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Raptors Blame ESPN For Shot-Clock Malfunction [Update]
The shot clocks blew out in the third quarter of Saturday's Game 1 in Toronto, which led to pure absurdity: the Raptors' PA guy counting down the shot clock while looking at a stopwatch held by an NBA official next to him. When it expired, he would literally say "Horn!", and it was the funniest damn...
Is Chris Paul Somehow Underrated?
There's a neat narrative in the NBA today (which we help perpetuate) that LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the best players in the league by a mile, each season a clash between two great legacies in the making. But how true is this, really?...
Scenes from the Boston Marathon
[A man limps by after finishing the Boston Marathon. Today marks the 118th Boston Marathon; security presence has been increased this year, due to two bombs that were detonated at the finish line last year, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images.]...
Evan Mathis Trolled A Reporter Hard
It was questionable whether the Eagles' guard Evan Mathis would show up for today's voluntary OTAs, given that he's a potential trade or holdout candidate. Last night, the Philadelphia Daily News's longtime columnist Paul Domowitch pretty conclusively declared that Mathis would be absent:...
Paul Pierce Is Still The Truth When He Needs To Be
I went to the Barclays Center last month and watched the Brooklyn Nets kick the crap out of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Paul Pierce played 19 minutes in that game, going 5-of-6 from three-point range and scoring all of his 22 points in the first half, which he spent leisurely jogging between the arcs, ...
Down With Baseball's Fun Police
As much as I love baseball, no sport gets further up its own ass when it comes to players being allowed to look like they're having fun. Take the bench-clearing brawl in yesterday's Brewers-Pirates game, sparked by Carlos Gomez taking time to admire what he thought was a home run. Words were exchang...
It's So Hard To Escape The Blazers
It's a question that we've asked before, and after falling to the Blazers in overtime last night, it's one that the Rockets are probably asking themselves a lot this morning: How the hell do you beat the Blazers?...
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Zdeno Chara Laughs At Puny Humans Who Want To Fight Him
Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith has been a target of abuse through the first two games of the series. He decided to take out his frustrations on the nearest Bruin. The nearest Bruin just happened to be the tallest NHL player ever....
Bryce "Nothing But Hustle" Harper Benched For Lack Of Hustle
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was benched in yesterday's game against the Cardinals; manager Matt Williams said Harper's early exit came from a lack of hustle. The decision isn't a big deal, but it's amusing if you look at the Nationals' latest program, which advertises Harper on the ...
Russell Westbrook And Kevin Durant Are Awesome
This is a beautiful thing. In the first quarter of Grizzlies-Thunder, Russell Westbrook grabbed a rebound and, in the same motion, effortlessly flicked a pass three-quarters of the court that just so happened to land right in front of a streaking Kevin Durant for a fast break dunk that had no busin...
Goodbye, Evan Turner
What makes this a nice play is that Evan Turner thought Jeff Teague was going baseline, but Teague knew better and pulled up for the three, leaving Turner out to dry. What puts it over the top is that Turner and Roy Hibbert are in total synchronization. ...
Blake Griffin Fouls Out, Dumps Water All Over Warriors Fan
Blake Griffin fouled out with 48 seconds left in the game, and the score tied 105-105. It was kind of a ticky-tacky foul and Griffin was reacting to the video replay. He lifted his arms in exasperation and dumped the water he was holding all over the guy in a Warriors shirt behind him. Then he threw...
Jeff Van Gundy Is Sick Of These Charlatan Paddleboat Salesmen
Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy are calling the Golden State-L.A. Clippers game today and coming back from a break late in the third quarter, Van Gundy, rightly, decided to sound off on paddleboats. ...
Who's A Good Dog? Mike Napoli's A Good Dog.
Filed to: baseball players are tremendous weirdos. ...
The End Of Rap Beef: "Jay-Z Is Somewhere Eating A Fondue Plate"
Omnipresent Sports Fan Drake was on the TSN broadcast of this afternoon's Nets-Raptors games, which the Nets won 94-87. Since Brooklyn was in the house, Drake decided to take a few shots at the former owner of a tiny piece of the Nets and accused him of eating fondue. The era of the rap diss track i...
Sniper Got 'Em
Mike Fratello gave this chick to Ian Eagle during the Nets-Raptors game and some cold-hearted sniper took the poor guy right out....
Raptors GM Masai Ujiri To Toronto Crowd: "FUCK BROOKLYN!"
Toronto is turned all the way up today. Here's Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri pumping up the crowd before today's game against the Brooklyn Nets with some fiery rhetoric. Welcome, NBA playoffs....
The NBA Playoffs' Most Memorable Moments, Animated
The NBA playoffs start tomorrow, and they are the absolute best time of year. To celebrate that, here are some of our favorite moments from the playoffs in rotoscoped animation. ...