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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....

Gregg Popovich Gave An Insightful Monologue On White Privilege And Black History Month
The San Antonio Spurs are putting together another excellent season that is flying completely under the radar. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, has spent the year righteously fired up about the spate of horrific things that have befallen our country and he’s given speech after speech before game...

Emmanuel Mudiay Helped Gregg Popovich With His Ejection
Wow, Emmanuel Mudiay’s most accurate shot of the season....

Antonio Brown Is Very Sorry For Doing The Bad Thing
When Antonio Brown decided to livestream from the Steelers’ locker room after their win over the Chiefs on Sunday night, you could see the inevitable backlash from a mile away. It came first from grouchy columnists, then from head coach Mike Tomlin, and now Brown has completed the cycle by issuing a...

Antonio Brown Livestreams Mike Tomlin Calling The Patriots Assholes
Bless Antonio Brown, who decided it would be fun to broadcast a live stream of the Steelers’ locker room after their victory over the Chiefs. And it was fun! Guys were dancing and laughing and I genuinely appreciated getting a look into a joyful NFL locker room. I also appreciated Brown recording he...

Reports: Diego Costa Dropped From Lineup, Told To Take His Ass To China
Current Premier League leaders Chelsea are headed to Leicester to play the defending champions this weekend, but they’ll reportedly do so without leading scorer Diego Costa. Things were going so well for Costa just a week ago, but according to a series of reports, Costa and manager Antonio Conte did...

Tim Duncan's Retirement Ceremony Was Charming And Delightful
The Spurs retired Tim Duncan’s No. 21 last night in a muted, charming ceremony, proving that you can still celebrate a guy’s legacy even if that guy’s central myth is his complete absence of flash, ego, or pomp. That image of Duncan can sometimes feel reductive or parodic, but last night it was just...

Florida Finds Title IX Official Had Conflict Of Interest; Won't Say How, Why<em></em>
The University of Florida released its investigative report today into a fired Title IX official, Chris Loschiavo, who was last known for being removed from the Antonio Callaway student-conduct case and replaced by a lawyer and football booster (who found him not responsible for sexual assault). The...

Gregg Popovich Talked About Craig Sager Instead Of Basketball Tonight
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is a famous curmudgeon who expresses his open disgust with the NBA’s stipulation that coaches give sideline interviews during nationally televised games. Nobody drew his ire more than Craig Sager, and the pair’s welcome-back hug was one of the most touching moments during ...

Gregg Popovich Still Isn't Happy With His Team's Effort
A few weeks ago, after the San Antonio Spurs nearly coughed up a game to the Dallas Mavericks, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich unleashed a mini-rant about his team’s “pathetic performance.” After dropping a road game to the Bulls last night, Pop was similarly perturbed....

Lazio Player Slams Opponent In Racist Post-Game Remarks
Following this weekend’s Rome Derby between Lazio and Roma, Lazio player Senad Lulić hit out at Roma’s German defender of African descent, Antonio Rüdiger, with racially inflammatory comments. Lulić is quoted as saying “Two years ago [Rüdiger] was selling socks and belts in Stuttgart, now he acts li...

Antonio Brown: "It's My New Name, Ronald... It's Top Secret. From Now On, Address Me As Ronald."
Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers leads the NFL in receptions and now, apparently, in identity crises. Some questions and non-answers from a conversation with reporters yesterday, as captured by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:...

Antonio Brown Was Just About Perfect
There’s no such thing as a “perfect game” for a wide receiver, but if such a thing did exist, Antonio Brown came very close to pitching one last night....

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Gregg Popovich Goes Off On His Team After "Pathetic Performance"
The San Antonio Spurs held off a very resilient, shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team by five points tonight at home. Dallas was without Dirk Nowitzki and Andrew Bogut, but Seth Curry and Harrison Barnes each scored 20 or more and pushed San Antonio until the very end of the game. As for the Spurs, the...

UTSA's Josh Stewart Makes Incredible Touchdown Grab
Frank Wilson proved himself to have the best musical taste among FBS head coaches when he named Trombone Shorty his favorite act, and the UTSA head coach had to be jazzed when Josh Stewart hauled in this one-handed grab to narrow heavy favorite Texas A & M’s lead....

Steelers Take The Lead With A Fake Spike, Lose Anyway
Down 29-24 to the Dallas Cowboys with less than a minute to go, the Pittsburgh Steelers set up to spike the ball—except they didn’t, with the fake-spike play giving way to a Ben Roethlisberger touchdown pass to Antonio Brown that gave the Steelers a 30-29 lead. ...

Gregg Popovich Blasts Donald Trump's Election In Lengthy Monologue: "We Are Rome"<em></em>
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who has long given well-thought-out responses to a host of social and political issues, spent six minutes of his press conference before tonight’s game against the Pistons harshly criticizing President-elect Donald Trump, and the fact that people voted for him after the c...

San Antonio Cop Reportedly Fired For Feeding Homeless Man A Literal Shit Sandwich
Our American law enforcement system enables its officers to abuse their power and harass the citizenry in ways both petty and outright barbaric. Here’s a particularly cruel example, from down in San Antonio: a cop was fired this week after he fed a homeless man a shit sandwich. I do not use “shit sa...