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Everything You Need To Know About Last Night's Strange Coin Toss
Something extremely unusual happened during the overtime coin toss of last night’s Packers-Cardinals game. After Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers called tails, referee Clete Blakeman tossed the coin and it landed on heads. But Blakeman noticed something strange: the coin didn’t rotate at all, it ...
Who Do Coaches & Players Think Is The NBA’s Dirtiest Player? (It’s Matthew Dellavedova)
The Los Angeles Times conducted one of those fun anonymous polls to find out what those in the NBA really think about their opponents. They asked 24 coaches and assistants who the dirtiest player in the NBA is, and unsurprisingly 13 of them voted for Cavaliers point guard Matthew Dellavedova. They c...
The 76ers Aren't Historically Bad Anymore, They're Just Bad
The Philadelphia 76ers clobbered the Portland Trail Blazers last night, winning 114-89 for their fifth victory of the season. At one point they were 1-30 with an average point differential of -13.3; now they’re 5-37 with an average point differential of -11.1. They still aren’t any good, but their f...
It's Jonjo Shelvey's Time To Shine
Jonjo Shelvey has been on the verge of breaking out for five years. He played for every English youth international team, and was plucked from Charlton Athletic by Liverpool at 18. After a highly successful loan spell he began to make regular appearances in the squad, and his resemblance to club leg...
Oh Look, Kevin Durant Is Complaining About The Media Again
After Friday night’s easy win over the Timberwolves, ESPN reporter Royce Young asked Kevin Durant about the popular perception of the Thunder, based upon Michael Wilbon’s recent comments on PTI. Here’s what Wilbon said:...
Hassan Whiteside On His Monster Triple-Double: "Ain't Nobody Doing It With Blocks"
The Heat hit a bump in the road lately, stumbling to three straight losses on a long West Coast road trip. After Wednesday night’s 14-point defeat to the Clippers, long-simmering conflicts seemed to surface. Both Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh subtlety called out Hassan Whiteside, who they thought was b...
Bulls Need Every Single One Of Jimmy Butler's 53 Points To Beat The Sixers
Missing Pau Gasol and Derrick Rose, the Bulls spent most of Thursday night’s game against the 76ers looking like they’d never played basketball with each other before. They were down by as many as 24 points in the second quarter, and had 23 turnovers for the game. Here is Joakim Noah giving a visual...
Mario Chalmers Hits Absurd Game-Winner
I’m quite sure this isn’t what Memphis guard Mario Chalmers intended to do, but hey, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good....
WADA Report: "Corruption Was Embedded" Within Track & Field's Governing Body
Executives of the International Association of Athletics Federations—world track and field’s governing body—“could not have been unaware of the extent of doping” among Russian athletes nor “the level of nepotism that operated” within the organization, according to a report released Thursday by the W...
Claire McCaskill Might Actually Do Something About The Publicly-Financed Stadium Scam
Missouri senator Claire McCaskill says that she is drafting legislation that would require professional sports franchises that skip town prematurely to refund the public. St. Louis now has no NFL team, but incredibly, the city, county, and state still owe a combined $152 million to pay off the Edwar...
Bougie Food Review: Partially Popped Popcorn
Food tastes better when you have to work hard for it—same with drinks. This phenomenon manifests itself in a number of ways. Ice-cold lemonade is never as refreshing as after you’ve spent all day working outside under the baking sun; produce from your own garden is always better than what you buy in...
NFL Player And Lottery Hopeful Very Excited To Be Featured On Local News
Los Angeles Rams (that’s going to take getting used to) defensive lineman Chris Long appears on television in millions of home each week, but that still didn’t prevent him from getting excited about making the local news in Charlottesville, Va. NFL stars, they’re just like us!...
Full-Court Inbounds Hits Rim And Bounces To Teammate, Who Makes Game-Tying Shot
Down two with just 1.7 seconds left against Oswego State and inbounding from under their opponent’s basket, the D3 Brockport Golden Eagles needed some Grant Hill to Christian Laettner shit to even make it to overtime. That’s not exactly what happened, but somehow the ball Rube Goldberg Machine’d its...
Reports: Giants To Hire Offensive Coordinator Ben McAdoo As Head Coach
The New York Giants are poised to hire offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo as their next head coach, according to multiple reports. McAdoo has been the offensive coordinator for the past two seasons, after having been the Packers tight ends and then quarterbacks coach....
Jeremy Hill Reacted To His Costly Fumble With Anguished Screaming
Pittsburgh’s 18-16 victory over Cincinnati Saturday night will be remembered for Vontaze Burfict’s dirty hit on Antonio Brown and Pacman Jones’s subsequent penalty on the same play, gifting the Steelers 30 yards and an easy game-winning field goal....
Kris Dunn Step-Back Buzzer-Beater Leads Providence Over Creighton
The 12th-ranked Providence Friars—I know, that sounds weird to me too—found themselves tied up 48-48 with Creighton Tuesday night, with just 15 seconds left to play. Fortunately for them they have Kris Dunn, a future lottery pick, to win games....
Report: Top Track & Field Officials Discussed Covering Up Doping Prior To London Olympics
Late last year, the World Anti-Doping Agency released a bombshell report detailing all manner of doping, bribing, and cover-ups by Russian track and field athletes, the Russian federation, and the Russian government. Russia received an indefinite ban from track and field for their wrongdoing, and co...