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The Oakland A’s Cap Off An Incredible Late-Season Comeback And Win The AL West
"The Oakland A's have shocked the Rangers and the baseball world!" That's one way to put it mildly. As Dan Brooks of BrooksBaseball.net reminded us all, the A's had less than a 1 percent chance of even making the playoffs back on June 15. That's just completely insane....
A Miserable Season From The Houston Astros Ended With A Glorious Faceplant In The Dirt
Poor Carlos Corporán, who actually had a good game for the 'stros, getting them on the board with a run-scoring single in the first and then grabbing another hit after Houston tied the game in the eighth with a three-run home run. However, a botched hit-and-run turned Corporán into an easy out for C...
93 Years After His Death, Teddy Roosevelt Finally Wins The Presidents Race At Nationals Park
This is a great day for America. What, the presidential debate tonight? Psh. No, it's because Teddy is finally off the schnide, having won his first-ever Presidents Race after 525 consecutive losses, thanks to some assistance from a faux-Phillie Phanatic. Ryan Zimmerman then homered to lead off the ...
David Cone Made An Unfortunate Reference To Ichiro's "Chopstick"
More than anything, I wager that David Cone's choice of words has more to do with the insatiable pressure that some announcers put on themselves to fill dead air or to feel as if they're adding their perspective to the telecast (especially if they happen to be a former player). Nonetheless, the fi...
When Vin Scully Starts Quoting Dylan Thomas, You Pay Attention
We can all agree Vin Scully is a national treasure, but if anyone dares to question that status, you just have them consider who else would be classy and confident enough to start throwing out Dylan Thomas lines in the more dramatic moments of a Giants-Dodgers NL West showdown with playoff implicati...
A Wee Bird Terrorized One Yankee Stadium Grounds Crew Worker
You just never know when a li'l injured/scared bird will come onto a baseball field and starting flopping and flailing before (kinda) flying off, but this one made sure it first made an unfortunate example out of a Yankee Stadium worker. Oh, and don't miss the part where Michael Kay thinks, if onl...
Tuesday Night Fights: Philly Cop Watches Porn-Theatre Brawl, Decries Peer As "A Gigantic Pussy"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs x2: "Nightlife in Philly," a brief window into a fight outside Center City's premier adult movie theatre, and "old men fight." Tonight's commentator: An active-duty Phil...
Adam Greenberg Finally Got To Swing The Bat In A Major League Baseball Game
Adam Greenberg finally got his first official MLB at-bat tonight, seven years after getting hit in the head in his only plate appearance. Unfortunately, it came against R.A. Dickey, who whiffed him on three pitches, something the presumptive NL Cy Young Award-winner specializes in. Regardless, good ...
Mark Cuban Is Possibly Drunk And Definitely Dancing To "Gangnam Style" [UPDATE]
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban recently visited Kilroy's in Bloomington, Ind. (home of Cuban's alma mater, Indiana University), and from the above video found by Shot of Ginn, Cubes certainly got his party on....
A Red Sox Fan Pulled A Jeffrey Maier And Gave The Yankees A Home Run
We thought last week's minor kerfluffle, on Bobby Valentine's game of employment chicken, would be the last Red Sox update we'd have to do this season. No sense piling on. But the Red Sox can't seem to stop doing terrible things....
The Jerry Dome Is Infested With Gigantic Roaches
Sure, Cowboys Stadium may be a billion-dollar shrine to fossil fuels football, but even with the new Victoria's Secret store it seems they have a bit of a problem with pest control. EWWW. ...
Euro Golf Fan At Medinah Celebrates Ryder Cup Win So Hard His Tooth Flies Out On Live TV
Yesterday's Ryder Cup meltdown at Medinah—already the fodder for Taiwanese animation mockery—prompted rowdy European fans to go crazy in their celebration of what the British press is already calling one of the great sports comebacks in history. We don't blame the Euros for getting excited, but we...
In Least-Professional Broadcast Ever, ESPN Announcers Mock Wrecked Rallycross Driver As He's Taken To Hospital
ESPN's live broadcast of the Global Rallycross event in Las Vegas Saturday night turned bizarre as the feed—being recorded for later tape-delayed broadcast—revealed a series of bizarre comments by announcers in the aftermath of a driver's devastating accident....
Berlin Marathon Ends In Controversy
Geoffrey Mutai won the Berlin marathon this morning, edging out his training partner Dennis Kimetto by one second with little fanfare. The racing community, however, is viewing this a little cockeyed exactly because of the ho-hum way this thing ended....
Ed Hochuli's Crew Got The Full CBS Starting Lineup Treatment, Complete With Stating Where They Attended School
How excited was CBS for the return of union officials? Ed Hochuli's crew did the full Super Bowl-style intros before tonight's Jacksonville-Cincinnati game; the officials even said where they went to school. It was cute, but a little weird; after all, we're already back to booing these guys. [CBS]...
Watch A Little Person Shake A Defender Out Of His Shoes In A Streetball League In Venice
This is Jamani Swanson and he plays in the Venice Basketball League, a league that "combin[es] the hardcore reality of the outdoor street basketball lifestyle with the glamour and glory of a professional league." He is also a little person....
Rory McIlroy Needed A Police Escort To Make His Tee Time At The Ryder Cup Today Because Of The East Coast Bias
Rory McIlroy had an 11:25 a.m. local time (important) tee time this morning. Rory was a little bit late getting to the Ryder Cup because he has no idea what time it is. According to NBC/Golf Channel, Rory was telling time by the television and since they kept giving his tee time as 12:25 p.m. becau...
ESPN Repeatedly Identifies Random Man As Former NFL Running Back Fred Taylor
Former Florida and Jaguars great Fred Taylor has a son, Kelvin, who like dad plays running back and is committed to play for the Gators. Kelvin's Glades Day squad made the trip up to Yulee for a battle of Florida high school heavyweights, and the ESPN broadcast focused mostly on Fred Taylor, who w...
Michigan State Definitely Eye-Gouged An Ohio State Player During Yesterday's Game
As if fans taunting an injured Braxton Miller weren't enough, Michigan State players engaged in some dirty behavior at the end of at least one play today, as Spartans offensive lineman Jack Allen took advantage of his fingers being near Buckeyes defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins's face and gave ...
Michigan State Fans Taunted Ohio State QB Braxton Miller With "He's A Pussy" After Miller Injured By Late Hit
Today's ESPN/ABC spotlight game (and the site of this morning's College GameDay) is a Big Ten matchup between visiting Ohio State and host Michigan State, and the game turned ugly early. When Buckeyes quarterback Braxton Miller went down hard on a late hit out of bounds—his head crashing into a st...