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Caron Butler fighting to end ‘dehumanizing’ solitary confinement in this countryJust over 20 years ago, Caron Butler accepted a scholarship offer to play basketball for legendary coach Jim Calhoun at UConn, a college hoops power. He was a top talent with a future on the hardwood ahead of him. But behind him trailed a sordid past of multiple arrests, and a host of “serious mista...

Canada wants 2022 Winter Olympics out of China, says country is committing ‘genocide’The 2022 Winter Olympics are less than a year away and one country is starting to call for the games to relocate over egregious human rights abuses. ...

The Bahraini Prince Trying To Save Cycling Is A Credibly-Accused TorturerThe tiny island kingdom of Bahrain is something like a smaller Qatar: extremely rich, friendly with the United States, and run by a single family. While Qatar (allegedly) purchased the World Cup—bringing with it thousands of dead slaves—Bahrain, being smaller, appears to have set its sporting ambiti...

Mark Brunell Fondly Recalls The Time Brett Favre Tortured A Deer To Death

CBS Sports published a kind of oral history of Brett Favre, in which former teammates, coaches, and friends shared their fond memories of the ol’ gunslinger, and hooooooly shit get a load of this story from Mark Brunell:...

Don't Dream It's Over: Disney Permanently Cancels ESPN: The Weekend

Last week, we mentioned, barely suppressing our glee, that ESPYs ratings had hit their lowest point in 16 years. With similar exuberance, we gave you ESPN's condom-obsessed in-house standards bible. Death knells....

Now They're Tasing Fans At Minor League Baseball Games

Another cop tased another unruly sports fan on Saturday, this time at a Daytona-Fort Myers Class A game. Between this and the explosions, minor league baseball is starting to resemble Greek basketball far more than anyone should be comfortable with. [Busted Coverage]...

ESPN Dresses Subjects In Electrodes To Measure "Arousal"

At tWWL's lab, focus groups decked out in wires watch ESPN and researchers monitor their eye movements, heart rate and skin conductivity. Sounds like torture! Testers are supposed to be anonymous, but if you want to blow the whistle... [USAToday]...

If You See These People At Large, Turn Them In IMMEDIATELY

Sure, you might look at this picture and think you see the kindly, warm-hearted parishioners of The Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. It might make you feel warm; it might make you long for home. You might see nice old ladies during an Hawaiian-themed event. You might see that....