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Are You The Smelly Guy At Your Gym?<em></em>
It doesn’t have to be this way....
The Orioles Never Recovered From That Phantom Rainout At Nationals Park
Back in early May, the Orioles capped a six-game win streak with a 12-inning, 5-4 win over the Nationals that brought their record on the season to 22-10, good for first place in the AL East. They dropped a tight one to the Nats the following night, and the final game of the series, set for May 11, ...
Jermichael Finley Says Leaving Football Is Hard But Coming Back Might Be Worse
Last week, after former Ravens linebacker Zach Orr announced he hoped to return to the NFL just five months after retiring with a congenital spine condition, ex-Packer Jermichael Finley said that Orr’s story “hits very close to home.”...
Poor Bastard Whiffs On Rafael Nadal's Second Serve
World No. 34 Karen Khachanov fought his way through two tough matches in Wimbledon’s early rounds (a total of nine sets, three of which were tiebreaks) only to earn himself a third-round date with Rafael Nadal....
Report: More Coke Dogs
Dog racing apparently has a bit of a coke problem. Two months ago, five dogs racing out of St. Petersburg, Fla., tested positive for cocaine, and it seems that the problem is not just limited to the Tampa Bay area....
Andre Roberson, Bad Tipper, Roasted By Teammates
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Andre Roberson just signed a three-year, $30 million deal to stay in OKC, but the influx of cash hasn’t left him feeling very generous....
WBO Will Re-Score Manny Pacquiao's Dubious Loss, But Won't Overturn It
In a gesture where magnanimity is solidly outpointed by hollowness—unless the purpose is to drum up drama for a rematch—the WBO has announced it will re-score last weekend’s controversial fight, which saw Jeff Horn upset Manny Pacquiao, but that it cannot and will not reverse the decision....
LeBron James Has Gone Full Vacation Dad
If you’ve ever been on a vacation at a tropical resort, you’ve seen a Vacation Dad. He’s the guy who is sitting alone at the poolside bar, a little buzzed, smoking his annual cigar—he was sent to the bar by his wife who didn’t want him smoking that crap around her—really enjoying the music, and eage...
Arsenal Finally Buy The Expensive Striker They've Been Needing For Years<em></em>
Gonzalo Higuaín. Edinson Cavani. Luis Suárez. Karim Benzema. Jamie Vardy. Jackson Martínez. Álvaro Morata. Kylian Mbappé. These are just some of the established, expensive star strikers (or young studs on the come up) that Arsenal have been linked to in recent years. During these years, filling the ...
DeAngelo Williams Was Pretty Great In His First Pro Wrestling Match
NFL running back DeAngelo Williams made his pro wrestling debut over the weekend at Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary XV, one of the main PPV events from the promotion formerly known as TNA....
Little British Lads Flip Their Shit After Meeting Manchester United's Jesse Lingard
It’s the sounds these Mancunian tykes make after running up to Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard’s car—something between wanting to laugh and wanting to cry and wanting to puke—that makes this video:...
Tennis Fans Tussle Over A Sweaty Towel
At Wimbledon, the most decorous of all the major tournaments, a squabble over a player’s sweaty towel, flung into the crowd at the end of a match, has the tennis world all worked up....
Lacrosse Goalie Scores Full-Field Goal While Other Goalie Isn’t Paying Attention
Denver Outlaws goalie Jack Kelly intercepted a pass with just five seconds left in the third quarter. So he did what anyone would do in that situation: He flung it as hard as it could at the other goal, hoping for a miracle. He got one....
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Large Tub Of Potato Salad Beats Manny Pacquiao, Is New WBO Welterweight Champion [UPDATE]
Australian Jeff Horn overcame four-to-one underdog odds and, uh, functioning eyeballs in defeating Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision to seize the longtime champion’s WBO welterweight title....
Manny Pacquiao Fights On ESPN Tonight And Nobody Cares
Tonight, at 9 p.m. EST, Manny Pacquiao takes on Jeff Horn, a little-known Australian fighter and elementary school teacher. Horn is undefeated in 17 fights (16-0-1), but he’s fought mediocre competition and you won’t find many serious boxing fans or writers who give him a chance. The story of tonigh...
Someone Fucked Up In Order For That Paul George Trade To Go Down
You knew it was coming the moment Ramona Shelburne broke the news on Twitter that Paul George had been traded to a team other than the Boston Celtics, and for a real dog of a return:...
Holy Shit, Pacers Trade Paul George To The Thunder
A surprise winner has made off with the grand prize in the Paul George sweepstakes. The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis for the Pacers star this evening, per a report from ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne....
Gerard Deulofeu Returns To Barcelona, Which Is Just The Stupidest Idea
Goddammit. You were so close to making it, Gerard, and then you had to go and do this....
Jeff Hornacek: Now We're Going To Do Things That Actually Make Sense
It wasn’t so long ago that Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek, then presiding over the latest lost season in New York, stood in front of reporters and told them that it was a mistake to try to combine his own offensive concepts with Phil Jackson’s favored Triangle system, and implied that the team woul...
Will The Han Solo Movie Suck?<em></em>
Last week the Star Wars braintrust shitcanned directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie, and replaced them with longtime Ron “Opie Cunningham is a BASTARD” Howard. Should this concern the LEGENDARY FANS OF STAR WARS NATION, or does this movie still have a chance t...