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How A Hockey Fight Goes From Routine To Scary In One Punch
Kevin Westgarth and Luke Gazdic fought last night during the Flames-Oilers game, and it was a rather even match. Just as the commentators observed the length of the brawl, Gazdic knocked Westgarth out with one final punch. Westgarth bounced his head hard off of the ice and didn't return to the game....
Hank The Dog Runs In A Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race
Hank the dog continues to solidify his status as the world's best baseball doggie. Today, Hank the dog got to face off against the Brewers' famous sausage racers, an honor that has surely never previously been bestowed upon a stray dog who survived being hit by a car. ...
The Milwaukee Brewers' Adopted Stray Dog Is The Best Dog
This is Hank the dog. Hank is a stray who wandered into the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training facility last week, and has since become the team's unofficial mascot. Hank is the best dog....
Jim Boeheim Goes Nuts After Bad Call, Costs Team Chance At Beating Duke
After making it until Wednesday without a loss this season, top-ranked Syracuse has now been beaten twice in a row after a wild ending at Duke tonight assisted by the referees and an out-of-control, berserk Jim Boeheim....
OJ Mayo Ties His Shoe While Playing Defense, Play Goes Poorly
Remember that time Mike Miller lost his shoe during the Heat's comeback in game 6 of the finals, ran around holding it, and then drained a three to cut the Spurs' lead? OK, good: now imagine the opposite. ...
The Bucks' Y2K Night Contest Has Broken Their Fax Machine
Saturday is "Y2K Night" in Milwaukee, and they are committed to the theme. 2000-era pricing, an appearance from Glenn Robinson, and a halftime performance by Coolio. But the absolute best part is the contest—for which entrants will have to somehow figure out how to use a fax machine....
IOC Rejects Ukrainian Olympians' Request To Honor Dead
At least 25 were killed and hundreds injured yesterday as Kiev protests flared into violence. With casualties on both sides, what could be more apolitical than Ukrainian Olympic athletes donning black armbands to honor the dead? It's not a protest, it's a commemoration—and it's too much of a stateme...
Terrible Hijacker Arrested Wearing Canadiens Sweater
On Friday, a Ukrainian man allegedly tried to hijack a plane headed for Turkey and redirect it to Sochi in hopes of securing the release of anti-government protesters imprisoned in his country. His attempt was foiled and, for some reason, he was wearing a Montreal Canadiens sweater when he was arres...
Duke Forces Overtime At Syracuse In Wild End Of Regulation
The final 25 seconds of this game were pretty nuts. Duke seemingly pissed the game away with a turnover under the basket, down one. After Syracuse made two free throws, Duke took the ball back with 4.6 seconds left, down three. Rasheed Sulaimon drilled a streaking, desperation three at the buzzer. ...
Grand Jury To Investigate 1983 Death Of Jimmy Snuka's Girlfriend
On May 11, 1983, Nancy Argentino died in a Pennsylvania hotel room from traumatic brain injuries. An autopsy showed injuries consistent with a history of domestic abuse, and her boyfriend initially told the responding officer he had shoved her, causing her to hit her head. No charges were ever broug...
Exploitation Was Duke Ellington's True Genius
Last month, Adam Gopnik wrote an absorbing review of Terry Teachout's new Duke Ellington biography in the New Yorker. It's only available to subscribers but I wanted to share this part:...
Vitali Klitschko Sprayed With Fire Extinguisher During Kiev Protests
What's Vitali Klitschko up to these days? The retired boxer was trying to keep the peace during protests in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, asking demonstrators not to provoke police. In return, someone sprayed a fire extinguisher in his face....
Who Is The Greek Freak? Your Guide To The NBA's Coolest Rookie
Unless you are a big Milwaukee Bucks fan or a basketball nerd who lives on the internet, it’s very likely that you have not yet been properly introduced to Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’s time for that to change, because he is the most exciting rookie in the NBA....
Soccer Player's Trick Shot Knocks Toy Off The Top Of Wedding Cake
I'm telling you, man, the Japanese get game shows. Even after bringing us the 2 vs. 55 matchup of last week, they've thought of a new and even more ridiculous way to test the skills of a soccer player....
I Think He's Saying "Basketball"
At least Duke still has that great out-of-work-fisherman alumni network....
Your Pavel-Datsyuk-In-A-Rap-Video GIF Roundup
Who among you could have guessed when you woke up this morning that at 2:07 p.m. EST you would get a Pavel-Datsyuk-in-a-rap-video GIF roundup post? Christmas truly is a magical time of year. ...
Bucks Fans Purchase Billboard Urging Team To Tank
Remember this: for how awful and dumb the Knicks were last night, they were still better than the Bucks. There's not a lot of short-term hope in Milwaukee, so some concerned fans have paid for a billboard that would seem to emphasize lottery balls over basketballs....
The Inventor of Karaoke Speaks
Daisuke Inoue tells all over at The Appendix:...
SIU Coach Blasts "Mama's Boys" Players In Exquisite Rant
After Southern Illinois's 73-65 loss at Murray State last night, Salukis coach Barry Hinson tore into his team with a six-minute rant that's right up there with history's best. Give a listen:...