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This Is Why You Suck, Lakers Fans
We saw this license plate on Reddit, and we tried to find an alternate explanation. Maybe they thought LeBron would sign with the Lakers. Maybe it's a used car and they got a license plate frame but haven't changed the plate yet. Maybe the guy's name is Louis Bron, and his birthday is February 3rd....
Mets Consider Making Citi Field More Homer-Happy
Building a stadium around Johan Santana probably seemed like a good idea at the time. But three years and so many damn doubles later, Citi Field is more homer unfriendly than anyone could have predicted: only San Diego and San Francisco see less home runs per game in the National League. So the Mets...
Metta World Peace's "Stiff Cha-Cha" Doesn't Get Past The First Round Of DWTS
Not content to spend the lockout doing "hasty and shapeless" stand-up comedy, The Dong Texter Formerly Known As Ron Artest has gone one-and-done on "Dancing With The Stars." If you wish, feel free to view his effort here. The Los Angeles Times said his was a "stiff cha-cha" that was simultaneously ...
Joe Posnanski's Profile Of Bill James Will Get You Pumped For <em>Moneyball</em>
It's like Sabermetric Christmas: "Yes, he was driven nuts early and often, and he raged back with a sort of funny, blunt and often searing writing that appealed to an audience nobody had realized existed. Bill James was not the first person to search for knowledge in baseball, not even close, but un...
The Two Cops Who Beat Up A Maryland Student Last Year Have Been Indicted
The PG County mounties who went berserk on a Maryland student celebrating his basketball team's win over Duke last year have been charged with felony assault. Took long enough. This episode made national news and even featured an attempted cover-up, when campus surveillance video of the beating we...
Cristiano Ronaldo Gives Fans The Finger, Denies Giving Fans The Finger (Video)
The Real Madrid star at least was honest last week, when he expressed why he feels opposing fans heckle him, thus reinforcing those fans' notion of him as an arrogant prick. Here, he shows his appreciation for all the love, though he later was less than forthright by lamely trying to explain it aw...
Here's Luther Campbell's Lawsuit Against Nevin Shapiro
Uncle Luke already told Little Luke to kiss his ass, but now he's following through with something a little more potent: a defamation lawsuit. Campbell says Shapiro slandered him when he told Yahoo that Campbell "took care" of Miami players in the same financial ways Shapiro did. Campbell, who's alw...
Missing Homeless San Francisco Giants Fan Found In LA
Known simply as Billy (with a last name believed to be Chamberlain), he had endeared himself to a number of people affiliated with the Giants—players, coaches, security, writers—by pleasantly hanging around the parking lot for years. And then Billy was gone, his absence noteworthy enough to make th...
"Hit 'Em In The Face As Hard As You Can," Then Pray: Pee-Wee Coach Shows Why Football Won't Be Getting Less Violent
A reader sent in this video of a Texas U6 team getting a pep talk from its coach before a game. He exhorts the Frisco Gators to push hard, be tough, and "hit 'em in the face as hard as you can." (One of his kids corrects him—"in the chest"—to nervous laughter from parents.) But before the face- or...
SprtsCntr: Jonathan Papelbon Fails Amid A Swarm of Clichés
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
Michael Jordan's Golf Bag Would Like To Inform You That Michael Jordan Has Six Rings
Michael Jordan's golf bag would also like to inform you that he has a Nike brand that you may have seen somewhere. Have you seen it? It's OK if you haven't seen it, because the logo is right there, on his golf bag—right above the six NBA championship rings he won with the Chicago Bulls. (Maybe you d...
Terry Bradshaw Looks Like He'd Rather Be Watching "The View"
Your morning roundup for Sept. 21, the day we learned it's best not to walk the dog by driving a truck. Photo courtesy @PaulPabst, via Last Angry Fan. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
When You Taunt A Lacrosse Hurling Opponent, You Might Get Kicked In The Balls
Accompanying the instant YouTube classic "Man getting kicked in the groin" is this description of the scene: "Man getting kicked in the balls after committing a foul and taunting other players." That pretty much sums everything up....
The Marlins Went Ahead And Misspelled Logan Morrison's Name On The Jumbotron Tonight
The Florida Marlins claimed a paid attendance of 21,733 for tonight's 4-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves. They also spelled left fielder Logan Morrison's last name as "Morrsion" on the big board at the stadium....
Man Arrested For Stealing Dolphins Jerseys Shows Up To Court In A Dolphins Jersey
"Your honor, obviously [it] was a losing proposition for yesterday — for Mr. Hanna, for the Dolphins, for everybody," said a public defender. [NBC Miami] (H/T Killer of Dreams)...
Transgender Brawl In San Antonio Involves One Person Slamming Another Into A News Van
"A fistfight broke out overnight in a convenience store parking lot right next to a KENS 5 news truck, and one of the two combatants was later arrested. San Antonio police had to use a taser on a transgender individual who had been involved in the heated fight. ... Investigators said the suspect h...
After Silent Protest Designed To Prove They Can Behave, Swedish Soccer Fans Misbehave
Fans of Djurgården and AIK decided to take a stand during the opening stages of yesterday's "Stockholm derby match." By remaining silent for a ninth of the soccer game, they were protesting "all they consider to have gone wrong with game."...
High School Football Player Undergoes Brain Surgery After Suffering Serious Concussion In Game
Friday night's high-school football game between San Luis Obispo (Cal.) and Oxnard is best known as the game before which a cheerleader nearly got impaled and totally got trampled during player introductions....
Presenting Your Larry Merchant Photoshop Winner, Runner-Up And Honorable Mentions
Boxing stumblentator Larry Merchant took to the ring after Floyd Mayweather got headbutted, dropped the headbuttist with two quick blasts of questionable fury and broiled in the stew of booing judgement. There was no question that something magical was about to occur....
More From The C-Roll Stash: Reverse Cowgirl In The Coliseum Cheap Seats (NSFW)
This week, we're going take-by-take through the legendary C-Roll tape and sharing the debauchery with you, our loyal perverted readers. Yesterday we revealed sex in the SkyDome, and this evening we bring to you a scene from upper deck of the Oakland Coliseum....