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The Case Of Kyle Shanahan's Missing Backpack Has Been Solved
Kyle Shanahan is about to coach in the biggest game of his career. He might need his playbook this weekend, but he lost it after the backpack he was carrying it around in at NFL media day got nabbed! Who could have pulled off such a dastardly caper?...
Here Is A Delightful Stephen Jackson Story About Smoking Weed Before Games
Former NBA player and current good opinion-haver Stephen Jackson has not been shy about his support for laxer weed restrictions in the NBA. Back in May, he went on The Jump and spoke about drug testing and how much it’s changed from the time when he entered the NBA and there was just one test at the...
Dimitri Payet Gets Out Of England While The Getting Is Good<em></em>
Oh, Dimitri, we hardly knew ye—not that we were given much of a chance, seeing as your too-brief and utterly incandescent Premier League career lasted just a season and a half. ...
The Big Ten's Best Are About To Find Out Whether Northwestern Is For Real
Northwestern, a team historically worth little more than a chalk-up victory for Big Ten heavyweights, has proven itself to be worthy of the program’s first NCAA tournament berth, as the Wildcats start the back half of Big Ten play 7-2 against conference opponents, 18-4 overall, and ranked No. 25 i...
Danny Welbeck Is Back
Starting for Arsenal for the first time in nine months today, Danny Welbeck is clearly not bothered any more by the knee injury that kept him sidelined for so long. Welbeck scored the first two goals of the day and helped out on the third to put Arsenal up 3-0 over Southampton in the FA Cup, showing...
Reporter Really Pours It On With Question For Tom Brady
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady received a drunk WEEI caller’s motivational speech in the form of a question during today’s press conference:...
Arsène Wenger Banned Four Games For Pushing Referee
Arsenal will be sans grouchy zipper savant/manager Arsene Wenger for four games, after the English F.A. formally banned him this morning. Wenger was charged with misconduct on Monday for an outburst during last weekend’s win over Burnley....
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Enes Kanter Broke His Arm Punching A Chair [Update]
Thunder big man Enes Kanter, clearly fed up with his team’s first-half struggles against the lowly Dallas Mavericks, took his frustrations out on an innocent bench chair and socked it. He probably didn’t expect it to bite back, but he somehow failed to properly punch a stationary chair, and he left ...
Fancy Dog Tom Brady Wants To Play Catch So Bad Oh Please Oh Please Just Huck That Ball So He Can Go Get It
We already knew that Tom Brady relaxes like a fancy dog and eats like a fancy dog. Now, thanks to ESPN, we know that he loves to play like a fancy dog, too:...
Tom Brady Owns The Steelers
There are no alternative facts. Even dead-ender Steelers fans, the ones who kept insisting he’s just some pretty boy cheating cheater, can no longer hide from this reality: The Steelers belong to Tom Brady....
Clutch Time Is Westbrook Time
By now you are aware that the Oklahoma City Thunder’s chances of winning or losing any game rest almost entirely on the shoulders of Russell Westbrook—the fact that he’s still averaging 30-10-10 in late January makes his impact on the team perfectly clear—but today is a good day to appreciate just h...
I Don't Think Russell Westbrook Likes Rudy Gobert
The evidence is as follows:...
Tom Brady Desperately Wants You To Stop Asking Him About His Friend Donald Trump
Patriots QB and AFC champion Tom Brady did his weekly call on WEEI’s Kirk and Callahan today to talk about the team’s win over the Steelers. He was also asked about his friendship with and his reported call to Donald Trump before Trump’s inauguration. Brady was so determined to not confirm anything—...
Man Accused Of Pulling Fire Alarm At Steelers' Hotel Told Cops He Was A Patriots Fan And Drunk
On Sunday morning police arrested 25-year-old Dennis Harrison, of East Boston, Mass., and charged him with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and setting off a false fire alarm. Harrison is accused of pulling the fire alarm at the Logan Airport Hilton where the Steelers were staying before th...
Arsène Wenger Charged By F.A. After Pushing Referee
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has now been formally charged with misconduct by the English F.A. after a spat he instigated with the referees during yesterday’s Premier League match against Burnley....
Martellus Bennett Wants To Dance With Somebody
In his ninth NFL season, tight end Martellus Bennett is heading to the Super Bowl....
Roger Goodell Must Hate This
If there’s a silver lining to yet another appearance by the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl—they’re early three-point favorites—it’s that the whole thing should make commissioner Roger Goodell at least a little uncomfortable. Goodell has gone out of his way to avoid New England this postseaso...
Bill Belichick: Players, Players, Played Hard, Players
Bill Belichick, man of much pettiness and few words, had this to say about the New England Patriots’ 36-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers:...