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This Picture Of Three Browns Fans Is Pure Sadness
We'll assume that their other two buddies, the ones in the Weeden and McCoy jerseys, are meeting up with them later. Either that, or they were crushed by a falling piano earlier in the day....
Curious Buck
Pat Jordan's latest for Sports on Earthis a fun one:...
Who Does Jameis Winston Think He Is—Joe Namath?
A story about the other famous shoplifting quarterback, excerpted from the book Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath and Dixie's Last Quarter....
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Meet The Guy Who Wrote Those Bizarre Scouting Reports For NFL.com
Think of the most important thing you'd want to know about an NFL prospect. The piece of information that should be listed first on his NFL.com draft profile. It is, almost certainly, nothing like these:...
Richard Sherman Says The NFL Wouldn't Have Banned Donald Sterling
Seahawks corner Richard Sherman—fresh off signing a four-year extension including $40 million guaranteed—sat down for an interview with Time in which he was asked how the NFL would react if faced with a situation like the one the NBA confronted with Donald Sterling. ...
Charles Barkley, Doing Something Obscene
He says this is how he eats churros. We all know what Chuck's really getting at, though....
FSU Artist Behind Jameis Winston Fellatio Painting Explains Inspiration
For those who wanted an explanation for the colorful painting of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston getting blown by a Pi Kappa Alpha brother, we received an email from Lena NW, the FSU art major who created it. She elucidated her inspiration behind the work....
Experience An NBA Playoff Pregame From The Eyes Of A Drunk Person
OK, this video's actually just useless additional footage from TNT's online feed, but if we use our imagination, we're watching the Clippers-Thunder introductions from a very drunk fan's point of view. Damn, how'd you put down that much before the game even started? Please don't puke....
White Sports Columnist Mad About Today's Vulgar Rap Music
Washington Post columnist Mike Wise was in the Indiana Pacers' locker room before tonight's game against the Wizards, and he could not believe the music they listened to these days....
The Deceptive Math Behind The Seahawks' Pitch To Undrafted Free Agents
As soon as the NFL draft ends, the mad scramble to sign the best undrafted players begins. To get an edge, the Seattle Seahawks have distributed this data-heavy deck to NFL agents, a move that caught the eye of NFL.com's Ian Rapoport....
Surprise: A Hockey Player Lied About His Concussion
I read this quote from Columbus's James Wisniewski with more resignation than frustration. From the Dispatch, he's talking about going head-first into the boards in the sixth and deciding game of the Blue Jackets' first-round series loss to Pittsburgh:...
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Took Photos Of Napping Draft Prospects
Draft week is exhausting for prospects—they're hustled from meeting to meeting, media appearance to media appearance, with the only opportunity for some rest the bus rides in between. Earlier today, Alabama safety Ha'Sean "Ha Ha" Clinton-Dix put together a photo essay of his fellow prospects napping...
<em>Borderlands 2</em> Is The Best Video Game Ever
So a new Borderlands game is coming in the fall. Now, a guy like me gets all kinds of news throughout the course of the average day—Facebook ate a baby, girlfriend has a rash on her foot, another A's pitcher's getting Tommy John surgery—but this cut through the clatter like a broadsword through Ned ...
The Hoops Whisperer
Check out this Talk of the Town piece by Reeves Wiedeman:...
The Man Who Scored The NHL's Greatest Shootout Goal Hangs Up His Skates
Defenseman Marek Malik announced his retirement from hockey today, after five years in Europe following a 15-year NHL career that stretched all the way back to the Hartford Whalers. But few players, especially with that kind of service time, are so inextricably linked to one meaningless moment as Ma...
ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss Is Finally Leaving For NBC
Looks like Jamie Horowitz, an influential ESPN VP once called "the midwife of Bristol's 'Embrace Debate' era" in these pages, will be leaving for NBC after all. New York Times media reporter Bill Carter tweeted this morning that Horowitz, who'd apparently sulked through his last few months at ESPN a...
Jay Cutler Spawned Again
Jay Cutler, who has spawned before, has spawned once again. Cutler and his wife, Kristin Cavallari, welcomed Jaxon Wyatt Cutler into the world today....
Whites Are Way More Lenient On Sterling, Unless They Follow The NBA
In the past week, two polls have tried to dope out the public's thoughts on the NBA forcing Donald Sterling to sell the Clippers. Both tell you approximately what you'd expect, but the ways they differ are a little more interesting. ...
Unobservant Fan Nearly Decapitated By Foul Ball
Everyone knows that the one thing you absolutely have to do when sitting behind one of the baselines is never take your eyes off the plate. This guy did not adhere to that rule, and he very nearly got his head taken off. ...