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Here's Boxer Adrien Broner “Pooping” Money, Flushing It Down The Toilet

Adrien Broner has a lot of money. A quick search reveals that he doesn't have an insane amount of money, as star athletes, go, but he likely has more than you and all your friends. He is, however, a young and flamboyant and attractive and great fighter, so barring tragedy or magic, Broner will osten...

Here's Security Tackling The All-Star Game Idiot, As Called By Jim Ross

You knew it was coming, didn't you?...

What Is Going On Here?

All-Star Game Idiot On The Field Did It Because Twitter Told Him To

Twitter user @MasoneDylan said he'd run onto the field if his tweet got 1,000 retweets. It did, and he did, and reports say he got quite the thumping from Citi Field security....

Uh oh, Yankees fans. Robinson Cano leaves the All-Star Game in the first inning due to this....

Joe Paterno Interview Transcript: “Yea, I Guess You'd Call It Sexual”

John Ziegler, the Joe Paterno apologist whom even people related to Joe Paterno want nothing to do with, recently published a book that defends Joe Paterno's role in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. And by "recently published a book" I mean Ziegler posted some 80,000 words on his website last w...

Worst Person In America Teams Up With Worst Charity In America [UPDATE]

Every day, optimistic PR people fill our tips box with mumbo-jumbo about new sports websites, book review offers, and other pitches that usually get auto-tagged as spam and are subsequently binned. Today, though, we received the following—and it's so perfect we can't help but share it with you:...

Homeowners’ Email Chain Goes From Snippy To Crazy In A Hurry

Oh look, we've got more homeowners' association members sending each other overwrought emails. Whereas our last installment dealt with the scourge of unsightly dog poop, today's dive into suburban madness brings something much more sinister to light: people parking across the street from other peopl...

Source: Lolo Jones Fights With Daughter Of Bobsled Official [Updates]

According to one athlete with knowledge of the situation, Olympic hopefuls Lolo Jones and Aja Evans were involved in a fight at a Lake Placid bar last Friday night that pitted the two against the stepdaughter of a US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation hall of famer....

Jason Kidd Pleads Guilty To 2012 DWI

Just a few days after signing with the Knicks, Jason Kidd veered his Escalade off a Hamptons road, smashing directly into a telephone pole. He had had "a couple of drinks," he told a judge, "three or four." Now, exactly one year and one day later, Kidd is receiving his punishment....

Let Them Wear Towels: How Far Have We Really Come?

Never mind the All-Star Game, tonight on ESPN gives Let Them Wear Towels. Over at ESPNW, Robin Herman asks How Far Have We Really Come?...

Well, This Is Just A Miserable Soccer Play All Around

You might've missed the Haiti-El Salvador Gold Cup match last night. Now you've seen all you need to see....

Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game

Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...

Remembering Occupy Tebow: Jewel Of ESPN's Dying Comments Section

The ESPN comments section will no longer exist in its current form after today. The cesspool that allowed sports fans to anonymously post their unpunctuated thoughts about sports while hiding behind the shield of anonymity is being replaced by a system that will force users to tether their comments...

MLB Player Puts Ketchup On Hot Dog, Outrage Ensues

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Jimmy Fallon's Interview With “Michael Jordan” Is Surprisingly Funny

This is the kind of bit that has the potential to be gimmicky and unfunny, but Fallon and Kristen Wiig have the comedic timing that's necessary to make a five-minute interview with "Michael Jordan" worth watching. Also, it's pretty hard not to laugh at that bald cap....

Here Is A Very Important Charlie Weis Photo

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Awesome Little Kid To Shaq: “Don't Ever Disrespect Houston Again!"

This kid makes me want to root for the Rockets. H-Town, baby!...

Night-Shifting For The Hip Fleet

“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. From New York Magazine, 1975, this piece was the idea that spawned the TV show, Taxi:...