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Andy Reid Has His Challenge Flag Taken Away
Andy Reid has won 48 of his 101 challenges in his 17-year NFL head coaching career. He loves tossing that red flag onto the field, replay be damned. Around the two-minute warning in the first half of today’s game, a Chiefs employee smoothly took the challenge flag out of Reid’s pocket, so he wouldn’...
Oh Look, Kevin Durant Is Complaining About The Media Again
After Friday night’s easy win over the Timberwolves, ESPN reporter Royce Young asked Kevin Durant about the popular perception of the Thunder, based upon Michael Wilbon’s recent comments on PTI. Here’s what Wilbon said:...
A Reader Sends Along Some Important Information Regarding Synthetic Weed
Synthetic weed! It’s all over the sports news cycle this week, but what is it? Is it the same thing as K2? What is spice? Can it kill you? Why is everyone always smoking it? You’ve got questions, and one of our readers has unsolicited answers:...
Jack Sock Bequeaths Sock
American Jack Sock tested out a new postmatch tradition today at the ASB Classic in New Zealand. After beating Kevin Anderson, Sock gave one of his used socks to a fan....
Russell Westbrook Ejected As Thunder And Mavs Get Into It
Mavericks-Thunder was never going to be close, not with Dallas resting all five starters after an overtime game the night before. And it wasn’t—OKC jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter, extended it to 23 by halftime, and cruised to a 108-89 win. But not being competitive didn’t mea...
Former Butler Basketball Player Andrew Smith Dies Of Cancer
Andrew Smith, who played basketball at Butler from 2009 to 2013, died today of cancer. He was 25. His wife, Samantha Smith, broke the news....
Bernie Kosar Is Concerned About Johnny Manziel
Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar says he has repeatedly tried to talk to current Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, but hasn’t gotten a response. This was inevitable, wasn’t it?...
Lane Kiffin Got Left Behind After The National Championship Game
Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin might have just won a title, but the team bus waits for no one. The coach found himself scrambling for a ride after Monday’s National Championship Game....
Here's The Luxury-Box Booze Menu For The National Championship Game
You’re in Glendale. You’re so ready for what should be a great National Championship Game. You’re cozy and comfortable in your corporate suite, either because you know the right people or you’re rich as hell. You want to get bent. ...
Bill O'Brien Had No Choice
Yesterday, Brian Hoyer played one of the very worst games by an NFL quarterback in the playoffs that I’ve ever seen. He threw four picks, lost a fumble, and I counted at least two other throws that could easily have turned into interceptions. By some metrics, it was one of the worst such games of al...
Alabama's Jimmie Taylor Discovers New Way To Box Out
Kentucky won today’s SEC basketball battle in Tuscaloosa today 77-61, but it was the Crimson Tide that contributed to the college basketball corpus of literature as forward Jimmie Taylor introduced a new way of boxing out defenders to secure the offensive rebound. Despite this innovation, Taylor was...
Jeremy Maclin And J.J. Watt Both Leave Game With Injuries On The Same Play
J.J. Watt, who’d just spent a little bit on the sideline right before this play nursing a groin injury, had to stop his rush halfway through due to a flare up. Right after he went down, Chiefs lineman Eric Fisher got a cheap shot in on the neck of a defenseless Watt. Watt went into the locker room, ...
Chiefs Open NFL Playoffs With 106-Yard Knile Davis Kickoff Return
The Houston Texans’ plan to leverage home field advantage and an at-times terrifying defense fell through when they allowed Kansas City’s Knile Davis to return the game’s opening kickoff 106 yards for a score. ESPN Deportes’s Álvaro Martín captured the shock almost as well as the vacuum-like sound o...
How To Move In With Your Significant Other
Forget your list of righteous resolutions for the new year—the best self-improvement commitment you can make is to take the plunge and finally move in with your girlfriend or boyfriend. If you do this right, you’ll achieve a transcendental state of domesticated bliss, where every day is warm and cos...
Jamie Benn And Tyler Seguin Benched In Blowout Loss
Nothing really went right in Dallas’s 6-2 loss to the Rangers, but it was a particularly bad night for the Stars’, uh, stars. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were benched with 12 minutes left, after being on the ice for three straight Rangers goals....
Here Is A "Loop Video" Of Ken Griffey Jr.'s Perfect Swing For The Hall Of Fame Voter Who Wanted One
MLB.com baseball writer Marty Noble has turned in his Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, and from the deep pool of eligible candidates, he has selected just Ken Griffey Jr. and Jeff Kent. The ballot is ridiculous on its face. Besides the obvious shoo-in Griffey, Noble includes only Kent (and not any of t...
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Football Cat: A Mystery Of Our Time [UPDATE: Mystery Solved!]
Yesterday, some dude in a Packers jersey was caught holding a cat while watching the Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium. ...
Roy Hibbert, Who Is Still Around, Dunks And Dabs
Roy Hibbert’s transformation from dominant NBA center to dilapidated coat rack was completed a long time ago, but the big guy is still taking the floor for the Lakers every night, racking up seven points and six rebounds per 26 minutes of stilted run. Every now and then, he even does something notew...
Report: Chip Kelly Was Fired In Part Because He Messed Up The Eagles' Holiday Party
Holiday parties are a wonderful time of the year where you can get drunk with your coworkers, contract gonorrhea from them, or in Chip Kelly’s case, hurry on your pending unemployment. CBS’ Jason La Canfora has a report from the aftermath of Kelly’s firing by the Philadelphia Eagles, and it’s pretty...
Ben Watson Gets Manchester City To Help Him With His Olímpico
Just a few days after Watford’s Ben Watson missed out on an Olímpico against Tottenham, he got his goal today (sort of) after bouncing it into Joe Hart’s goal off Aleksander Kolarov’s head. Watford lead 1-0 after an hour....