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Katt Williams channels his inner <i>Last Dance</i> Scottie Pippen on Shannon Sharpe's podcastKatt Williams had some pissed-off at The Last Dance type of energy during his appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast. Before the episode had been entirely uploaded, clips of him skewering Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and Rickey Smiley were going viral on social media....

Just in time for the holiday: Athletes you didn't know had their own alcohol brandsThere are so many celebrity alcohol brands these days that it’s hard to keep track of. There’s a shocking amount of athletes with their own line of booze. While there’s a handful you probably know, you’d be surprised just how many athletes are behind some of the labels at your local liquor store. Th...

The new brass in Washington use 'Redskins' instead of 'Commanders' — nothing has changed in D.C.The Washington Ni**ers would cause a riot. The Washington K*kes would lead to lawsuits. The Washington Sp*cs would be deemed repulsive. And the Washington H*nkies would have a certain group of white people ready to storm something else in the Nation’s Capital. But for the new owners in D.C., using “...

Sometimes basketball is as simple as having taller guys everywhere

I wouldn’t pretend to be a basketball expert. My colleague Stephen will be around later to do that stuff. I do know there are myriad ways of designing an offense and defense and how to guard pick-and-rolls and rotations and a bunch of other things that coaches play with throughout a playoff series. ...

I don’t know why Tiger Woods still is magnetic, but he is

My interest in golf has pretty much traced Tiger Woods’ presence. I know I’m not alone, based on golf’s struggles in recent years. I got into it when he burst onto the scene. I played regularly when he was dominating the PGA Tour, and then my interest waned when he stopped winning majors or being ar...

I don’t care if it’s loser talk

Generally as a fandom, when all you have is to delight in the follies of your rival, it means you have nothing of your own. The actual act is an admission of defeat, a lesser position. You’ve been beaten, humiliated, rendered to the sidelines, and all you can do is just watch and hope that the team(...

SEE IT: Phoenix fan pummels man in Nuggets jersey, declares 'Suns in four'

The Denver Nuggets can’t go out like this. ...

Like most of us, and Indiana Jones, Charles Barkley is not too fond of snakes

TNT’s Inside the NBA is a wild show. But, like, the hilarious kind of wild. Or, the “watch Shaq and Charles argue about this dumb shit” wild. The 15-time Sports Emmy Award winning show is not really known for wild animals. But there’s a first time for everything, I guess....

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Alan Vega, best known as but not to be reduced to a member of Suicide, died this weekend. Ben Vaughn, who made a record with him and Alex Chilton once, wrote a lovely thing about knowing him that you may well appreciate. [The Daily Beast]...

by Tim Marchman|

|Tue Jul 19 2016

Utah Tribe Impeaches Chairwoman For Taking Redskins Bribe

On Thursday, the Tribal Council of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah voted unanimously to boot the tribe’s highest-ranking elected official, Chairwoman Gari Lafferty. ...

by Dave McKenna|

|Thu Apr 02 2015

Paiute Tribal Leader Faces Impeachment For Taking Redskins Gifts

A football autographed by Robert Griffin III ain't worth what it once was. But it might still cost a Utah tribal official her job. ...

by Dave McKenna|

|Wed Apr 01 2015

Cherokee Chief Apologizes For Dan Snyder Alliance

Dan Snyder had a lousy Native American Heritage Month. His team went 0-for-November, bottoming out in Indianapolis with RGIII on the bench and the owner's pet's career in worse shape than his left and right menisci. Plus there was that brutal New Yorker cover and a gloriously oblivious "Happy Thanks...

by Dave McKenna|

|Mon Dec 01 2014

Taste Test: Milk And Honey Original Café Mix, The Alleged Best Cereal

Back in February, our Tim Marchman posted a list that purported to rank breakfast cereals in order of deliciousness. His selection of something called "Milk and Honey Original Café Mix" for the top spot—on what's a pretty comprehensive list of the breakfast cereals you can find in your typical sup...

by Albert Burneko|

|Wed Sep 28 2016

CEO Of Redskins' Foundation Has History Of Swindling Native Americans

The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds. ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Mar 28 2014

I don't know if I buy his conclusion, but it's always fun when Joe Posnanski goes rummaging through baseball's attic. Here he is on Louis Sockalexis—the legendary Penobscot ballplayer who once shredded his ankle jumping from a whorehouse's second-story window—and the naming of the Indians. [Hardball...

by Tommy Craggs|

|Wed Mar 19 2014

The Kiss Cam And American Sports Fans: The History Of A Romance

To tell the story of the Kiss Cam, let's start with a kiss that happened off camera. On Aug. 8, 2000, Danielle Goldey and Meredith Kott attended a game at Dodger Stadium. At one point, as couples are wont to do, they smooched. Before long, security guards arrived, removed the women from their seats,...

by Alan Siegel|

|Fri Feb 14 2014

Batman On Steroids: How The <em>NFL On Fox</em> Theme Song Was Born

It was March 1994, and Fox Sports president David Hill was on the phone with a new employee. Hill himself was something of a new employee. The network was only a few months old at that point, being built on the fly after Rupert Murdoch had unexpectedly outbid CBS for NFC broadcast rights. Hill was k...

by John Koblin|

|Fri Jan 31 2014

Why We Get Stupid And Shitfaced On New Year's Eve: A Cultural History

This article originally appeared in The New York Observer in 1993 and is anthologized in Luc's wonderful collection of essays, Kill All Your Darlings. ...

by Luc Sante|

|Tue Dec 31 2013

Australian TV Host Storms Off Set Because Of Rugby League

Australia's annual State of Origin rugby league series is apparently about a lot more than lots of punching and naked man-baby streakers—it's also a matter of regional pride. Which is why calling out the validity of a fan's allegiance to either Queensland or New South Wales can lead to straight to ...

by Tom Ley|

|Wed Jul 17 2013

Giant, Hairless Streaker Joins Australia's Biggest Rugby League Match

Queensland took the third and deciding match of the annual State of Origin rugby league series, the Maroons squeaking past their rivals from New South Wales by two points. But it was not without controversy, and a big fat drunk guy interrupting the match in the closing minutes....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Wed Jul 17 2013

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