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James Rodriguez Escapes Real Madrid's Bench For Bayern Munich

At the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez appeared to cement himself as the next international superstar. Scoring six goals in five matches, including one of the best of the year, James won the Golden Boot and immediately caught the attention of Real Madrid. The La Liga giants bought him from Monaco fo...

Business-Ass A-Rod Wanders Around Diamond Looking Official As Hell

At the top of the All-Star Game’s second inning, old retiree A-Rod seemed super psyched to be back on the diamond. The former superstar gave the Jimmy Fallon treatment to the NL infield, flattering and laughing with the younger crowd....

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Sri Lanka's Cricket Staff Was Ordered To Strip If They Wanted Their Money

Sri Lanka’s cricket board was forced to apologize after an international tournament’s grounds crew was forced to take off and return their officially provided uniform pants before they received their owed wages, the BBC reports....

Los Angeles Will Most Likely Be Saddled With The 2024 Or 2028 Olympics<em></em>

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday voted untraditionally to award bids for both the 2024 and the 2028 Olympics, with one going to Paris and another going to Los Angeles. While the question of which city gets which event still has to be worked out between the two, the vote means that, bar...

What Are Chelsea Doing With Diego Costa?

After missing out on Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, the second-best goalscorer in the Premier League last season, it seemed that Chelsea’s next-best option would be to stick with the striker they already have—Diego Costa, who scored 22 goals in 42 games in 2016-17. Other strikers, including Real Madrid’s ...

Report: Floyd Mayweather Needs Some Time To Pay His Taxes [UPDATE]

Floyd Mayweather has filed a petition saying he doesn’t have enough cash on hand to meet his 2015 taxes, and he’s asking the IRS for a reprieve until after his fight against Conor McGregor next month, according to Law360. ...

The Loss Of Romelu Lukaku Is The Latest Failure Of Chelsea's Youth System

Kevin De Bruyne was irrelevant at Chelsea. At 20 years old, the midfielder was signed from Belgian club Genk for less than seven million pounds, and he proceeded to be a complete non-factor during his year-and-a-half stay. Despite a successful loan spell in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen, De Bruyn...

Pistons Take Advantage Of Danny Ainge's Bind, Get Avery Bradley

The Celtics backed themselves into a bit of a jam when they decided to sign Gordon Hayward without obtaining the necessary cap room, and the moves they’ve been forced to make have given other teams a chance to benefit from Boston’s trouble. That’s how the Detroit Pistons reportedly traded Marcus Mor...

The U.S. Open Is Adding A Shot Clock To Qualifying

Starting in August, the U.S. Open will test out in qualifying rounds a number of new rules and innovations designed to speed up matches and limit time between points. The most dramatic and noticeable of these rules will be a shot clock visible to all fans, as well as the ability for players to speak...

Dirk Nowitzki Will Continue To Hang With The Mavericks

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon is reporting that the Dallas Mavericks are about to finish up a two-year, $10 million contract (with a team option for the second year) that will continue to keep 39-year-old Dirk Nowitzki, the greatest player in franchise history, on the only NBA team he’s ever played for. It’s ...

Horny Italian Soccer Official Wants New Stadiums To Have Lap Dancing

Italian FA president Carlo Tavecchio doesn’t like to see Serie A’s soccer stadiums lag behind others in Europe. Like the modern-day Jerry Worlds of America, or new Wembley in London, he wants Italy’s new pitches to be hubs of community and commerce. At an Anti-Mafia Commission hearing, Tavecchio mad...

Rockies Pitcher Jon Gray Smashes 467-Foot Dinger

The Colorado Rockies got some unlikely offense early in Wednesday’s game against the Reds, as young and tall starter Jon Gray went yard in the second inning. Gray sent the ball 467 feet deep into center field, and he got off a bit of a Sammy Sosa hop exiting the batter’s box....

K Corners Aren't Racist, But They're A Little Weird

Tuesday night, a Bad Tweet made the rounds online and drew some derision from baseball fans:...

Plague Of Flying Ants Descends On Wimbledon

What’s worse than ants in the grass on your summer day outside? Ants that can freaking fly. Wednesday at Wimbledon, flying ants swarmed the grounds, bugging both spectators and players with their shameless, incessant behavior....

The Mets Continue To Be Stalked By The Grim

The Mets have been the unluckiest team in baseball, suffering a seemingly endless parade of injuries in the first few months of the season. This week, their list of problems has continued to grow, and it’s crossed the line into legitimately strange....

Bam Adebayo Highlights Are The Best Part Of Summer League

OK, I know it’s just Summer League, and I know most of these guys are scrubs, but Bam Adebayo is already the most fun rookie to watch in the NBA:...

Kevin Durant Takes Even More Of A Pay Cut To Stay With Golden State

Kevin Durant was already working on a below-market-value contract, but on Monday, the reigning Finals MVP and unrestricted free agent signed a new deal that will pay him nearly $9 million less per year than he could have received with a max contract. This was Durant’s best move to ensure the Warrior...

Someone Give Jaromir Jagr A Dang Phone Call

Jaromir Jagr played pretty well, not just for a 45-year-old, but for any hockey player in 2017. He notched 16 goals and 30 assists for the Florida Panthers, and Jagr was first on the team in net on-ice shot attempts. As the season went on and Jagr kept skating in every game, the old man’s remark tha...

Rick Porcello Is A Mess, But All Is Not Lost

Red Sox starter Rick Porcello seems to have been body-snatched. After winning the AL Cy Young last year, Porcello has now allowed four or more runs 10 times this season, which, per The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, leads the majors. His ERA is an unsightly 5.06, and opponents are hitting .309 against ...