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The Sacramento Kings Deserve All The Failures To Come
Being a Kings fan is an exercise in managing constant, crushing disappointment. Aside from one anomalous stretch in the early 2000s, the team has never been worth a damn, and even then, their high watermark was getting owned in humiliating fashion by the Lakers. Last night’s disastrous DeMarcus Cous...
If At First You Don't Succeed
Antetokounmpo....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: I Was Only Joking About A Bill Forcing NFL Players To Stand For The National Anthem
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has walked back a statement he made earlier in the week about passing a law that would require NFL players to stand for the national anthem....
Carmelo Anthony: Late All-Star Selection "Was A Downer," No Refunds On His Canceled Vacation
Carmelo Anthony found out on Wednesday that he was a last-minute All-Star selection, chosen to fill in for an injured Kevin Love and make his tenth appearance at the game. Good news?...
Russell Westbrook Answers Every Question About Kevin Durant By Talking About Fashion
Russell Westbrook, who is averaging a motherfucking triple-double but is somehow a reserve on this year’s All-Star team, took questions from reporters in New Orleans today. His whole press conference is above, and it’s worth watching all eight minutes of it if only to appreciate one man’s dedication...
Roland Leitinger's Parents Couldn't Even Hide Their Shock At His Success
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — With a line-up like today’s, it’s easy to make the mistake of predicting the podium....
Wait, How Did Manu Ginobili Do This?
Manu Ginobili is old as hell but still capable of dope basketball moments, and this no-look dime from last night’s game against the Magic has me all fucked up....
Missouri Republican Cuts Off NAACP Leader's Mic Just To Be A Dick
Before today, Missouri state Rep. Bill Lant, the leader of the state’s House Republicans, was most famous for mocking a former high school classmate’s sagging breasts. Now, he can also be famous for stopping a black man from talking. ...
Anthony Davis Teases Nut-Grabbing Buddy Hield
Pelicans rookie Buddy Hield was ejected from yesterday’s game against the Kings for whacking DeMarcus Cousins right in the yams. If you were wondering whether Hield’s teammates found the situation to be as amusing as you did, allow Anthony Davis’s Snapchat to clear a few things up for you:...
Buddy Hield Ejected For Brutal Nutshot On DeMarcus Cousins
NOOO. Buddy, you can’t do that. It’ll earn you an ejection every time, and shared pain among many, many men....
Someone Wanted You To See This Sketchy And Feeble Pro-Dolan Protest Outside MSG
Yesterday afternoon, tipster John Rats sent us a link to a Craigslist post seeking “enthusiastic people to take part in a Pro-Knicks rally before this Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.” Naturally intrigued, we responded to the ad, which promised $50 to anyone who came out to “support the ...
U.S. Performs Nazi-Era "Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles" Before Fed Cup Match Against Germany<em></em>
The USTA has apologized to Germany for performing the antiquated first verse of that country’s national anthem—the “Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles” one, last used by the Nazis—before yesterday’s Fed Cup match between German Andrea Petkovic and American Alison Riske....
Friendship
When down 20, the time is right to ignite whatever strands might have still connected you....
Goodbye To Javier López, The Giants' Unsung Badass<em></em>
The San Francisco Giants won three World Series between 2010 and 2014, and each was nerve-wracking in its own way. In 2010 they qualified for the postseason on the final day, and had an inordinate amount of playoff games decided by a single run; in 2012 they went down 0-2 in the NLDS and 1-3 in the ...
Tennessee Department Of Transportation Clowns Lane Kiffin With Winter Hype Video
Lane Kiffin’s tenure as Florida Atlantic’s head football coach got off to a rocky start when he brought all the enthusiasm of a teen being forced to mow the lawn to his role in an official hype video. ...
Let Us Now Praise The Patriots' Super Bowl Defense
Much of the blame for the Falcons’ monumental choke job in Super Bowl 51 fell on Kyle Shanahan for his aggressive play-calling, and that’s fair. It’s screamingly obvious Atlanta should have run the ball more or milked the clock to keep Tom Brady and the Patriots from even having a chance to storm al...
Mic'd-Up Julian Edelman Argued With Falcons Defender Over Whether He Caught That Ball
Even after all the replays and photos, it’s still hard to believe that Julian Edelman made that catch....
Austrian TV's Super Bowl Highlight Reel Is Much Better Than Anything Fox Produced
Super Bowl LI was an incredible game that featured a historic comeback and two of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history. But you might not get a sense of how bonkers the Patriots’ unholy comeback was from watching the limp highlight reel that FOX played at the end of the game. If you want the g...
Exactly How High Is Phil Jackson, This Time?
With the trade deadline looming, Phil Jackson did a tweet. If you can parse this koan within five minutes, you deserve a high-five and a fresh ounce of Bleacher’s Ding:...
Steve Sarkisian Named As New Atlanta Falcons Offensive Coordinator
Steve Sarkisian will be the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator as the team attempts to move forward from its incredible Super Bowl loss and convince NFL fans that the team shouldn’t be excommunicated from the league....