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Anti-Redskins Protestors at Vikings Game Miss the Irony

Protestors, some dressed in traditional Native American garb, descended upon the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday to denounce the nickname of Washington’s NFL team. The people wearing horned helmets and wielding giant mallets showed up in Minneapolis to cheer

Anti-Redskins Protestors at Vikings Game Miss the Irony

UT Player's $50 Million Suit Against the NCAA Stumbles on the Science

A Houston attorney has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in U.S. District Court in Texas on behalf of a former Longhorns football player. Julius Whittier, an attorney who broke the gridiron colorline at

UT Player's $50 Million Suit Against the NCAA Stumbles on the Science

GSP's Truth Is Out There: UFC Great Talks UFO Sighting

Georges St. Pierre may not have seen the big overhand right of Matt Serra. But he claims to have caught a good glimpse of another flying object.  “I never talk about aliens,” the former UFC welterweight champion confessed to Chael

GSP's Truth Is Out There: UFC Great Talks UFO Sighting

Madison Bumgarner and the American Way

Fans tuning-in to Game Seven of the World Series witnessed an astronomical phenomenon as much as a sporting event. Madison Bumgarner, who won two games, saved the finale, and boasted a .43 earned-run average against the Kansas City Royals, became

Madison Bumgarner and the American Way

Um, Chevy Colorado Guy and Stuff

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, GM Brian Sabean, and manager Bruce Bochy all acted like they had been there before (because they had). Rikk Wilde, evidently, hadn’t. The “all-new, 2015 Chevy Colorado” can have that effect on a man. Rikk Wilde,

Um, Chevy Colorado Guy and Stuff

How Much Does Money Matter in Winning a World Series?

The San Francisco Giants, the team that opened the seasonwith the seventh-highest payroll in baseball, defeated the Kansas City Royals, whichhad risen from dead last in 2011 to nineteenth this year, to win the WorldSeries. With $154 million in salaries

How Much Does Money Matter in Winning a World Series?

Panty Raid! Feds Bust Shop for Peddling Royal Blue 'KC' Underwear

The underwear police, aka the Department of Homeland Security, raided Birdies Panties in Kansas City earlier this week. The store’s offense? Selling underwear with a K connecting with a C on the rear. The Kansas City Royals also embrace such

Panty Raid! Feds Bust Shop for Peddling Royal Blue 'KC' Underwear

Tar Heels Cheated Way to 10 Bowl Games and 3 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships

A long-awaited report by former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein alleges that thousands of student-athletes at the University of North Carolina took easy-A, no-show classes in the school’s African and Afro-American Studies Department (AFAM) over an 18-year period. The UNC-authorized report

Tar Heels Cheated Way to 10 Bowl Games and 3 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships

The Kansas City Royals, Karl Marx, and World Series Economics

A spectre is haunting baseball–the spectre of the Kansas City Royals deposing baseball’s royalty. The Karl Marx theory of the World Series wouldn’t see diamond have-nots rising up against the diamond haves until the passage of a revenue-sharing revolution. What

The Kansas City Royals, Karl Marx, and World Series Economics

Cain Velasquez Out, Mark Hunt in UFC 180 Main Event

Cain Velasquez has pulled out of his UFC 180 heavyweight championship bout with Fabricio Werdum citing a meniscus injury. The heavyweight champion’s departure from the main event deals a major blow to the promotion. The November 15 card represented the

Cain Velasquez Out, Mark Hunt in UFC 180 Main Event

Floyd Mayweather Finally Admits a Gambling Loss

“Why doesn’t anyone tweet out the wager receipt when they lose?” we asked last week. Floyd Mayweather apparently reads. The undefeated welterweight finally posted a sports-book defeat. After grabbing close to $800,000 on the Cardinals over the homedog Raiders on

Floyd Mayweather Finally Admits a Gambling Loss

Matthew McConaughey Says Hail to the Redskins: 'I Love the Emblem'

Mathew McConaughey partied with Earl Campbell at the University of Texas. The Green Bay Packers drafted his dad. And don’t forget that he once held a joint subcommittee meeting on the 50-yard line with Lee High’s star quarterback Randall “Pink”

Matthew McConaughey Says Hail to the Redskins: 'I Love the Emblem'

Kansas City Royals Take Fans Back to the Future

If you could drive a DeLorean three decades into the past, you’d likely stumble upon a dark hall full of Americans captivated by the idea of driving a DeLorean three decades into the past. You would also find a small-market

Kansas City Royals Take Fans Back to the Future

Florida State Beats Up ESPN Before Beating Notre Dame

ESPN’s College GameDay came to Tallahassee. And Tallahassee told College GameDay to go back to Bristol. Before Florida State beat Notre Dame, Florida State’s fans beat up ESPN. Seminoles fans, citing bias in ESPN’s coverage of embattled quarterback Jameis Winston

Florida State Beats Up ESPN Before Beating Notre Dame

'He Has What You Call the Cojones'

WORCESTER, MA–“Courage,” trainer Carlos Garcia says of what separates light heavyweight Edwin Rodriguez from his peers. “He doesn’t give up. He has what you call the ‘cojones.’” A year after taking a beating in a decision loss to Andre Ward,

'He Has What You Call the Cojones'

Flogged Marvin Lewis Right About 'Lingering' Concussions and the Media

“Ignorant,” “moron,” and “idiot” read as a few of the printable words applied to Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis in the wake of his “lingering” concussions comment. But newly-published scientific researched actually supports the coach rather than his critics.

Flogged Marvin Lewis Right About 'Lingering' Concussions and the Media

War Machine Jailhouse Suicide Attempt

War Machine, who preferred sleep to submission in his three losses by choke, attempted to tap out on life in the Clark County, Nevada, jail at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday by strangulation.  The caged fighter reportedly tied one end of a

War Machine Jailhouse Suicide Attempt

Navajo Nation President Watches Redskins Game with Dan Snyder

Dan Snyder watched his Redskins play the Cardinals on Sunday alongside Ben Shelly, president of the Navajo Nation, and his wife Martha. Snyder’s team lost the game on the field as they won a public-relations victory in the visiting owner’s

Navajo Nation President Watches Redskins Game with Dan Snyder

Arrested Dolphins DE Feared VD

What happens on bye week doesn’t always stay on bye week.  Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby won’t lace up his cleats this weekend. He allegedly didn’t wrap up another part of his body his last weekend.  Broward County cops arrested

Arrested Dolphins DE Feared VD

Katy Perry Super Bowl's Halftime Performer

Katy Perry has agreed to play the Super Bowl halftime show according to numerous reports.  The event takes place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 1.  “I would be honored, of course,” Perry told ESPN’s GameDay

Katy Perry Super Bowl's Halftime Performer

Jason 'Mayhem' Miller Live Tweets SWAT Standoff at His House

Jason Miller has defeated the likes of Robbie Lawler, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Tim Kennedy. But the cage fighter proved no match for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. They put him in their cage. The former star of MTV’s Bully Beatdown

Jason 'Mayhem' Miller Live Tweets SWAT Standoff at His House

Litigation Best Predictor of Prolonged Concussion Symptoms, Study Says

Media hype surrounding sports concussions harms athletes enduring the injury and the promise of litigation payoffs results in prolonged reporting of symptoms, says a new article in a medical journal. “Research has shown that compensation and litigation factors are the

Litigation Best Predictor of Prolonged Concussion Symptoms, Study Says

Is 'Redskins' More Offensive Than Fascism? FCC Talks Censorship

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the body’s consideration on Tuesday of censoring the word “Redskins” on the public airwaves.   “There are a lot of names and descriptions that were used over time that are inappropriate

Is 'Redskins' More Offensive Than Fascism? FCC Talks Censorship

Manny Pacquiao: 'Pitiful' Floyd Mayweather 'Should Fear God'

Boxing promoter Bob Arum recently suggested that Floyd Mayweather fears a fight with client Manny Pacquiao. The powerful southpaw thinks his nemesis on in the sports pages but not, as of yet, in the ring should fear someone else. “He

Manny Pacquiao: 'Pitiful' Floyd Mayweather 'Should Fear God'

Tony Stewart Tells Press 'It Was an Accident'

“I know what happened,” a soft-spoken Tony Stewart told the media Monday morning. “I know it was an accident.”   Cutting a sharp contrast to the fiery figure seen on the racetrack, a subdued Stewart spoke to the news media

Tony Stewart Tells Press 'It Was an Accident'

A Cowboy, a Dominator, and a Notorious One Steal Show at UFC 178

An action-packed UFC 178 witnessed a rude welcome for a highly-touted newcomer, a championship-caliber performance by a returning former champion, and a coming-out party for one of the most sensational mixed-martial artists on the promotion’s roster. And all that happened

A Cowboy, a Dominator, and a Notorious One Steal Show at UFC 178