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With Preseason Axed, Will the NFL Play at All?The way things are playing out between the NFL and its players association mirrors negotiations between the MLB and its own union. ...

Canelo Álvarez Withdraws From His Rematch With GGGAfter a positive drug test for a performance-enhancing substance, Canelo Álvarez has officially withdrawn from his May 5 rematch with unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, whom he fought to a controversial draw last September....

Canelo Álvarez <em></em>Temporarily Suspended For Tainted-Meat Drug TestsAfter two weeks of reviewing his purportedly tainted-meat induced positive drug tests, the Nevada State Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Canelo Álvarez just over a month ahead of his upcoming rematch with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin....

Premier League Dominates Ranking Of World's Richest Soccer Clubs

Everyone knows that the Premier League is the money-gettingest league in the world, but it’s always helpful to see that laid out in stark detail. Thankfully, we have the new Deloitte Football Money League report, which ranks the world’s clubs by revenue, to do that for us. Sure enough, the EPL is he...

Percy Harvin Explains Why He Beat Up Two Seahawks Teammates

The Buffalo News has a mini-profile of new Bills receiver Percy Harvin, the point of which is to show Harvin as a man at a crossroads. Will he go on being an alleged locker-room cancer, or will a fresh start in Buffalo be what he needs to finally reach his potential? That’s all worth considering, bu...

There Is A Half-Naked Frenchman Living In A Bear, Because Art

Have you ever wanted to stare at a live feed of a Frenchman's taint while he lays inside of a stuffed bear? Well then click this link right here, buddy....

Mural Of Vanderbilt Coach Is Being Repainted For Obvious Reasons

Oof. You try to do the right thing and give the new football coach some shine and then, well, this happens....

Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Goal Off Goalie's Taint

Cristiano Ronaldo, fresh off of his 2013 Ballon d'Or, scored a goal after the ball bounced between the legs of Osasuna keeper Andres Fernandez and in for a 1-0 lead....

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Red Ass Lou Screws The Pooch (Just Like Earl Knew He Would)

Following up on yesterday's Mark Kram article on the Red Sox and Orioles, here’s a bit of Earl Weaverness for you, from a chapter I wrote about the 1974 American League East for It Ain’t Over ‘Til it’s Over:...

by Alex Belth|

|Fri Jul 05 2013

Matt Barnes Tells All The Hos And Tricks What Is What

Matt Barnes got a little angry about...something and decided to take it out on his Twitter followers and anyone who is a fan of spelling and grammar. [JamesPoling.com]...

by David Matthews|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Rushin Literature

Steve Rushin, the punster who used to write awesome features and dreadful columns for Sports Illustrated, has a novel dropping next year. It's about "a friendly and unassuming lover of clever wordplay and television sports." Steve's really stretching himself. [Amazon]...

by Tommy Craggs|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Stephen A. Smith: Pundit Voice Of Moderation?

So Stephen A. Smith has reinvented himself as a malapropping political bloviator on MSNBC. This is truly an amazing fact of American cultural life, and I'm not sure it's sunk in yet....

by Tommy Craggs|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Curse Of The Colonel Update: Now PETA's Involved

Of course they are. The animal rights organization has sent an impassioned letter to the Chicago Cubs, advising them not to accept a Japanese baseball team's offer of a curse-breaking Kentucky Fried Chicken statue....

by Rick Chandler|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Did The Cubs Throw The 1918 World Series?

So get this: the Sporting News claims to have unearthed evidence that the Chicago Cubs may have taken a dive in the 1918 World Series, one year before the Chicago White Sox made the practice fashionable. Yes, instead of 100 years of frustration, the Cubs could be on the verge of a mere 90-year futil...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Hey, Aramis Ramirez Hit A Home—YeeeeeOW!

The high-five being replaced with the prostate-massage ... long, long, overdue. But if this Cubs winning streaks goes much longer, I shudder to think of what's going to start happening in that dugout. Bat boys are going to have to be replaced with jizzmoppers....

by mjdeadspin|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

LeBron James vs. Tony Soprano

It is the choice of the weekend for sports fans who are also Sopranos fans: From 9-10 p.m. ET, do you watch Game 2 of the NBA Finals or do you watch the series finale of "The Sopranos?"...

by Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Shaq On Taint

After the Heat lost to Dallas on Thursday, a reporter engaged Shaq in conversation about Dirk Nowitzki's MVP candidacy. Shaq, sensing the opportunity to get some things off his chest, went off about how the award selection process and said that Steve Nash's last two MVP awards were "tainted."...

by mjdeadspin|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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