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Here's An Unverified Story About Keith Olbermann Being Obnoxious At A Mets Game [Update]
A tipster wrote in last Tuesday:...
Texas A&M Quarterback Johnny Manziel Set An SEC Record For Offense Today Against Arkansas
Sorry, Hogs fans, this is no joke. Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel—a.k.a. Johnny Football—racked up an SEC record 557 yards of total offense in A&M's thorough dismantling of Arkansas today. He was as busy today as the Aggie who kept trying to slam the revolving door....
Michigan State Fans Taunted Ohio State QB Braxton Miller With "He's A Pussy" After Miller Injured By Late Hit
Today's ESPN/ABC spotlight game (and the site of this morning's College GameDay) is a Big Ten matchup between visiting Ohio State and host Michigan State, and the game turned ugly early. When Buckeyes quarterback Braxton Miller went down hard on a late hit out of bounds—his head crashing into a st...
Desmond Howard Talked About "Beaver Juice" This Morning On <em>College GameDay</em>
Please do not discuss beaver juice. Anywhere. Desmond Howard elected to do exactly that this morning, and here's what happens. (Also, remix!)...
Box-Office Grosses Aren't Sports Scores. Who Cares If <em>Looper</em> Flops This Weekend?
Last year, around this time, I started seeing a ton of ads on Fox NFL games for the movie Drive. I'd seen the movie early and thought it was terrific, but I couldn't help but notice how ill-fitting the promotions for the movie were juxtaposed against Pitbull's Dr. Pepper ads and Terry Bradshaw doing...
Washington Huskies Defensive Coordinator Justin Wilcox Finds Good Defense To Be A Turn-On
Washington upset the eighth-ranked Stanford Cardinal 17-13 last night in Seattle, leading to a field-rushing and a top moment in the still-evolving career of Steve Sarkisian. The defensive battle (neither team found the end zone until the second half) was, apparently, a point of pride for Huskies ...
A Grieving Rex Ryan Believes That If The Jets Make The Super Bowl, Darrelle Revis's Knee Could Be Ready
Which stage of grief is denial? Right, that's Stage 1. On Monday, when a really, really sad Rex Ryan announced that Darrelle Revis had indeed torn his ACL, the Jets coach said he wanted to talk to his star cornerback before putting him on season-ending injured reserve....
Hooking Up At Night In Central Park Is Every Bit As Foolish As You'd Expect
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Keegan Bradley's Putt At The Ryder Cup Inspired Much Joy And An Awesome Caddy Celebration
This morning, American Ryder Cup teammates Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson faced off against Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald of the European team. Mickelson and Bradley pulled out the victory thanks to a match-winning putt from Bradley, which can be seen in the video above....
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Browns Center Alex Mack Has Blood On His Ass [UPDATE]
The Browns are, so far, managing not to embarrass themselves—Cleveland's within a touchdown of the Ravens in Baltimore as of this writing. More serious injuries notwithstanding, we are concerned about the health of Browns center Alex Mack, who appears to be bleeding from a place you really do not w...
Bobby Valentine Expects To Be Back Next Year. Ben Cherington Is Already Thinking About His Next Manager Search. The Red Sox Are Fantastic.
We thought we ought to check in with the Red Sox, just a year removed from being the Best Team Ever. (Seriously, will this cover ever get old?) Yesterday was the season's final game at Fenway, and to celebrate the Sox held a ceremony honoring their All-Fenway Team....
"Mummified Cat Slam Dunking Mummified Bird" Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Courtesy of the great commonwealth of Kentucky, we have this horrifying creation, which was posted on ebay last Sunday. The seller set a starting bid of $550 for his artfully arranged shriveled cat carcass. Someone must have jumped on that incredible deal, because the item is no longer for sale....
Hoax Website Fools Reporters Into Thinking Ben Roethlisberger Broke His Legs In A Car Accident
What you see above was the story that went screaming out on something called the Global Associated News early this morning. That the item appeared on a web page with a warning at the bottom that says "THIS STORY IS 100% FAKE" didn't stop people on Facebook and Twitter from believing it:...
Texas A&M Has Added Fine Print To Those Conference Championships It Invented Over The Summer
Kyle Field got some interesting additions in the offseason. Maybe you thought that Texas A&M only had one national title, because they do. But the Aggies decided to add two more, and two conference championships on top of that. How'd they do it? A little creative accounting....
The NFL Told Broadcasters To Go Easy On The Scab Refs
Hoo boy. Notice how every broadcaster has come down so hard on the replacement refs? But it only really seemed to start in Week 2? This is not a coincidence....
Someone Is Actually Sticking Up For The NFL In This Labor Deal Mess
It was bound to happen. Call it Murphy's Law of Contrarian Journalism. Two weeks back, it was ESPN's Darren Rovell looking to blame the NHL lockout on "die-hard fans," and now Ashley Fox, his colleague at the WWL, has stepped her toe into the shitstorm that erupted Monday night. Seems we've really a...
Tuesday Night Fights: This Dallas Slobber-Knocker May Be "The Zapruder Film Of Drunken Lesbian Fights"
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Huge Lesbian fight at Dallas Gay Pride 2012." Tonight's commentators: Craig Brownstein and Doug Johnson who edit PuckBuddys, "the site for boys who like boys who like ...
Josh Hamilton's Off Limits List Keeps Getting Longer
Josh Hamilton has not played in a game since he took himself out against the Angels with what was then called a "sinus problem." He has missed the better part of a week since. For a while there, people weren't sure what was going on. Migraines, sinus headaches, depressed levels of intestinal fortit...
Motorin’: Your Highlight Reel Of The Most Night Ranger-Worthy Runs From College Football’s Week 4
Prompted by a discussion between Gawker's own Mobutu Sese Seko and Sports Illustrated college football writer Holly Anderson, we created this mp3 celebrating the best and only relevant moment of Night Ranger's musical career. We think it's worth using to highlight plays, so here's the best runs from...