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Watch Hall Of Fame Broadcasting Legend Marty Brennaman Flip The Bird
Longtime Reds radio man Marty Brennaman is a legend in the industry, and earned the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick award in 2000 as recognition of his contributions. Tonight he flipped the bird toward the Colorado Rockies' TV team, and we wholeheartedly support it....
Ugly Blues-Blackhawks Series Gets Uglier With "Wakey-Wakey" Taunt
Blues-Blackhawks shifts to Chicago tonight, with St. Louis up 2-0, but things are already getting desperate. Brent Seabrook was suspended three games for a dirty hit on Blues captain David Backes on Saturday, and now audio has emerged of that post-fight scrum appearing to capture Chicago's Duncan Ke...
Final Four Teamcasts Leave Viewers Confused, Enraged About "Bias"
Tonight's Final Four games were aired on TBS, with team-specific broadcasts on TNT and TruTV. This was explained to people for weeks, but it seems lots of them did not get the message—even with a large bug in the corner of the screen identifying the broadcasts as being oriented toward one of the two...
UNC Athlete Did Not Receive A-Minus On That Awful Rosa Parks Paper
This picture, which became the thumbnail for the whole UNC academic scandal, is not a picture of an A-minus paper. It's not even a picture of a completed paper. According to Mary Willingham, the whistleblower from the Outside The Lines piece in which the paper was shown, it is probably a draft parag...
This UNC Athlete's Paper Is A Joke. Who's To Blame?
On Tuesday, Outside the Lines broadcast a piece on the academic scandal unfolding at North Carolina, which according to a whistleblower funneled athletes into sham classes with minimal standards and workloads. The internet's big takeaway was this screengrab of one athlete's final paper, which report...
Spurs Players Hear Spooky Noises During Stay In Allegedly Haunted Hotel
(Turn the lights off before reading for maximum effect.) ...
Seattle CBS Switches From End Of UNC-ISU To Mudslide Presser
Four are confirmed dead and 18 still missing due to mudslides in Seattle, so this is not even in the same plane of existence as something like the Heidi Game, but viewers tuned in to the finish in the UNC-Iowa State game had absolutely no idea what was happening in an already confusing ending when ...
Iowa State Beats North Carolina In Frantic, Bizarre Finish
Iowa State came back to beat North Carolina in an exciting final few minutes that were totally undercut by the final seconds. The last play of the game for the Tar Heels, like the final minutes, was totally out of sync. The Cyclones took the ball with 16 seconds left, advanced up the court and Deand...
J.P. Tokoto Takes Off
UNC's J.P. Tokoto went soaring for a fast-break dunk in the second half of the Tar Heel's game against Iowa St....
The MLB Regular Season Is Here, So Here's Vin Scully Speaking Australian
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks kicked off MLB's regular season today in Sydney, with L.A. taking Game One and Game Two underway now. Vin Scully is back, of course, and already giving us great sound bytes. Here he is introducing you to tonight's game with his attempt at speaking Australian....
San Diego Legend Ted Leitner Melts Down On-Air Over Suitcase Incident
Ted Leitner's best known as the voice of the San Diego Padres, but the longtime broadcaster also serves as the play-by-play man for San Diego State athletics. With just over a minute remaining in the Aztecs' thriller against New Mexico today at the Mountain West Conference title game in Las Vegas, a...
Finnish Women's Basketball Game Features Brutal Sucker Punch
Keep an eye on the woman in the No. 33 white jersey, who gets knocked down by her defender near the free-throw line at the start of the video. After getting up and running down to the other end of the court, she calmly turns toward her opponent and unleashes a vicious sucker punch....
Official Punched In Face During Scuffle In Avalanche-Blackhawks Game
NHL linesman Andy McElman took a punch to the face while trying to break up a scuffle in tonight's game between the Avalanche and Blackhawks....
A Guide To Kinja's New Look
Things are different. Want to talk about it? See below....
Marcus Paige Is College Basketball's Newest Little Badass
Despite all the good it offers, a college basketball season like the one we are currently enjoying—one that comes stocked with All-American talent and blue chip NBA prospects—can find itself lacking in the presence of a particular brand of collegiate star: the little guy who, despite his diminutive...
Manu Ginobili Explodes Shoe
With the amount of money NBA ballers make in shoe endorsement deals, you'd think the companies could supply them with something that won't fall apart on the basketball court. ...
Olympian Has Interesting Underwear Choice
Reminder to Olympic skiers: your pants are probably see-through....
Secretary Of Education Arne Duncan Owned The All-Star Celebrity Game
United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had a double-double in last night's All-Star Celebrity Game. That's a real sentence. He can also feed teammates like Rajon Rondo....