The Best (Sports) Stuff Right Now: Nov. 3, 2016

Sports never fail to entertain.

Forget the in-game action. That stuff is great, or if you're the NFL, great when not under a prime-time spotlight. But it's everything else away from courts and fields making sports great, the most entertaining way to spend free time possible.

This week? We've got the slaughtering of stuffed animals, crazed fans, a notable retirement or three and so much more.

Call it just another week in the sporting realm. Here's the best stuff from the past week and change.

Popovich with the Quote of the Year

Tell us how you really feel, Pop.

Gregg Popovich coached up Steve Kerr at one point with the San Antonio Spurs. Kerr now heads up the most stacked roster in perhaps NBA history with the Golden State Warriors.

Rest assured the two sides will meet plenty in the Western Conference this year. Maybe in the playoffs, too.

Popovich should have great quotes each time—and this one is rather tame.

SagerStrong Foundation Auction for a Good Cause

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The moment: Turner Sports auctions Craig Sager-inspired kicks to raise money for the SagerStrong Foundation. Bonus: The SagerStrong Foundation and Golden State Warriors also sell custom shirts to benefit the cause.

Fans can read more about the cause here, though this is pretty simple—fans can bid on a pair of epic shoes inspired by the incredible fashion sense of Sager himself.

It's a way to celebrate Sager the person and help a great cause. Yet another in a long list of examples where sports channels over into the real world and makes an important impact.

Arian Foster Retires

Arian Foster announced his retirement at Uninterrupted.

It's easy to remember Foster in recent years as the hobbled back who couldn't stay healthy. But this guy was Le'Veon Bell before Le'Veon Bell, a silky-smooth back with nail-biting patience who seemed to downright glide all over the field.

Foster leaves the game with 6,527 yards and 54 touchdowns on a 4.4 per-carry average. Don't mourn what could have been with Foster—celebrate what he was.

Salute.

Joel Embiid Becomes the Process

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The quote, per Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins:

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I really feel like I’m The Process, like The Process is about me.

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You sure are, Joel.

Joel Embiid has taken the Association by storm, his funny-guy persona swapped out for an absolute monster when he hits the court. The dude averages 17.3 points on 21.0 minutes as of this writing, so The Process is about to be one of the biggest names in sports.

Here's to hoping he keeps the quotes coming.

The Double Birds

Some people cop great seats to sporting events and try to get involved in the action. You can't even do that in WWE and get away with it, so why you'd try it at an NBA game is...anyway.

These fools usually wind up ejected.

Per Chris Yuscavage of Complex Sports, the fan was mad because Russell Westbrook said something to him earlier in the game.

Somewhere in the fine print of a ticket there's a thing about this. Deal with it or get ejected.

Keep chugging along, Philly.

The Stuffed-Animal Massacre

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The moment, per Matt Vensel of the Star Tribune:

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Before dismissing his 5-0 team for the bye week, coach Mike Zimmer scattered stuffed animals of the feline variety throughout Winter Park. Their throats were slashed, with some of the white stuffing within seeping out, and were then splattered with red paint.

Hanging on the larger cat in the locker room was a sign that read "Fat Cats Get Slaughtered."

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Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer went on to deny he ever went around slashing up and painting stuffed animals.

Dude, the fact one has to deny hosting a slaughtering of stuffed animals to motivate grown men is enough. Enough of...whatever this is.

Carry on, coach.

The Show 17 Makes the Perfect Choice

Ken Griffey Jr., one of the best to ever do it, and his signature?

That's how you pick a cover, folks.

Brandon Jennings' Thoughts on a Certain Someone

Seriously, people like Brandon Jennings are why the weird D'Angelo Russell-Nick Young-Iggy Azalea story will never just die.

For one, Russell took a video that turned around and got leaked. More angst should probably rest with the goons leaking stuff to gossip sites.

Two, calling someone a "snitch" is played out. Seriously. This is one of the best things of the past week simply because there are indeed grown men still calling each other such a silly phrase.

Cam Outfit V3

What more needs said?

It's almost like Cam Newton wants to make a list like this every week. This time it looked like he wanted to dazzle as the guy from The Mask.

The best part? This wasn't a Halloween costume. He joins a long list of guys who wear what seems like holiday attire on a weekly basis.

Ray Allen Hangs 'Em Up

Ray Allen was another notable to call it quits in the past week or so.

He penned an epic piece to himself in the Players' Tribune and finished with 10 All-Star appearances, 413 more three-pointers than anyone else and a legacy littered with some of the clutchest shots of all time.

See you on the Cavaliers in a few months, Ray.

All Things Halloween

The sporting world goes all out for Halloween each year. This year was especially funny, in large part thanks to the Cleveland Cavaliers taking shots at the Golden State Warriors.

We could have almost countless slides chronicling the epic happenings of the holiday.

Oh, we did.

Garbage-Time Jaguars Strike Again

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are kings of garbage time.

Jacksonville took a 36-22 beating at the hands of the Tennessee Titans last week, with Blake Bortles throwing for three scores and 337 yards.

Not bad, except he threw for 64 yards in the first half.

In fact, Bortles has 19 touchdowns in the first half of games over his carer. He has 39 in the second half, and those aren't comeback wins, folks.

Bonus Round: Head coach Gus Bradley has a 14-41 record as coach of the Jaguars.

Andy Reid (Undercover) Comments on Officials

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The quote, per BJ Kissel of the Kansas City Chiefs' official website:

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I enjoy my money too much to make a comment on that.

"

Andy Reid's quarterback, Alex Smith, took a pair of questionable hits over the weekend. The above was the response, and it's perfect.

For those who can't read between the lines, Reid's essentially saying the zebras were terrible, but does so in a way in which the grubby fingers of the NFL won't be able to fine him.

Paul Pierce Blasts the Warriors

The Truth tends to speak it.

Paul Pierce is the grandpa on the court these days at 39 years old, and yeah, he's probably right about the above.

But man, how can his underachieving Los Angeles Clippers feel about giving the Warriors some unnecessary bulletin-board material?

Andre Johnson Hangs Up the Cleats

Few people can go out as graciously as Andre Johnson just did.

A mainstay with the Houston Texans for years while quarterback after quarterback got sacked into oblivion, Johnson made the most of his situation as one of the league's best players.

Johnson walks away from the game with 14,185 yards and 70 touchdowns on 1,062 receptions.

It seems odd to think we're in 2016 talking about how Andre Johnson outlasted Calvin Johnson, but it just goes to show how odd this year has been.

The Upside Down Dunk

Anybody else fail to realize Spider-Man hoops?

Shoot, anybody else never know there was such a thing as a pro-dunker?

Apparently this guy is, and it's easy to say the above looks somewhat lame, but 99 percent of folks couldn't get the air required, or actually bend in such a manner.

Do you, pro-dunker.

The Sex Toy

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What, think this wouldn't get a mention?

Long story short, a (presumably) fan of the Buffalo Bills tossed a sex toy onto the field when the team hosted the New England Patriots. 

Turns out it had a little something written on it about Tom Brady.

Not much else here. One has to wonder how league security will prevent such an occurrence again.

DeMarcus Cousins Gets 6 Fouls...in 1 Quarter

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Boogie boogied his way to the the bench this week in a game against the Miami Heat.

DeMarcus Cousins having problems with officials isn't anything new. His getting all six fouls in the fourth quarter, though, tied a record.

Cousins will always make lists like this because when he's not dominating the competition, he's getting T'd up or setting foul records.

GPODAWUND

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You can't make this stuff up.

As if fielding an 0-8 team isn't bad enough, Cleveland fans misspelled "DAWG POUND" in almost predictable fashion over the weekend, garnering national attention for something quite a bit more entertaining than their football team.

City of champions, not city of spelling.

Unfortunately for Cleveland, it's just been one of those weeks—the Indnias just lost the Wrold Sieres.

Cubs Win First Title in 108 Years

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It took 10 innings and seven games, which would normally be quite a lot for a regular team.

The Chicago Cubs weren't a normal team by any means, though, not after going 108 years without a title.

Chicago took Game 7 against the Cleveland Indians (whose fans weep, by the way, for making all the 3-1 jokes for months after the Cavaliers won the 'ship) in 8-7 fashion. That doesn't really do it justice because the Cubs blew an eighth-inning lead, but little does this feat true justice.

Look, many words and phrases over the past 108 years could attempt to describe this. But it's better off not even trying.

Enjoy it, Cubs fans.