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Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Some Bros Snuck Into The Knicks Locker Room
A Group Of Bros Infiltrated The Knicks Locker Room, Asked Gregg Popovich About J.R. Smith, And Got Kicked Out After Snapping A Picture Of Half-Naked Carmelo | The conclusions are obvious. If you act like you belong, you do belong. Read »...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend We Made Delicious Bean Dip
How To Make A Bean Dip: A Guide For New Year's Eve Partygoers Who Are Getting Too Old For This Shit | There's no way around it: When you first place your bowl on the food table, peel away the aluminum foil or plastic wrap, and are engulfed in a rising cloud of bean-steam, you're going to feel exquis...
The NBA's All-Star Weekend Will Look A Lot Like The NHL's All-Star Weekend
Perhaps the only thing the NHL does better than its basketball counterpart is the skills competition. Realizing there are only so many times you can watch Al MacInnis or Zdeno Chara win the hardest shot, the league stages the night as a team event—first Wales vs. Campbell, then East vs. West, North ...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Football Fans Said Racist Things About The President
"Take That Nigger Off The TV, We Wanna Watch Football!": Idiots Respond To NBC Pre-Empting Sunday Night Football | NBC pre-empted the first quarter of tonight's 49ers-Patriots game to show President Obama's speech at the Newtown memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. As you might expect, ...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Manny Pacquiao Got Knocked Out
A Bloodied Juan Manuel Márquez Annihilated Manny Pacquiao With This Brutal Sixth-Round Knockout Punch | It's the first time since 1999 Manny Pacquiao has been knocked out, and the first "official" win for Márquez in a series of fights the Mexican boxer's fans have long believed to have unjust outco...
Weekend Roundup: Our Coverage Of The Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide, And More
Friend: Belcher "Was Dazed, Suffering From Short-Term Memory Loss" After Last Game; Alcohol, Painkillers, Domestic Tensions Played Role In Murder-Suicide | In a series of frank of revealing emails to Deadspin, a friend of Jovan Belcher described the late Chiefs linebacker as an "immature" young man...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Ed Hochuli Talked About Butts
If You've Ever Wanted To Hear Ed Hochuli Talk About Buttocks, Today Is Your Day | We're surprised this doesn't happen more often, and maybe it does-but hearing popular NFL referee Ed Hochuli do it has a special flair. Read »...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend A <em>SportsCenter</em> Anchor Got A Little Frustrated
A Frustrated Neil Everett Muttered "Son Of A Bitch, Goddammit" Live On SportsCenter | An apparently rough episode of SportsCenter got the best of anchor Neil Everett tonight, as going to break a hot microphone caught the personality muttering some mildly inappropriate language at the end of tonigh...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend We Unforgot The '72 Dolphins
Go Home, Everybody: We Found The Most Ridiculous Fan In The World | He was at the Dolphins game. They lost by 34. To the Titans. Unforgotten isn't a word. Is that a bowling tattoo on the right side of his torso? Read »...
AHL Team Will Wear Racist Jerseys In Celebration Of Hispanic Heritage Weekend
The AHL's Rockford IceHogs sure settled on a curious way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Weekend. On Friday, Nov. 16, the IceHogs will be showing their respect for Hispanic culture and fans by wearing the jerseys above, showing Hammy Hog, the team's mascot, adorned with a sombrero and thick mustache...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend An Old Golfer Went On A Fantastic Tirade
"Suck My Fuckin' Dick, You Piece Of Shit": Golfer Mark Wiebe's On-Air Meltdown Would Fit In Well On Your Local Muni | PGA Champions tour golfer Mark Wiebe's missed putt during yesterday's second round sent the 55-year-old on a humorously foul tirade. Read »...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Some NHL Fans And Announcers Found Solace In Videogames
Columbus Blue Jackets Fans Gathered At a Bar For An Xbox Simulation Last Night, And The Blue Jackets' Radio Announcers Showed Up To Call It | Lest you think that it's weird or crazy to spend your Friday watching simulation video game hockey, consider your plan of action if your favorite sport was ...
Percy Harvin Has The Gray Lady All Hot And Bothered This Morning
While it may not approach Jon Hamm-trouser snake levels, Percy Harvin makes an impressive appearance in The New York Times this morning. Click to enlarge....
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend We Sang "Take On Me"
Nationals Buoyed By Fans' "Magical" A-Ha Singalongs To "Take On Me"-And Tonight's Was The Best Yet | As noted earlier this week, Michael Morse's walkup music choice of a-ha's "Take On Me" has become a rallying cry for "Natitude." The intensity of the singing has increased as the series has gone on...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend We Saw MLB's Desperate Attempt To Save Face
MLB Removed The Phrase "We Don't Understand The Infield Fly Rule" From Its Twitter Profile | Major League Baseball quietly edited its Twitter profile in the moments after the infield fly debacle in Atlanta tonight, removing the line "We don't understand the infield fly rule, either" from its descri...
Holy Shit, The Athletics Just Won The AL West
In April, Baseball Prospectus picked the Oakland A's to finish 73-89. In June, we called the team "hopeless," and said they were playing out the string. Today, they beat the Rangers, 12-5, to finish 94-68, one game better than Texas. In first place. The Oakland A's. They won the AL West. Holy shit. ...
Roundup: What You Missed During The Weekend That We Learned People Feel Strongly About Chili
Gordon Gee, Ohio State's "Best Recruiter" Of Uncompensated Student-Athletes, Expensed $64,000 Over Five Years On Bow Ties: "The university spends tens of thousands of dollars alone branding Gee around his signature bow ties. Since 2007, Ohio State has spent more than $64,000 on bow ties, bow tie coo...
Tim Keown's Story On Joe Mauer Wants Minnesota To Get Bent
You're probably used to this sort of subtle cudgel being twirled at cities like New York and Boston, which tend to chew through their heroes just as quickly as they can exalt them. But Tim Keown's piece in the current issue of ESPN The Pulp-Based Periodical is one of the rare stories that quietly ri...
Coco Crisp Gets Canseco'd In The Outfield, Dies And His Reanimated Corpse <i>Bernie</i> Leans In Newest Weirdo Video
The Oakland A's are in the middle of the pennant race and begin a fairly important series this weekend against the Baltimore Orioles. So, clearly, we are here to talk about the "Bernie Lean" video featuring various members of the Oakland Athletics, and ATM and IMD. (The Athletics were so proud of th...
Sanchize Vs. Teambow: Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
It's finally here. Sunday football. Wednesday was cool and all, but this is the day that really counts. For the remainder of the day you will watch football and only football and it will be awesome. Until your team, obviously playing a 1 P.M. game, loses and ruins the entire day for you. But you've...