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Ring of Honor held its annual Final Battle event on Friday night, and it caused a bit of internet drama.Read more...

“On a historical basis, a decade from now, we’ll be looking back saying, ‘That was the highest route efficiency that’s ever been captured in baseball.’”Read more...

Tom Zanoski of Medveščak Zagreb in the Austrian Hockey League really didn’t want to talk about how that first period went. Or, anyway, he didn’t want to do it as much as he wanted to start throwing punches. Despite a TV reporter politely tapping Zanoski on the shoulder during the first intermission of his game on…Read more...

The scuttlebutt around the Patriots, per recent media reports, is that Bill Belichick isn’t too fond of Tom Brady’s quack personal trainer and business partner, Alex Guerrero. (Guerrero is the “brains” behind the pseudoscience upon which Brady’s bullshit wellness program is built.) According to Pro Football Talk,…Read more...

Kentucky’s Maci Morris had the crossover of the season yesterday. It looks like Morris basically trips Louisville’s Sam Fuehring while crossing the ball over, but upon closer examination a slow motion replay shows that… maybe Morris’s foot doesn’t make contact with Feuhring’s? Maybe. Either way, it wasn’t called, so…Read more...

Clay Matthews was close, and Cam Newton even lauded the Packers linebacker’s consumption of tape. But Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey ran a slant instead of a wheel route and scored the team’s first touchdown of the day.

ESPN President John Skipper announced this morning that he is stepping down from his position, citing a substance abuse issue as the reason for his resignation. ESPN radio personality Dan Le Batard learned about Skipper’s resignation while he was live on the air this morning, and found himself fighting back tears.

I can’t say I’ve ever given much thought to where I keep my ketchup and sauce packets while I eat in the car, but there’s basically no good option, right? If you put it on top of your dashboard, it could fly off and make a mess. Keep it at the bottom of your console, and you’ll have to blindly stab at it with your…Read more...

Hello, hi, yes, hello. We’ve all seen this, right? This story in the New York Fucking Times about the Pentagon’s $22 million Oh Shit There Might Be Aliens program? We’ve all read it? We’ve all engaged with the evidence within the story, written in part by two journalists who have won Pulitzer Prizes for the New York…Read more...

More details and hints about the NFL Network’s culture of misogyny and sexual misconduct have emerged in the days since Jami Cantor, a wardrobe stylist for the network, filed an amendment to her lawsuit against the company that accused Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, and Heath Evans, among others, of sexual harassment and…Read more...

ESPN President John Skipper announced today that he is resigning and cited a substance addiction as the reason.Read more...

The Seahawks were liquified by the Rams yesterday, surrendering 42 points and 352 total yards. They had a particularly tough time stopping Todd Gurley, who went for 144 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. The usually solid Seahawks defense was made porous by injuries, and wasn’t helped by star linebacker…Read more...

The Steelers’ final offensive play in their 27-24 loss to New England was exactly as chaotic as it looked. Normally, that’d be a good thing on a fake spike—you want to confuse the defense. But it would’ve been better for Pittsburgh if more than two Steelers knew what was going on. That’s right: The play, which…Read more...

We kick off this last week before Christmas with deals on the mini Instant Pot, a smart car charger, and an insanely popular Delta shower head.Read more...

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked to comment on the reports of sexual misconduct and racism that led to Panthers owner Jerry Richardson putting his team up for sale yesterday. Jones made it clear that the whole situation has made him very sad, not for the women that Richardson is said to have sexually harassed, but…Read more...

Here we are again, enacting one of the NFL’s more recent and stubborn traditions: Spending Monday morning yelling about a great game ruined by the terrible catch rule. This one, which decided home-field advantage in the AFC, feels a little different than some of the other catch controversies this season, in that I…Read more...

Just when you thought you had car chargers pegged, Anker went out and made the smartest one you’ve ever seen.

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The Cowboys earned a first down tonight in a play so ridiculous it made the Steelers’ loss look positively pedestrian. The NFL uses computer chips in uniforms, pads, and the football itself—but the decision to award first downs still comes down to a technology so analogue it existed two hundred years before the…Read more...

Just two days after the Panthers announced he was under investigation for workplace misconduct, and on the same day of a Sports Illustrated report that described a pattern of sexual harassment and casual racism, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced that he will look to sell his team this offseason.Read more...

The NFL was exciting and likable for about two minutes in Pittsburgh this evening, so naturally, someone had to ruin the fun. Getting the ball down five with just over two minutes to play, Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski combined for a vintage comeback drive that gave the Pats a 27-24 lead. However, a ridiculous run…Read more...

The Orlando Magic fell way behind the Detroit Pistons Sunday afternoon, in no small part because instead of Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier they had to start Shelvin Mack and Mario Hezonja. I know—you are scratching your head at how either Hezonja or Mack could possibly start in place of Gordon, a power forward. Magic…Read more...

The Steelers took a 17-10 lead on the Patriots on a Martavis Bryant touchdown catch before halftime, and the celebration afterward took things to another level.Read more...

In their first matchup of the season back in October, Seattle beat the L.A. Rams 16-10. Sean McVay’s team must have learned something since that encounter, because in the first half of today’s Rams-Seahawks game, Los Angeles pummeled Seattle off the field, shutting them out 34-0 at their own notoriously intimidating…Read more...

Pittsburgh Steelers standout wide receiver Antonio Brown suffered a left leg injury during the first half of his team’s game against the Patriots. As Brown went to make a catch in the end zone, he got hit by two defenders and didn’t seem to land comfortably.Read more...

Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, whose gruesome knee injury last year seemed like it could’ve been career-ending, returned to the field for the first time since the end of the 2015 season. He received a heartwarming reception in Minnesota.Read more...

Antoine Griezmann is one of the best soccer players in the world, starring for Atlético Madrid and consistently drawing interest from all the world’s juggernaut clubs. But wow, he really fucked up when deciding on a costume for an “80s party.”Read more...

Here is an intensely awkward 10 seconds from the life of Ronde Barber, doing color commentary during today’s Cardinals-Redhawks game in Washington:

Arizona’s Phil Dawson tried a chip-shot kick against Washington to start the second half, but all that usually does is prevent something really, really bad from happening against your own team. This time, however, with the receiving unit confused and the ball taking a weird hop, the Cards won a complicated onside kick…Read more...

Ancient old man Manu Ginobili no longer has it in him to dominate long stretches of NBA basketball games. It turns out that’s fine—Ginobili is still a useful rotation player for the Spurs, even as a 40-year-old, even as his body looks less and less like that of an NBA player and more and more like smoked chicken. Age…Read more...

Aaron Rodgers returned to action today against the Panthers, and ended the first quarter by throwing a touchdown pass to Davante Adams. But let’s talk about what’s really important: the touchdown celebration Packers receivers pulled off afterward.Read more...

Packers center and true gentleman Corey Linsley didn’t quite get his blocking instructions right on the first go-round. But he served as an example for all of us when he quickly owned up to his mistake and corrected it.Read more...

Sports Illustrated just dropped a lengthy report on the workplace conduct that has Panthers owner Jerry Richardson under investigation by the NFL. There’s a lot of shitty behavior detailed, and all of it is disgusting in ways both sexist and racist. SI says that at least four former Panthers employees have received…Read more...

In the crazy world of Bills fans’ insane tailgate stunts, it’s hard to know whether knocking yourself cold by overshooting the table you’re attempting to break with your falling body is a failure or a success. In Bills fan culture, is this man a fool, or a hero, or both?Read more...

Freewheeling, fun Liverpool are beating up on Bournemouth* with yet another offensive explosion, and they ended a three-goal first half with a brilliant goal from Mohamed Salah, whose single-minded run through the box just overwhelmed his pair of defenders.

Wilfried Zaha was supposed to hit the big time five years ago. At 20 years old, the Crystal Palace striker had already racked up over 100 appearances in the English second tier, and he caught the eye of Manchester United. In 2013, the Red Devils signed him for a reported 10 million pounds.Read more...

The Oklahoma City Thunder narrowly topped the Philadelphia 76ers in an insane triple-overtime slugfest Friday night. You can imagine, they were therefore not at their most energetic Saturday night, playing the second leg of a back-to-back, in New York. Still, the Knicks, without Kristaps Porzingis, seem like the kind…Read more...

Last night in Brazil’s premier ‘500 Milhas de Kart’ event, two drivers were disqualified for engaging in fisticuffs after the pair had contact on track that ended with both of them stuck in the barrier with just 18 laps remaining in the race.Read more...

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, the second-longest tenured head coach in the NFL, is stepping down after this season to “pursue other opportunities,” according to Adam Schefter. Lewis is currently in the final year of his Bengals contract and reportedly has no desire to sign a new one. From Schefter’s…Read more...

I don’t have much to add to this. Tonight Ottawa shut out Montreal 3-0 in a centennial celebration game played outdoors in what looked to me like horrifically cold weather at Ottawa’s football stadium, but despite all the pomp and circumstance of the event Senators radio announcers Dean Brown and Gord Wilson just…Read more...

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At this weekend’s Holiday Bash Smash Invitational, some of the best in Super Smash Bros. Melee are coming together to play the last bit of competitive Melee before 2018. One player already has a moment he would probably like to leave behind come New Year’s.

Here’s some rapturous or possibly terrifying news for NFL fans of various affiliations: the Green Bay Packers have activated Aaron Rodgers from injured reserve.Read more...

We’re used to Gus Johnson unleashing Gusgasms, but Indiana’s overtime comeback to beat Notre Dame that improved their season record to 6-5 and knocked off the 18th-ranked Irish took the Fox announcer to another level.Read more...

Jazz center Rudy Gobert, one of the very few players in the NBA whose defensive work rises to the level of nightly spectacle, has suffered his second knee injury of the season, and will now be out another three to four weeks. This blows:Read more...

The hot stove may have taken a while to preheat, but it is now, um, cooking! New York Post baseball guy Joel Sherman is reporting that the Dodgers have acquired Matt Kemp from the Atlanta Braves, in exchange for Adrián González, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Charlie Culberson, and cash.Read more...

Borussia Dortmund claimed a 2-1 win over Hoffenheim today when Christian Pulisic juggled his way past Oliver Baumann in the 89th minute to score yet another game-winner for his side, keeping them in third place in the Bundesliga.Read more...

C.C. Sabathia’s free agency presumably got a lot simpler after the Yankees, who came achingly close to advancing to the World Series back in October, went out and snagged the reigning National League MVP. To absolutely no one’s great surprise, Sabathia would prefer to spend his age-38 season getting run support from…Read more...

Hanukkah is a delicious mess of a holiday.