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Please Enjoy This Picture Of Two Women Drinking Tea With Their Lamb
This photo of English farmer Maud Lee and her daughter Pat enjoying tea with their lamb Betty in 1949 is good, and if you’re for any reason stressed today or tonight, it will probably be worth checking out....
Debate Prep Is Hard<em></em>
As a celebrity, he had a history of saying improper things, and he was in trouble following a leaked tape of himself at his most offensive. As a candidate, he never seemed to stick to a script, and he’d often contradict himself. And yet professionally unserious Kinky Friedman was running a serious c...
NFL Owners I'd Party With, Ranked
Pro Football Talk described Colts owner Jim Irsay as a guy who “gives off a distinctly counter-culture vibe,” which is a weird thing to write but also got us thinking about which NFL owners would be the most fun to party with. Here is a list....
Everyone Got Called A Liar In Closing Arguments At The Derrick Rose Trial<em></em>
Lawyers for both sides in the Derrick Rose trial made their closing arguments today and the proceeding ended the way it began—with both sides telling vastly different stories about what happened in the early hours inside Jane Doe’s Los Angeles apartment back in 2013. ...
Derrick Rose's Accuser Questioned About Text Messages On Final Day Of Testimony
The Derrick Rose civil trial, in its last hours of testimony, was all about text messages on Tuesday. It began with Jane Doe answering questions about text messages her attorneys failed to submit to the defense earlier in the trial, continued with lawyers fighting over even more text messages, and e...
Curt Schilling, For What Feels Like The Hundredth Time, Says He's Going To Run For Senate
Curt Schilling, the elite meme curator and former MLB pitcher made famous by refusing to recognize when he didn’t have a leg to stand on, said that he is considering a run for the United States Senate in 2018. This is not a new claim from him....
We Asked Mo Vaughn About The Indians, Dan Duquette And Dressing As A Big Fella<em></em>
According to the man himself, Mo Vaughn is not much of a slugger any more. On a recent trip to the batting cages with his son, the former AL MVP says, he made contact with just three of 14 pitches—at 50 mph. Luckily, he was prepared for life after baseball when his All-Star career ended in 2003....
The Texas Rangers' Ballpark Scam Is Even Worse Than We Thought
Back in June, WFAA-TV took a close look at the Texas Rangers’ proposal to build a new stadium in Arlington, which the city and team insist would be built with a 50-50 split of private and public money. WFAA-TV discovered an unprecedented clause in the proposal that proved the 50-50 promise to be hor...
White Sox Fan Frank Kaminsky Owns The Cubs
Frank Kaminsky is a White Sox fan and he apparently isn’t one to celebrate his city’s other team’s success. To express his displeasure, he’s decided to wear a custom Steve Bartman jersey around the city. He rocked it on a rooftop last night, then wore it to the Bulls’ arena before the Hornets’ game ...
Please Stay The Fuck Out Of This, Canada
As much of a nightmare as this election season has been, we were at least able to take solace in the fact that we, as a nation, could sink no lower. But even that’s no longer true. Because now, Canada thinks they’re better than us. These are truly our darkest days....
The Colts Ended A Dumb Streak In A Dumb Way
Who was the last Indianapolis Colts player to have at least 100 rushing yards in one game? Just kidding, there’s absolutely no reason to know that, but it was Vick Ballard in Week 15 of the 2012 season. Last night, Frank Gore finally snapped the streak. Then unsnapped it. Then resnapped it....
The AFC South Is This Year's Poop Division
It’s my favorite time of the year! That time when the leaves start changing, the air gets crisp, and we all get to point at one division in the NFL and say, “Holy shit! All those teams are ass!”...
Fox Sports Is Extremely Lazy
Several of you noted Fox used the bizarre image above—one of injured Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, but with current Minnesota QB Sam Bradford’s face pasted on—during this afternoon’s NFL broadcast, but that’s far from the first time we’ve seen the image pop up. In fact, it made its debut si...
Baylor Homecoming Parade Float Sweeps Things Under The Rug
The past six months at Baylor have seen an independent investigation reveal the university’s repeated flaws in responding to sexual assault accusations against its football players, leading to the firing of head football coach Art Briles and the resignation of Chancellor Ken Starr....
Report: ESPN, Fox Willing To Pay To Nix Big 12 Expansion
A new report indicates the insufferable Big 12 expansion saga will mercifully be coming to end within the next three days. ...
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Candace Parker And The Sparks Dominated The Lynx To Take Game 3 Of The WNBA Finals
After being trounced by the Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, the Los Angeles Sparks responded in kind for Friday’s Game 3 with a 92-75 win....
Former Friend Of Jane Doe Repeatedly Calls Doe A Liar On The Stand
A onetime friend of Jane Doe took the stand Friday, testifying for Derrick Rose’s side in the civil suit accusing him and two friends of gang-rape in 2013. In her testimony on Friday, Gabriela Chavez repeatedly called her former friend a liar and said she came forward because she wanted to be on the...
Accuser's Ex-Roommate Clashes With Defense Lawyer In Derrick Rose Rape Trial
In today’s proceedings of the civil rape trial of Derrick Rose and two of his friends, the plaintiff’s two former* roommates testified that she was acting strangely the day after the alleged assault. During cross-examination, they were asked multiple times if they were receiving any money for their ...
Derrick Rose's Friend Says He Wanted To Set The Mood During His Turn With Jane Doe
Today, another friend and employee of Derrick Rose, Ryan Allen, finished giving his account of the night he, Rose, and Hampton all are all accused of gang-raping a woman in her Los Angeles apartment. All three men say the sex was consensual. In his testimony Thursday, Allen described having sex with...