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St. Louis Rams Call St. Louis Police Liars
A St. Louis Rams executive apologized (Update: he denies apologizing, see below) to police on behalf of the team's front office for players' use of the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture before Sunday's game—a gesture that left St. Louis cops demanding punishment for the players....

Peter King Is A Goddamn Embarrassment
SI.com's Peter King, the most powerful NFL writer in the business, sees his job as flattering other powerful people so that they'll allow him to uncritically pass on whatever they'd like to have passed on. He's very good at it, as the incredible correction buried a couple of thousand words into hi...

He Just Heard Michigan's Not Going To Fire Brady Hoke
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Travis Kelce Explains His In-Game Wank: "He Deserved A Shot To The Face"
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is really good, was caught making a wanking motion during last night's game against the Broncos. The well-executed wank was in response to Broncos linebacker Von Miller laying a bit of a cheap shot on Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, and after the game Kelce took to ...

Hockey Blogger Fired For Being A Serial Creep To Women On Twitter
Steve Lepore, a hockey blogger for Awful Announcing who also wrote for Rolling Stone and other outlets, was canned over the weekend after being exposed as a serial harasser of women online. His preferred method seems to involve befriending women on Twitter before nebbishly sliding into their DMs to ...

Janay Rice Says Ravens Told Her To Apologize At That Press Conference
The first half of a two-part interview with Ray and Janay Rice aired on this morning's episode of the Today Show. Ray Rice wasn't present for this portion of the interview, and instead we saw Matt Lauer conduct a sit-down with Janay and her mother. The most revelatory part of the conversation was wh...

Johnny Manziel Is "Definitely Ready" To Start
After coming on for Brian Hoyer in the fourth quarter, Johnny Manziel led Cleveland to its only touchdown of the game. That—or Hoyer's general effectiveness—appears to have been enough to earn Manziel the job. From everything coach Mike Pettine had to say afterward, it sounds like this season's most...

St. Louis Cops Declare Rams' "Hands Up Don't Shoot" To Be "Offensive"
St. Louis police officers condemned the NFL's Rams today, calling their pre-game display of the "hands up don't shoot" gesture to be "tasteless, offensive and inflammatory." The lengthy statement issued by the St. Louis Police Officers Association demanded Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook,...

Kevin Garnett Tried To Eat Joakim Noah
Kevin Garnett's picked up a lot from other players during his lengthy NBA career, and now it seems he's learning new skills from athletes outside of basketball—specifically soccer's Luis Suárez....

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....

Mike Evans Completely Wrecks Terence Newman On A Block
We've gushed about Mike Evans's ability to get physical before, but that was mainly focusing on him pushing defenders around as he ran routes. Here's Evans using his muscle to take down Bengals corner Terence Newman in today's game....

Devin Hester TD Called Back After Punter Abuses His Face
Devin Hester's punt return touchdown was called back after he allegedly committed an offensive facemask. Meanwhile, here's what was happening on his side of things....

Johnny Manziel Gets Into Real NFL Game, Immediately Rushes For TD
The Browns handed the reins to Johnny Manziel today for the first time in a starring role, and he didn't disappoint—leading Cleveland down the field and rushing ten yards for a touchdown....

Ravens WR Marlon Brown Knocked Out Of Game With Concussion
Marlon Brown's day against the Chargers started off strong, with three catches for 25 yards. But the Ravens receiver's day is over after suffering a concussion on the above play that led Baltimore officials to declare him out for the game....

Kevin Mirallas's Beautiful Curling Goal Was Right Out Of A Video Game
After a well-cleared cross from a free kick near the box, Everton's Kevin Mirallas collected the ball and crushed this shot, bending it perfectly into the far corner of Tottenham's goal. You can almost feel how hard he was squeezing the finesse shot button....

Report: Buccaneers Employ Indentured Servants As Concessions Workers
In a system labor experts are calling "outrageous," the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among several professional sports teams a Tampa Bay Times investigation found employ unpaid, destitute people to sell peanuts and beer to fans at the stadium....

Ravens Player Experiences Snow For The First Time, Runs Late To Meeting
Florida-born Timmy Jernigan had never seen snow up close until Wednesday, so after the Ravens finished practice, he enjoyed a new life experience. Snow! (He'll get sick of it soon enough.) Jernigan was having so much fun that he ended up being late for a defensive meeting....

Massive Soccer Hooligan Brawl Leaves One Man Beaten, Thrown Into River
Earlier this morning, Atlético Madrid and Deportivo la Coruña were set to do battle in Madrid. But before the match kicked off, some 200 or so rival fans decided to stage an actual fight, which resulted in knife wounds, head injuries, and one man suffering a heart attack before getting thrown into a...

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...

Montréal Beats McMaster With Blocked FG To Claim First Vanier Cup
The Vanier Cup is Canada's college football championship, and Université de Montréal claimed the first in their history today when the Carabins blocked a would-be winning field goal from McMaster in the final seconds to preseve a 20-19 victory....