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Jay Cutler Finds Martellus Bennett For The Winning Score, Bears 2-0
In an ugly game that saw seven turnovers and three touchdowns scored by defense or special teams, it was Jay Cutler and his new favorite toy that made the difference. Down six, Cutler led the Bears 66 yards in three minutes, hooking up with TE Martellus Bennett for the winner....
Eddie Lacy Concussed By Brutal Hit From Brandon Meriweather
Packers RB Eddie Lacy was pretty much the definition of a defenseless player when he took this helmet-to-helmet hit from Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather. The Packers announced that Lacy suffered a concussion and is out for the day....
Life Is A Lot Better When You Don't Expect Much Of Yourself
What a smooth week of being physically fit and observing a healthy, balanced diet it has been. What say we gather 'round the chiminea and swap stories of our personal triumphs? And share music, too. Here's a Spotify playlist. Let's get to it....
USF Gives Up Touchdown When Own Running Back Forces QB Fumble
Look, USF is bad. But so is FAU! We can't think of any better example of Bulls futility than this play early in tonight's matchup between the two teams in Tampa, when the Owls score a touchdown thanks to USF forcing a fumble against itself. The bus, it has a broken axle. ...
FIFA Investigating Costa Rica For Various Horseshit Moves
Costa Rica, a safe, verdant, progressive nation filled with a bunch of total assholes, did everything in its power to disrupt the USMNT before and during last week's World Cup qualifier. (Did you know we hate Costa Rica now? We do. Go soccer!) But now FIFA wants to know if things went too far....
The NFL Wants To Tell You How Bad Concussions Are In Baseball
NFL.com: Your house organ for all of the latest content about The League, and bizarre reminders that baseball's concussion problem is just as bad as football's....
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OK State Registrar: <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Still Hasn't Called Us [Update]
Over the last day, one of Sports Illustrated's main sources for the second part of its five-part investigation into Oklahoma State has been under attack. Fath' Carter claimed that he graduated from the university with a degree in education, and, more significantly, that he and former Cowboys runni...
Every FCC Complaint About Miley Cyrus's VMA Twerking
At least some Americans will manage to be offended by just about anything. But Miley Cyrus's trainwreck performance at last month's Video Music Awards was something special, and garnered one of the largest numbers of viewer complaints in recent history....
Was The Tigers' Singing Hot Dog Vendor Fired For Being Anti-Ketchup?
Last week, the Tigers' concession company fired Charley Marcuse, Comerica Park's locally renowned singing hot dog vendor. It's apparently the worst thing to happen to Detroit sports since the Pistons last played. And the Detroit News is determined to get to the bottom of it....
What Does It Take To Get Kicked Out Of The U.S. Open?
Let this middle-aged lady show you how it's done....
Has Any Coach Ever Done Less With More Than Lane Kiffin?
Watch enough football for long enough, and eventually you'll see everything. I believe this: In this calendar year alone we've seen a one-point safety, a Heisman finalist cop to having an imaginary girlfriend, and a 300-pound left tackle score on a hook-and-lateral, among other improbable feats. And...
All The Quoted Players Who Are Backing Away From <em>SI's</em> OK State Story
Sports Illustrated is now more than halfway through its big dumb investigation into the Oklahoma State football program. Since the magazine began rolling out its five-part series, many of the former OK State players who were quoted by co-writer Thayer Evans have claimed that they were misquoted in t...
The Texans Got Old Man Ed Reed A Walker For His Birthday
Ed Reed turned 35 yesterday. His new teammates in Houston recognized the occasion by presenting him with a Hall of Fame jacket cake, but free safety Danieal Manning also gave Reed this platinum walker as a gag. Reed has yet to play this season because of a hip injury. No word on whether the Texans b...
USMNT Moves Up To 13th In Latest FIFA World Rankings
FIFA's September world rankings were released this morning, and we found out that U.S. Soccer, after being ranked 19th just last month, jumped six more spots to 13th in the world. The Americans also were able to hold onto the top spot in CONCACAF. Mexico, second in the federation, fell one spot, and...
All The NFL TV Themes, On Piano
All the classics: Fox, NBC, CBS, and ESPN. Turns out you like sonatas, huh?...