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Jason La Canfora Is Fed Up With All These Useless Homers<em></em>
Over the last few seasons, NFL reporter Jason La Canfora has emerged on Twitter as a particularly outspoken Baltimore Orioles fan. The Jason La Canfora Orioles Minute is an irregularly recurring feature in which we check in with La Canfora on the O’s....
"Fuck You, I'm Millwall!" Londoner Says He Took On Bridge Attackers After A Few Pints
A soccer fan from London said he tried to stop the attackers on London Bridge on Saturday after drinking, he said, “four or five pints, nothing major.” According to the Guardian, the Millwall fan, Roy Larner, was stabbed in the attack and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but is now o...
Carl Yastrzemski's Silent Summer
This piece was originally published in the October 30, 1978 of the New Times. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
Fans Give Packers Player Ride To Green Bay After He Misses Connection In Minneapolis
Packers cornerback Davon House was trying to get to OTAs on Monday night when his connecting flight from Minneapolis to Green Bay was cancelled. With no more flights leaving that night and a shortage of rental cars, House found himself in a tough spot:...
Report: Rex Ryan Flirted With Bachelorette Party By Complimenting Feet, Winking, Saying "You Know What I Like"<em></em>
Lest you think Rob and Rex Ryan’s wild weekend in Nashville was only about watching hockey and fighting people in a Margaritaville restaurant, a report from Busted Coverage shows that there was also some flirting with a bachelorette party in that same Margaritaville....
War Machine Gets Life In Prison For Sexually Assaulting And Kidnapping Christy Mack
Former professional MMA fighter War Machine (born Jon Koppenhaver) was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury in March of 29 charges, including sexual assault and battery with a deadly weapon, after he attacked his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack and her friend Corey Thomas in 2014. He was charged with 34 coun...
Rex And Rob Ryan Scuffle At A Nashville Bar
Twin brothers and failed NFL coaches Rex and Rob Ryan were in Nashville for the Stanley Cup Final, and they had more fight in them than P.K. Subban and Evgeni Malkin....
Juventus Equalize On Mario Mandžukić<em></em> Overhead Golazo Off Stunning Passes
Mario Mandžukić’s overhead stunner came off a series of volleyed passes to draw Juventus even with Real Madrid in the first half of today’s Champions League final; this one absolutely must be heard with the Fox Deportes commentary, because it is manic commentating done to perfection....
NBA Doctor Rules That Chris Bosh Has A Career-Ending Injury
Chris Bosh has not played in an NBA game since Feb. 9, 2016, after which the Heat’s all-star center was forced to sit out the second half of the season for the second year in a row with blood clot issues. Bosh did not play at all this season, although he’s maintained the position that he is healthy ...
Coworker, Athletes Give Jason Whitlock Shit For Criticizing LeBron On Racism<em></em>
Jason Whitlock, a Fox Sports 1 employee whose purpose is to make Colin Cowherd look somehow pleasant by comparison, had quite an angle on police reports that a racist slur was spray-painted on LeBron James’s Los Angeles home. The All Takes Matter host called it a “disrespectful inconvenience” for Ja...
Enes Kanter Says His Father Has Been Arrested By The Turkish Government
The Turkish government’s ongoing antagonization of Thunder big man Enes Kanter has apparently continued this morning, as Kanter declared that his father was arrested by the state. Last week, the government reportedly issued an arrest warrant for Kanter, and two weeks ago he was detained in Romania a...
Welcome To The Jason La Canfora Orioles Minute
Over the last few seasons, NFL reporter Jason La Canfora has emerged on Twitter as a particularly outspoken Baltimore Orioles fan. The Jason La Canfora Orioles Minute is an irregularly recurring feature in which we check in with La Canfora on the O’s....
LeBron James On Racist Graffiti At His House: "No Matter How Famous You Are...Being Black In America Is Tough"
Police are investigating a racial slur spray painted this morning on the front gate of a Los Angeles house owned by LeBron James, who prepares for tomorrow’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals. At his press conference this afternoon, James addressed the incident for the first time....
Badass Referee Ducks Disgruntled Player's Punch, Squares Up And Starts Swinging
We’ve seen too many instances of helpless referees getting punched, smacked, kicked, jumped, stomped out, and even killed by bad soccer men mad over some call or other. So it’s a nice change of pace seeing this referee, overseeing a match in Argentina’s Copa Santa Fe, fighting back for once....
Michigan State Fires Suspended Football Staffer Three Months Into Rape Investigation
The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio decided not to renew the contract of Curtis Blackwell, a football staff member who was previously suspended with pay the same week that three separate investigations were initiated to look into a reported rape. ...
Serbian Women's Volleyball Team Strikes Ill-Advised Pose
The Serbian women’s volleyball team secured a place in the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship in Japan after defeating Poland in a qualifier over the weekend. After the victory, they posed for the photo above, which originally appeared above the FIVB’s story about the game but was later removed. ...
<i>Denver Post</i> Columnist Fired After Racist Tweet About Indy 500 Winner
A hail-mary apology couldn’t save former ESPN and, now, former Denver Post columnist Terry Frei after the seven-time state sportswriter of the year tweeted his disapproval of Japanese driver Takuma Sato winning yesterday’s Indy 500....
Attempt To Run Across Track At Indy 500 Goes Poorly
This individual who urgently needed to cross pit road ahead of Mike Pence’s motorcade had a bad time of it....
Rachel Daly Collapses, Is Taken Off On Stretcher At End Of Match
Houston Dash and English national team forward Rachel Daly collapsed just after taking a shot on goal in the final minute of her team’s match today against Seattle....