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Grambling football is in revolt: Fed up with everything from missed meals to 12-hour bus rides to an unceremoniously fired coach, Grambling State players walked out of a meeting with coaches and administrators last night. "It was basically a munity," one witness said. [Shreveport Times]...

Les Miles Explains Columbus Day As Only Les Miles Can

Gather 'round, everyone. Yesterday was Columbus Day. Please enjoy this special holiday message from LSU football coach Les Miles....

Torii Hunter Is Not Happy With Boston's Bullpen Cop

Everyone loves Steve Horgan, the Boston police officer who celebrated David Ortiz's game-tying grand slam and made for photo gold. Everyone except Torii Hunter....

Goodbye, Baseball. Goodbye, Torii Hunter.

LSU Beats Florida; Some Fans Still Conscious Enough To Celebrate

Cool Chart: A's Skipper Bob Melvin Is The King Of Platoons

Over at Sports on Earth, Jack Moore created this great graphic to demonstrate just how crazy A's manager Bob Melvin is about platoons. The green rectangles represent consecutive games in which the same hitter held the same spot in the batting order, with blanks showing a change from the previous gam...

Victor Martinez's shot in the seventh inning was reviewed by the umpires and upheld, as it was determined that the ball would have cleared the yellow line even if these two jabronis didn't try to grab at it. The home run tied the game at four. [@CJZero]...

A's, Tigers Trade "Fuck You"s Then Shoves As Fight Breaks Out In Ninth

Grant Balfour's no stranger to brawls in the ALDS sparked by profanity, and he was at the center of one again today in the ninth as he attempted to close out a win for the A's against the Tigers. Alas, Victor Martinez was going to make sure today's bottom of the ninth would be punctuated with pugil...

Middle-Aged A's Fan Fights All The Cops Before Getting Tasered

We've seen our share of rowdy and violent sports fans, but this guy right here is something else. ...

Stephen Vogt Is Your Newest Unlikely Postseason Hero

The most compelling bat of last night's Tigers-A's game came in the bottom of the seventh. Oakland had runners on second and third with two outs, and backup catcher Stephen Vogt did his best to make Justin Verlander look mortal....

Tiger Woods: Not A Huge Fan Of Adorable Baby Squirrels

At the Presidents Cup, Davis Love III has been carting around with a pet baby squirrel, which is pretty adorable. Lindsey Vonn, Olympic skier and current girlfriend of Tiger Woods, thought it would be a good idea to perch Love III's little buddy on her boyfriend's shoulder. Was Tiger feeling it? Ti...

Here's The Play That Knocked Todd Gurley Out Of Georgia-LSU

Georgia running back Todd Gurley has not returned since having his ankle rolled early in the second quarter. Prior to the start of the second half, coach Mark Richt told CBS that he "sprained his ankle. I'm not sure how bad it is. We'll just have to see."...

Les Miles Explains Why He Claps Like A Weirdo

The sports world has long been transfixed by LSU head coach Les Miles's inability to clap like a real human being. Today, thanks to The New York Times, we finally know why Miles claps the way he does:...

LSU Turned A D-Lineman Into The Nation's Best Lead Blocker

Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....

Jim Leyland Was A Weeping, Dancing, Adorable Mess Last Night

Well, OK, everything about this is great....

Lacrosse Player Steals Truck, Says He Wanted To Play Real-Life GTA

Say hi to Zachary Burgess, a freshman lacrosse player at Auburn. Zach was in Baton Rouge for the big Auburn-LSU game this weekend, when he decided to have a little fun....

Here's The Uppercut That Got A Clemson Player Ejected

Isaiah Battle earns his ejection from last night's Clemson-NCSU game with a start-button uppercut. You can tell he's smart because he punched the guy who was wearing a helmet....

ACC Officials Decide N.C. State Didn't Score TD They Totally Scored

The latest conference to make its officials, rather than players and coaches, the story is the ACC, as tonight's Clemson-North Carolina State game was marred by a botched call that reversed a Wolfpack touchdown and led to one for the Tigers. ...

Prince Fielder Eats A Fan's Nachos

Fielder was chasing a foul pop during this afternoon's win over the Mariners when he decided he needed a salty snack. Now at least there's an explanation for why he always returns the ball to the pitcher with cheese stains on it....

LSU Frat Makes Fun Of Kent State By Referencing 1970 Campus Shootings

College football fans are superb at being dicks, huh?...