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Diamondbacks Fire Grit Lord Kirk Gibson
The Arizona Diamondbacks have done away with manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammel, just a few weeks after canning general manager Kevin Towers. And so ends the Era Of Grit in Arizona....
Thom Yorke Did Not Bypass The Gatekeepers. He Is One.
As of this morning there is a new Thom Yorke solo album in the world, titled Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and available for $6 via BitTorrent. This is cool and good; I heartily recommend you stop using BitTorrent to illegally download pornography long enough to legally check it out, flush as it is wi...
Brewers Eliminated; Fans Left With Sheets Of Useless Playoff Tickets
The Milwaukee Brewers spent 150 days in first place this season, but they did not make the playoffs: the team was officially eliminated after yesterday's 5-3 loss to the Reds. Milwaukee's collapse provided us with Brewers fans taking sad photos of their now-meaningless postseason tickets. It's not y...
Head On A Swivel
If you didn't watch UCLA wallop Arizona State last night, here is the game in its entirety:...
This Church Song-And-Dance Is The Most Excruciating Thing I've Ever Seen
Oh God. Ohhhhh God. I hurt all over. I hurt all over and I want to die....
Floyd Mayweather Claims That His Reality Show Is Completely Fake
Boxer and serial woman-beater Floyd Mayweather appeared before the Nevada State Athletic Commission today to answer questions about a brutal sparring session that Mayweather facilitated on a recent episode of his Showtime reality series. Mayweather defended himself against the commission's questions...
All Of The Points In The Raiders-Patriots Game Were Scored By "-Kowskis"
It was a big game for fans of Polish NFL players....
High School Football Player's Speech Will Make You Believe You Can Fly
Apollos Hester plays for the East View (Texas) Patriots, and after a 42-41 victory over Vandegrift Friday night, he was pumped as hell for his postgame interview with TWC News Austin. The conversation got deep pretty quickly. You'll feel like you can do anything after listening to Hester....
Vince Wilfork Pinball Interception Locks Up New England Win
Oakland ended up in the end zone, but after a penalty wiped out what would have been a game-tying score the Raiders proceeded to turn the ball over in a way only the silver & black could achieve. Fat Man Interception!...
Louisiana Tech Loses To FCS Team; Also Gravity
The Skip Holtz era is in full force at Louisiana Tech, as the Bulldogs turned the ball over five times to FCS squad Northwestern State and lost 30-27 by allowing two scores in the final 65 seconds. (It's Northwestern State's first win over an FBS team in more than nine years.) But is that really so ...
We Talkin' About Practice
Basketblogger Steve McPherson spent his morning teaching his daughter Allen Iverson's famous press conference. That's about the best way I can imagine spending a morning. Next step: teaching her the entire two minute rant....
Vikings Cut Jerome Simpson After July Weed Charges Surface
Suspended Vikings receiver Jerome Simpson now has no team after he finishes his three-game suspension. The team announced today that they were cutting him after new July charges, one of them being marijuana possession, came to light....
NFL And NFLPA Agree To New PED Policy; Wes Welker And Others Reinstated
The NFL and the player's association have finally agreed on a new performance-enhancing drug testing policy. Under the new guidelines, HGH testing will be immediately implemented, and a few players who were suspended under the old policy will be free to rejoin their teams and play this Sunday....
Former Germany Keeper Is Buffed Up, Ready For His Pro Wrestling Career
There aren't too many jobs that maximize the attributes of a 6'4", 250 lb. man with a torso drenched in ink and a long, luxurious mane. Tim Wiese milked one of them—goal keeper—for almost 20 years. Now he's trying his hand at another—pro wrestling in the WWE....
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Tongues His Girlfriend
Patriots head coach/dementor Bill Belichick kissed his girlfriend before yesterday's game against the Vikings, according to Bill Belichick's girlfriend's Instagram....
Ronaldinho Called "Brazilian Ape" By Local Mexican Politician
This couldn't be how Ronaldinho imagined his time in Mexico starting. Barely one week into his tenure as Liga MX club Querétaro's new superstar, he has already been the subject of racist statements, and by a local politician at that....
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Jets Call Timeout, Nullify Own Game-Tying Touchdown, Lose Game [UPDATE]
The Jets called an illegal timeout to cancel out their own game-tying touchdown in the fourth quarter, and ended up losing to the Packers. It was a very Jets sequence....
You <em>Could</em> Watch Floyd Mayweather's Shitty, Overpriced PPV. But Why?
Since our article on Floyd Mayweather ran in July, I've received notes from countless fans and even a number of professional boxing writers who've said that they cannot continue to support a man with his history of battering women and utter lack of remorse. Even ESPN got in on the act—well, ESPNw d...