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It's Almost Like This Is Some Kind Of Crazy Rivalry Or Something

Obviously, the sailor-mouthed dude with his face painted is going to get most of the play here, but don't sleep on the pirate to his left. ...

Desmond Howard Is Not Impressed: Your Oregon-UW <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

The College GameDay crew is messin' around in Seattle before today's Oregon-Washington kickoff. Let's start the fun....

With The World Cup Clinched, USMNT Players Must Now Fight For Spots

The United States men's national team is take on Jamaica this evening in what is, thankfully, a somewhat meaningless World Cup qualifying match. That's because the Americans already whooped Mexico, as well as everyone else in CONCACAF, to clinch a spot in next year's tournament in Brazil. So what's ...

Obviously, Mike Tomlin Says "Obviously" A Lot

After Tomlin's Tuesday press conference, those jagoffs at Benstonium counted them up. Obviously....

Deez Nuts

This is fun. Thanks to Mark Drew for making 'em and Ego Trip for pointing 'em out....

The Hidden Victims Of The NFL's Concussion Crisis

Late last fall, as the NFL playoff picture began to take shape, I was summoned to the psychiatric ward of my hospital. As an HIV specialist, I routinely encounter patients with mental health issues who have trouble taking their medications, but when I read the page requesting my consultation, I noti...

Daniel Snyder Hires The One Man In Washington Worse Than Daniel Snyder

A man so badly fucked that he'll hire Lanny Davis is a man who's finished, and so everyone who detests Daniel Snyder, the imperious prick who owns the Washington Redskins and claims he'll never change their name, can rejoice. When the client who can't be defended brings on the fixer who will defend ...

Which One Of These NFL-Themed Vanity Plates Sucks More?

Welcome to the first edition of NFL Vanity Plate Suck Off, which is a thing that I just made up and will probably never happen again. Anyway, both of the vanity plates pictured above were recently shown to us by readers, and I can't decide which one sucks the most. So I'm asking for your help. Pleas...

Jerry Sandusky's Son, Who's A Browns Executive, Charged With DUI

Jon Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State defensive coordinator and convicted serial pedophile Jerry Sandusky, was arrested on the suspicion of driving under the influence early Tuesday in Fargo, N.D....

A Tribute to Bill Eppridge

Dig SI's tribute to the late Bill Eppridge. ...

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold: Annotated

Over at the Neiman Storyboard, Elon Green talks to Gay Talese about Talese's classic Esquire story, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold." ...

SJSU Puts Scary Spartans On Basketball Court

The San Jose State Spartans are the latest college basketball team to get in on the over-the-top court design trend. FIU's beach towel is pretty cool, but not as cool as five angry Spartan warriors who are poised to stab you in the face!...

Hat Tricks Can Be Hazardous For Ice Girls

Thanks to @FiveForBoarding for this video of a Penguins ice girl cleaning up hats after Jussi Jokinen's third goal. Who will clean up the ice girl?...

The Mourning Anchor

What is it the poet said? Like muffled drums, our hearts beat a funeral march to the grave. And so it is that Bryant Gumbel, a man who is nothing if not prepared, keeps a list of his pallbearers....

Report: Angry Texans Fans Go To Matt Schaub's House To Harass Him [Update]

You're not a nutcase, so I probably don't need to tell you, but: Don't fucking do what these Texans fans reportedly did....

Abby Wambach Marries Longtime Girlfriend In Hawaii

According to TMZ, USWNT soccer star Abby Wambach was wed to her longtime girlfriend, soccer player Sarah Huffman, this past weekend in Hawaii. ...

Contained Space: <em>Captain Phillips,</em> Reviewed.

1. There's a moment in Paul Greengrass' United 93, one of the best films of the last decade, in which we are invited not to sympathize with the hijackers of Flight 93, exactly, but at least take a look at them as humans, if just for a moment. They're monsters, but they're people, on that plane, too,...

Reminder: <em>League Of Denial</em> Is Tonight. Here's A Clip You Haven't Seen

Here's a clip from the Frontline documentary League of Denial. It premieres tonight at 9 p.m. tonight on ES—oh right, on PBS....

Reporter Alan Schwarz Changed The NFL; He's Here To Talk Concussions

We're joined now by New York Times enterprise reporter Alan Schwarz. Best known for his groundbreaking work on football's concussion crisis, he also wrote a terrific history of the role of statistics in baseball, and is a regular recipient of warm holiday greetings from Roger Goodell. Have questions...