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Philips' Popular Wake-Up Lights Are Back On Sale

If you still haven’t upgraded your morning routine with a life-changing wake-up light, Amazon’s discounting a couple different models today.

Sports Illustrated compiled an oral history of the 2008 Giants-Packers NFC Championship.

Sports Illustrated compiled an oral history of the 2008 Giants-Packers NFC Championship. A crazy game loses nothing in the retelling—and Jared Lorenzen is a standout. [SI.com]

Marco Belinelli's Incredible Off-The-Butt Buzzer-Beater Waved Off By Refs

Marco Belinelli very nearly scored the coolest buzzer-beater of this NBA season (and probably many others), but alas, it came too late. I get that the referees have to uphold “standards” and “fairness” and “the rules,” but this shot deserved better.

Team USA Wins World Juniors Gold

Team USA’s hockey young adults beat Canada in a shootout to win the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 5-4. Troy Terry scored the only goal of the shootout, with Team USA goalie Tyler Parsons making all five of his saves.

Oh No

Yahoo!’s social media ship needs a new captain.

The Columbus Blue Jackets Finally Lose

“Shit, huh?” is how Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella opened tonight’s press conference after his team was blown out 5-0 by the Washington Capitals.

Report: Cavs Get Kyle Korver, Likely For Crap

The Cavaliers are doubling down on a team strength and adding one of the best floor spacers in the NBA. Per Adrian Wojnarowski, the Cavaliers are finalizing a trade for Atlanta Hawks three-point specialist Kyle Korver. It’s not clear who exactly the Cavs will give up (Mike Dunleavy? A future first? Some cans of…

NFL Suspends Cowboys DE Randy Gregory For A Calendar Year

This afternoon, second-year Cowboys DE Randy Gregory received a year-long suspension from the NFL for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He was suspended for the first 14 games of this NFL season and only appeared in Week 16 and 17 for the Cowboys.

Joe Mixon Will Reportedly Declare For The NFL Draft

Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon will skip his junior and senior seasons in college and head straight to the NFL draft. According to ESPN and The Oklahoman, Mixon told his Sooners teammates that he planned to go to the draft this afternoon.

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You Can't Fight The Mud Slip N' Slide And Win

The USA Cyclocross National Championships are this week and weekend in Hartford, CT. Hartford is a perfect place to host such an event, since cyclocross races are best when they’re muddy, chaotic messes. The temperature is not supposed to rise much above freezing while this week’s racing is going on, and the course…

WNBA Players Looking To Get Out Of Turkish League After Terrorist Attacks

A big problem with the WNBA is that for many of the best players, it makes financial sense to not play in the league. Players make so much less money stateside than they do by participating in international leagues during the winter that the overseas leagues have started offering compensation to stars to sit out their…

Police Report Names Corey Coleman In Assault; Agent Denies Involvement

Cleveland Browns receiver Corey Coleman’s name is in a police report of an alleged attack on a man in the condo building where Coleman lives in Cleveland, but his lawyer and agent say the NFL player wasn’t involved.

Senior Facebook Employee Pleads Not Guilty to Soliciting Sex From 15-Year-Old Girl

Dov Katz, a senior Oculus employee who was arrested in December after allegedly trying to solicit sex from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old girl, pleaded not guilty today at his arraignment in the King County Superior Court. Katz is formally charged with “attempted commercial sexual abuse…

The Garage This Ferrari F355 Cost $38,000 To Maintain Over Just 1,000 Miles | io9 Watch How ILM Brou

The Garage This Ferrari F355 Cost $38,000 To Maintain Over Just 1,000 Miles | io9 Watch How ILM Brought Back Tarkin and Leia for Rogue One | Kotaku Blizzard Says They’ll Punish Overwatch Players Who Use Mei’s Ice Wall Cheat | Lifehacker Use a Mind Map To Figure Out What You Want to Do With Your Life |

Sorry, Zaza Pachulia Will Not Be An All-Star

The NBA released the first returns for All-Star Game voting earlier today, and in the West, Warriors role player Zaza Pachulia sits second among frontcourt players, behind only Kevin Durant. It’s an especially impressive feat because this year he was seemingly fueled only by love from his homeland, Georgia. Gone are…

Cricket Player Gets His Genitals Wrecked

Australian cricketer Hilton Cartwright was tasked with standing in the silly point position—a spot just a few feet away from the batsman—during a Test match against Pakistan today. Cartwright’s corn cob ended up paying a heavy price:

You Don't Have To Write This Shit If They're Not Paying You To

Over at Sports Illustrated, you can read an article about Tom Brady’s new line of sleepwear for A Company That Makes Stretchy Workout Stuff. The article contains the following lines:

Jack Sock Goes Between The Legs

This hot shot burst out of nowhere during a friendly matchup at the Hopman Cup today in Australia. Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock are good pals, and were visibly having fun in an exhibition match which Sock won handily, 6-2, 6-2.

This Wall Street Journal Comment Section Offers A Rare Peek Into The World Of Whites

The media often makes reference to White America and its mysterious attitudes. But where can you gain access to this closed group? You must journey deep, deep into the rabbit hole.

Grab Any Pair of Jeans You Could Need From Uniqlo For Under $40

If you didn’t get your denim fill during the Levi’s sale, maybe check out Uniqlo’s crazy-good deal on jeans. All women’s styles are $30 and all men’s are $40, including selvedge denim and HEATTECH jeans.

The Worst Advice Coaches Can Give

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here.

Tyrod Taylor Might Be Calling The Bills' Bluff

As fucked as it already was, the Tyrod Taylor situation has gotten a whole hell of a lot messier.

Could Mike Trout Exploit A California Labor Law Quirk To Become A Free Agent Early?

There isn’t a team in Major League Baseball that wouldn’t jump at the chance to sign Mike Trout, whose two MVP awards in his first five years of big league service vastly underrepresent how good he really is. And there isn’t a team that could afford to do so that wouldn’t throw hundreds of millions of dollars in his…

Where Is Jim Irsay And What Is Going On With The Colts?

Colts head coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson have spent the last few seasons conspiring to waste Andrew Luck’s prime and turn their team into one of the saddest sacks in the sad-sack AFC South. It’s reasonable, then, that everyone was prepared to see some blood spilled after the season ended, but so far there has…

No. 72 Ranked Player Nervously Banters With Coach During Upset Of Serena Williams

Here’s No. 72 Madison Brengle offering a stand-up routine during a changeover, wondering if she’s going to die after being struck by a Serena Williams serve, and trying to figure out whether her optimal return strategy against the world No. 2 is to play confusingly bad tennis. “Maybe even worse, because I think she’s…

Christmas Watch: We Look Back On Christmas

Some would have you believe that Christmas is over. But is it? Yes. But how was it?

Former Minnesota Coach Jerry Kill Furious Over Firing Of Tracy Claeys

The University of Minnesota fired head football coach Tracy Claeys on Tuesday, at least in part because Claeys supported his players’ plan to boycott their bowl game in solidarity with 10 teammates who were suspended following a university sexual assault investigation. The university’s decision to fire Claeys does not…

Watch the Super Bowl Sans-Cable With This $16 Amplified HDTV Antenna

All of a sudden, it’s 2017 and the Super Bowl is a few weeks away. If you don’t have cable, but are looking for a cheap and easy alternative to streaming the game, how about this $16 amplified antenna?

Today's Best Deals: Protein Powders, KitchenAid Accessories, Business Books and More

EAS protein powders and supplements, business Kindle books, and a great KitchenAid food processor accessory lead off Thursday’s best deals.