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RIP To "Mr. Hockey" Dean Smith
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Meanwhile, An Update On Draymond Green
Draymond “The Sterilizer” Green helped his team’s cause en route to the Warriors’ win tonight in Game 4....
Stream Bob Ross Painting Calm-Ass Streams
If you’re a believer in video-as-therapy and you possess a Netflix account or the log-in of a very distant relation, Bob Ross is now there waiting for you. The streaming service just added his Beauty is Everywhere series—though he’s best known for the PBS series The Joy of Painting—wherein viewers a...
Baylor Responds To Calls For Transparency By Forming 18 Committees
Since releasing an extended press release (gussied up to look like a report) that included no facts about how and why Baylor made life hell for students who reported they were raped, more and more outside voices have been calling for the university to release the full report, prepared by independent...
Eagles WR Nelson Agholor Accused Of Sexual Assault
A woman says Eagles receiver Nelson Agholor sexually assaulted her at Cheerleaders Gentlemen’s Club Thursday, according to Philadelphia police. Police Commissioner Richard Ross told Philadelphia magazine that the department has received a complaint, but the investigation is ongoing. Agholor has not ...
Stanford Swimmer's Non-Apology Is A Pathetic Piece Of Deflection And Self-Pity
By now, you know the terrible story of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner and the woman known as Emily Doe, the college graduate whom Turner raped behind a dumpster while she was unconscious. Turner was found guilty of three felonies, but got a reduced sentence because the judge feared the “severe...
Yeah, For Sure
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What's Wrong With The Warriors? Nothing, Chill The Hell Out.
The Warriors are plenty easy to dislike. There’s Draymond. There’s the techno-libertarian scum that’s (unfairly) come to represent them. There are the moving screens. There’s Kevin Draper. There’s all the winning, which, in an NBA postseason that really hasn’t had more than a handful of entertaining...
The Cavs Knocked The Stuffing Out Of The Warriors, And We Got Ourselves A Series
The most spectacular play LeBron James made tonight was his pogo-stick leap up to grab a stray Kyrie Irving alley-oop, but if there’s one particular play that embodied the overwhelming beatdown the Cavaliers administered upon the heads of the Warriors, it was one that didn’t even count. Towards the ...
LeBron Jumped To The Moon To Slam This Alley-Oop Home
LeBron scrambled to his knees to recover this ball and ping it to Kyrie Irving, who tossed this alley-oop about three feet too high. Most humans (hell, most NBA players) wouldn’t be able to ascend, grab the wayward pass, and slam it violently into the hoop, but LeBron had no problem at all with it....
Deadspin Up All Night: One-Celled Thing
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RGIII Says He’s Throwing Passes Into Neighbors’ Yards Because He Cares
Cleveland quarterback Robert Griffin III—that still needs a little more time to sink in—wants to prove that he can take instruction from coaches. For one example which appropriately represents the Browns’ reputation as an NFL team, Griffin had a habit in Washington of holding onto the football when ...
Maria Sharapova, Who Was On So Many Pills, Banned Two Years For PED Use
An independent tribunal just handed tennis star Maria Sharapova a two-year ban from the sport for testing positive for meldonium, a substance that Sharapova has been taking for a decade but wasn’t added to the WADA’s list of banned substances until last year....
The Cardinals Lost Their 28th Game
Joey Votto’s walk-off home run nullified a late comeback from the Cardinals Tuesday as the Cincinnati Reds beat St. Louis, 7-6....