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Paul George Isn't Done Throwing Shade At The Pacers
Paul George talked to Sam Amick of USA Today about the superstar trio suddenly in place in Oklahoma City now that the Thunder have agreed to a trade to acquire Carmelo Anthony. It’s not all that super clear how Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony will fit together in a game that only...
Do You Wash Your Jeans?
Prepare for a master course in denim care and cleaning....
Several Players Kneel During National Anthem Before London Game (Updated)
In the earliest game of an NFL Sunday that’s expected to see the most widespread national anthem protests yet, several members of the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars took a knee during the American national anthem before this morning’s London game at Wembley Stadium....
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Teresa Kaepernick On Trump Calling Injustice Protesters Sons Of Bitches: “It’s What Most Of Us Have Come To Expect From Him”<em></em><em></em>
President Donald Trump has made something of a hobby out of attacking private citizens, Colin Kaepernick among them. During a rally held in Alabama last night, he referred to Kaepernick (among others), though not by name, saying that NFL owners should, when faced with a player kneeling during the na...
Reports: The Knicks Have Agreed To Trade Carmelo Anthony To The Oklahoma City Thunder
Reports came in this week that Carmelo Anthony had added the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder to his list of teams for which he’d waive his no-trade clause. That was apparently as much freedom as Knicks general manager Scott Perry needed: Carmelo Anthony has now reportedly been traded t...
Jack Sock Blasts Two Forehands
The Laver Cup, which began today in Prague, is like a men’s tennis All-Star game—except good, because the players try. Over three days, some of Europe’s best are pitted against some of the best from everywhere else, on a greyscale court that makes every match look like an expensive cologne ad....
The World Beard And Mustache Championships Is A Place To Be Seen
If you watch the Westminster Dog Show on television, what you’ll see is the best of groups—like toy or hunting—and ultimately the best in show. But earlier in the day, in a warehouse on a pier, judges pick the best in breed. This is my favorite part. Since dog shows grade canines on their adherence ...
Nebraska Promptly Fires AD After Huskers Lose To Northern Illinois
This afternoon, Nebraska announced the abrupt firing of athletic director Shawn Eichorst, five days after the Cornhuskers lost a home game against Northern Illinois. When Chancellor Ronnie Green announced the news, he cited a lack of results, the timing of which sure makes it seem like it’s directly...
Stephen Jackson Has "No Respect" For Kevin Durant After His Deeply Lame Twitter Behavior
Some people feel that Kevin Durant’s sneak-dissing of his former Thunder teammates and coach through the apparent attempted use of a dummy Twitter account to argue with Twitter randos shows Durant’s humanity, his normalcy, his relatability. Others, like former NBA star Stephen Jackson, have correctl...
NFL Players Send Memo Requesting Roger Goodell's Support For Social Activism
Yahoo Sports obtained a memo that was sent by four NFL players to league commissioner Roger Goodell, in which they request league support for various social justice causes and the creation of a league-recognized activism awareness month....
Come Bask In The Glow Of Rocky Gale's Delight At His First Major-League Home Run
Rocky Gale is 29 years old. He has been in San Diego’s minor-league system since 2010, and he has spent almost all of that time in Triple-A. Other than a very brief showing as a September call-up in 2015—eleven games, only one of which he got to play more than three innings, with ten plate appearanc...
Albert Haynesworth Accuses Ex-Girlfriend Brittany Jackson Of Physically Abusing Him, Using Racial Slur
Former NFL player Albert Haynesworth accused his ex-girlfriend, former basketball player Brittany Jackson, of repeatedly physically abusing him and calling him racial slurs in a string of tweets today. TMZ reported that Haynesworth tweeted in response to Jackson’s accusations that he wasn’t paying c...
Kevin Durant Says It Was "Childish" And "Idiotic" To Rip Former Coach And Teammates
Yesterday, Kevin Durant, a tall, expensive shoe who gets revenge on the haters by boasting about how you join them if you can’t beat them, got caught talking shit about his former Thunder coach and teammates on Twitter. It was mean of Durant to slag his old team by claiming he could have never won a...
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Brian Hoyer Goes Short
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
Washington Ends Su'a Cravens's Season Before He Gets A Chance To Show Up
Roughly two weeks ago, Washington safety Su’a Cravens abruptly told management that he planned to retire from the NFL. He didn’t say why, but the team apparently convinced him to change his mind for a little while and placed him on the exempt/left squad list, which would give him a month to decide w...
Harry Dean Stanton Was Too Big For His Niche
Originally published in the New York Times Magazine on November 16, 1986—and featured in Oney’s recent anthology, A Man’s World—this story appears here with the author’s permission....
The Packers Got Hosed But Also Trounced
The Green Bay Packers’ chances of spoiling the Falcons’ first game in their gaudy new butthole stadium crumbled to dust on two plays on either side of halftime. ...
Kevin Durant Trashes Former Coach, Teammates On Twitter
Thanks to the eagle eye of Twitter user @harrisonmc15, we get to enjoy these since-deleted tweets from Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant:...
Eagles Get An Incredible Break, Then Screw It Up
Late in the first half against the Chiefs, Eagles tight end Zach Ertz caught a once-in-a-lifetime break when a pass bounced off of Kansas City’s Terrance Mitchell and directly into his path. Ertz couldn’t quite reach the end zone, but his luck put the Eagles into game-tying field goal territory righ...