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The Greatest Frisbee Catch In The History Of Frisbee Catches
Your morning roundup for Nov. 30, the day we learned assault has no age minimum. Video via The PostGame. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Alexis Sanchez Scored A Nifty Little Goal For Barcelona Today
Didn't take long for the reigning Best Club Team In The World to bounce back from an unexpected loss to Getafe over the weekend. Three days, actually. Against patsy Rayo Valllecano....

If You Like Watching Dolled-Up Lovelies Brawl In Atlantic City, This One's For You (NSFW)
Barefoot gal in hiked-up pink, thong-revealing getup or heels-sporting jean lady in loose tanktop. Contestant who got kicked in the grill vs. a virtual human centipede of flailing femarms....

This Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions Involving Hand Gestures On Wheel Of Fortune
Not only was Andrew P. of Lenexa, Kansas watching Wheel of Fortune this evening, but he was watching at the precise moment that contestant Lorimar made a hand gesture made all the more unfortunate when not accompanied by volume. 'Twas also an unfortunate gesture that host Pat Sajak caught himself ...

This Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions
Let's start this week's batch off with one of them Magic Eye Picture jawns in which if you stare long enough, you see something different than what you thought you saw. In this case, you're likely to stare at that field dong long enough to eventually see a band at halftime of the Boise State/SDSU g...

Salty Clemson Fan Calls The Gamecocks The "Short Bus Of The SEC East," Admits He'd Eat Squirrel
According to tipster Matthew W., "This guy 'Clemson Tom' has been making videos for a few weeks now. The Clemson nation has been all over this guy. His latest video he prank calls, Connor Shaw, starting QB for South Carolina. This guys also in past videos prank calls head coaches, Frat houses, GT ...

Here's Chad McGhee With Your Knox City Greyhounds Season Coda
And so it ended, on the blackest of Black Fridays, with the Knox City Greyhounds unable to muster the strength to vanquish an undefeated foe which had already bested them on the field of six-man Texas-football war....

This Portrait Of Atlanta Falcon Ray Edwards And LaStarya Thompson Better Be Called "Handful Of Ass"
Tipster Mike S. was kind enough to ferret out this glorious piece of artwork on artist Gabe Richesson's website. In proper form, the Edwards/LaStarya study is five-feet wide and four-feet tall. In proper form, it owns the room, as if a vice squeezing your attention tight and showing it who's boss....

It Took All Of 16 Seconds For Sean Avery To Get Into A Fight With The Penguins
Calling it a "fight" is a bit misleading—the participants were only assessed two minute roughing minors—but the efficiency by which it was commenced is worth noting, especially since Sean Avery didn't appear to actually start this fight with the Penguins' Tyler Kennedy. (He took a more active part...

Today In Cliche-Riddled Ledes About Bowling, Gunplay And Morality
"Whatever way you frame it, a group of men with their morals in the gutter did not spare any regard for human life when they opened fire in a bowling alley early yesterday, striking one man down, according to police." [Philadelphia Daily News]...

Penn State's Student Newspaper Has Put Its Sex Column On Hold
Called "Mounting Nittany," it typically ran with headlines like "Let's talk sex, hugs, and handjobs." The column last ran on Nov. 3, two days before Jerry Sandusky turned himself in. Its author decided it would "not be 'respectful to those who have been affected by sexual assault' to write the colu...

You've Always Wanted To See Mike Tyson Sing "Girl From Ipanema" On Brazilian TV, Right?
When exactly did Mike Tyson become this cultural palimpsest? His layers are manifold, his depths eternal. He is all things at once. I half expect him to show up in Kente cloth, having been elected mayor of some downtrodden mid-Atlantic burg. Or to spot him racing along the Bonneville Salt Flats in...

Fielder and Pujols Could Be Cubs, Jonathan Broxton Makes The Decision, And Other Hot Stove Developments
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!...

Adam Morrison Is Coming Home From Serbia, Where He Was Playing Basketball, Apparently
For today's edition of Former College Hoops Sweathearts: Where Are They Now?, we're checking in with former Gonzaga star and former No. 3 overall pick Adam Morrison. Again....

If You Want To Throw Up, Here's Kirk Herbstreit And Chris Spielman Gushing Over Urban Meyer
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Spoiler alert, they love him and he'll lead Ohio State to six consecutive national titles....

Wayne Gretzky's Daughter Will No Longer Be Posting Boobsy Photos Of Herself And Her Friends On Twitter
Paulina Gretzky, the 22-year-old daughter of The Great One, has closed her Twitter account. And it appears her father encouraged her to do so, at least according to this story in the Montreal Gazette:...

Deron Williams's Turkish Club Retired His Jersey After 15 Games
Let it be known that no one shall ever be issued the number 8 jersey for Beşiktaş, in tribute to the weeks and weeks of service of one Deron Williams. Hailed as a conquering hero when he arrived this summer, the end of the NBA lockout forced Williams to bid farewell to his Turkish team. He remains...

Legality Vs. Morality In The NFL
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Big Baby Davis Got Arts-And-Crafty During The Lockout
In this video produced by Glen Davis's marketing company (and via TBJ) we get a look at how Big Baby spent his time off. Knitting, popsicle stick construction, model kits and the like. It's clever, but we're more taken with the rubber-faced Davis's reaction shots. He has a future in silent movies....

How The Internet May Have Saved The NFL And NBA
Before we get to the Funbag, just a reminder that I'll be reading in Milwaukee tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Boswell Book Company, followed by all of us going out and getting drunk on cheddar-flavored ale. Then, on Thursday night, I'll be in Chicago reading at the Book Cellar at 7 p.m. Come one, come ...