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Blackhawks Deny Rumors Of Locker-Room Strife
It's been a very weird week for the Blackhawks, which kicked off with a broken collarbone for Patrick Kane that will see their leading scorer out through May, closed with a pair of significant "we're going for it" trades, and in between saw some thinly sourced rumors take on a life of their own. It'...

These Trick Shots Won't Blow Your Mind. Seriously, They're Boring.
With the caveat that trick shot videos are inherently dorky, I've decided that ping pong trick shot videos are one of the top 10 nerdiest things on YouTube....

Girl Spends Year Tricking Brother Into Posing For Pics That Are Videos
This is a top-notch sister own. Few people have ever been owned so hard by their sister....

Crafty Wrestler Outwits Opponent With Mystical Doors
This magic doors spot from a Chikara wrestling match is funny from the start, but at 0:53, the gag reaches its peak when the Mysterious and Handsome Stranger—just go with it—takes full advantage of the "magic doors" to wrangle deviANT. It's better if we don't spoil the joke....

Half-Court Shot Bounces Off Top Of Backboard, Goes In
This kid from Gonzaga won $500 for doing something nobody on Earth could do again on purpose. Seems like it should be worth more than that?...

<em>Red Dawn</em> Is Delusional Right-Wing Porn In The Best Possible Way
The best scenes in the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead aren't the early bursts of urban confusion or the biker-zombie rumbles. They're the scenes where the four isolated survivors giddily run through an abandoned shopping mall, balling out with the artifacts of a just-dead culture. They use mannequ...

Rick Neuheisel Shreds His Way Through A "Stairway To Heaven" Cover
College football TV analyst Rick Neuheisel was on The Dan Patrick Show today, and he closed out his appearance with a special rendition of "Stairway to Heaven," called "Stairway to Playoffs." Neuheisel doesn't even need that TV job with his guitar skills....

Tulsa Facing Title IX Lawsuit Over Alleged Rape By Athlete
A federal lawsuit filed Monday is accusing the University of Tulsa of failing to adhere to Title IX standards and not protecting a female student after she was allegedly raped by one of the school's basketball players. ...

This Dude's Soccer Trick Shots Will Blow Your Mind
Trick shot artist Rémi Gaillard has a new World Cup-themed video out, and oh man is this dude good at soccer trick shots. I would wager that he is better at this than any of us will ever be at anything....

Time Is Not A Flat Circle: <em>X-Men: Days Of Future Past</em>, Reviewed
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past feels like one of those special-edition comic books that takes all the characters we know and love, drops them in some sort of parallel universe (so the storyline's ramifications don't affect the current canon timeline), and shakes up both the plot and those characters ...

John Daly Drives A Golf Ball Out Of A Woman's Mouth
John Daly's still got it, if "it" is trick shots from a tee in a woman's mouth....

Newlyweds Photobombed By Patrick Sharp
Chicagoans Carrie and Rob Krolak held their wedding reception in a suite at Friday night's Blackhawks game. While posing for photos down on ice level during warm-ups, they were joined by an unexpected guest—winger Patrick Sharp....

Mankind's 10 Stages Of Drunkenness, According To Our Best Sportswriter
In honor of his new book (and in grudging acknowledgment of Frat Boy Thanksgiving), we give you Dan Jenkins's famous list, from Baja Oklahoma:...

Rob Ryan Is Having The Best St. Patrick's Day Weekend
Previously, New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan had a lot of fun at Mardi Gras despite rainy conditions. Today's weather is better for St. Patrick's Day celebrations, and Rob Ryan is having a grand old time....

Irish Beers, Ranked
St. Patrick's Day is tough on a civic-minded, humanist boozebag. I love New Year's Eve and Thanksgiving Morning and Arbor Weekend and all the other "amateur hours" that too many self-proclaimed sophisticates haughtily dismiss, but Paddy's Day comes soaked with complications beyond the rivers of glit...

An Oral History of Kurtis Blows' "Basketball"
Dumb fun from SB Nation. ...

No-Good Rake J.R. Smith Unties Shawn Marion's Shoe
Hey, the Knicks won last night. Weird! Too bad they had to play dirty to get this one....

The 10 Most Ridiculous Shots In The NBA In 2013
The most deceptive thing about watching the NBA is the way, from time to time, it makes everyone seem totally incompetent. We know that all these guys can make shot after shot when they're all alone, but there's enough cognitive dissonance to convince ourselves that, say, despite the threat of a 6'...

Jason Kidd Earned The Nets An Extra Time Out By Dropping His Soda
Down late at home to the Lakers and out of time outs, Nets coach Jason Kidd improvised a trick straight out of Upright Citizens Brigade and managed to "spill" his soda on the court, leading to a delay that let him write up a possible game-saving play....