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Jonathan dos Santos Denies Report That He's Gay, Blasts Media For Discrimination
Mexican national team player and Villarreal midfielder Jonathan dos Santos denied a report today that said he was in a relationship with teammate Mateo Musacchio....
Mom Makes Half-Court Granny Shot, Goes Nuts
Bethany Academy in Bloomington, Minn., held a fundraiser, and the family who raised the most money received the opportunity to take a half-court shot for a grand prize: half-off tuition at the school next year. Grace Ramey raised the most, but her mother Angela took the shot. The video is fantastic....
The Best Horses Of 2015
Horse racing had a fantastic 2015. Every leg of the Triple Crown was must-see TV, and the end of the Belmont Stakes made history. The year’s events breathed new life into the sport of horse racing, and we have these amazing, newsworthy horses to thank for that....
The Caucasian’s Guide To Black Holiday Gatherings
With the rise in interracial dating and cross-cultural friendships, you may be one of the lucky few white people who get invited to a black family dinner during the holidays. And while our previous guides to black barbecues and black churches laid a template, the dynamic of our family holiday gather...
LeBron James Made This Kid's Year
During last night’s Cavaliers-Celtics game, Special Olympian Aaron Miller was honored during a timeout. LeBron James was in a team huddle while Miller was cheered at midcourt, but later went out of his way to run over to the kid and show him some love....
DeMarcus Cousins's Manager Ejected For Swiping At Jason Terry
Rockets guard Jason Terry got into an altercation with a fan during the third quarter of tonight’s game against the Sacramento Kings. Terry’s momentum carried him into the crowd after attempting to defend a Ben McLemore dunk, and he put his hands out to brace himself. The fan he touched in doing so,...
Rajon Rondo's Statement Looks A Lot Like Kobe Bryant's Statement
The NBA suspended Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo for one game without pay after he called referee Bill Kennedy a “faggot” in a Dec. 3 game. (Kennedy publicly came out after the incident.) Rondo tweeted a statement, which wasn’t actually an apology, but the weirdest part is that his statement rea...
Chuck Pagano Does Not Fear Being Eaten By Jim Irsay
Chuck Pagano was apparently feeling—what should we call it? Philosophical? Resigned? Fatalist? Realistic? With the Colts struggling toward the playoffs and his job security very much in question, Indy’s head coach offered up the one thing anyone can be sure of in this crazy world of ours: our employ...
Giants Sign Johnny Cueto, Make The NL West More Interesting
The San Francisco Giants have reached a six-year, $130 million deal with Johnny Cueto, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney....
NBA Ref Bill Kennedy Announces He's Gay, Days After Rajon Rondo's Suspension For Calling Him A "Faggot"
NBA official Bill Kennedy reveals he is gay, in a statement to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. Kennedy’s announcement comes soon after Kings guard Rajon Rondo was suspended for an incident between the two in a game earlier this month....
Bills Fans Stop Traffic With Their Butts
The Bills played in Philadelphia on Sunday, but Buffalo’s horde travels well. Here’s a pair of them halting a vehicle’s path with their butts, accompanied by “Fly Eagles Fly.”...
Could A Nepalese Reality Show Help Restore Faith In Track And Field?
The real problem in track and field might not be the endemic corruption, but defeatism, the feeling that everybody’s in on it—administrators, coaches, athletes, watchdogs. The feeling that the problem is just too big to solve. There’s a nagging sense that telling the Russian federation it’s not okay...
Refs Wave Off Russell Westbrook's Spectacular Self-Assisted Almost-Buzzer-Beater
Look, I get that this play was waved off, but man, this shot from Westbrook was cool. Properly located the springiest vertebrae knob on Rodney Hood’s back, trotted off like nothing had happened like a champ, then helped make it a game again in the second half. Good work....
Oh God, The AFC South Is So Bad, The Jaguars Could Win The Division
The AFC South is a carnival of incompetence and bad luck; the Indianapolis Colts began the year thinking they were a Super Bowl contender only to collapse with vigor; the Houston Texans have lost all their offensive players worth a damn and their talisman has a broken paw; the Titans are cleaning ho...
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Sikh Fans Refused Entry To Chargers Stadium Because Of Their Turbans
The Broncos kicked the shit out of the Chargers last week in San Diego. As always, plenty of Broncos fans showed up to laugh at Philip Rivers, but a few fans almost didn’t make it in because stadium security was scared of their turbans. 10News San Diego caught up with Verinder Malhi, one of the men ...
16 Rock-Themed Beers, Ranked
There are currently more breweries than at any time in American history, which is cool enough, but what’s even better is the gargantuan number of beers they combine to produce. Long gone are the whatever-old days when a brewery could get by offering just a few different styles. For more than a centu...
Don't Blame The Vikings For Trying, Blame Them For Failing
If you believe in moral victories, the young, upswinging Vikings hung tough with one of the NFL’s best teams, were thisclose to tying the game in the final seconds, and QB Teddy Bridgewater bounced back to have one of his sharper games as pro. If you believe in crushing losses, the Vikings were soli...
Cocky Teen Goalkeeper Goes Coast-To-Coast And Scores On One-Man Fastbreak
You really have to have some balls as a goalkeeper to snatch a corner kick out of the air, immediately decide to book it towards the other net, punk your opposite number by knocking the ball around him, and finally kick the ball into the other net after taking it by yourself from one end of the fiel...