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Jameis Thinks Being Falsely Accused Of Rape Is The Same As Being Raped
The student conduct code hearing to determine whether Jameis Winston violated Florida State's honor code was finally held on Monday and Tuesday, and somehow USA Today has obtained Winston's entire statement before former Florida Supreme Court justice Major Harding. ...

Corey Crawford Is Out A Few Weeks Because He Fell At A Concert
Corey Crawford's mysterious "lower-body" injury turned out to be a fairly hilarious one—the Blackhawks goalie says he missed a step and fell down while leaving a concert....

What Was This Thing Sticking Out Of Tony Hawk's Thigh?
Warning: the following picture is kind of gross. But if you're interested in a strange object jutting from a gash in Tony Hawk's leg that looks like Jupiter's Great Red Spot, check out the uncropped pic:...
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Darnell Dockett Is Apparently Live-Tweeting Jury Duty [Update]
Update, 5:30 p.m.: It's come to our attention that the photo of a courtroom that Dockett tweeted is actually an old photo, from a 2013 trial in Washington State. So it's entirely possible that he's making this whole thing up. Our original post on Dockett's tweets is below....

Valencia Fans Drill Messi In Head After Barça Score Last-Second Winner
Lionel Messi earned a yellow card for complaining to the referee after angry Valencia fans cracked him in the head with a thrown object as Barcelona celebrated a late added-time Sergio Busquets goal that gave them a 1-0 road win....

Earlier today the Toronto Raptors—who surprisingly have the third best record in the NBA—announced that DeMar DeRozan suffered a "torn left adductor longus tendon" with no timetable for return. Injury blog In Street Clothes explains what that is, and how long DeRozan will likely be out for. [In Stre...

OSU's J.T. Barrett Out For Season; Here's The Ovation He Received
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett will miss the rest of the season due to the ankle fracture he received late in today's win over Michigan, leaving Cardale Jones to serve as field general for the rest of OSU's season. Above is some previously-unseen video of Barrett being tended to by medical pers...

J.T. Barrett Carted Off From Michigan-OSU Game With Leg Injury
Record-setting Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett's day is over after suffering what looks like a severe leg injury in the fourth quarter today against Michigan with the Buckeyes holding onto a slim one touchdown lead....

Missouri Ties Up Arkansas With Trick Play Two-Point Conversion
Seriously, this is a damn cool play. Pay close attention to what Mauk does—from start to finish, he's nothing but a decoy....

Australian Cricketer Phil Hughes Is Dead
Australian pro cricket player Phil Hughes is dead, days after suffering a severe head injury due to being struck by a bouncer thrown by New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott....

Derrick Rose Knocked Out Of Game Due To Injury
This is starting to sound a bit repetitive....

Australian Cricketer "Fighting For Life" After Taking Bouncer To Skull
Australian cricketer Phil Hughes is in critical condition today after being struck in the head by a bouncer during a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. ...

The Chargers Are Still Trying To Hide Philip Rivers's Injury
After Antonio Gates spoke out of class and revealed that his quarterback has been dealing with a "severe rib injury," the Chargers closed ranks. Rivers said he was fine. His coach said he wasn't injured. Gates claimed he had been misquoted. Then, yesterday, Rivers showed up on the injury report with...

Principal: "Nothing Racial" About Powderpuff Team Wearing Blackface
A group of students at Sullivan High School (Mo.) wore blackface for their Nov. 5 powderpuff football game. That's bad enough. The quote from school principal Jennifer Schmidt, who described her reaction after seeing the blackface, makes it worse. From the Riverfront Times:...


4 To 6 Weeks, My Ass: Why NFL Injury Estimates Are Bullshit
Not long after Robert Griffin III hobbled out of Week 2 with an ankle injury, the team and the media went into their usual casualty-reporting routine. First was the wait for the diagnosis, which arrived the next day—a dislocated left ankle. Then came the dissemination of the team's early timetable...

Emmanuel Sanders Leaves Game After Brutal Hit From Rodney McLeod
Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders is being evaluated for a concussion after taking this extremely violent hit from the Rams' Rodney McLeod....

VCU's JeQuan Lewis Leaves Game After Suffering Apparent Head Injury
Tonight's season tip-off between Tennessee and VCU turned scary in the first half when the Rams' sophomore guard JeQuan Lewis had to be helped off the floor following a hard-to-watch tumble that left him dazed and possibly suffering a seizure....

Chelsea And Spain Are Locked In A Dumb War Neither Can Win
Even by the standards of dick-measuring contests, the one ongoing between Chelsea and the Spanish national team has been awful for months. At some point, though, this sort of thing stops being merely dumb and threatens to become actually harmful to the players each side should be trying to protect—a...

Nathan Horton's Career Is Probably Done And He's Really Sad
Blue Jackets winger Nathan Horton will probably never play another NHL game, stricken by a mysterious degenerative back injury that has made hockey impossible, and will probably require career-ending surgery if Horton hopes to live a pain-free life. It's a sad, shitty thing to happen to anyone, let ...