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Dad Totally Drops Kid In Background Of Aussie Rules Football Interview
The video's a couple of years old, but it's new to us. (And still funny.)...
The Death Of A Cowboy
Sometimes you read a story and everything about it is in harmony—narrative, character, setting, emotion, and insight. Such is the case with Peter Richmond's 1990 tribute to Lane Frost. I'll get out of the way now and let you appreciate it for yourself:...
No, Halfwit, Donald Sterling Isn't The Real Victim Here
Clay Travis, author of Fox Sports's Outkick the Coverage blog, sure is bent out of shape about ... uh, some damn thing. Internet mobs? The Baltimore Ravens? Something called "fauxrage"? The Real Racists? People all thinking the same thing all the time? Sure!...
Watch Hall Of Fame Broadcasting Legend Marty Brennaman Flip The Bird
Longtime Reds radio man Marty Brennaman is a legend in the industry, and earned the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick award in 2000 as recognition of his contributions. Tonight he flipped the bird toward the Colorado Rockies' TV team, and we wholeheartedly support it....
Geoff Ogilvy Sounds Like A Real Asshole
Geoff Ogilvy hasn't won on the PGA tour in four years, and after hearing how the Australian golfer treated a local radio station during the Players Championship this week at TPC Sawgrass we can't say we're looking forward to him hoisting a trophy anytime soon....
ESPN's Johnny Manziel Obsession, Visualized
Both the ESPN and NFL Network draft broadcasts were Johnny Football-obsessed tonight, but the Worldwide Leader was especially interested in the Heisman-winning Texan. Led by a drooling Jon Gruden, ESPN mentioned Manziel 113 times—nearly four times as often than any other draftee....
Mike Francesa Barely Tolerates His Own Network's Draft Analysts
Mike Francesa's daily radio show is simulcast on Fox Sports 1 now, so you might assume that a segment built around two of the network's NFL draft analysts would lead to some good corporate synergy. The Sports Pope disagrees....
We're All Fucked
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Inventor Shows Effectiveness Of Football Helmet With Bat To The Head
This video, filmed in 1932, is some hare-brained attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of a newly-invented American football helmet. The inventor, a Giorgio Tsoukalos-looking character, performs several examples of the safety features his product has to offer. He lets a player kick him in the hea...
Mike Francesa Caller Wants To Know If Nudity Would Boost Mets Attendance
Ira in Florida with the burning questions:...
What I Learned From Gary Smith
I can pinpoint the moment I realized I was never going to be Gary Smith. This was back in the spring of 2005, shortly before I graduated college. The campus paper had just published the best thing I thought I'd ever written. My profile of George Washington University basketball player J.R. Pinnock w...
Why Rich Lacrosse Parents Are Making Their Kids Repeat A Grade
In the lax-crazy scholastic sports scene of the high-end Washington D.C. market, a game between Landon School and Georgetown Prep is essentially 'Skins vs. Cowboys, except with more people named Topper. They're two of the fancy-pantsiest all-boys secondary schools in the area, and their athletic riv...
Mike Francesa Is Not Happy With His Fox Sports Partners
Mike Francesa's afternoon WFAN talk show simulcast moved from YES to Fox Sports 1 six weeks ago, bringing the longtime New York voice to a national audience—that is, when not pre-empted for Champions League soccer on the nascent News Corp (err, "21st Century Fox") network. ...
Running Apparel Company Oiselle Sponsors Baseball Team
The Bend Elks Baseball Club, a college summer team with comical proofreading skills, announced on Saturday that women's running apparel company Oiselle had become its "Tiitle sponsor."...
Learn The Story Behind A Little-Known Sport Called 9-Man
9-Man is a sport predominantly played in the Chinatown sections of North American cities. It's sort of like volleyball, but with some dunk-like moves and other craziness, too. ...
Brandon Phillips Terrifies Baby
Somebody get that baby some ice cream, man. He's had a rough day....
Does Your Favorite Team Suck At Keeping An Efficient Payroll?
Businessweek put together a fun ranking of how all 122 franchises in the four major American professional sports leagues burn their money on player payroll. You might be shocked to find out that most successful teams are intelligent with their spending. The top nine of 10 franchises have been to the...