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Here Are The Emails Sent By A Scammer Pretending To Be Dikembe Mutombo

If you’ve ever fantasized about would it would be like to be swindled by someone posing as Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, you’re in luck.

Dildos Become Projectiles As Sex-Store Employees Foil Would-Be Robbery

When you get into a physically threatening situation, it pays to be resourceful and use whatever tools you have available to you. If you work at a sex toy store, those tools are dildos.

Carroll, Sherman clear air after 1-yard pass play

Source: Bengals WR Green eyeing Dec. 24 return

Steelers' Bell 'not worried' about contract future

Steelers’ Bell ‘not worried’ about contract future

Falcons WR Jones (toe) out against 49ers

Bears WR Wilson fractures foot, out indefinitely

Today's Best Deals: Never-Flat Air Mattress, Your Favorite Blenders, the Best Batteries

Your favorite rechargeable batteries, the best affordable blender, and an air mattress that doesn’t deflate lead off Friday’s best deals.

Curt Schilling Should Be In The Hall Of Fame

As of this morning, Ryan Thibodaux’s invaluable Hall of Fame election tracker has the results of 44 ballots up, representing about a tenth the total number of ballots expected to be cast by veteran baseball writers this year. It’s a skewed and self-selecting sample—writers who make their ballot public and do so early tend as a group to have opinions closer to those of the average Deadspin reader than those of the average Hall voter—but one thing is very clear: Curt Schilling won’t be voted into Cooperstown this year, and probably never will be.

Rogue One Is A Refreshing Dive Into The Muck Of The Star Wars Universe

A good proxy test for the tone of a Star Wars movie is the demeanor of the featured droids. R2-D2 and C-3PO carry out a cheerful buddy comedy in a movie that is about friendship and hope triumphing over evil. BB-8 is a version of R2-D2 that’s been multiplied by itself several times over until it’s nothing but a roly-poly kids toy, there to enhance the “Holy shit, I’m watching a Star Wars movie again!” high of Force Awakens. The soldier droids from the prequels were pointless and stupid, and, well, you get the idea.

GoPro's HERO+ LCD Is Enough Action Cam For Nearly Everyone, and Only $150 Today

GoPro’s HERO+ LCD strikes a great balance between the entry-level HERO and the tricked out HERO5, and at $150, it’s one of the best GoPro bargains we’ve seen.

Tonight On ESPN Classic

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Holiday Guests Incoming? This Discounted Air Mattress Keeps Itself Fully Inflated Overnight.

Insta-Bed Queen Air Mattress With Never-Flat Pump, $88

Casper might be the best mattress for everyone, but not for your houseguests. Put them on this discounted Insta-Bed air mattress, marked down to an all-time low $88, today only.

May This Philadelphia Opossum Bring You Holiday Cheer

This is Gary. Say hi to Gary. Merry Christmas Gary, you trashcat (his words, not mine, although I’d use the same words).

Sherman 'upset' Carroll called pass at 1-yard line

Sherman ‘upset’ Carroll called pass at 1-yard line

Nothing About This Went Well For Jon Ryan

Jared Goff Forced To Leave Game After Massive Hit From Richard Sherman

Rams QB Jared Goff’s lackluster night in Seattle ended early after Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman leveled him in the fourth quarter when Goff was breaking for the end zone. Goff hesitated for a moment before getting steamrolled by Sherman, and the hit was not ruled to be an illegal one. Cruelly, Goff’s run was wiped out due to a holding penalty.

Steve Kerr Leads Warriors Fans In “Moment Of Joy” Sager Tribute

Golden State coach Steve Kerr spoke to fans in attendance for tonight’s Knicks-Warriors game to recognize Craig Sager, who died earlier today—but instead of a moment of silence, Kerr found it more appropriate to lead the crowd in a standing ovation as a “moment of joy.”

Henrik Lundqvist Got His Mask Knocked Off By This Bone-Rattling Hit

Henrik Lundqvist got the Lund Qvisted right out of him by Cody Eakin in the first period of the Rangers’ game against the Stars tonight, losing his mask in the process. Eakin received a ten-minute penalty for his trouble, and Lundqvist was examined by a team doctor.

This Nikola Jokic Pass Is One Spicy Meatball

Nikola Jokic is not a man known for spectacular passes. The Nuggets center averages four assists per 36 minutes over his career, which is fine for a big man, but still, this here dish was wholly unexpected.

Rams' Goff exits after taking hit from Sherman

Rams’ Goff exits after taking hit from Sherman

The Inside The NBA Crew Remembers Craig Sager

Before the start of tonight’s Bucks-Bulls game on TNT, the Inside The NBA crew reminisced about their years working with the late Craig Sager. Ernie Johnson was off tonight due to an illness in the family, but he produced a video tribute for Sager, after which Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaq, and Johnson’s replacement Casey Stern spoke about their memories of Sager. Smith said that he wouldn’t be a broadcaster if not for Sager’s influence.

Who Is “Two Pack”?

Not sure about that one.

Minnesota Football Players Say They'll Boycott Bowl Game In Protest Of Mass Suspensions [Update]

A few days after 10 Minnesota Golden Gophers football players were suspended from the team’s upcoming trip to the Holiday Bowl, the rest of the team has responded. The Star Tribune reported this afternoon that the team will threaten to boycott the game in protest of the suspensions. The players’ “demands” have not been made public, but they likely concern the reinstatement of all or some of the players:

Sage Northcutt Is Running Wild In Sacramento

It’s a dull, dreary day here in Northern California, as long-awaited rainstorms are replenishing the state’s meager water supplies and keeping citizens indoors sulking. That, however, is not nearly enough to dampen the spirits of the UFC’s premier Ken doll/golden retriever, Sage Northcutt, who is in Sacramento preparing for his fight with Mickey Gall on Saturday. Let’s see how our old friend is doing.

Kevin Garnett Playfully Roasting Craig Sager's Suits Will Never Not Be The Best

Craig Sager is most fondly remembered for his back-and-forth routine with Gregg Popovich, in which Sager would play the earnest sideline reporter and Popovich a sort of caricature of a surly coach who has no time for the manufactured pleasantries of a scheduled television interview. But for my money, Sager’s best foil was Kevin Garnett, who, over the years, would almost always end an interview with him by going in on whatever Willy Wonka-esque suit Sager happened to be wearing that night.

Here Are The Emails Sent By A Scammer Pretending To Be Dikembe Mutombo

Dildos Become Projectiles As Sex-Store Employees Foil Would-Be Robbery

Carroll, Sherman clear air after 1-yard pass play

Source: Bengals WR Green eyeing Dec. 24 return

Steelers' Bell 'not worried' about contract future

Falcons WR Jones (toe) out against 49ers

Bears WR Wilson fractures foot, out indefinitely

Today's Best Deals: Never-Flat Air Mattress, Your Favorite Blenders, the Best Batteries

Curt Schilling Should Be In The Hall Of Fame

Rogue One Is A Refreshing Dive Into The Muck Of The Star Wars Universe

GoPro's HERO+ LCD Is Enough Action Cam For Nearly Everyone, and Only $150 Today

Tonight On ESPN Classic

Holiday Guests Incoming? This Discounted Air Mattress Keeps Itself Fully Inflated Overnight.

May This Philadelphia Opossum Bring You Holiday Cheer

Sherman 'upset' Carroll called pass at 1-yard line

Nothing About This Went Well For Jon Ryan

Jared Goff Forced To Leave Game After Massive Hit From Richard Sherman

Steve Kerr Leads Warriors Fans In “Moment Of Joy” Sager Tribute

Henrik Lundqvist Got His Mask Knocked Off By This Bone-Rattling Hit

This Nikola Jokic Pass Is One Spicy Meatball

Rams' Goff exits after taking hit from Sherman

The Inside The NBA Crew Remembers Craig Sager

Who Is “Two Pack”?

Minnesota Football Players Say They'll Boycott Bowl Game In Protest Of Mass Suspensions [Update]

Sage Northcutt Is Running Wild In Sacramento

Kevin Garnett Playfully Roasting Craig Sager's Suits Will Never Not Be The Best

Source: NFL probing Giants for walkie-talkie use

Source: Patriots claim WR Floyd after DUI arrest

The Greatest Little Fast Dudes In NFL History

Norman: Felt 'stabbed in the back' by ex-GM