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Vince Young Wishes He Had Returned To Texas For His Senior Year
Appearing on The Lowdown with Alex Loeb on 104.9 FM in Austin earlier today, former NFL QB Vince Young said that he would have returned to UT if he had known the Houston Texans, which took Mario Williams first overall in 2006, weren't going to select him:...
Random Baseball Rap Lyric Of The Day
Packin' more hits than Lou Piniella... ...
Curt Schilling's Treatment For Mouth Cancer Sounds Like Hell
Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling only found out that he had mouth cancer after seeing a doctor for a dog bite. Yesterday, in a radio interview on WEEI, Schilling said he believed the cancer formed due to his use of chewing tobacco....
The Lady Was A Champ
The latest from Michael Brick over at SB Nation:...
Charles Portis On Motel Life, Lower Reaches
Here's a beaut from Charles Portis, published in the Oxford American:...
Hawk Harrelson Does Ice Bucket Challenge With A Shower Cap On
Hawk Harrelson got in on the ALS ice bucket challenge but before he did, he cinched up a shower cap and hunkered down for the icy-cold refreshment. Mercy!...
Tulsa Facing Title IX Lawsuit Over Alleged Rape By Athlete
A federal lawsuit filed Monday is accusing the University of Tulsa of failing to adhere to Title IX standards and not protecting a female student after she was allegedly raped by one of the school's basketball players. ...
Texas Athletic Director Channels Donald Sterling
The millionaire administrators who prop up the NCAA often say deeply, deeply stupid things when defending their right to make millions of dollars off of the unpaid labor of athletes, but what University of Texas athletic director Steve Patterson said in this month's issue of Texas Monthly deserves...
Famous Boston Bullpen Cop Gets His Own Bobblehead
The world's most famous bullpen cop, Boston police officer Steve Horgan, was honored tonight at Fenway park with his own bobblehead. Horgan's celebration was immortalized in the iconic photo following David Ortiz's game-tying grand slam in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the ALCS against the Tigers...
Ohio State QB Braxton Miller Reinjures Surgically Repaired Shoulder
Braxton Miller injured his right shoulder in practice today and it is feared he could miss the whole season. Miller injured the same shoulder in the Orange Bowl against Clemson and was slowly working back from surgery in February. ...
Oklahoma Freshman Joe Mixon Suspended For The Season
Highly touted freshman tailback Joe Mixon has been suspended from Oklahoma football for the entire season after he was charged by prosecutors for punching a woman and leaving her unconscious in a Norman restaurant. ...
If You Don't Want To Watch A Guy Fuck A Snake, Here's A Description
A video file by the name of snakefucker.mp4 is making its way around Twitter today. As you can guess by its name, it's a video of a man apparently fucking a snake. If you want to watch the video—which, let's be clear, depicts what is almost certainly an illegal act of animal abuse—it is located here...
Matthew McConaughey Rocks A Fanny Pack At Astros-Red Sox Game
Matthew McConaughey—the lieutenant of L-I-V-I-N, the commander of casual, the bombardier of being real—was at Sunday's Astros-Red Sox game, wearing a fanny pack. He did not care about anyone else's opinion of his fanny pack....
Challenger Emerges For Worst First Pitch Ever: Miss Texas
Replicating this to any degree of exactitude could actually be a contestant's talent routine in a beauty pageant. Miss Texas Monique Evans's form, a horse mascot, and most importantly, the perfect watching-a-car-drive-by reaction, all make this an incredibly rare and difficult feat. ...
The Curse Of Ben Affleck's Birth Strikes Red Sox Again
By now, you may be tangentially aware that a Ben Affleck Birthday curse exists for the Boston Red Sox. It goes like this: since Good Will Hunting debuted in 1997, the Red Sox have never won a game on August 15th, Ben Affleck's birthday. Why Good Will Hunting? Probably because no one saw Chasing ...
How To Cook Pork Belly, Which Thoroughly Kicks Bacon's Ass
Albert Burneko is off. Your guest Foodspinner is pudding defender and friend of the program Miserable Shitehawk....
Authorities: Sooner Recruit Punched Woman In Face, Then Walked Away
One of Oklahoma's five-star recruits was charged today with one misdemeanor count of acts resulting in gross injury after prosecutors say he knocked a woman unconscious in a Norman restaurant, and then just left. ...
Arian Foster Continues To Troll The Media
After Arian Foster gave the exact same answer 11 times in a 90-second interview, he got a letter from the NFL threatening a fine if he didn't start being more cooperative with the media. So Foster agreed to an interview with reporters after yesterday's practice, and he added a few twists to his old ...
Let It Be Demolished: Paul McCartney Shuts Down Candlestick Park
Paul McCartney is like the Grand Canyon, or bangers and mash: There's no sexing him up. At 72, he's the rare individual for whom the phrase "living legend" feels like kind of a slight. Bigger than Jesus? Quite possibly. But how many records did Jesus ever sell, and what has he done for you lately? T...