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Meet Greg Walker, the 7-foot Former College Basketball Prospect* Who Might Be the World’s Tallest Transsexual

Posted January 4, 2012, 12:42 pm by Jason McIntyre (58 Comments)

Greg Walker is from Ohio, according to the Daily Mail.

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Don Mattingly Played the Role of Mother Ginger in a Production of “The Nutcracker”

Posted December 19, 2011, 2:30 pm by Tim Ryan (51 Comments)

Don Mattingly dressed a woman in a rather roomy dress.

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Here’s a Man Eating a Live Scorpion

Posted October 19, 2011, 10:00 am by Jason McIntyre (13 Comments)

Grody.

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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 Jason McIntyre (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 Jason McIntyre (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 Ty Duffy (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 Ty Duffy (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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