A's fan battles cops, gets tased at Tiger-A's game (VIDEO)

This video of a middle-aged Oakland A's fan battling cops and security during the ALDS game against the Tigers before getting tased comes via Deadspin.  The clip shows the guy fighting the cops while the crowd continually calls out to tase him. And, right on cue (1:20), the authorities oblige.

What's really funny is the guy near the end of the clip who starts naming the possible charges and years of lockup the tasered idiot might be facing.

And the end tag — “Now we’re in Oakland, folks!” says it all. It explains why some O.co Coliseum security personel wear batting helmets.

Tom Coughlin rips Eli Manning for 'unbelievable' interceptions

Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin will be forever irrevocably connected to each other in New York Giants history for their two miraculous Super Bowl wins and their decade long relationship as mentor and protege.  Throughout it all, you never heard the head coach besmirch the play of Manning — either as a raw rookie or a struggling veteran —until now.

In what must have been a painful burst of criticism towards his quarterback's poor play against the Eagles Sunday, Coughlin ripped Manning for throwing three interceptions and pinned the devastating loss squarely on his signal caller.

"It all comes down to the interceptions," Coughlin said after the game. " Two of them were just unbelievable."

The 36-21 loss at home to Philadelphia sees the Giants (0-5) match their worst start in a non-strike season since 1979.

"I honestly believe that he’s trying so hard to get us a win, he’s almost put too much on himself," Coughlin said. "He keeps it all pretty much inside. I’m not making excuses. There were a couple of those plays that were terrible."

The quarterback — who now has a head-turning 12 interceptions on the season and hasn't heard boos like this in over six years— held himself accountable for the Giants’ latest debacle.

"I know I can play better," Manning said. "Sometimes, things are going to go wrong, but you’ve got to make the best decision. Throw it away, take a sack. I know I can’t keep turning the ball over every time."

Coughlin didn’t help the Giants with his own mistake. The coach, normally so attentive to detail, burned two timeouts on one play with 12:40 left in the third quarter, when LeSean McCoy’s tiptoeing catch gave the Eagles an apparent first down. Coughlin wasn’t initially sure if he wanted to challenge the play, so he called a timeout, and "just settled everybody down." When he elected to challenge and the play stood, he lost another timeout.

"I instinctively just took a timeout," he said. "Obviously, had I known in advance, I would have challenged first."

Coughlin was angry but still made sure he found Manning after the game to talk it over.

"I just grabbed him a moment in the locker room," said Coughlin. "He's way, way too good a player to have these things happen."

The boos probably drowned him out.

Small earthquake hits near Oakland during Chargers-Raiders game

For NFL fans on the east coast getting up to your first cup of coffee Monday morning, two things happened in Oakland while you were sleeping. First, there was an NFL game between the Chargers and Raiders which kicked off at 11:35 ET (and ended during your REM stage) and there was an earthquake during the second quarter of the game.

Neither of which anyone on the Right Coast has a clue about —and couldn't tell a Janikowski from a Richter Scale.

The quake only added more freakishness to the latest starting game in NFL history.

The 3.1 earthquake had an epicenter about 17 miles from O.co Coliseum in Oakland, according to the United State Geological Survey. The game didn't stop because of the earthquake, but it was felt at the stadium, as you can see in this tweet from the San Francisco Chronicle's Ann Killion.

We had an earthquake about 10 minutes ago. After spending time in Seattle and Denver, I thot it was just fans making the pressbox shake.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) October 7, 2013

Oakland had a 14-0 lead when the earthquake hit and stretched that to 17-0 before halftime. 

Terrelle Pryor seems to be empowered by earthquakes — or late kickoff times — because he's had his best first half of the year. Through the first two quarters, Pryor was 13 of 18 for 141 yards and two touchdowns.

Pryor then set up a late field goal by turning a potential sack into a third-and-long conversion that gave the Raiders a 27-17 victory.

San Diego didn't seem to be enjoying the late kickoff and the earthquakes as much as the Raiders. For the first time this season, the Chargers failed to score a point in the first half.

Carl Crawford makes spectacular catch while flipping over railing (GIF)

The Los Angeles Dodgers carried a six-run lead into the late innings of NLDS Game 3 against the Braves on Sunday night, thanks in large part to Carl Crawford's three-run homer in the second inning. In the eighth, he contributed with this spectacular play on the field.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly must have been clutching his heart while he watched his star player tumble into the left field stands — especially with a big lead in hand — but knows this is the playoffs.

Crawford was fine.

Here's Crawford's home run and catch on video below:

Female streaker invades Presidents Cup golf course (PHOTOS)

A female streaker showed off her patriotic spirit — and a lot more — during the final round of the Presidents Cup on Sunday.

As the U.S. was putting the finishing touches on its fifth consecutive win over the Internationals on Sunday at Muirfield Village Country Club, a woman waving an American flag caused a brief distraction at the 18th hole. Wearing only a thong, red-white-and-blue star-spangled nipples and holding a cell phone in her hand — the almost nude patriot raced across the green in front of the amused golfers and gallery.

Amazingly, the woman managed to slip away from security but not from the golfers' memories. And yes. That's Fred Couples in the white polo taking in the scenery.

Peyton Manning fooled Cowboys defense AND Broncos offense on rushing touchdown (GIF)

While everyone on the Dallas Cowboys defense piled on Knowshon Moreno on this second quarter play, Peyton Manning faked out everyone by moseying in for his first rushing touchdown in five years. And even his own Broncos teammates didn't know Manning had planned to scamper left for the score.

After the game, the Denver Broncos tweeted that Manning didn't even tell his own team that he was going to take it in himself on this third-and-goal jaunt so his offense would sell the running back up-the-middle play better.

Manning said he was the only one that knew he'd keep the ball on his TD run so that everyone else would sell the RB run better.
— Denver Broncos (@DenverBroncos) October 7, 2013

Manning already had three TD passes in the first half and — after his unmolested run faked out everyone from the cameraman to his own team — the Broncos quarterback even did a little fist pump as he crossed the goal line.

Omaha!

Soccer star Steve Cook drilled by coin tossed from stands (VIDEO)

Bournemouth's Steve Cook required medical treatment for a gashed head after he was hit by a coin thrown from the Millwall section of the stands during Bournemouth's 5-2 victory Saturday.

Cook, who returned to the pitch after some treatment, was celebrating Bournemouth's fourth goal with his teammates in front of the rowdy Millwall fans.

"There is no way the players deserve to have things thrown at them," said Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.