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Jay Cutler Drove To Camp In A Big-Ass Van, Is Still The Best
Jay Cutler showed up to Bears training camp today driving the vehicle you see above, what Jay calls a conversion van. Cutler made it very clear that this was not a mini-van, probably because he has spawned a whole brood of mini-Cutlers and a mini-van seems like a pretty sensible option for a dad...
We Live In The Golden Age Of Sports Documentaries
A piece in this week's SportsBusiness Journal is nominally about how HBO Sports has lost its preeminence in the sports documentary biz, and sure enough, it has gutted its in-house doc unit in recent years. But it's heartening to realize that even as the former biggest player scales back, the sports ...
Pro-Palestinian Protestors Storm Pitch, Fight With Maccabi Haifa Players
Maccabi Haifa was playing a preseason friendly against Lille in Austria when a group of protestors stormed the field and began fighting with the Haifa players. Allson Sinai of the Jerusalem Post reported from the scene:...
Court Documents Reveal Owning The Clippers Is A License To Print Money
Thanks to Donald Sterling's ongoing legal battles, ESPN was able to get its hands on something called a "bid book," a report prepared for the Sterlings by Bank of America that details the Clippers' financials as well as what kind of bids the Sterlings should have expected from prospective buyers. Th...
Ruben Tejada Leaves Game After Taking Fastball To The Skull
Ruben Tejada left today's Mets-Mariners game in Seattle after being hit in the head by a 93 mph fastball from Taijuan Walker. ...
Tony Dungy Still Isn't Sure What The Problem Is
Tony Dungy tried again today to explain his Michael Sam comments, this time on the The Dan Patrick Show, and it somehow became all about Jonathan Martin. ...
Fred Davis Allegedly Criticizes Woman's Ass, Throws Dirt At Her
Former Skins tight end Fred Davis had a horrible February, but his year seems to be getting worse. A woman filed a complaint saying that on June 2, Davis harassed her while she was out with a friend at a diner. D.C. police now have a warrant out for him....
Audubon Society Calls New Vikings Stadium "A Death Trap" For Birds
One of the more distinguishing features of the new Vikings stadium, set to open in 2016, is the huge glass exterior. But birds, who are stupid, would not call that a selling point. They would call it a dying point....
Dammit, Justin Bieber, Stay The Hell Away From Kevin Durant
According to Justin Bieber's Instagram account, which is usually a repository for the pop singer's embarrassing and fraudulent basketball "highlights," Biebs recently grabbed a quick brunch with Kevin Durant. Fuck you, Justin Bieber....
The Lebowskis Who Might Have Been: Behind The Scenes With The Coens
When I was 25 I got a job with the Coen brothers. I'd worked on three movies as an apprentice film editor and got a gig with them as a personal assistant when they made The Big Lebowski. I was with them for a year, from before pre-production through post-production (when they edited the movie, I tra...
Donald Sterling Is Suing Everybody, Again
In yet another attempt to make some more cash and make everyone else's life difficult, Donald Sterling has filed another lawsuit against his wife and the NBA, accusing them of defrauding him out of the Clippers and demanding that the sale of the team be blocked....
Broncos Owner, Beset By Alzheimer's, Gives Up Control
Broncos majority owner Pat Bowlen will stand aside from running the team, the Broncos announced today, publicly acknowledging what most have known for a while: he is deep into the serious stages of Alzheimer's disease....
LeBron Sent Cupcakes To His Neighbors After The Media Crush At His House
A user on the NBA subreddit posted the picture above claiming that his parents live on the same street as LeBron in Bath, OH. Apparently LeBron and his family sent a little note and some cupcakes to their neighbors to apologize and thank them for understanding the media circus that went down in thei...
This Is A Browns Fan Pissing On Art Modell's Grave
How do you turn Art Modell into a sympathetic figure? You don an Ed Reed Ravens jersey (to fool people who might find a dude in a Browns jersey visiting Art Modell's grave suspicious, natch), hold your pee for a while, get yourself a catheter, and then dramatically reveal your hidden Lyle Alzado jer...
Maria Kirilenko On Dumping Alex Ovechkin Over Instagram Photo: Nyet
In case you haven't heard, Alex Ovechkin and tennis player Maria Kirilenko announced their split Monday. Goodbye, incredibly athletic Russian power couple. An SI report said that the breakup occurred over Ovechkin's Instagram photo with another girl, but according to Kirilenko, that's false....
Warm Your Heart With A Supercut Of Kids Swearing In Movies
There's something disarming about a little kid swearing. It's shocking and delightful at the same time, even though it's not supposed to be encouraged. That's real life, though. This supercut of children cursing in movies, however, can be enjoyed without guilt. Embrace the profanity, especially "bun...
TCU Star Accused Of Pointing Gun At Woman, Now "Separated" From Team
TCU "separated" from defensive end Devonte Fields today after a woman who said she had dated him accused him of pointing a gun at her and punching her in the face over the weekend. ...
West Virginia's Starting Quarterback Has A Cool Thought About Women
Cool thought, Clint Trickett. Super cool thought....
What's Karl Marx Doing In These Arguments Against College Athlete Pay?
Bob Bowlsby is a man with a very influential job. He is the commissioner of the Big 12 conference, one of the so-called power conferences that helps set policy for major college football. He also harbors a belief that is most commonly associated with pre-20th-century economics, and has really on...
And Now, A Lively Interaction Between Darren Rovell And A Twitter User
It starts, as it always does, with a completely useless Darren Rovell tweet:...