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Matt Adams Defeated By Fly Ball
Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams manned left field for the Redbirds today after Stephen Piscotty was absolutely battered with baseballs Tuesday night. Adams caught a few flies earlier this week during his first outfield stint, but the experiment took a turn for the worse when Anthony Rizzo hit a b...
Adam Silver Wants To Ensure A Woman Becomes An NBA Head Coach "Sooner Rather Than Later"<em></em>
This afternoon, the NBA launched its annual gender equality campaign with Lean In. They released several videos promoting the organization, and commissioner Adam Silver spoke with ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg, and Kathleen Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and...
Alshon Jeffery And Adam Schefter Show Us How The Scoop Game Is Played
Tim Rohan of The MMQB spent the start of NFL free agency shadowing Adam Schefter for 24 hours. What he produced was a revealing timeline that chronicles the manic energy of an NFL scoop hound on the biggest day of the year for NFL scoop hounds. And Alshon Jeffery is all pissed off about it, for some...
Actually The "Dilbert" Guy's Ultimate Legacy Will Be These Great Religion Books He Wrote
You may know Scott Adams as the white guy who draws Dilbert and also loves Donald Trump and has lots of, uh, interesting beliefs on various political topics. In fact, Scott Adams’ legacy is much grander....
Steven Adams To The Rim: "I Fucking Hate You So Much"
Steven Adams shoots 65 percent from the free-throw line, and sometimes a man can only take so much....
Adam Silver And Michael Jordan Met With James Dolan And Couldn't Get Him To Back Down<em></em>
This afternoon, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley to try and mediate a peaceful end to their very public dispute. (Frank Isola first reported the news, and the NBA confirmed it shortly after.)...
Jason Pierre-Paul And ESPN Settle Invasion Of Privacy Suit
Free agent defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has settled his invasion of privacy lawsuit against ESPN, the network announced today in a statement:...
NBA: We Might Speed Up The End Of Games Because Of Crappy Millennial Attention Spans
The last two minutes of an NBA game move at the pace of continental drift thanks to an interminable barrage of timeouts, replay reviews to determine exactly whose ass the ball bounced off of, and free throw back-and-forths. It’s boring, and bad, and turns what should be the most enthralling part of ...
How To Save The World
Will Leitch, senior writer at Sports On Earth, contributing editor at New York magazine, film critic for The New Republic, contributor at Sports Illustrated, and founder of Deadspin, is doing his yearly fill-in for Drew Magary on today’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo. (Here is 2011’s ve...
Aaron Rodgers Threw One Of The Prettiest Passes You'll See All Season
Aaron Rodgers is negating with the Eagles’ fearsome pass rush tonight by getting the football out very quickly and not allowing them the time that they would normally be using to put the Packers QB on his ass. Green Bay moved the ball efficiently throughout the first half and they converted their fi...
Steven Adams And Enes Kanter Met Some Dogs And Some Kids
Hey, want to smile for a few minutes? Then please enjoy Thunder centers Steven Adams and Enes Kanter hangin’ with dogs and kids:...
The Thunder Are Locking Up What They Have
The Oklahoma City Thunder still have to figure out how to be a consistent playoff contender without Kevin Durant anchoring the roster, but they made two moves today that have given the future (the near future, at least) a more defined shape....
Steven Adams Was Too Busy Watching Dope Anime To See The Warriors Get Crushed
Given the ass-kicking that former Thunder star Kevin Durant suffered in his first game with the Warriors, it’s not unreasonable for reporters to be curious about what Durant’s former teammates thought of the game. Unfortunately for them, Steven Adams was too busy watching anime to cook up any juicy ...
<i>Rolling Stone</i> Deletes Article About Derrick Rose's Rape Trial And Adam Silver (UPDATE)
Rolling Stone deleted an article titled “Why Derrick Rose Rape Trial May Wreck NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Legacy” late last week without any notice, The Politico reports. According to their story, the NBA had multiple complaints about the article:...
It Sounds Like The NBA And NBPA Will Avoid A Work Stoppage
The NBA and the NBPA are halfway through a 10-year collective bargaining agreement ratified in 2011, but each side has until December 15 to opt out of the current deal and potentially trigger a work stoppage. Over the past few seasons a huge TV contract, a series of astronomical team sale prices, an...
Jason Pierre-Paul Is Suing ESPN Because Its Reporting Was Too Accurate<em></em>
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is scheduled to face off against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter in a Florida federal court next August. At issue is a tweet Schefter posted in 2015 containing two photos of Pierre-Paul’s medical records....
Jason Pierre-Paul's Lawsuit Against ESPN Moves One Step Closer To Trial
A Florida judge today denied ESPN’s request to dismiss an invasion of privacy lawsuit that was brought against them by Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul last February. Today’s ruling brings the suit that much closer to trial, and according to Pro Football Talk, the trial is scheduled to begin n...
Steven Adams Appreciates Your Continued Concern For His Ball Bag
As you know, Thunder center Steven Adams got his hog and yams savaged on two separate occasions during last season’s NBA playoffs. Months later, Adams says his genitals are doing just fine....
The NBA Is Finally Getting Rid Of Hack-A-Player
The NBA acknowledged that having games made unwatchable because of intentional fouls and free throw parades is a bad thing for an entertainment product, and announced a change to how deliberate away-from-play fouls will be called next season. The relevant text from the announcement:...