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Shelly Sterling Is The NBA's Real Nightmare
Donald Sterling sounds resigned to his fate—or at least too tired to care. And why not? If the league forces him to sell the Clippers, he'll be hundreds of millions of dollars richer. But co-owner and estranged wife Rochelle Sterling believes she stands to gain the entire franchise, and she's not go...
Damian Lillard Going To The Rim Makes No Damn Sense
Kevin Harlan has the best jump-stop in the NBA. The timing is generally easier; spend enough years talking through NBA games and you'll get a feel for the cadence of a pick-and-roll, or how to ride out the crowd noise after a big play. But Harlan is great because when that timing gets thrown off and...
Anaheim's Ducklings Have Them On The Verge Of An Incredible Comeback
There's nothing quite like hockey players to make you feel old. Even if you're a hockey player yourself....
Nets Sell T-Shirts With Andrei Kirilenko Looking Like Martha Stewart
The Nets are selling some pretty interesting shirts at Barclays Center for Game 4 against Miami tonight. As you can see, the shirts have illustrated faces representing the big names and head coach for both teams, and they are a little rough. I mean, Paul Pierce looks like Voldemort and KG (??) looks...
Legendary Heckler Robin Ficker Returned To The NBA Last Night
Robert Griffin III, DeSean Jackson, and, uh, Wolf Blitzer attended last night's Pacers-Wizards game at Verizon Center. This, the TNT broadcast made sure to remind us, indicated the Big Deal-ness of the game. The stars came out to cheer on the Wizards!...
The Weekend's Best Sports Photography
[It's been a busy few days: basketball and hockey playoffs, the end of the Premier League season and even some motorsport. Here's a selection of some of this weekend's best sports photography. Cherish this. Soon we'll only have baseball. Oh, and the World Cup. In Brazil. Above, Paul Pierce gets a fl...
Grieving Marty St. Louis Thanks Teammates After Scoring On Mother's Day
Martin St. Louis's mother died unexpectedly on Thursday. After flying home and speaking with his family, he decided his mom would have wanted him to play in Game 5. But Game 6 promised the full emotional wringer, and with his father and sister in the stands, on Mother's Day, St. Louis scored the gam...
Shelly Sterling Wants To Keep The Clippers; Everyone Else Wants Her Out
Donald Sterling's estranged wife has moved quickly to position herself as a victim, and sat down with Barbara Walters for a soft-focus interview in which she announced her intention to hang on to her portion of the Clippers—and, if she gets her way, her husband's portion too....
He's Back
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Sidney Crosby Reaches The Boiling Point
If these playoffs will be remembered for anything, it'll be for players squirting each other with water bottles and spearing each other in the nuts. Last night's Game 6 between the Rangers and Penguins had one of each, both focusing on a frustrated, frustrating Sidney Crosby....
Charles Barkley Doesn't Care About CNN's Donald Sterling Interview
After Ernie Johnson plugged in tomorrow's Anderson Cooper interview with disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling on CNN, Charles Barkley let everyone watching the halftime show know that he didn't give a shit about what Sterling had to say, even if it was on a fellow Turner network. Would you expec...
With Poor Decisions By Both Teams In Final Minute, Clippers Tie Series
The Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to topple the Thunder and turn the series into a best of three, though the final 30 seconds of the game involved a mess of bad choices by both teams....
Ex-Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Allegedly Assaults Former Football Player
Former Minnesota quarterback and current Rutgers transfer Philip Nelson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting another football player, leaving the man in critical condition. The police scanner audio provides some awful details about the incident....
Drexel Lacrosse Scores Three Goals In 11.3 Seconds On Penn
Who's ready for some college lacrosse highlights? You're ready for some college lacrosse highlights....
Blake Griffin Takes A Shot To The Dick, Courtesy Of Serge Ibaka
Despite Serge Ibaka's dick punch, Blake Griffin was not seriously injured....
Can't A Cyclist Get A Little Privacy?
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This Seems Like A Violation Of The Rules, Somehow
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Josh Gordon Faces A Season-Long Ban From The NFL For Smoking Weed
According to an ESPN report, Browns receiver Josh Gordon is facing a season-long NFL ban for a drug test that came up positive for marijuana. ...
Where Do NHL Players Come From?
Sportchart has put together a neat series of maps on the birthplaces of active NHL, NBA, and MLB players. For most graphics like these the players are divvied up by country of origin, but—as you can see from the NHL dots above—this misses a lot of the nuance in the data. Specifically, U.S. players a...
Donald Sterling: I Was Only Saying Racist Things To Get Laid
Donald Sterling should probably go ahead and assume everything he says is being recorded. In the past two days, two recordings of Sterling talking to a friend on the phone have popped up on Radar Online. In both, he insists he's not racist, and tries to justify the leaked audio that got him pushed o...