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Jerry Colangelo Says USA Basketball Will Reign Until "Other Countries Get Their Acts Together"
For a team that won group play games by margins as slim as three, three, and six points, Team USA didn’t make this Olympic basketball tournament feel particularly dramatic. Polishing off Serbia 96-66 was the exclamation point on another dominant run through knockout play, and another gold medal, and...

Rams Defensive End William Hayes Believes Mermaids Are Real, Dinosaurs Are Not
The Los Angeles Rams are this year’s subject of Hard Knocks, with the angle of showing how a team adjusts from moving from Missouri to glamorous Los Angeles. Additionally, the show has revealed how many players appear to shun basic science....

Rams Fans Welcome The NFL Back To L.A. With Wild Brawl In The Stands
Last night, the freshly-relocated Los Angeles Rams played their first home game in the L.A. Coliseum since 1979, and they commemorated the occasion with a win. In the stands, some of their fans celebrated professional football’s return to L.A. with a fairly vicious brawl....

The Story Behind The Perfect Photo Of Olympic Pain
What does it feel like to have your lifelong dream dashed in an instant? How would you react?...

Mónica Puig Stuns Angelique Kerber To Win Puerto Rico's First-Ever Gold Medal<em></em>
Angelique Kerber came into the Olympics as one of this planet’s best in 2016; having won the Australian Open and reaching Wimbledon’s final, the WTA #2 was a heavy favorite in yesterday’s gold medal singles match against Puerto Rico’s Mónica Puig. But Puig, currently ranked 34th, shocked Kerber in b...

Here's Video Of Jeff Fisher Cutting Nick Foles
Nick Foles was waived by the Rams two weeks ago, bringing a fitting end to the legendary Foles-Sam Bradford trade that brought joy to literally no one. Hard Knocks, which is following the Los Angeles Rams this preseason, was in coach Jeff Fisher’s office for the phone call....

Yasiel Puig Is Probably Not A Fun Person To Party With<em></em>
The Los Angeles Dodgers optioned Yasiel Puig to Triple A last week, and on Monday night he posted a bunch of videos of himself partying with his new teammates. The Dodgers were, predictably, unhappy about this....

Mike Trout Gets Way Up To Rob A Grand Slam
Hello, it’s time once again for a check-in with Mike Trout, that guy who continues to be the best player in baseball despite wasting away on a crap-ass Angels roster....

DeAngelo Williams' Teammates Pranked Him With A Bunch Of Dang Balloons
I wish someone would prank me like this....

Coco Crisp Leaps For Topsy-Turvy Home Run Robbery
Ji-Man Choi has spent this evening’s game hitting the daylights out of the baseball. He dinged a solo dong to right center in the second inning, then followed it up with a three-run shot to the right field corner....

Blake Griffin Does Standup Comedy, Is Actually Pretty Good
We last saw Blake Griffin trying his hand at standup comedy two years ago, when he read some silly poems. It looks like Griffin has been working on his act since then, as evidenced by his set in the video above, which happened at last week’s Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal....

Ken Rosenthal Is A Good Reporter And He Had To Eat Some Shit
One piece of evidence that Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal is very good at his job is that when he reported that Yasiel Puig stormed out of Dodger Stadum after being told he was going to be traded or demoted, it was accepted as gospel even without confirmation from either side, or even anyone else reporti...

What's Going On Between The Dodgers And Yasiel Puig?
This afternoon’s trade fucking deadline came and went without Yasiel Puig switching teams, despite his Los Angeles Dodgers acquiring Josh Reddick. However, something much stranger happened. For a few hours, it was unclear whether Puig was still on the Dodgers, on his way to the minors, or on the lam...

Jeff Fisher Hasn't Heard From Tre Mason In Months
Los Angeles Rams running back Tre Mason has yet to report to training camp, and the team placed him on the Reserve/Did Not Report list this weekend. In addition to that, head coach Jeff Fisher says that nobody from the Rams has been able to get in touch with Mason for some time now....

Evangelista Santos To Give Away Donations He Received After Suffering Skull Fracture
After MMA fighter Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos suffered a gruesome skull fracture in a Bellator fight against Michael Page, his ex-wife set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his medical bills. Santos ended up not needing that money, and now he’s giving it to a good cause....

Dodgers Shut Down Clayton Kershaw Indefinitely, Might Be Screwed
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw hasn’t pitched since late June, when he was put on the disabled list after being diagnosed with a mild disk herniation in his lower back, an injury so painful it required an epidural. The team was hopeful that Kershaw was close to returning when he threw a simulated game ...

Ji-Man Choi Celebrates His First Big Dong By Himself
The Los Angeles Angels’ Ji-man Choi clobbered his first MLB homer Monday, 20 games into his first season. After rounding the bases, the 25-year-old proved that teammates aren’t necessary to celebrate a strong home run....

Yunel Escobar Got Ejected For Drawing In The Dirt
Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar is a known dickhead, so it’s not totally surprising to see him invent a brand new way to get ejected from a baseball game....

"I Played Like Shit," States Man Who Just Hit Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater
D’Angelo Russell’s buzzer-beating three-pointer handed the Lakers a Summer League win over the Sixers tonight, but the former Buckeye is staying humble....

Jerami Grant Nukes Poor Ivica Zubac
The Sixers’ Jerami Grant is making the most of his NBA Summer League assignment. Here he is tonight dunking all over freshly-drafted Lakers center Ivica Zubac, reminding us that the Croatian has a long way to go before he can assume the title of Croatia’s greatest athlete named Ivica....