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There Are Blocked Shots, And Then There's What Florida's Patric Young Did To Florida State Last Night
The annual battle between Florida and Florida State cagers wasn't much of a fight (the Gators won handily) but it did bring us an early nominee for block of the year, a "YOINK!" of tremendous measure when Florida sophomore Patric Young elevated to rip the ball straight from layup-minded Seminole s...
FIU Fans Weren't The Only Ones Getting Rowdy At The Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl
We bought you this segment of drunk Florida International fans at the Beef 'O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl earlier this week, and it resulted in quite a few nasty emails my way from FIU folks, featuring phrases like:...
Here's How Dan Orlovsky (With The Help Of The Houston Texans) Ruined Christmas For Colts Fans
Down 16-12 to the Houston Texans with 1:50 left in the game, no timeouts, and the ball on their own 22, the Indianapolis Colts would have been heavy dogs to win even with Peyton Manning playing quarterback. But win they did, thanks to the heroics of backup-backup QB Dan Orlovsky and some timely pe...
The Dennis Erickson Era At Arizona State, Encapsulated In One Play
Arizona State fired head football coach Dennis Erickson almost a month ago, but allowed him to coach the team through the end of the season—including tonight's Las Vegas Bowl matchup against Boise State. If there's any play that demonstrates the futility of the Sun Devils under Erickson's tutelage...
Sounds Like Ricky Rubio Is Still Talking Himself Into This Minnesota Place
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: try not to feel sympathy when Rubio says "now I have to be by myself here."...
Last Night's <em>24/7 Flyers/Rangers</em>, Distilled Down To Its Fucking Essence
A total of 46 fucks were given. [HBO]...
Dutch Cup Match Halted After Fan Attacks Opposing Goalkeeper Who Gets Red-Carded For Fighting Back
In American football, players who take down fans who invade the field during play are celebrated....
Because Bringing Your Dog To An English Premier League Match Makes Complete Sense
I suppose it's possible this Sunderland fan celebrating Nicklas Bendtner's opening goal over QPR at Loftus Road has a service animal of some sort, but I'm pretty sure seeing-eye dogs aren't meant to be tossed around like this poor pup. Sunderland won in a 3-2 heartbreaker. [BBC]...
Not This Shit Again: Now It's South Carolina Football Players Promoting A Nightclub Party
Two days after we brought you the story of UNC receiver Dwight Jones's now-cancelled birthday party at a North Carolina nightclub—a party that rendered Jones ineligible, briefly—here's another fiesta being promoted on Facebook using the likenesses of some college athletes—this time from South Carol...
David Stern Says That Once The Season Starts, Everyone Will Forget About That Silly Little Chris Paul Trade Veto
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Dance, puppets!...
UNC's Party-Planning Receiver Dwight Jones Has Been Cleared To Play By The NCAA
North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones, suspended for his team's Independence Bowl matchup with Missouri after we found his birthday party plans, has been reinstated by the NCAA after issuing an apology. [CBS Sports]...
The Boston Red Sox Who Stole Christmas
Aww, that's cute! Cute and a violation of copyright, per Character Arts, the company that represents licensing concerns for the Rudolph character (officially owned by the cleverly-named Rudolph, LLC). You can get the full story over at Boston Sports Then And Now, but the gist is that the Red Sox pro...
This Year In Angry NFL Coaches: A Video
Coaching in the NFL is undoubtedly a very stressful job, and sometimes the camera catches you while you're letting that stress out. We've compiled some of the best of clips of NFL coaches letting their anger out this season for you above....
Good Lord, These FIU Fans Are Drunk
ESPN has a Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl crowd mic in the middle of a section of enthusiastic FIU fans. Here's that audio channel isolated during a controversial spot in the second half of a tied football game. Eventually the fans stop using language entirely and start communicating in grunts. [ESPN]...
How To Avoid Counterfeit Tebowing: A Visual Guide
If not for planking, Tebowing would go down in history as this generation's silliest physical obsession, joining past actions like the Charleston, the Macarena, and streaking. Despite the fad's (now waning) popularity, there still appears to be some confusion as to the proper technique or how to re...
Ryan Grant Says The Only Formula For Beating The Packers Is "Us Making Mistakes"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Grant believes that the Packers lost, not that the Chiefs won....
<em>Monday Night Football</em>'s Experiment With A New Sideline Reporter Failed Miserably
ESPN paid the NFL $1.1 billion this year for the rights to broadcast Monday Night Football. To bolster that coverage and warrant that massive sum, they pay millions of dollars in salaries to NFL sideline reporters Suzy Kolber, Rachel Nichols, Sal Paolantonio, and Ed Werder....
Right Now, The College Basketball World Hates Phil Martelli
Todd O'Brien is a senior big man for UAB, but you won't find his name in any box score from the eight games the Blazers have played this season. He's not injured or suspended. Instead, his eligibility has been held up by his former coach Phil Martelli, for whom O'Brien played at St. Joe's before ta...
Arizona State And Southern Miss Rumble After This All-Time Classic Sucker Punch
The resulting fight in Tempe wasn't on the scale of the one between Xavier and Cincinnati last week, but the punch that sparked it is so brutally dirty it's almost a work of art. After getting a forearm to the jaw from USM's Torye Pelham, ASU's Muscovite center Ruslan Pateev returns the favor with...
Aw Jeez, The Lights Are Out At Candlestick Again, A Fan Is On The Field, And Big Ben Is Providing Commentary
The lights went back out in Candlestick with 12:13 left in the first half, leading a fan to conclude the time was ripe to run onto the field. Ben Roethlisberger, meanwhile, lamented James Harrison's suspension—while Harrison himself took credit for the outage....