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The Four Types Of Lies In Pro Football
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Somebody Stole A Minor-League Baseball Mascot's Head And That Makes People Sad
"'Stomper' the bear disappeared from All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon [Ohio] sometime last month. With eight games left to go in the season, fans immediately took notice. 'He's a little overweight and that keeps him warm in the winters. He's fun-loving and loves to dance,' said Crushers V.P. Dan He...

Watch An All-Male Dance Troupe Take The Field At Halftime Of The Saints/Titans Game
When it came to the Saints getting throttled by the Titans in the final preseason game of the year the other night, here's what one guy wrote:...

Stomp The Yard: These Mascot Groupies Could Be Yours Next Season
OK, your wish to become the Boston Red Sox mascot didn't work out so well. Life seldom affords second chances, but here's an exception. Play your cards right, and you could be the next Stomper, costumed mascot of the Oakland Athletics! Get to work on that cover letter! (This is true: You'll need a c...


Stomper Recognizes The 'Fifth Element' Of Hip-Hop
I, for one, look forward to the day Oakland A's mascot Stomper is voted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Between "getting hyphy" with the fans, breaking like a member of the Rock Steady Crew, and now this … that elephant's gonna have one hell of an induction ceremony!...