
The police report on Pittsburgh Steelers running backs LeGarrette Blount and Le’Veon Bell describes docile, doltish arrestees. Pot can have that effect on a man. “I didn’t know you could get a DUI for being high,” the police report alleges
by Daniel J. Flynn23 Aug 2014, 1:00 AM PST0

Nearly four in five Americans don’t think the Redskins should change their name. Support among Washington Post editorial board members for ditching “Redskins” remains significantly higher. The Redskins’ hometown paper has long called on the team to come up with
by Daniel J. Flynn23 Aug 2014, 12:01 AM PST0

Snoop Dogg got realer than Real Deal Holyfield on Instagram. Presumably, all the hookers and hoes now know how he feels. “Man, the Pittsburgh Steelers need a new f—ing offensive coordinator,” raves the Long Beach waver of the Terrible Towel.
by Daniel J. Flynn22 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0

The Sports Illustrated cover jinx is real. It’s science. Mo’Ne Davis allowed three runs in 2 1/3 innings as her Philadelphia team fell to Las Vegas in the Little League World Series Wednesday night. She struck out six. Dallan Cave
by Daniel J. Flynn21 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0

The Cleveland Browns have opted to go with an undrafted free agent as the starting quarterback over the former Heisman Trophy-winner just selected in the first round. The team named Brian Hoyer the starter over Johnny Manziel Wednesday morning. Manziel
by Daniel J. Flynn20 Aug 2014, 6:14 AM PST0

ESPN’s Bill Simmons may say “Washington.” ESPN’s Mike Ditka says “Redskins.” “There’s so much horse$#!+,” the Super Bowl-winning coach and player says of the nickname controversy, “it’s incredible.” In an edited audio interview with Redskins author and superfan Mike
by Daniel J. Flynn20 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0

The Washington Redskins defensive backfield took to the grass at FedEx Field on Monday Night Football in a “hands up” gesture in support for slain teenager Michael Brown and the protestors on his behalf in Missouri. The nothing-to-hide body language
by Daniel J. Flynn19 Aug 2014, 7:10 AM PST0

How long until the networks blur over the midfield logo of the Washington Censoreds? Phil Simms announced that he will opt to not say Washington’s team name while broadcasting their games this NFL season. ”My very first thought is it will
by Daniel J. Flynn19 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0

Johnny Manziel was all about rubbing thumbs and index fingers together in college. In the pros, he has taken to gestures involving the middle finger. Johnny Football flipped the Redskins bench the bird in the third quarter of the Cleveland-Washington
by Daniel J. Flynn18 Aug 2014, 9:01 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC–Teddy Roosevelt may have given William Howard Taft the shaft after first giving him his big break. But the baseball team in the nation’s capital, more than a century after Taft’s presidential predecessor exceeded him in the November vote
by Daniel J. Flynn18 Aug 2014, 12:01 AM PST0

Washington, D.C.–The Washington Nationals exhibited some of their best pitching of the season for a few innings on Sunday night, and then for a third of an inning some of their worst; their best fielding, and among their most atrocious
by Daniel J. Flynn17 Aug 2014, 8:19 PM PST0

War Machine is from Mars. Christy Mack is from Venus. This is what’s made the strange tale of sex and violence from these walking gender cliches so compelling. U.S. Marshals caught up to War Machine at the Extended Stay America
by Daniel J. Flynn16 Aug 2014, 8:22 AM PST0

What can the New York Jets do to restore the mediocre franchise to past glory? Bring back Joe Namath? Okay. Call the New York Sack Exchange back into session? Sure. Encourage a Curtis Martin comeback? Yeah. But bring back Fireman
by Daniel J. Flynn16 Aug 2014, 5:30 AM PST0

Major League Baseball announced that its thirty owners voted unanimously for MLB Executive Vice President Rob Manfred as the game’s new commissioner on Thursday. Even Saddam Hussein always made sure to include a few dissenters in the final tally to
by Daniel J. Flynn15 Aug 2014, 5:00 AM PST0

Wednesday night, mourners grieved at a Port Leyden, New York, funeral home dressed in Kevin Ward Jr.’s orange-and-black colors. Race cars trekked to the scene to pay the respects of drivers. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who surely knows the pain Ward’s
by Daniel J. Flynn14 Aug 2014, 10:34 AM PST0

Kevin Ward Sr. says the first time his son left his vehicle during a race was the last time he did it. “I think the reason he probably got out of that car is who put him into the wall,”
by Daniel J. Flynn13 Aug 2014, 9:54 AM PST0

The porn stars helped Pawn Stars with a name. The stars of the History Channel reality-television juggernaut are returning the favor. Corey Harrison of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop has announced that the establishment has added $10,000 to the
by Daniel J. Flynn13 Aug 2014, 7:50 AM PST0

The Dog is on his trail. Wanted mixed-martial artist War Machine has another worry today. Dog the Bounty Hunter’s deadline for the fighter to turn himself in has passed. Las Vegas police seek to put the cage fighter in a
by Daniel J. Flynn13 Aug 2014, 7:12 AM PST0

Mixed-martial artist War Machine chose a side career in porn. Porn star Christy Mack didn’t choose to moonlight as a mixed-martial artist. The popular adult-film actress went public with pictures showing the horrific aftereffects of a brutal beating that she
by Daniel J. Flynn13 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0

A race-car driver says Kevin Ward Jr.’s death underneath Tony Stewart’s sprint car could have been avoided. He says this because he competed with both drivers Saturday night at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in New York and managed to drive past
by Daniel J. Flynn12 Aug 2014, 7:20 AM PST0

Blame Tony Stewart for hitting what the other drivers managed to avoid. Blame Kevin Ward Jr. for deciding to become a pedestrian on a race track. Blame the speedway for using a haunted house’s lighting system. But blame the South?
by Daniel J. Flynn12 Aug 2014, 6:24 AM PST0

If his name were Kevin Harvick instead of Kevin Ward, would we be taking such a blasé approach to his death? Tony Stewart, after some deliberation, didn’t race Sunday at Watkins Glen. NASCAR’s honchos should consider whether to prohibit the
by Daniel J. Flynn11 Aug 2014, 8:10 AM PST0

The Great One has spoken. FOX411 reports that Wayne Gretzky has attempted to lecture his daughter’s suitor on getting stable and sober. Dustin Johnson, the PGA golfer engaged to Paulina Gretzky, recently announced a leave of absence from the tour
by Daniel J. Flynn9 Aug 2014, 6:36 AM PST0

Richie Incognito for once lives up to his name. The lineman at the center of the Miami Dolphins 2013 bullying scandal peruses the NFL want-ads concealed, camouflaged, hidden, obscured–incognito. Less than a year after such loud antics as vowing to
by Daniel J. Flynn9 Aug 2014, 1:00 AM PST0

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of twenty former athletes, including UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, suing the NCAA for preventing players from receiving revenues for the use of their names, likenesses, and images. Wilken found “that the
by Daniel J. Flynn9 Aug 2014, 12:30 AM PST0