
The Green Bay Packers had the first offensive possession against the Tennessee Titans today, so instead of a kickoff punt, the Titans tried an onside kick instead. The Packers recovered it anyway, and began their first drive just inside the Titans territory. The onside kick could have come back to h...
Keep It In The Toilet: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
It’s like the NFL has a checklist of possible fuck-ups and self-inflicted public-relations disasters, and they make a point of marking as many items as possible each week. This pattern makes disliking the NFL easy and fun, if you’re interested in giving it a shot....
Iowa Fan Arrested For Public Intoxication Thought She Was At Iowa State Game That Didn't Exist
Unranked Iowa’s upset win over #3 Michigan yesterday was worth celebrating. But some people took it a little too far, and University of Iowa police had to make game-day arrests for the first time since September. (The campus that gave us Vodka Samm has had plenty of game-day citations since Septembe...
Conor McGregor Won And He's Not Going To Fucking Apologize
Conor McGregor has pissed off a lot of people, which is generally what happens when you talk a lot of shit and throw drinks and do other things of that nature. So in his first act after becoming the only UFC fighter ever to hold two belts at the same time—now adding a lightweight title to his feathe...
Shohei Otani, World's Coolest Baseball Player, Crushes A Ball Into The Tokyo Dome Ceiling
Some things that 22-year-old Shohei Otani has done this year: break his own record for the fastest pitch ever thrown in Japanese baseball (102 mph), post a 1.86 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 20 games as a starting pitcher, hit really goddamn well when he wasn’t pitching (.322/.416/.588 with 22 home runs), an...
Iowa Knocks Off Michigan With Game-Ending Field Goal
On a day that saw second-ranked Clemson and fourth-ranked Washington tally their first losses of the season, Michigan decided to join in the fun by losing to Iowa as Hawkeyes kicker Keith Duncan pounded in a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give his team a 14-13 win. It’s the first time in more...
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