By the end of the first inning tonight, the Cardinals were down 4-0 to the Cubs. Things only got worse from there. It was clear that fans would not be able to rely on the product on the field to sustain them tonight—they would need to seek not emotional fulfillment, but physical. Like that which can be found in a big…
In his first plate appearance since he began kneeling for the national anthem, Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell was greeted with a round of cheers from the crowd as he went to bat in the second inning of tonight’s game against the Mariners:
Sports are the only thing bigger than Donald Trump in this country, so it was only a matter of time before he added them to his list of enemies alongside The New York Times, Kristen Stewart, and sharks. It began on Friday, when Trump said the NFL should fire any “son of a bitch” who would protest the national anthem…
Dez Bryant’s 15-yard touchdown catch that saw him singlehandedly beating half the Cardinals defense gave the Cowboys a seven-point lead and gave ESPN Deportes announcers Álvaro Martín and Raúl Allegre the ride of their lives.
David Hookstead of the Daily Caller spoke to an NFL owner who is livid about the anthem protests, and he wants you to know:
The feds began monitoring the potency of the nation’s pot supply in the ‘70s by drawing samples from stashes seized by law enforcement, and boy was it schwag. The percentage of THC—the main psychoactive component in cannabis—averaged from less than 1% in 1975 to just under 3% a decade later, according to the data.…
The Dallas Cowboys, including the team’s coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones, decided to collectively kneel before tonight’s Monday Night Football game—but before tonight’s national anthem performance, while nothing was happening, in a flimsy attempt to please everyone by taking the imagery of protest but stripping…
The White House press corps is now, as it always has been, both one of the most important parts of American journalism and one of the most frustrating parts of American journalism. At its most basic, the job of White House reporters is to hold the most powerful people in the United States accountable, ask the tough…
If you ever thought you could cruise on Jeopardy! if you were fortunate enough to face a sports category, you’d be right. Tonight’s group of competitors failed to come up with the correct response on any of the questions, and were only saved from further embarrassment by the clock running out on the round. “Colorado…
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The Titans and Seahawks decided to stay in their respective locker rooms during the national anthem before yesterday’s game, with Tennessee declaring the gesture a display of unity. But according to Jessie James Decker, wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, that unity wasn’t absolute: She claims that her husband…
Today, the UCI announced that they’d be raising the minimum wages for some professional cyclists. The lowest paid male riders at the WorldTour and Pro Continental level will now make around €2,000 and €650 more per year respectively, with guaranteed salaries of €38,115 for WorldTour racers and €30,855 for Pro…
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Nick Kyrgios battled Roger Federer Sunday at the Laver Cup in another installment of what’s become one of most desirable matchups in men’s tennis. Before the match began in Prague, with no anthem of any country playing, he took a knee.
This afternoon at San Antonio Spurs media day, coach Gregg Popovich addressed Donald Trump’s recent comments on Steph Curry, as well as the broader reaction to NFL players taking a knee en masse. Popovich has been giving thoughtful and eloquent responses to questions about politics since the election, and his most…
When you bring Pep Guardiola in to manage your team and give him roughly one hundred thousand trillion pounds to buy practically an entire new squad, you expect trophies and pretty play and goals. Like so many goals you can’t remember all the goals. Such a steady diet of goals and only goals that you’d frankly be sick…
