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For Unto You Is Born This Day In The City Of Denver A Savior, Which Is Tim Tebow (Expedited Shipping Available)
The world keeps hurtling through space, packed to the rafters with straight up crazy people. Behold: the Tim Tebow "Tebowing" Christmas card. ...
How The Grinch Stole Christmas And Got Hit With A Soccer Ball Inside A Porta-Potty
I'm not confident that I understand the plot here, but just enjoy the never before seen mix of soccer trick shots and Christmas featuring UNC Asheville's Lassi Hurskainen....
Superman Socks, Nobody Wants Chris Paul, And Baseball Is Canceled: Good Morning!
Your morning roundup for Dec. 11, the day we learned more is more. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Your Heisman Trophy Winner Is Robert Griffin III
Robert Griffin III—RG3 for the uninitiated—won the Heisman trophy this evening. Andrew Luck is all sad faced a few months before he becomes a multimillionaire. [ESPN]...
"Unbelievable!" Indiana Beats #1 Kentucky On Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer
On a day that already saw the #2 team in the country fall, the Indiana Hoosiers brought down top-ranked Kentucky on this buzzer-beating three-pointer that left Dick Vitale a puddly mess of screams and IU coach Tom Crean shaking his head in disbelief.[ESPN]...
Report: National League MVP Ryan Braun Failed A Performance-Enhancing-Drug Test
Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun is disputing the results of his recent urine test, which is why MLB hasn't announced the result or any discipline. If Braun's appeal fails, he would face a 50-game suspension next spring....
Deadspin Up All Night: Red And Green Bursts
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It Took Real Madrid 25 Seconds To Score In <em>El Clásico</em>
A major blunder by Barça's Victor Valdes let Real Madrid's Karim Benzema sneak one into the goal as scoring in one of the most-anticipated matches in recent memory got underway less than a minute into the contest. [ESPN Deportes]...
Billie Jean King And Martina Navratilova Respond To Australian Legend's Homophobic Rant
Margaret (Smith) Court is a former Australian tennis great turned pastor in something called the Victory Life Church. Earlier in the week she made statements with regard to homosexuality, marriage and political correctness. Some of her thoughts are listed below:...
Cincinnati's Crosstown Rivalry Turned Ugly, Yet Again
The yearly chili debate tournament known as the Crosstown Rivalry (Cincinnati representing the classic Skyline brand while Xavier speaks on behalf of Gold Star) was brought to a premature end with this brawl in the final seconds—possibly due to a third party agitator arguing on behalf of the tradi...
10-Year-Old Hits Half-Court Game Winner As The Most Annoyingly Voiced Woman Ever Watches
Let's cleanse the palate a bit after all that high school basketball ugliness from earlier today. Here is the game as it should be. Down one with 11 seconds left. The poise, the confidence and the shot. The exhilaration of victory. The agony of defeat. And some lady, taking Fran Drescher's voice a...
High School Basketball Team Suspended For Racist Pregame Chants
At least twelve girls from Kenmore East High School have been suspended for, among other things, taking part in a pregame chant that goes a little something like this: "One, two, three [N-word]!" Seriously. I copied and pasted it just to be safe. For years, apparently, the girls of Kenmore East Hig...
Montana State's Elvis Akpla Just Made The Catch Of The College Football Season
Unseeded Montana State has its work cut out for them today against top-seeded Sam Houston State in the FCS playoffs. Nevertheless, Bobcats receiver Elvis Akpla is doing his best to get his team to the next round with this ridiculous catch—the best I've seen at any level of college football this s...
Cheerleading Coach Canned For Working At Hooters
It's time to play Florida or....Florida. Nicole Zivich was relieved from her position as coach of the varsity cheerleading squad at Estero High on November 21st. She said no reason was given for the decision. She does have a theory, though....
Montana Celebrated Their FCS Playoff Win Over Northern Iowa By Getting Stabby
Montana's Grizzlies crushed perennial FCS power Northern Iowa last night 48-10 in Missoula last night, and celebrated in a manner you might call.. unique? The Griz will take on the winner of Montana State and top-seeded Sam Houston State....
Your Afternoon College Basketball Open Thread
If early December college basketball is your thing, stop by here to talk about the various games on throughout the day....
Oakland A's Trade All-Star Pitcher Not Named Gio Gonzalez, Twitter Is Validated
Oakland pulled off a trade yesterday, sending Trevor Cahill, Craig Breslow and some cash to the Diamondbacks. In return, Oakland received "one of the Diamondbacks' top young pitching prospects, right-hander Jarrod Parker, plus outfielder Collin Cowgill and reliever Ryan Cook, a pair of rookies."...
Baby It's Cold Outside
Your morning roundup for Dec. 10, the day we learned Coyote Shivers was full of shit. Image via mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Aborted Chris Paul Trade Cannot Be Appealed, Because It Was Technically The Hornets Who Backed Out
Despite Dell Demps nominally having full authority to make player moves, it was pressure from other owners (and therefore the owners of the Hornets) that killed the Chris Paul deal last night. So this was never a completed trade vetoed by the league—for litigation purposes, this was a trade that one...
Warriors Guard Charlie Bell Showed Up Drunk To His Hearing On Drunk Driving Charges
Charlie Bell, a reserve guard for the Warriors, showed up legally drunk to a hearing on his drunken driving case in Michigan yesterday. He sobered up in a holding cell. At least there wasn't a box cutter involved this time. [SF Gate, via I Am A GM]...