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Did Ex-NFLer Will Allen's Alleged Ponzi Scheme Prey On Jack Johnson?
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a complaint against Will Allen, a cornerback who played for the Giants, Dolphins, and Patriots—not to be confused with former Steelers safety Will Allen—accusing the NFLer of running a Ponzi scheme with a Florida woman. ...
Claire McCaskill Is Fighting The Wrong Battle
For some reason, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill felt the need to weigh in on Duke’s victory over Wisconsin in the NCAA title game: ...
Duke Beats Wisconsin For Fifth National Title
We got a competitive national championship game, but not the one that we expected. In Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow, Duke has two players that are expected to go in the top 5 of the upcoming draft. But neither could stay out of foul trouble—they both finished the game with four—and seven minute...
Did Derrick Rose's Ex-Girlfriend Announce He Will Return On Wednesday?
Derrick Rose’s ex-girlfriend Mieka Reese—who he dated for a number of years and gave birth to their son Derrick Jr. in 2012—posted the following on Instagram, along with the simple caption “W E D N E S D A Y”: ...
UFC Hires Former IRS Shitbag, Presumably To Oppress Its Athletes
The UFC, lately embarrassed by its fighters failing a lot of drug tests, has hired shitbag/former IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, best known as beloved baseball legend Barry Bonds’s persecutor, to be its “Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance.” This seems like a high-falutin’ and more than faint...
Report: Assholes Racially Abuse Black Kids On AC Milan's Under-10 Team
If you're shouting racist abuse at nine-year-olds, you are truly one of the worst human beings in the world. ...
Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This?
Welcome to Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This? a semi-regular feature in which we ask readers to identify a baseball player based on a closely cropped image of his disgusting chin. So, whose chin is this? Use the image slider below to find out. ...
Paul George Will Make His Season Debut Sunday
When Paul George’s leg got caught under a basket stanchion and broke in a heinous accident back in August, it was expected that he would miss the entire NBA season. But his leg was supposedly fully healed by March 1st, and he’s been participating in Pacers practices for the past month. ...
Charles Koch Ponied Up To Keep Gregg Marshall At Wichita State
Wichita State men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall was a hot name after the Shockers handled second-seeded Kansas to make it into the Sweet Sixteen this year. But with a little help from a thing called “a lot of money,” Charles Koch and the rest of the school’s boosters were able to keep their in-d...
Today, We Get To Appreciate The Funniest Trophy In Sports
Today, the United States Basketball Writers Association gave an award to the most outstanding player in men’s college basketball, as it has done every year since 1959. In 2005, the USBWA commissioned a trophy of Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson to represent the award, and so was born the Oscar Robertso...
Report: NFL Set To Hire First Female Official
According to the Baltimore Sun’s Aaron Wilson, the NFL has hired the league’s first-ever female official....
Reports: Shaka Smart Is Leaving VCU For Texas
According to numerous reports, what has been rumored for days has come true: Shaka Smart is leaving VCU to become the University of Texas’s next head basketball coach. ...
Harry Caray Used To Just Make Shit Up While Calling Away Games
Yesterday on the The Stacks, we republished Myron Cope's great old profile of Harry Caray, written back when he was still calling games for the Cardinals and was known as a bit of a rebel in baseball circles. Even then, he was already considered the best play-by-play man in the game, in no small par...
Report: Bowling Green Fires Basketball Coach After Incident At Bar
There’s something weird going down at Bowling Green State University, where first-year men’s basketball coach Chris Jans was just fired despite leading the team to a 21-12 record this year. According to Fox Sports Ohio’s Zac Jackson, Jans was fired because of something he did at a bar....
How Has The NCAA's New 30-Sec Shot Clock Worked This Postseason?
As a college hoops superfan, I'll watch the NIT, and even the CIT and CBI given the chance. I've even attended two CIT title games. But the reality is that there's little at stake in these events other than the chance for participating teams to play more basketball and for me to watch more basketb...
Kelly Olynyk Reports News Of Dougie Hamilton's Broken Ribs
Celtics center and amateur reporter Kelly Olynyk may have unintentionally leaked some news Wednesday night about Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s injury....
Anthony Bennett, My Friend, What Are You Doing?
You know, it’s been a while since we’ve checked in on former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett, the guy who last year turned in one of the saddest rookie campaigns in history. Maybe things are finally starting to look up for him! ...
Geno Auriemma Thinks Men's College Basketball Is Shitty Trash
UConn women’s college basketball coach Geno Auriemma took a moment today to talk about men’s college basketball. To be more specific, he thinks it’s a boring, backwards sport....
Yes, Flying Parents To The Final Four Is Paying Players
Back in January, less than a week before the college football championship game, the NCAA announced that parents of players who made this year's College Football Playoff or Final Four were eligible to receive $3,000 in travel expenses. Now, a number of ADs are pushing to make the program permanent. ...