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Why Can't Skip Bayless Say Johnny Football Has A Drinking Problem?
In case you missed it, everyone's getting pissed at Skip Bayless for calling Johnny Football an alcoholic on the air last week. Here's Bethlehem Shoals:...

D-League Announcer Fills Broadcast With Wrestling Catchphrases
RJ Choppy is a sports radio yakker in Dallas, Tex., and he also does play-by-play for the local NBA D-League team, the Texas Legends. D-League games are only shown on YouTube, which gives broadcasters a lot of room to screw around, and Choppy took full advantage of that freedom during a recent game ...

How In The Ever-Lovin' Hell Can The Knicks Be So Much Bullshit?
Oh yes, this is the good stuff. This is the pure Colombian. This is the braindead, dogshit, dick-in-the-wall-socket-type Knicks experience that's been missing for the last, uh—fuck it, the last couple months, at least. Welcome back, assholes....

Lee Marvin Shoots From The Hip
Over at the Beast I reprinted Robert Ward's hugely entertaining Rolling Stone profile of Lee Marvin:...

Goddamn, Steph Curry Is Amazing
There may not be a better ticket in sports right now than the Golden State Warriors, and that has a lot to do with the fact that Steph Curry is liable to do something that will leave you slack-jawed and drooling on any given night....

Klay Thompson Throws Down Alley-Oop
We haven't even finished the first quarter yet and Warriors-Thunder is already the highlight reel-fest you'd expect when players like Curry, Westbrook, Durant, and Thompson get together on the same court for a (sort of, it's on NBA TV) nationally televised matchup. That being said, a Klay Thompson a...

Reports: Cavaliers Trade Dion Waiters, Probably To The Thunder (UPDATE)
The struggling Cavaliers are taking on the 76ers tonight, and with practically the entire team injured, Dion Waiters was poised to get his fourth start of the season:...

Here's Jason Whitlock Pretending To Like And Respect Stuart Scott
ESPN's Stuart Scott, 49, died yesterday, finally succumbing to a long bout with cancer. The SportsCenter anchor was given a sendoff befitting a hero by the many friends he made over his two decades on the air, because to many, that's what he was. ...

So What's The Deal With Chris Christie And The Cowboys?
Governor and underripe tomato Chris Christie was hugging and bouncing and groping in the owner's box throughout Dallas's thrilling win on Sunday. And because he is still technically in charge of the great state of New Jersey, some folks want to know exactly how he got there, and how much public mone...

Something's Up With Larry Sanders
There is something weird going on with Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders. He hasn't been with the team since December 23, when he was sidelined with the flu, but now the reasons for his absence have gotten a bit murky:...

The "Who Is Paul McCartney?" Meme Is Now Infecting TV News
So on New Year's Eve, Kanye West released "Only One," a lovely little electric-piano jam about his daughter, as seen through the eyes of his dearly departed mother. It's pretty sweet! It was also tagged "featuring Paul McCartney," which has compelled Twitter to bug the fuck out, and now compelled ...

NFL Officiating Head Says The Cowboys Got Away With At Least One Penalty
Dean Blandino, the NFL's VP of officiating, made the media rounds today to discuss the controversial reversed pass-interference call that occurred in a crucial spot of Dallas's win over Detroit. Blandino didn't come down strongly on either side of whether Anthony Hitchens interfered with Brandon Pet...

The Biggest Dude In The World Just Scored Against Liverpool
They don't make 'em like Adebayo Akinfenwa too often. The man-mountain stands at five-foot-eleven, has to be pushing 200 pounds, and can reportedly bench press damn near 400 pounds. That's how you get a world's-best 97 strength rating in the FIFA games....

NFL Execs Keep Refusing Interviews For The Jets' GM Job
The New York Jets need a new coach and a new general manager, and they've been asking a lot of people around the league if they might be interested in interviewing for the latter job. A good chunk of the people they've reached out to have answered that request with a hard pass....

Saints' Junior Galette Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
Saints linebacker Junior Galette has been arrested and booked by Kenner, La., police on a charge of simple battery involving domestic violence, the Times-Picayune reported today. Terrance Banks, a cousin of Galette's and his teammate at Temple University, was booked on a charge of simple battery. ...

Newspaper's Sports Headlines Are All Stuart Scott Catchphrases
Here's today's Virginian-Pilot sports front, and it honors Stuart Scott with headlines referencing the late ESPN anchor's most well-known catchphrases....

HOF Exit Polls Predict Five Players Will Enter Cooperstown
As in past years, the excellent folks behind the Baseball Hall of Fame Vote Tracker are taking note of every available Hall of Fame ballot—both publicly revealed and privately shared with the site—in an attempt to forecast who will make the cut when the official vote totals are announced tomorrow at...

Yes, The Reversed Call In Lions-Cowboys Really Was Rd. 1's Biggest Play
A proper inventory of what did and didn't go in Detroit's favor in Sunday's playoff game against the Cowboys would include, at minimum, the NFL ruling that "first-time offender" Ndamukong Suh was eligible to suit up; a hot start followed by scoring just six points over the final three quarters (fo...

How Many Days Are In A Week? Internet Steakheads Go To War
The brain is not a muscle. For proof of that, we turn to the commenting forums of Bodybuilding.com....