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Yasiel Puig Gets Put In Time Out, Still Manages To Be The Hero
A bad day for Yasiel Puig turned into a very, very good night. Benched after a dugout meltdown and fined for being late, the Dodgers phenom came on as a sub and homered on the very first pitch he saw to put Los Angeles on top....
Jamaica Basically Stopped Drug Testing Its Athletes Before The Olympics
In the past two months, Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Sherone Simpson, and three more track and field athletes have tested positive for banned substances. What's changed? Perhaps, says the ex-head of Jamaica's anti-doping body, they're actually being tested now....
Mark Sanchez's Mustache Is Glorious
For the first time in his career, Mark Sanchez has been challenged for the starting job. He responded by growing a horseshoe mustache. It is intense....
Kirk Cousins Injured; RGIII Still Not Cleared For Week 1
A string of words sure to strike fear in the hearts of even the stoutest Redskins fan: Washington's only healthy quarterback is Rex Grossman....
Romanian Princess Arrested In Oregon Cockfighting Ring
This, right here, this is something special. This is a royal mug shot....
Why Von Miller Is Facing A Six-Game Suspension
Broncos linebacker Von Miller is facing a six-game suspension, according to ESPN. How does a player earn a six-game penalty, reportedly without a positive drug test?...
Tony Bosch's Lawyer Claims Alex Rodriguez Paid Her
No, wait! Maybe A-Rod is worse than Ryan Braun! According to an attorney for Tony Bosch, Alex Rodriguez paid her $25,000 to represent the embattled Biogenesis founder. ...
Reports: Ryan Braun Claimed Urine Collecter Was Anti-Semitic Cubs Fan
Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez. For this brief moment in time, somehow you are not the most unlikable PED user in baseball! It took a heroic effort from Ryan Braun, but holy crap is this a bad look....
Report: A-Rod's Camp Leaked Biogenesis Docs With Braun's Name
According to a report from 60 Minutes, Biogenesis documents showing the names of three previously unidentified players were leaked to Yahoo Sports earlier this year by Alex Rodriguez's "inner circle." Why would A-Rod narc out his fellow players?...
HGH Testing Isn't Happening Because No One Trusts Roger Goodell
The NFL and the NFLPA are reportedly close to an agreement on preliminary steps toward HGH testing. The only thing that stands in the way is the fact that the players seriously do not trust Roger Goodell, not in the slightest....
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Fake Shane Spencer Hoaxes Radio Show, Implies Jeter, Rivera Used PEDs
When you have a former Major League Baseball player on to admit steroid use, it is very, very important to make sure he's actually a former Major League Baseball player....
Robert Griffin III Wants To Play, And Mike Shanahan Won't Let him
The Redskins' season ended in controversy, as Mike Shanahan was blasted for not removing his gimpy star quarterback from a playoff game before he shredded his knee. This season picks up where the last left off, only Shanahan finds now himself at the other extreme, with one very vocal critic—Robert G...
Something Weird Is Happening With Aaron Dobson's Twitter
Marshall wideout Aaron Dobson is making a splash in Patriots camp, lining up with the first-team offense and projecting to be one of Tom Brady's targets in a depleted New England offense. His Twitter account, on the other hand, is having an identity crisis. ...
Curt Schilling Had A Heart Attack At Age 44
It's been a stressful few years for Curt Schilling, whose failed video game company earned him lawsuits and forced him to sell off his house and his bloody sock. How stressful? Bad enough that Schilling suffered a heart attack in 2011 while watching—not running, watching—the NYC Marathon....
David Ortiz Found A Baby Somewhere
Where did David Ortiz get that baby? Is he going to eat the baby? Put the baby down, Mr. Ortiz. We can find you another one....
A Tale Of Two NFL Buddies Who Call Each Other "Nigger" And "Cracker"
A fascinating story in today's Detroit News about Tony Scheffler and Louis Delmas, friends since college and teammates on the Lions. Like many friends, they have pet names for each other. Unlike many interracial friends, those pet names are racial slurs....
Riley Cooper Is Back. How Did He Spend His Time Off?
Riley Cooper returned to Eagles practice yesterday, four days after being excused from camp in the wake of a video showing him angrily using a racial slur. Where did Cooper go? What did he do? And how did his teammates handle his return? All very good questions....
The Life Of An MLS Player Making $35,000 A Year
Not every pro athlete is rich. (We've seen the salaries of every MLS player.) Clint Irwin, the starting goalkeeper for the Colorado Rapids, makes the standard MLS rookie minimum of $35,125. He's not complaining, but he'd like you to know it's not all champagne and private jets....
How MLS Made Sure Clint Dempsey Landed In Seattle
SI's Grant Wahl has the tick-tock on how Clint Dempsey ended up a Seattle Sounder, in a deal that caught everyone by surprise. It's a great read for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes stuff, but I was particularly taken by how much of the dealing wasn't by the Sounders at all. Instead, it's ...