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"Go Back To Africa" Twitter Rumor Becomes Marcus Smart Story Canon
In the overnight hours after Marcus Smart shoved a fan in Lubbock at the end of Saturday's Oklahoma State-Texas Tech game, speculation ran wild about what might have provoked the Cowboys superstar guard to react in such a way. By morning, the narrative had been forged: Red Raiders superfan Jeff Or...
Olympic Ski Jumping Makes For Some Cool And Trippy Photos
Olympic ski jumpers can reach speeds upwards of 70 mph while hurtling down the in-run, and yet the crazy speeds at which they're traveling never seem to be captured all that well by television cameras. Still photographs, on the other hand, can give you a real taste of that speed, while also creating...
NFC Championship Game Truthers Have A Dumb Conspiracy Theory
This video has been making the rounds on the internet over the course of the last two days. It is impossibly dumb. ...
Dumb People Mad At Multilingual "America The Beautiful" Coca-Cola Ad
Coca-Cola aired a Super Bowl ad with "America the Beautiful" sung in numerous languages. It was sweet and forgettable—there are many things not to like about Coke, but their harmless pandering to the idea that America is, among other things, a polyglot nation is not among them—except to dumb, intole...
Some Media Members Are Too Warm At The First Cold-Weather Super Bowl
Remember when Super Bowl Tuesday was floated as an emergency response to any potential Sabbath-day snowstorms of death? The snow panic turned out to be for naught. It's actually quite nice out—apparently a little too warm for some of the media present....
Watch A New View Of Felix Baumgartner's Space Jump
GoPro footage somehow seems old hat already, with newjack stuff out there like Google Glass (usually disappointing) and Oculus Rift (HELL YES). But this? This is awesome. ...
Rams Owner Buys Stadium-Sized Site In Los Angeles
There have been so many rumors and pie-in-the-sky dreams about a Los Angeles football stadium that we won't believe it's happening until they actually cut the ribbon. But so far, nothing has come to nothing because those dreams were held by rich men hoping to lure an NFL team to L.A. This one's diff...
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Rangers Fan Just Pees On Concourse In Front Of God And Everyone [NSFW]
At yesterday's Yankee Stadium game, the night was cold, the beer flowing, and the bathroom lines long. One fan simply could not wait....
Lawsuit Accuses Giants, Eli Manning Of Pushing Fake Memorabilia
A lawsuit accuses the Giants of creating fake "game-worn" memorabilia and pushing it on collectors in an attempt to make money—and in Eli Manning's case, to hang on to the authentic stuff....
Here Is Video Of A Footrace Between Staffers Last Night
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The Truth About The NFL, The Super Bowl, And Sex Slavery
Originally published at Sports on Earth....
An Outdoor NHL Game Through A Ref's Eyes
The NHL stuck a GoPro camera and microphone on ref Wes McCauley for Sunday's Rangers-Devils game at Yankee Stadium. And as Harrison Mooney at Puck Daddy notes, you can't get more Canadian than Wes McCauley. ...
There's A Big Dumb Slide In Times Square, Because The Super Bowl
In addition to the beer-soaked hell boat that is currently parked in Hell's Kitchen, the Super Bowl has also brought a "toboggan ride" to Times Square. I put "toboggan ride" in quotes because this just looks like a big-ass slide to me....
Northwestern Football Players Are Trying To Unionize
In the opening shots of a major new assault on the NCAA's amateurism model, an "overwhelming majority" of Northwestern football players have filed to be recognized as members of a union. Their endgame, if successful, would be college football players officially being classified as employees....
Dude Is So Pissed Batista Won The Royal Rumble
Batista won the Royal Rumble last night and, for a number of reasons, the crowd booed the outcome lustily. Pittsburgh was already pissed that Daniel Bryan was not included and even booed the harmless Rey Mysterio, Jr. when he came out as the last man and not Bryan. When Batista eventually won, they...
Martin Brodeur Blames The Ice For His Being Old And Bad
Martin Brodeur called the makeshift rink at Yankee Stadium "the worst ice I ever played hockey on," and given a 21-year career, that's saying something. No other player on either team had such harsh words for the ice, but, then, no other player got yanked after giving up six goals in two periods....
Outdoor Hockey In Los Angeles Made For Some Awesome Photos
The Ducks-Kings Stadium Series game at Dodger Stadium created an interesting contrast: A thoroughly maintained block of ice in the middle of a city with nary a snowflake to be found. But anything's possible in Los Angeles, right?...
Vin Scully Narrated The Intro To Tonight's NHL Game At Dodger Stadium
NBC Sports Net is the U.S. home of professional hockey, and they continue to do it right. Tonight's Stadium Series matchup at Dodger Stadium called upon the one voice every sports fan can associate with that venue: Vin Scully....