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High School Apologizes For "Deplorable" Trail Of Tears Football Banner, Quietly Deletes Photo Gallery
McClain High School in Greenfield, Ohio issued an apology on its website over the weekend for the appearance of a “Trail of Tears” banner before the Tigers’ football game Friday against the Hillsboro Indians—but quietly deleted Spirit Week photos depicting students dressed as slaves, Chinese labore...

The Raiders Committed The Most Ever Penalties In One Game And Won
Two weeks ago, with the Oakland Raiders leading the NFL in penalties, head coach Jack Del Rio said that he had “zero tolerance” for unnecessary mistakes by the team. His tolerance today was apparently not in absolutes, because the Raiders set an NFL record with 23 penalties for 200 yards in an overt...

High School Team Beats Opponent In Victory Formation By Successfully Swiping The Snap
Friday night’s Goddard-Artesia high school game in New Mexico ended with a winning field goal after Goddard players successfully snatched the snap away from the center as Artesia attempted to kneel in victory formation:...

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Welcome To <i>Hardball III</i>, I'm Al Michaels
In 1992, Accolade released the most advanced baseball game yet developed: Hardball III, featuring actual commentary from Al Michaels—an incredible feat for its day. So we updated the rosters and are simulating tonight’s World Series Game 4, LIVE: ...

Illinois Receiver Malik Turner Taken Off Field On Stretcher After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit
Minnesota defensive back Duke McGhee was ejected for targeting after a play that left Illinois wide receiver Malik Turner on a stretcher....

Trump Supporter Arrested For Vote Fraud Claims Polls Are Rigged
An Iowa woman arrested on charges she voted twice for Donald Trump attempted to explain her behavior by stating that “the polls are rigged,” according to Iowa Public Radio....
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Cheerleaders Display "Trail Of Tears" Banner Before Game Against Team With Indian Mascot [Update]
Tonight’s Ohio high school football game between the Greenfield-McClain Tigers and Hillsboro Indians featured this embarrassing banner presented by the Greenfield-McClain cheerleaders, promising a “Trail of Tears Part 2" for Hillsboro. If that weren’t bad enough—and trust me, it is—it was an away ga...

Anthony Weiner's Dong Tipped The FBI Off About New Clinton Emails
The FBI announced this morning that they plan to investigate a new batch of emails from Hillary Clinton, after finding them in “connection with an unrelated case.” That unrelated case? Disgraced horny former congressman Anthony Weiner sending dong shots to a 15-year-old....

World Series Game 3: The <i>Baseball Stars</i> Simulation
We pulled out the ol’ NES and updated rosters to simulate tonight’s World Series game in Baseball Stars, LIVE:...

Kei Nishikori Cuts Short Juan Martin Del Potro's Comeback Run
The recently exhumed Juan Martin del Potro—now equipped with functional wrists and his first title in 2 years—saw his seven-match win streak severed by Kei Nishikori today at Swiss Indoors Basel. 2016 has been a dope comeback year for the 28-year-old del Potro, but all this playing (and winning) may...

LSU Has Kept Its Mike The Tiger Tradition Alive With The Help Of Neglectful Backyard Zoos
For the past two generations, LSU has been obtaining successive iterations of their live tiger mascot, Mike the Tiger, from shoddy, abusive, and neglectful backyard zoos....

76ers Apologize For Preventing Singer With "We Matter" Shirt From Singing Anthem
The Philadelphia 76ers did some dumb shit before their home opener on Tuesday night, cancelling singer Sevyn Streeter’s scheduled performance of the national anthem because Streeter was wearing a shirt with “We Matter” written on it....

Arsonist Sets Anthony Pettis's Cars On Fire
Milwaukee police are investigating a fire that torched three of UFC fighter and former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis’s cars in his driveway early Thursday morning. ...

<i>Person Of Interest</i> Was Anti-Prestige TV And Too Smart For Primetime
First, let me tell you what Person of Interest is. Person of Interest is the inverse of Game of Thrones. For every shock death from the HBO’s version of George R.R. Martin’s book series, it had Kevin Chapman getting maced by a model and beaten up with a handbag. For every Game of Thrones setpiece th...

Can You Spot The Tiffany Trump In These Photos?<em></em>
Earlier today, the Trump campaign published a press release with photos from Ivanka’s big day campaigning for her father in South Florida. But there’s allegedly another Trump daughter in there, too. Can you spot the Tiffany Trump?...

Senator Mark Kirk Mocks Tammy Duckworth's Mixed-Race Background During Debate
Rep. Tammy Duckworth is challenging Sen. Mark Kirk for his U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, and the incumbent unleashed an incredible comment about her mixed-race heritage during tonight’s debate in Springfield....

Oregon Militia Idiots Run Free
Back in January, a more innocent time, a bunch of misguided, chili-scarfing jamokes decided that the ideal way to start the uprising against the political leaders who dictated federal land policy was to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is an obscure bit of federal property out in s...

Former Gymnast Alleges USA Gymnastics Enabled, Ignored Pattern Of Sexual Abuse
In a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, a former member of the United States gymnastics team alleged that Marta and Bela Karolyi (legendary USA Gymnastics coaches) and others helped create a “regime of intimidation” and abuse that allowed Dr. Larry Nassar to sexually abuse a series o...

Ronaldo On His Biggest Influence (Himself), His Biggest Inspiration (Himself), And How He Craves The Hate
Man, Cristiano Ronaldo sure does love him some Cristiano Ronaldo. From representations of his well-chiseled body to his facially-imprecise but amply-bedicked statue, to a glorified home movie disguised as a feature film, and even to his own, apparently delicious crotch, it’s long been evident that R...