Bob Costas And His Red Eyes Are Listed As ‘Day-to-Day’
If you’ve been paying any attention to NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage, the one thing you’re probably aware of is the rather ugly condition of Bob Costas’s eyes. What started as a strange looking rash...
View ArticleThere Was An Epic AHL Line Brawl Last Night
Ah, the hockey line brawl. It may or may not have anything to do at all with the fact that they’re affiliated with the Philadelphia hockey organization, but the Adirondack Phantoms were involved in an...
View ArticleWinter Olympics: Men’s Hockey Knockout Bracket Set
Amid a slate of games that should’ve been gimmes, the men’s hockey Winter Olympics playoff bracket is now set. The United States eased by Slovenia 5-1 behind a Phil Kessel hat trick en route to the...
View ArticleBrazilian Bobsled Goes Airborne in Brutal Crash
One has to wonder how the hell Winter Olympics competitors from warm-weather countries are able to find the time (and access to proper conditions) to practice for and compete with the best athletes in...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon Did Some Spectacular Olympic Superlatives In His ‘Tonight Show’...
Jimmy Fallon made his ‘Tonight Show’ debut on Monday night, and a decent portion of the show was dedicated to Winter Olympics coverage. Fallon took jabs at the Russian hockey team and their sudden...
View ArticleSochi Dogs Photos Show Why Athletes Are Adopting Them
Sports Illustrated has been compiling a bunch of photos of the stray Sochi dogs roaming around Olympic Park in Sochi over the last several weeks, and they are some of the cutest damn things you’ll lay...
View ArticleTwitter’s Data From #Sochi2014 Is Really Interesting
The closing ceremony in Sochi was this past Sunday, but the news is still rolling in on the Winter Olympics. On its blog this week, Twitter unveiled some pretty cool data on the Games revolving around...
View ArticleRussia Gifted Its Olympic Medal Winners $200k And A Mercedes
From Russia with love, eh? To the victor(s) go the spoils, eh? (Insert your own cheesy cliche here), eh? Fresh off of it’s overall medal count victory from the Winter Olympics, Russia is saying thank...
View ArticleVIDEO: 11 Hurt In Ringling Bros. Circus Stunt Accident
(Photo via Twitter) Eight performers fell anywhere between 25 and 40 feet, landing on top of a dancer below when a metal contraption they were hanging from malfunctioned during a Ringling Bros. and...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Calls Off Wedding With Caroline Wozniacki (After Sending Out the...
Just days after sending out the invites for their wedding, PGA star Rory McIlroy decided that he’s not quite ready to be a married man and broke off his engagement with women’s tennis star Corline...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather, T.I. Reportedly In Chair-Tossing Brawl in Vegas
TMZ is reporting that a massive brawl broke out at a Fatburger on the Vegas strip after rapper T.I. took a swing at boxer/promoter/businessman/actor Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night....
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Tabs Brazil As the Heavy World Cup Favorites at Home
Since the 1998 World Cup Finals hosted by France, Goldman Sachs, that huge mega multinational investment banking firm, has used its statistical analysis skills—probably the same statistical analysis...
View ArticleBrazil’s São Paulo Stadium Won’t Be Completed Until After The World Cup
With just a week to go until the official start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the stadium that will host the first match of the tournament between host nation Brazil and Croatia is yet to be finished....
View ArticleStadium Anthem Legend Gary Glitter Charged With 8 Sex Offenses in London
Well this explains a lot. Former pop star Paul Gadd, who’s more commonly referred to by his stage name Gary Glitter, is undoubtedly best known for his 1972 mega hit song/stadium rock anthem “Rock &...
View ArticleCalifornia Chrome Owner Steve Coburn Went On A Post-Race Rant After the...
For the 13th time since Affirmed completed horse racing’s triple crown in 1978, a horse coming into the Belmont Stakes having won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness failed to close the deal. California...
View ArticleMeet the International Quidditch Association
In less than a decade, real-life Quidditch—a sport inspired by the Harry Potter book series—has grown from an intramural sport at a small Massachusetts college to an international competition with...
View ArticleHere’s What Arena Amazonia Pitch Looks Like Ahead Of It’s World Cup Debut
We already know about how the stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which will host the opening match of the Tournament tomorrow, won’t be completely finished until after the World Cup. Now we’re getting a...
View ArticleVatican Has No Plans To Host Papal World Cup Viewing Party
Sad trombone. In what is literally a once-in-several-hundred-lifetimes opportunity, the Vatican has thrown cold water on any plans to host a papal viewing party for the 2014 World Cup Final in Brazil....
View ArticleMessi and McNabb Sitting In A Tree. P-U-K-I-N-G.
Besides the glaringly obvious difference, Lionel Messi and Donovan McNabb appear to actually have quite a lot in common. They both play(ed) football (albeit footballs of different varieties), they both...
View ArticleWatch a Rory McIlroy Tee Shot Land In A Spectator’s Pocket
This is something you don’t see, well, ever? During his third round on Friday at the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Rory McIlroy lined his tee shot up on the par-4 14th hole,...
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