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Roy Williams: "Our President Tweets Out More Bullshit Than Anybody I’ve Ever Seen"<em></em>
UNC head coach Roy Williams has put together yet another daggum good squad this season, with the Tar Heels now sitting at 27-6 after Thursday’s 78-53 bludgeoning of Miami in the ACC quarterfinals. After the game, someone asked ol’ Roy what he thought about the tournament being played in Brooklyn—eve...
Barcelona's Comeback-Sealing Goal, As Heard Around The World
It’s been nearly an entire day and it’s still hard to believe that what happened yesterday actually happened. (Six to one!!!!!!) Relive some of the insanity of the Sergi Roberto goal that capped off Barcelona’s incredible Champions League comeback against Paris Saint-Germain with calls of the moment...
Barcelona Knew They Could Do The Impossible
The most revelatory story that emerged before today’s Barcelona-PSG Champions League rematch was a funny little nugget about Barcelona’s outsized confidence in their impending victory....
To Punch A Puncher
Think of something that is perilous and requires great caution—performing heart surgery, or defusing landmines. This is what it’s like fighting a puncher. You wouldn’t call it fun, but sometimes it has to be done. ...
Buddy Hield Ejected For Brutal Nutshot On DeMarcus Cousins
NOOO. Buddy, you can’t do that. It’ll earn you an ejection every time, and shared pain among many, many men....
Enthused Announcer Nearly Passes Out From Excitement Calling D-II Buzzer-Beater
Have you ever counted your chickens? Before they hatched??? Repent....
James White's Super Bowl-Winning Touchdown, As Heard On Patriots & Falcons Radio And Around The World
James White’s touchdown in overtime gave the Patriots their fifth NFL title and ended one of the wildest Super Bowls in history. Here’s how that championship-winning play sounded on nine different broadcasts, including, in order: Fox, Fox Deportes, Patriots radio, Falcons radio, BBC Radio 5, Westwoo...
Tom Brady's Pick-Six, As Heard Around The World
So far the biggest moment of tonight’s Super Bowl was Tom Brady throwing a pick-six. For the purposes of critical and educational analysis, we allow you to listen to and discuss the play as it was called by announcers on Fox Deportes, BBC 1, PULS 4 (Austria), and Televisa (Mexico). Which broadcaster...
Goalie Fight Comes To Sudden, Violent End
Adam Vay of the Quad City Mallards—a real team in the ECHL, I swear—is not someone you wan to scrap with. The goalie is an avid MMA practitioner, but it seems that Cincinnati Cyclones keeper Michael Houser didn’t know that, because he tried to throw hands last night. It did not end well....
Clemson's National Championship-Winning Touchdown, As Heard On 10 Different Networks [Update: Now With Alabama Radio]
Clemson capped off a national championship finish we’ll never forget with Hunter Renfrow’s touchdown catch with just one second remaining. Above is how it sounded on ESPN; below are how commentators on eight other networks—including Clemson radio—reacted to the play....
Jaguars Junction: Week 17
As mankind evolves past a belief in an omnipotent god, we must inevitably face the question: Whence does justice arise? ...
Jordan Reed Ejected After Punching Helmeted Opponent
Jordan Reed was already injured and useless, but the Washington tight end made himself even useless-er by getting ejected at the end of the third quarter tonight against Carolina with that smartest of smart football plays: punching an opponent in the football helmet....
Tim Duncan's Retirement Ceremony Was Charming And Delightful
The Spurs retired Tim Duncan’s No. 21 last night in a muted, charming ceremony, proving that you can still celebrate a guy’s legacy even if that guy’s central myth is his complete absence of flash, ego, or pomp. That image of Duncan can sometimes feel reductive or parodic, but last night it was just...
Jaguars Junction: Week 15
Upon the occasion of a man’s forty eighth and final loss:...
Jaguars Junction: Week 14
What makes a “world class city?” Let’s check the list. ...
That's Not Meyers Leonard's Name, Bulls PA Guy
The Portland Hale Blazers are playing their only game of the year in Chicago tonight, so the odd mistake of nomenclature is forgivable. Meyers Leonard was misidentified as “Miles” (perhaps it was “Myles?”) tonight and he loudly offered a correction....
Jaguars Junction: Week 13
There’s no more annoying type of person than the sports obsessive. ...
Jaguars Junction: Week 12
A child’s first smile. A mother’s kiss. A new love’s glance. All of these people will eventually die. Life’s sweetest moments are inherently fleeting, their memories best preserved before the deleterious assaults of passing time. ...