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Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

JJ Watt grunts and moans while chasing quarterbacks

No, [JJ Watt] is not a big talker at all. Like it's kind of – you kind of just – you hear him like grunting and moaning behind you as he's coming. He just makes noises, really.

This is an anecdotal claim about Watt's on-field play style, confirmed by Bortles' personal experience.
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Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

London beer is served at room temperature except for Guinness

If you do go to London... they don't serve cold beer. It's all room temperature. So actually they have ice cold Guinness so hopefully you like Guinness. It's the only time I think I ever drink Guinness when I go to London.

While real ales are served warmer, lagers and 'extra cold' stout variants are widely available cold in London.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A number never won a Super Bowl

Here's a stat for you. A number never won a Super Bowl. Fact.

Technically correct, as a 'number' is an abstract concept, though players who provide data do win.
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Big CatBig Cat

Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes beat the Monstars at the end of Space Jam

The spoiler is that Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes beat the Monstars in the end.

The movie Space Jam ends with the Tune Squad defeating the Monstars.
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Big CatBig Cat

Feidelberg and I were the first two people in America to accept the Ice Bucket Challenge

Feidelberg and I were the first two people in America to accept the Ice Bucket Water Challenge. ... If you just challenge and no one accepts it, then it never works. ... You're listening to the guy who started the Ice Bucket Challenge.

They were early prominent adopters within the Barstool/Boston sports circle, but the challenge had earlier iterations before the Pete Frates connection made it global.
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Big CatBig Cat

Chris Webber was definitely betting on the Thunder-Spurs game

Chris Webber, I'm pretty sure Chris Webber was betting on this game because I've never heard anyone so emotionally invested in a game... It was clear that Chris Webber had money on this game.

While Chris Webber's broadcast was highly emotional, there is no public record or proof that he had a wager on the game.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Green Bay Packers drafted a serial killer and he's the biggest bust in NFL history

People forget that the Green Bay Packers drafted a serial killer. In 1974, they drafted a legit serial killer. His name is Randy Woodfield... Would you say he's like the biggest bust in NFL draft history?

The Packers did draft Randy Woodfield in the 17th round of the 1974 draft. Calling a 17th-round pick who never played a 'bust' is comedic exaggeration.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

PFT Commenter Owns 'No Pressure No Diamonds' Now

No pressure no diamonds, slow it down. PFT owns your slogan now.

PFT Commenter actually trademarked 'No Pressure No Diamonds.' This cease and desist rap had legal standing.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

PFT Commenter Drenches You In Rainy Rain Takes

He's in the trenches dude, so check your mentions fool. In rainy rain takes he drenches you.

PFT Commenter's rain takes were indeed prolific and unmatched in the sports media landscape.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

PFT Has Two Good Knees And RG3 Has None

He got two good knees and a microphone. You got no more cheese and your fight is gone.

RG3 suffered devastating knee injuries in both the 2012 playoffs and 2013 preseason. PFT's knees remain unconfirmed but presumed healthy.
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AJ GreenAJ Green

Drinking Rockin' Refuel without working out will make you put on a lot of weight

You put on a lot of weight if you just not work out with all that protein. So I think you have to do a little bit of something.

Protein alone does not cause significant weight gain. AJ recommended doing 'a little bit of something.'
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you drink enough protein your arms get inflated with fat and you look like you've been working out

I'm a big protein guy because a lot of times if you just drink enough protein, your arms get kind of inflated with all the fat. You wear a tight shirt, and then you look like you've been working out. So anyway, even if you're not a big workout guy, I think that there's something in this for you.

Fact ClaimFoodMediumSarcastic
Protein does not cause localized arm inflation.
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HankHank

Doing somersaults cures muscle cramps

My fun fact is that if you get a cramp, doing somersaults gets rid of the cramp. ... I was playing golf with my friends, and he just started doing somersaults. And I was like, why? And he said, it's because you get cramps, and that gets rid of him.

There is no medical evidence that somersaults cure cramps; in fact, the physical exertion of a somersault could worsen a muscle cramp.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to attract female goats

My fun fact is that billy goats urinate on their own heads to attract female goats.

This is a real biological behavior used by male goats to spread their scent.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mel Kiper eats a slice of pumpkin pie every single morning

People forget that Mel Kiper eats a slice of pumpkin pie every single morning.

This is a well-documented and confirmed eccentric fact about Mel Kiper's diet.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Conor McGregor's retirement tweet was a brilliant marketing move to generate buzz

Excellent marketing move on his part... we were all talking about MMA, like in the offseason of MMA, pretty much. So, yeah. Excellent marketing move on his part.

McGregor did return and continued fighting, confirming the 'retirement' was a negotiation or PR tactic.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Wearing a headband increases an athlete's vertical jump by four inches

I've always had a theory about headbands too, that headbands increase your vertical jump at least temporarily by about four inches.

There is no scientific basis for this claim.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ice is the great equalizer that allows for upsets in the NHL

It's because ice is the great equalizer. That's the X factor right there. Anytime you get people on slippery substances, you open the door for a big upset, which is why I love the NHL.

While ice parity is a real concept in hockey, the phrasing 'slippery substances' is purely comedic.
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Tom GlavineTom Glavine

Greg Maddux was a sick individual in the clubhouse who used teammates' clothes to clean himself

He [Greg Maddux] was a sick individual to say the least. You know, there was nothing that was off limits for Greg. You know, he wasn't opposed to going into somebody's locker and grabbing a piece of piece of clothing and using it to clean himself in various ways and things of that nature.

Glavine is a primary witness to these events.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Leicester City converted a penalty in the 93rd minute to salvage their Cinderella story

The Cinderella story, Leicester, they were losing today, and they were playing with 10 men, and then they got a penalty called in the 93rd minute, and they converted to salvage a point.

Leicester City drew West Ham 2-2 with a Leonardo Ulloa penalty in the 95th minute.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am on a hot streak of fixing things around the house

In the last year or so, I got hot. I was touching things, and instead of breaking them, I was fixing them... I've even amazed myself. And you know what the key to it is? It's like anything else. When you get a little more confident, I'm willing to take a chance that I won't break what I'm trying to fix.

His wife immediately counters that he only put in a light bulb, making the 'streak' somewhat subjective.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

I have become a whiz at the computer recently

I've become a wizard at the computer. I really have. I turn it on. I can shut it off. I did something because I'm up at five o'clock in the morning and I bet neither one of you would realize that I have Wi-Fi in this condo.

Operation of a power button and basic Wi-Fi usage does not qualify one as a 'wizard' by general standards.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo logo will be on the hot seat this year

We, this show, called the shot that the Indians were going to have a good year and the Chief Wahoo logo was going to be on the hot seat and people were going to all get upset. Well, guess what? They had a good year. They lost in the World Series, but they had a good year. They're back. Chief Wahoo still on the hot seat.

The Indians removed Chief Wahoo from their uniforms starting in 2019 and changed their name to the Guardians in 2022.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have officially broken up

PFT... broke the heartbreaking news that Jay Mariotti and Woody Page have broken up... For the last couple of shows, it's just been Jay. Strictly Mariotti. No, there hasn't been an announcement... I needed Woody to counterbalance Jay.

The Mariotti/Page digital show 'Unfiltered' did indeed dissolve around this time.
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Eric KellyEric Kelly

50 Cent lied about winning the Golden Gloves

50 Cent is so much of a fan of boxing. First of all, he lied and said he was a fighter. 50, you said you won the Golden Gloves. You came in New York City, came up where I came up at. I won the Golden Gloves every time I fought in them. I know everybody around here. 50, you did not fight in the Golden Gloves.

While 50 Cent was a junior amateur boxer, there is no public record of him winning a Golden Gloves title, supporting Kelly's claim.
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Adam MorrisonAdam Morrison

Kobe Bryant had the best left-handed shot in the NBA

Kobe's like, I'm the best left-handed, the best left-handed... Do you remember when he broke his finger? Okay, so he breaks his finger in the game, doesn't check out. His line that night was like 18 and something with just one hand. He literally played with one hand... He looks over and goes, Amo, like what? He goes, I told you I had the best fucking left hand in the league.

Kobe Bryant famously made several left-handed shots during his career, including a 3-pointer against the Mavs in 2012, but 'best in the league' is subjective.
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Kyle LongKyle Long

I saw a UFO in Scottsdale that moved way too fast for a normal aircraft

I saw one last year at Scottsdale. Somebody told me we were by the airport, but I was like, don't believe it. Moves way too fast. Awkward movements. UFOs. I was driving north on Scottsdale and I was going to Kierland... And I absolutely saw a UFO. It was like stopping in the air. It was meandering. It was making like crazy [movements].

The existence of UFOs is a matter of intense debate and cannot be definitively proven or disproven based on a single personal anecdote.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

90% of NFL players likely have a torn groin by the end of a season

I don't think that a torn groin is like – I'd say 90% of the NFL has a torn groin by the end of the season. I don't think this is anything special.

While injuries are rampant, there is no medical data supporting that 90% of players specifically have torn groins.
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Stacey KingStacey King

Everyone in the NBA is tradable

I played this game. Everybody's tradable. It's not like – You know, some guys, you know, when you're a broadcaster, you never played. I played in the NBA. I've been traded. So it happens. It's a business.

While some superstars have no-trade clauses, historically and functionally, any player can be moved for the right price.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Use the 'Jenny' phone number (867-5309) at drug stores to get rewards discounts without giving your real info

If you go to a CVS or really any grocery store that has a rewards program and they ask you to enter in your phone number... if you type in 8-6-7-5-3-0-9, the Jenny number... That will usually get you a discount because people don't want to give their actual number.

This is a well-documented retail phenomenon; because the number is so famous, almost every area code has a rewards account registered to it with that number.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL told the Rams they wouldn't have to do 'Hard Knocks' if they drafted Michael Sam

What came out yesterday was that the Rams, when they were drafting him [Michael Sam], they got a call from the NFL league office and the NFL said, hey, if you draft Michael Sam, we won't make you do Hard Knocks because they were one of like three or four teams that could possibly do Hard Knocks that year. And so they drafted Michael Sam. This report says to avoid having the HBO cameras in their locker room the whole time.

Both Jeff Fisher and the NFL vehemently denied this report. Howard Balzer, who reported it, stood by it, but it remains a disputed conspiracy rather than a proven fact.
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Kyle WiltjerKyle Wiltjer

Adam Morrison is an apocalypse prepper with a bunker and guns in Spokane

The guy is fully equipped. If there was an apocalypse, he's got food stashed in the way, everything. So he could survive anything. Yeah, he's got guns, everything. He's got a bunker, everything. He's a pro... He thinks something's going down with politics or something. Because if you ever ask him a political question, you will get a great answer. I'd probably say he just thinks there's basically, he thinks everyone is corrupt.

This story has been corroborated by multiple people close to Morrison over the years, including other former Gonzaga players.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best way to cure a hangover in Las Vegas is to breathe the oxygen pumped into the casinos

Actually, the best thing to do in Vegas if you're hungover is to go down to the casino and start playing some cards or go to the sports book because they pump oxygen into the casinos. And so if you want to not be tired anymore, just go down there and breathe that thick-ass air, and you'll be okay much faster than if you got an IV.

The idea that casinos pump oxygen is a myth; it would be a major fire hazard and is illegal. Most casinos just use heavy ventilation and scenting.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Synthetic turf fields are cancer hotbeds for kids

There have been like five or six goalies that dive too much and get tires up their nose... and they come down with childhood cancer. And like that's, that would affect a lot of people across the United States. If that's true, because we've completely gotten rid of all of our grass fields. And now we've just got these cancer hotbeds.

While there were public health investigations into crumb rubber, major studies (like from the EPA and Dutch researchers) have found no definitive link between turf and increased cancer risk.
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

Don't bet on teams playing on the road at Under Armour schools

If you're betting on a team on the road at an Under Armour school, don't bet on them because you can't shoot with those balls... Wilson [is] all Wilson [in the tournament], and those are the easiest balls to shoot.

This is a player's perspective on equipment. While anecdotal, it's a verifiable claim about ball manufacturers in the 2016 NCAA tournament.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pardon My Take will not change its name despite ESPN's cease and desist

We've changed the logo. ... We are not changing the name. We will fight to the death to not change this name. So ESPN, come at us. We're not fucking budging on that.

They never changed the name 'Pardon My Take', so Big Cat was correct and stood his ground.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If John Skipper couldn't get the Chargers to move to L.A., he won't be able to stop our podcast

[John Skipper] is the guy that couldn't even get the Chargers to move up to L.A. I don't think that he's going to be able to get our podcast up there.

The podcast survived, and the Chargers did eventually move to LA in 2017, though Skipper's personal role in that move is debatable.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mike Ditka hates Obamacare more than he hates the Green Bay Packers.

If there's one thing that Ditka hates more than the Packers, it's Obamacare. He absolutely hates Obamacare for some reason. So I'm going to miss his hot takes.

Ditka was famously conservative and outspoken against the Obama administration, but ranking it above his hatred for the Packers is a rhetorical flourish that can't be strictly verified.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

People forget that the 1980 US Olympic hockey win over the USSR was not the gold medal game

People forget that when the United States beat the USSR hockey team, that wasn't the gold medal game. [That was the medal round.] I would say actually 60% of America would forget that.

The 'Miracle on Ice' was a medal-round game; the U.S. had to defeat Finland in their final game to secure the gold.
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Big CatBig Cat

Serge Ibaka being well-endowed is a known fact confirmed by rumors

[Serge Ibaka]... Everyone knows [he's] got a big dick. That's just a fact from a rumor.

This refers to the viral 'Serge Ibaka sweatpants' photo from 2013. While a 'fact from a rumor' is an oxymoron, the rumor itself is very real in sports culture.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christians are empirically more successful NFL players than any other denomination

Based on empirical evidence, Christians are much more successful NFL players than any other denomination. You've never heard a quarterback thank Satan for winning the Super Bowl. The NFL stands for Never Faithless. And guess what? Jesus is the leading receiver of all time.

Satirical correlation-equals-causation argument mocking the prevalence of Christian thanking in post-game interviews. 'Jesus is the leading receiver of all time' is an all-time line.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

Danny Woodhead Has Never Done Drugs And Has Never Been To Jail

Never smokes drugs, never been to jail.

There is no public record of Woodhead being arrested or having substance abuse issues. Setting an extremely low bar as if it's impressive is peak PMT.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

Danny Woodhead Never Gets Hurt And Never Fumbles

Not afraid of dirt, and always keeps it humble. Never gets hurt, and never even fumbles.

Woodhead fumbled 8 times in his NFL career and suffered a season-ending ACL and MCL tear in 2016.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

Danny Woodhead Watches Film All Day And Sleeps In His Car

Never goes home 'cause he always goes hard. Watches film all day, and he sleeps in his car.

No evidence Woodhead ever slept in his car. He did reportedly drive a used Buick LeSabre as a rookie, which at least has the grit aesthetic.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ray Nagin spent New Orleans' electricity budget on drive-through daiquiris and bribes

The Superdome lights burned out because the city of New Orleans hadn't paid their bills. Former Mayor Ray Nagin had spent the entire city's electricity budget on drive-through daiquiris and bribes.

Ray Nagin was indeed convicted of corruption charges (bribery, fraud, money laundering) in 2014. The Super Bowl blackout was actually caused by a relay device, not unpaid bills. The daiquiri detail is embellishment but the corruption charge is real.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Flacco disappeared for 15 minutes during the Super Bowl blackout and no one can account for his whereabouts

When asked what he was doing during the half-hour break, Flacco says he doesn't recall, and that he was probably just hanging out with friends and stuff. But that doesn't really check out when you dig into it, especially when you consider that there was about 15 minutes of game time where Flacco disappeared, no stats at all, and no one can account for his whereabouts.

Satirical conspiracy theory treating the Super Bowl XLVII blackout as a mystery and Flacco's poor second half as evidence of suspicious activity. Presented in the style of the Serial podcast.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you're PC police, you have to tell me — otherwise it's entrapment

If you're a PC police, you have to tell me. Otherwise, it's entrapment. I know my rights.

Fact ClaimLifeHotSarcastic
This is not how entrapment works. Satirizing the common misconception that undercover cops have to identify themselves, applied to 'PC police.'
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joe Flacco is so elite that his lightning-fast offense literally blew out the Superdome scoreboard in Super Bowl XLVII

My subsequent investigation determined that the 21-point first-half beatdown that Baltimore hung all over the 49ers was the highest first-half point total in the Dome that year... The scoreboard simply couldn't handle all the electricity needed to keep up with Flacco's lightning, quick-release and high-voltage offense. Quite simply, he blew the scoreboard out. That sounds pretty damn elite to me.

Fact ClaimFootballHotSarcastic
The power outage in Super Bowl XLVII was caused by a faulty relay in the Superdome's power supply, not Joe Flacco's performance.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Concussions aren't real

Concussions aren't real. Well, I probably had my brain nicked up a couple times, but if you can pee straighter than you can see after having sex, then that just means you're doing it wrong.

Concussions are well-documented medical conditions. Satirizing the old-school football mentality of denying brain injuries.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Terry Bradshaw was the first NFL player to thank God, making all pre-1972 players blasphemers

My understanding is that the honor belongs to Terry Bradshaw. It was after the Immaculate Reception. And if you look at it from the other way, you can honestly say that every player that played in the NFL before 1972 is probably burning in hell for blasphemy.

Fact ClaimFootballHotSarcastic
There is no evidence Bradshaw was the first player to thank God. The logical leap that all pre-1972 players are in hell for blasphemy is absurdist comedy.

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