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  • Punter Marquette King Kicks Balls and Tickles the Ivories

    Marquette King is a man of many talents. When he’s not kicking the shit out of a football, he’s making mediocre rap music sound better. Watch King kill this version of Post Malone’s “White Iverson”: He also nailed Anita Baker’s classic “Sweet Love”:   And some Maroon 5 song, because apparently Maroon 5 is still…

  • Is Mike Tomlin A Great Coach? A (Very, Very, Very, Very) Quick Survey

    Last week, concussion-ridden jack-o-lantern with curious sentience Terry Bradshaw stated that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was a “nice” coach and “great cheerleader” but not a great coach. This, of course, is the same Tomlin who’s amassed a 102–57 record in his 10 years with the Steelers, is the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl,…

  • 55-Year-Old Becomes Oldest College Football Player Ever

    Age ain’t nothing but a number—even in the rough-and-tumble world of college football. On Saturday, with a 3-yard gain, a 55-year-old became the oldest walk-on running back ever to play Division I college football. South Carolina State running back Joe Thomas Sr., the 55-year-old father of Green Bay Packers linebacker Joe Thomas Jr., took the…

  • What To Do When You Don't Give A Fuck About Local Sports

    My college sweetheart grew up in Cambridge, Mass., walking distance from the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park. Like many of her ilk, she grew up a die-hard Red Sox fan; when they lost the pennant to the New York Yankees in 2003, she flatly rejected me from entering her dorm room to witness her crying.…

  • 30 Reasons Why Your Favorite Team Won't Win An NBA Championship (…And 30 Ways They Can)

    The NBA regular season starts today, just a few months after the Golden State Warriors culminated their historic collapse by losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. And, if you happened to forget how suddenly the Warriors went Peak Dumpster Fire and how Lebron and Kyrie did Steph and Klay and Dray like Negan…

  • Sprinter Tyson Gay’s Teen Daughter Killed in Ky. Crossfire

    The teen daughter of Olympian Tyson Gay was tragically killed early Sunday morning after a shooting outside a Lexington, Ky., restaurant, according to USA Today High School Sports. Trinity Gay, 15, a talented sprinter in her own right, was taken to a University of Kentucky hospital with a gunshot wound to her neck around 3:30 am.…

  • Detroit Lions DeAndre Levy Raises Money to Test Rape Kits

    Detroit Lions lineback DeAndre Levy has put his money where his heart is. The outspoken advocate against domestic violence and rape is partnering with the Detroit Hustles Harder clothing line to sell “Our Issue” T-shirts. All proceeds from the shirts will go to the Enough SAID program in Detroit. Enough SAID is a collaboration between multiple…

  • I Can't Root For The Knicks Anymore If Derrick Rose Is On Our Team

    I’ve experienced the sweet torture of being a New York Knickerbockers fan for almost my entire life. So much of my youth was defined by major Knicks heartbreaks. There was the 1995 Eastern Semifinals against the Pacers. The ’97 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Heat. The Finals when Olajuwon stole John Starks’ life force and…

  • Chris Bosh Fails Latest Physical. Is His NBA Career Over? 

    The Miami Heat has not cleared Chris Bosh to play in the upcoming season, and his plan to resume play is in jeopardy, according to a report by the Associated Press. “The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return,” the…

  • The Seattle Seahawks Are Some Bitches. I’m Actively Rooting Against Them All Season.

    The entire Seattle Seahawks team is a bunch of bitches. Since Colin Kaepernick’s protest against the anthem became public, several players (and teams) from the amateur ranks all the way to the professional have joined in in hopes of pushing forward a conversation to spearhead change. The protests have seeped into other professional sports and…