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Celta Takes 1-0 Lead At Camp Nou With Nifty Backheel
Nolito delivered a perfect backheel to Joaquin Larrivey that gave Celta an inexplicable 1-0 lead in the second half against Barça at Camp Nou. Neymar, Messi, and Suárez have thus far been unable to find the goal; can Celta pull off the upset?...

Indiana Basketball Player Hit By Teammate's Car, In Hospital
Disaster fell upon the Indiana University basketball team early this morning, when sophomore Devin Davis was struck by a car driven by his freshman teammate Emmitt Holt. Davis had left the car in a parking lot moments earlier, but according to Bloomington Police as the car exited the parking lot Dav...

"Trevone Enjoys Boykin Dudes": Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup
Here's the "best" of what West Virginia had to offer on ESPN's College GameDay this morning....

Wanyama Takes Advantage Of Awful Goalkeeping, Scores From 35 Yards
Still impressive, but that's some poor decision-making by the keeper....

Thomas Vanek Paid Off $230,000 Gambling Debt With Islanders Paycheck
This summer, Minnesota Wild winger Thomas Vanek found himself caught up in a federal case against three men accused of running a gambling ring out of an Upstate New York bar. Vanek, who played nearby in both Rochester and Buffalo, served as a witness, but his link to the alleged bookies was unclear....

Cops: Players Shouted "Football Strong!" After Dislocating Man's Brain
Police say the five California University players arrested yesterday on charges they brutally stomped a man outside a Pennsylvania restaurant left the man with brain injuries so severe that "the lower part of his brain has shifted 80 degrees."...

The Kings Introduced The Warriors With The <em>Full House</em> Theme
Visiting teams are used to getting booed during the introductions of their starting lineups. So maybe, the Sacramento arena crew figured, they might be thrown off by getting laughed at. At Wednesday's opener, they cued up the Full House theme music to welcome the Bay Area squad....

Report: Michigan's Incompetent Moron AD Set To Resign
In the middle of a humiliating football season, the Michigan Wolverines are making a major change. Athletic director Dave Brandon will resign in a press conference scheduled for later today....

This Is One Of The Most Unfortunate Headlines We've Ever Seen
Hey, you guys remember Mark Whicker? The guy who wrote what is unquestionably the worst sports column of all time? Well, now he can add this headline to his collection of editorial facepalms....

Do Baseball Salaries Have "Precious Little" To Do With Ability?
This post originally ran on Phil Birnbaum's sabermetric blog. It is reprinted here with permission....

Steve Ballmer Comes On Strong With The Embarrassing Dadness
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was doing his Steve Ballmer thing throughout his team's home opener, but the highlight of his hootin' and hollerin' came right after the final whistle, when Ballmer wielded his daddish intensity (dadtensity) to embarrass and frighten his son, as all good dads know how to...

At Least LeBron Had Fun
LeBron James seemed determined not to blame—or maybe, not to acknowledge—that nervousness played any role in his uncannily rough game in what he had called earlier in the day "probably one of the biggest sporting events ever."...

Cal U. Cancels Football Game After 5 Players Busted On Assault Charges
California University (PA) has canceled tomorrow's scheduled game against Gannon University after five of its players landed in jail on charges they beat a man so badly he now suffers from severe brain injury....

Yordano Ventura Doesn't Seem Too Sad About Losing The World Series
Yordano Ventura pitched an exceptional game Tuesday night, holding the Giants to three hits over seven innings as the Royals won 10-0 to tie the World Series up at three games apiece. Unfortunately for Ventura, his teammates couldn't replicate his performance last night, and the Royals lost the Worl...

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Jameis Winston Throws Terrible Interception, Then Forces Fumble
Jameis Winston's a star athlete in two sports, but it looks like the reigning Heisman winner could play both ways on the gridiron, too. Here's the Seminoles QB making a truly regrettable decision, then making up for it by forcing the fumble. He's still got a two-touchdown deficit from which to dig h...

Kevin Love's Outlet Passing Already In Midseason Form
Kevin Love is the best outlet passer in the NBA, as he has demonstrated time and time again. Now that he's not on the craptastic Timberwolves, we're likely to see even more gorgeous outlet passes this year! Here's his first (of many, surely) full court heaves he will throw to LeBron James this sea...

BAH GAWD, KING, HE DROPPED HIM WITH THE SUPLEX
That's an offensive player!...

The Full Cleveland Cavaliers Intro & Starting Lineups, With Proper Audio
TNT (or, perhaps, Quicken Loans Arena) had a major audio fuckup tonight that left the Knicks' radio feed bleeding all over the Cavs' carefully-crafted fancy intro. So here's that fancy intro and starting lineups with proper audio....