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Nicolas Cage Awoken by Naked Man with Fudgesicle is Your Movie-Related Headline of the Week

Posted September 15, 2011, 12:06 pm by (236 Comments)

And if you don’t know what a fudgesicle is, that’ll be cleared up in the post.

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Roundup: Video of a Fight at a Phish Concert, Aaron Rodgers is Quite Good & Do Umpires Favor White Pitchers?

Posted September 9, 2011, 8:34 am by (215 Comments)

Video-packed roundup includes a guy trying to put out a fire with a vacuum and Andy Roddick going postal. Warning: One of these 9/11 readers is particularly sad.

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Dez Bryant Kicked Out of Dallas Mall For Wearing Pants Too Low

Posted March 23, 2011, 9:45 am by (31 Comments)

Yes, this actually happened. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and three friends were given a criminal trespass warning for what police termed “wearing their pants halfway down their hips exposing their underwear” in a Dallas mall. Police claim they asked Bryant and Co. to pull their pants up, leading Bryant to respond with a [...]

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Roundup: Americans are Stupid, Stupid American Goes to Israel, Gay Conversion App Meets Apple’s Terms of Use, A-Rod Feels Healthy

Posted March 21, 2011, 8:45 am by (82 Comments)

Good morning, internet. Daddy McIntyre is home with his family. CRM and I have the car keys for a few more days. The lovely miss Alison Brie [via Getty].  Real Americans are stupid. Scratch that. Americans are real stupid. Wyclef might have been shot in Haiti. Estimated damage from Japan earthquake: 18,000 dead, $235 billion. [...]

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Les Miles Ate Grass Before Throwing Out the First Pitch

Posted March 14, 2011, 11:45 am by (15 Comments)

Les Miles: The clock-challenged LSU football coach continues to embrace his grass-eating ways. Miles threw out the first pitch at an LSU baseball game this weekend, and while standing before the crowd, decided to pick up some grass and eat it. He said it needed some salt, but was otherwise delicious. [Advocate via Clay Travis]

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Valentine’s Day is for Quarterbacks

Posted February 14, 2011, 11:45 am by (45 Comments)

Valentine’s Day Quarterbacks: You know which day has given birth to more career passing yards than any other? February 14th, with Jim Kelly, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, David Garrard, Patrick Ramsey, Anthony Wright, and Jared Lorenzen. Only 33 Quarterbacks have thrown for 30,000 yards in their careers, and 3 were born on Valentine’s Day. Another (Garrard) [...]

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