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A Wink At A Homely Girl
If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you've got nightmares....
Watch Iman Shumpert Get A Very Somber Haircut
Iman Shumpert shaved off his signature flat top a few weeks ago, and everyone was kind of bummed about it. But nobody took the event more seriously that Shumpert himself, as evidenced by the extremely earnest vignette above....
Adventures Of The Cardinals' Six-Hour Plane Delay
The St. Louis Cardinals' trip to Boston today for tomorrow's World Series game hit a snag after a mechanical delay kept their plane on the runway for six hours. A few players chronicled their experience through tweets. Pizza played a key role....
We Want Your Halloween Sports Babies
Baby Andy Reid was awesome, but do you think you can do better? In the spirit of Halloween, we'd like to see your children dressed up as someone from the world of sports. If you still have a photo of yourself as a child dressed up like a sports figure, that will also be acceptable. ...
You Can Get Away With Acting Like Dez Bryant If You're Tony Romo
On Sunday, Dez Bryant was accused and immediately convicted on national TV of excessive gesticulation. This was based mainly on long-distance exegesis of Bryant's body language during a couple of sideline exchanges, the first with Tony Romo and the second with Jason Witten. Here's the first one, fol...
Bill Belichick Dressed Up As A Pirate For Halloween
Captain Grumblebeard sails the seven seas! Bill Belichick and his wife girlfriend Linda dressed up as a pair of pirates for Halloween. And Bill's actually smiling!...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 9
Here is your early betting info for Week 9 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these 12 games and add Eagles-Raiders (this line opened late). Two small tweaks from last week: Each team's actual record is included, and the games are once again ordered by start time...
The Main Ingredient: How 'Bout Dem Apples?
Apple season is here....
Bananas Fake Extra Point Features Holder Hopping Around Like A Monkey
This is from Sherwood (Ore.) High School, and it's ridiculous....
How Would Mike Francesa Have Discussed The Civil War?
After his successful Revolutionary War commentary, time-traveling Mike Francesa is back, this time in the run-up to the Battle of Antietam. The best moment comes around the 2:32 mark, when a caller—Dred, from Scottsville (groan)—asks for Mike's take on Harriet Tubman. Mike responds as if she's Al ...
The New Browns Facility's Walls Are Full Of Fake Quotes
This past August, the Cleveland Browns unveiled their newly renovated training facility to the local press. The four-month, $5 million project to transform the Browns' home into a mid-grade, mid-2000s, middle-management expo featured, among other things, a series of inspirational quotations on the w...
San Diego State Baseball Team Plays Game In Halloween Costumes
This is a yearly tradition at San Diego State, and it's evidence that baseball games would get much higher ratings if they were always played by people in costume. I mean, what game wouldn't be improved by the inclusion of a shortstop wearing a giant cardboard box?...
Random Football Rap Lyric Of The Day
In honor of Ghostface's first record, released on this date in 1996....
Brandon Saad Set Up Patrick Kane With A Sweet Spin-O-Rama
So Brandon Saad is stealing Patrick Kane's moves now—and by that we do not mean Saad went on a weekend bender at the Tau Kap house, though one can always hope. Rather, Saad busted out the Spin-O-Rama—which Kaner had learned from Denis Savard—during last night's win over the Wild....
Californians Fail To Appreciate Inescapable, Burning Sriracha Odor
Officials of the city of Irwindale—a California town presumably situated in the ominous shadow of a Huy Fong Foods factory that looms all flecked with lightning and emitting constant spooky organ music atop the local hill—have filed suit against the makers of the delicious sriracha chili sauce, for ...
This Is Just The Worst Rugby League Failed Try
In American football, you merely have to carry the ball into the end zone. But in rugby league, a player has to put the ball on the ground in the in-goal area for the try to count. Yesterday at the Rugby League World Cup, New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams had an easy four points, but inexplicably s...
Leaked Video: The Gronkowskis Are Pitching An Animated TV Show
We've obtained the sizzle reel that the Gronkowski clan is shopping around Hollywood, hoping to land a contract for an animated TV show. So. Much. Zubaz....
Red Sox Win Totally Ordinary Game 5, Take 3-2 Lead To Boston
We made it seven innings before something funky happened and, as far as funky things in this World Series go, it was pretty tame. David Ross was called out on a questionable-on-closer-inspection call at the plate. But all it meant was the difference between a 4-1 Boston win and 3-1 win. Which is to ...
Golden Tate Suggests You Not Even Bother
For about 25 yards, Golden Tate had this touchdown in the books and brought out his finest stop, please, you're embarrassing yourself taunts for the St. Louis secondary. Until, of course, safety Rodney McLeod caught up to him and almost forced him out before he got in the end zone. ...