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Entitled Asshole Gets Undeserved Raise
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, whose team lost 45-40 to Alabama in this year’s national championship game, just got a raise. His new contract will pay him more than $30 million over the next six years. ...

Fans Wonder Why Jeremy Lin Doesn't Get More Flagrant Foul Calls; Lin Thinks They Have A Point
A group of Jeremy Lin fans are wondering why the Hornets point guard seems to be getting ignored by referees when opponents commit hard fouls against him. They have compiled the video below, in which you can see a number of plays on which Lin was hammered, only to have the referees call a standard f...

You Will Absolutely Guess Which Emoji Bryce Harper Has On His Bat Handle
Come on, it’s Bryce Harper. It shouldn’t take you more than 10 seconds to figure this one out....

Saints Head Coach Sean Payton On Guns: "That's Some Silly Stuff We're Hanging Onto"
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who coached defensive end Will Smith for six years, has spoken publicly for the first time since Smith was shot to death in New Orleans on Saturday night. In a phone interview with USA Today, Payton said, “I hate guns,” and American gun culture in general....

Cardale Jones Calls Out "Insane And Unfair" NCAA; Darren Rovell Rushes To Defend It
Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, who is currently preparing for the NFL draft, took some parting shots at the NCAA today. His criticisms have gotten much more pointed since “we ain’t come to play SCHOOL,” but the spirit is the same:...

A Very Rude Blue Jays Fan Found Pablo Sandoval A New Belt
Big-bellied Pablo Sandoval had a bit of a mishap with his belt during Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays. It happened during his second at-bat of the season, and it’s honestly starting to feel like some higher power is ordering Sandoval’s 2016 campaign to be a never-ending fat joke. For example:...

Danny Willett's Brother Sent Some Very Good Tweets During The Masters
Englishman Danny Willett won his first career major at the Masters yesterday, and nobody had more fun watching him do it than his brother P.J. We know this because P.J. has a Twitter account, and he’s not afraid to use it....

Police Yet To Establish Motive For Will Smith Shooting; Suspect's Attorney Claims His Client "Not The Aggressor"
At a press conference yesterday, New Orleans police superintendent Michael Harrison released a few more details about his department’s investigation into the killing of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, who was shot to death over the weekend, allegedly by former high school footbal...

See You Chumps Later. I'll Be At The Bear Spa.
Sorry, I can’t hang out this weekend. I’m going to Yellowstone to get some R&R at this very cool spa for bears....

The Nets Once Came Very Close To Becoming The Swamp Dragons
ESPN’s Zach Lowe just dropped a short, fun oral history about the time the New Jersey Nets tried to change their name to the Swamp Dragons. Why would they do this? Because as former Nets president Jon Spoelstra put it, “Every time I look out the window here, I see this swamp... Dragons are mythical,...

Jets Tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Who Missed One Snap In 10 Years, Retires
According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, New York Jets tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson has decided to retire after playing 10 NFL seasons. Ferguson, 32, hasn’t commented publicly on his decision, but Cimini cites a source who said Ferguson “just felt it was time.”...

Hawk Harrelson Submits Supremely Terrible Home Run Call
White Sox play-by-play man Hawk Harrelson, also known as Darkest Timeline Vin Scully, had a little trouble tracking this home run ball during last night’s game between the White Sox and A’s:...

Ernie Els Started The Masters With A 7-Putt, And It Was Excruciating
You know that sickly feeling you get you’re watching a particularly violent scene in a horror movie that just goes on for way too long? That’s how watching Ernie Els seven-putt his way to a sextuple bogey on the first hole of the Masters will make you feel....

Look At This Rookie Pitcher's Nutso Windup
Braves rookie John Gant, a 23-year-old relief pitcher, made his major league debut in the ninth inning of last night’s game against the Nationals. Why is this something worth mentioning? Because get a load of how this dude pitches:...

Have Another Kobe Bryant Lowlight, Because We're Running Out Of Time
The Los Angeles Lakers only have four games left to play, which means we are nearly out of chances to watch old man Kobe Bryant creak his way through some extremely funny and embarrassing possessions. He gave us one last night, though, so let’s hold onto it. It could be the last one we ever see:...

Trevor Story Is Young And Strong And Keeps Hitting Dingers
The Rockies don’t have Troy Tulowitzki anymore. They do have Trevor Story, a 23-year-old rookie shortstop who just became the first player in MLB history to hit a homer in each his first three career games. He went deep twice in his first game, making him the only player in history to mash four tate...

Dog Hockey Is The Best Hockey
There are no Canadian hockey teams in this year’s NHL playoffs, and I’m sure a lot of Canadian hockey fans are very sad about that. The good news is that I have a special message for my bummed-out friends in the north:...

Breanna Stewart Is A Woman Of Her Word
To nobody’s surprise, the UConn women’s basketball team finished its perfect season with an 82-51 victory over Syracuse in last night’s national championship game. If you’re the kind of jerkass who is constantly looking for reasons to slag women’s college basketball, you could point to UConn’s wire-...

Reports: Phil Jackson Wants To Keep Kurt Rambis, Bring Plague And Pestilence To New York
If you have a New York Knicks fan in your life, go find them right now and give them a hug. Be there for them, and console them, but don’t tell them everything is going to be all right. It probably isn’t....
