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Former Cardinal Jason Isringhausen Shares World's Least Surprising Take On J.R. Smith's Shirtlessness
Are you ready to be shocked? Well, you came to the wrong blog, my friend....
J.J. Watt Made Mike Florio Mad Online
Look, J.J. Watt’s bona fides as a social media user are well established. The man loves to do posts. Here’s a supportive, humblebragging, altogether innocuous tweet from the workout enthusiast, before the USMNT went to their dooms at his home stadium in Houston....
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RGIII Called Out For Ripping Off Cavs' Photo [Update]
Future former Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III is already getting acclimated to Cleveland and tossing footballs into neighboring yards. This morning, he tweeted his congratulations to the Cavaliers for beating the Warriors and winning Cleveland’s first championship in 52 years, a wort...
Wade Phillips Finally Gets His Actual Super Bowl Ring
When the Denver Broncos received their Super Bowl rings Sunday, defensive coordinator Wade Phillips’s jewelry had the wrong name. (It was engraved with the name “Peters.”) He showed a photo of the correct ring Thursday, along with the erroneous one....
The Currys Snapped, Just Like Everyone Else
After he got his sixth foul and ended his Game 6 early Thursday night, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry lost his shit. A few minutes later, his wife Ayesha Curry lost hers....
Carson Wentz Owned By Mighty Bathroom Lock
Let’s check in on the Eagles’ alleged franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz, for whom they traded two first-round picks and three other draft picks. How’s he doing? How’s preseason camp? Arm feeling alright, young buck?...
This Hilarious, Imaginative Icelandic Twitter Account Is The One To Follow For The Euros
“And now the unfortunate Portuguese will feel the mighty thunder of Þór’s Icelandic warriors” read the first tweet from Iceland’s English-language magazine, the Reykjavík Grapevine, during their coverage of their teeny tiny nation’s Euro 2016 match against Portugal. It didn’t take long after that fo...
Lakers Strip Magic Johnson's Honorary Vice President Title Due To Awful Tweets
Magic Johnson will no longer be an honorary Lakers vice president after the team stripped him of the title due to his terrible tweets....
Everyone Hates Steph Curry's New Shoes Except For His Brother And My Dad
Although the Golden State Warriors didn’t play a game Thursday, Steph Curry still lost. Check out the “Chef” colorway for Under Armour’s Curry Two Lows. The other colorways are fine, but this particular one elicits an image of your dad taking a break from mowing the lawn and telling you to get your ...
If You Hacked A Major Sports League's Twitter Account, What Would You Do?
The NFL’s official Twitter account got hacked today, and the rapscallion who did it handled things pretty well, choosing to tweet the insane but not totally implausible news that Roger Goodell had died. This got us thinking, what’s the best prank to pull in a situation like that?...
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NFL Twitter Hacked, Announces Roger Goodell's Death [Update]
Some gremlin got access to the NFL’s Twitter account today and announced the death of commissioner Roger Goodell. NFL PR flack Brian McCarthy quickly corrected the record:...
This Is What It Was Like To Be Drafted By An MLB Team In 1980
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted former MLB pitcher Dan Plesac in 1980. He didn’t sign with the team, instead going to North Carolina State before being drafted again by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1983, but he did keep the wire sent by the Cardinals to tell him that he had been picked....
Great Pics, Wade!
The Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos made their visit to the White House today, and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips took pictures to document the trip. His photography skills are equivalent to those of your dad, so none of the shots are properly framed, and the captions are as brief as possible...
Steelers Linebacker Uses Dead Gorilla To Burn Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Vince Williams has no love lost for Harambe, the gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo last weekend after a child got into his enclosure. After all, Harambe lived in the same city that hosts the Steelers’ divisional rival Bengals....
Twitter User Jim Harbaugh Roasts "Amazing" Nick Saban
There’s been a fairly mundane controversy swirling about the college football offseason regarding the legality of satellite football camps (little coaching clinics put on by schools used as a recruiting tactic) and whether or not head coaches should attend. In April, the NCAA banned satellite camps,...
Spelling Bee Twitter Account Burns Dude So Hard He Deleted His Account In Shame
If you’re gonna try to roast the Spelling Bee for being soft, the worst sin you can commit is bringing that weak shit (noun: substandard effort or soft response, e.g. “Kevin liked the Warriors, but they lost because they brought that weak shit.”)....
Baylor Player Jumps To Defend Art Briles, Attempts To Tweet Through It
Baylor junior linebacker Taylor Young is not taking Art Briles’s firing very well. The football player defended his former head coach and even admitted that he was blindly doing so, because college football is all about following the leader....
Ted Leonsis Gets Roasted By Blogger
The following is the most satisfying three-act play you will ever witness, in which Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis attempts to make a crack about Yahoo’s decline and dragged out sale process, and gets positively roasted by Puck Daddy proprietor Greg Wyshynski in return:...
Sixers Claim That Dikembe Mutombo Didn't Reveal A Grand NBA Draft Conspiracy (UPDATE)
The NBA draft lottery is at 8 p.m. EDT tonight in New York City. At 4:36 p.m., Dikembe Mutombo tweeted his congratulations to his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers, for winning the lottery and “grabbing the #1 spot.” Mutombo apologized and clarified that he had tweeted too soon and was just gettin...
Dikembe Mutombo Deletes Tweet Congratulating 76ers On Winning NBA Draft Lottery
The NBA draft lottery is tonight at 8 p.m., but Dikembe Mutombo’s Twitter account couldn’t wait until then to congratulate the Philadelphia 76ers for winning the first overall pick. The tweet, which had a photo of Mutombo and Allen Iverson, was quickly deleted....