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Serena Williams Crushes Angelique Kerber To Claim 22nd Grand Slam Title<em></em>
Serena Williams avenged her Australian Open loss to Angelique Kerber in claiming her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 22nd Grand Slam championship overall, bringing her into a tie with Steffi Graf for most all-time in the Open Era....
Gilbert Arenas Goes To Nick Young's House And Acts Like An Asshole
Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, who at this point will do anything for attention, showed up at Lakers guard Nick Young’s house last night and documented his visit on Snapchat....
Doc Rivers Is Still A Terrible GM
The Los Angeles Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. Though it is true that they were without the injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, it was their fifth straight season getting bounced before the Conference Finals. And then this offseason the Warr...
Bald Eagle Ignores Trainer, Leaves Dodger Stadium
Chinook, a trained bald eagle from the Los Angeles Zoo, was supposed to thrill fans and honor America on July 4th by swooping from the top of Dodger Stadium to his handler on the field. Chinook had other plans out in the parking lot:...
Dodgers Game Interrupted By Hot Dog-Hating Idiots
We have learned much about Vin Scully in this, his 67th and final season calling the Dodgers. He hates socialism, for example, and today we learned he hates Idiots On The Field—especially the kind protesting the existence of hot dogs, like those who interrupted today’s game in Los Angeles....
Mozgov Is Hollywood
Timofey Mozgov is champion. Now, Mozgov is a free agent and the man just got paid. According to Woj, the Los Angeles Lakers kicked off their summer of whiffing at free agents by quickly getting into “serious talks” with Mozgov. Those serious talks turned into a four year, $64 million deal....
Report: Clayton Kershaw Got An Epidural, Is Headed To Disabled List
Well, shit. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who was well on his way to turning in one of the greatest single season pitching performances in recorded human history, is reportedly headed for the disabled list....
Ángel Pagán Is Fuming Mad At His Dumb Baseball Glove
Look at this photo of Ángel Pagán doing a cool jump to rob Erik Kratz of a dinger. You think he got it? He did not....
Vin Scully Has Strong Feelings About Socialism
Tell us how you really feel, Vin!...
Ben Simmons Reportedly Isn't Working Out For Any Teams, And He Damn Well Shouldn't
Philadelphia 76ers president Bryan Colangelo revealed that former LSU forward Ben Simmons, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NBA draft, declined the Sixers’ invitation to a pre-draft workout. There’s an impulse to point and laugh at the 76ers, whose shameless tanking has cost them a...
Clayton Kershaw Walked A Guy, And It Was Bullshit
When we last checked in on Clayton Kershaw, we were marveling at his incomprehensible 22:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and wondering how long he would be able to maintain such an impossible level of excellence. Well, it’s been a month, and Kershaw’s strikeout-to-walk ratio is now 20:1, and so it’s offi...
Zack Greinke, Chill Out, My Friend
Zack Greinke left the Dodgers for the huge pile of cash that the Arizona Diamondbacks offered him this offseason, and he tried to show out a bit when he hit what he probably believed to be a donger against his former team. He flipped a itty bitty bat flip to commemorate the occasion. Except, yeah, n...
Miami And Boston College Clear Benches After Grand Slam Bat Flip
Remember Edgar Michelangeli, the University of Miami baseball player who clobbered a three-run home run during the ACC Tournament and stopped to admire it for a very long time before flipping his bat? Well, he did it again....
Juan Uribe Carted Off After Taking A Ground Ball To His Testicles
Cleveland Indians third baseman Juan Uribe was carted off the field in the fourth inning of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels after Mike Trout’s ground ball bounced into his testicles....
Lakers Strip Magic Johnson's Honorary Vice President Title Due To Awful Tweets
Magic Johnson will no longer be an honorary Lakers vice president after the team stripped him of the title due to his terrible tweets....
Cool New Baseball Strategy: Have Two Guys Cover First At The Same Time
Oh, so your baseball team uses defensive shifts? They sometimes put the shortstop on the other side of the infield when a lefty is at the plate? Wow. Cool. How revolutionary....
Let's Check In On Tim Lincecum
Throughout his highly-publicized rehab from hip surgery this past offseason, former ace Tim Lincecum was clear on one thing: He was working hard to come back as a starter, despite the moderate success he’d found pitching out of the bullpen for the Giants in several stints since the 2012 playoffs....
Jared Goff Buddies Up With Yasiel Puig, Betrays The Sanctity Of His Takes
When Rams rookie quarterback Jared Goff was just 17, he had some strong takes and the stones to express them publicly:...
This Sports Baby Is Impressively Terrible At T-Ball
Podcast host J.J. Redick has a cute kid who, sadly, appears to have world historic trouble with unseating a tennis ball from a t-ball stand....
That's Some Bat Flip
Miami beat North Carolina State tonight in ACC Tournament action, thanks to Edgar Michelangeli’s late homer. He really savored it, too—and caused a bit of a stir....