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The Eagles Pulled Off A Ridiculously Elaborate Baseball-Themed TD Celebration
Famous South Jersey native and baseball player Mike Trout is at the Eagles game today, so the team’s offense performed an impressively elaborate baseball celebration to honor him (and possibly recruit him for the Phillies, who knows)....
Outdoor Adventurer Thabo Sefolosha Saved A Woman From Drowning
Hey, what’d you do this summer? I built half a porch onto my house, badly, and now have to climb over a construction zone in order to enter my home, with no end in sight. Probably you did something a lot cooler than this. If you’re Thabo Sefolosha, some of what you did this summer is save a woman fr...
It's The Rare Double-Clutch Extra Point Attempt
Utah lost anyway, but at least they made things interesting in the process....
UFC Dickhead Allowed To Pull Off Unscrupulous Weigh-In Shenanigans
Kevin Lee, a dickhead, is scheduled to fight Tony Ferguson for the UFC’s interim lightweight title tomorrow. (The interim belt is only available because Conor McGregor is off looking at boats and pretending to be a boxer while Khabib Nurmagomedov can’t figure out his own physiology, which really say...
Demetrious Johnson Is Still The Perfect Champion, And It Still Doesn't Matter To The UFC<em></em>
The best fighter on Earth is a diminutive video-game enthusiast. He hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Along with Anderson Silva, he currently holds the record for consecutive title defenses in the UFC: 10 consecutive opponents have tried and failed to take his belt. Slick kickboxers, gritty grinders...
The World Series National Anthem That Infuriated America
The current crop of athletes protesting during the national anthem has roots at the 1968 Olympics, with the Black Power salute of Tommie Smith and John Carlos after they finished first and third, respectively, in the 200 meters. John Dominis’s famous photograph of the two U.S. sprinters on the medal...
The Shield Is Back To Give Us A Reason To Like Roman Reigns Again
Three years after an ill-advised split, WWE is finally pulling the trigger on the reunion of what was once the hottest act in the company, The Shield. A trio consisting of Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in riot gear, they immediately became one of the top acts in the company thanks to t...
Sad Brady
Our pal Tom just needs to drink more of his special water. ...
Family Gets Lifetime Ban From Pee Wee Football After Father Allegedly Put Teen Coach In Chokehold
A New Jersey man is facing criminal charges and has gotten his family a lifetime from a pee wee football league after allegedly putting a 16-year-old coach in a chokehold because he was frustrated that his son had been rotated out of the quarterback position....
Enjoy Tom Brady Getting Picked Off
Do you know when the last time Tom Brady got picked off in the regular season was? It was 264 passes ago. Here, then, is an update from his opening drive of tonight’s Patriots-Buccaneers game:...
Brewers Prospect Bubba Derby Opens Up About Escape From Las Vegas Massacre
Bubba Derby is a minor-league pitcher in the Brewers system, and he was at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 59 people. Derby was at the festival with several family members and friends, and he’s since detailed the terrifying e...
Brandon Weeden? Brandon Weeden.
The Tennessee Titans have reportedly found a new quarterback to replace an injured Marcus Mariota, and it’s former 28-year-old rookie Brandon Weeden, a.k.a. the most hilarious Cleveland Browns draft pick ever, a.k.a. the guy last seen as a third-stringer behind Tom Savage and Brock Osweiler....
Nick Kyrgios Hits Another Frisky Trick Shot
Time to check in on Nick Kyrgios, the wildly talented but capricious Aussie who’s one of the best young players on tour when he gives a shit, but was last seen melting down during the first round of the U.S. Open, then describing his fluctuating dedication to the sport like this:...
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Mike Glennon Masters Slapstick
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
Cam Newton Whooped The Patriots And Threw Up A Fist<em></em>
For the second week in a row, Tom Brady was down at home to a team that New England was favored to beat. And for the second week in a row, a comeback seemed inevitable, especially when Brady converted a late fourth-and-goal to tie the game....
The Brewers Have Once Again Ruined Poor Kato Kaelin
Some might say the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers, coming off a 73-89 season, were one of the pleasant surprises of this regular season. They finished second in the NL Central, had a healthy, positive run differential, and competed for a Wild Card spot all the way until the second-to-last day of the regular...
Bah Gawd! Somebody Used The Walls Of Jericho In A Real MMA Match
An MMA fighter named Jonno Mears dropped the Walls of Jericho on opponent Aaron Jones at Saturday’s FCC 19 event in Bolton, England, winning by submission and becoming a legend in all our hearts:...
Report: Russell Westbrook Signs Five-Year, $205 Million Extension With Thunder
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Russell Westbrook has signed a five-year extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder worth $205 million. Westbrook now has the most lucrative contract in NBA history, just a touch higher than the new deals signed by Steph Curry and James Harden this summer....
Brock Lesnar's Matches Keep Getting Harder To Watch
For the last few years, Brock Lesnar has undoubtedly been the WWE performer who feels most like a “star” every time he appears. His character is protected more than any other, rarely put in compromising positions. He’s only on TV in the weeks leading up to his big matches, preventing him from being ...
Patriots Fans Gather To Burn Their Stuff
I want you to try and imagine what an aggrieved Patriots fan who is so mad about some of New England’s players kneeling for the national anthem that he threw a party for other aggrieved Patriots fans to come and burn their Pats gear might look like. Okay, do you have the image in your head?...