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It Was A Bad Night For Marcus Smart
With the Boston Celtics leading the Chicago Bulls 103-102 in the waning moments of Thursday night’s game, Jimmy Butler attempted a game-winning shot and missed....
Michigan State Police Conclude Sexual Assault Investigation, File Warrant Requests
According to an email from Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Scott Hughes, Michigan State police submitted warrant requests regarding the recent sexual assault investigation involving three Spartan football players and one football staffer. ...
MLB Agent Goes On Trial For His Role In Smuggling Cuban Prospects Into America
The federal trial is underway in Miami for agent Bartolo Hernandez and trainer Julio Estrada, who are accused of participating in smuggling operations that brought Cuban baseball players to America. ...
Michigan State Band Director Was Suspended One Week For Sexually Harassing Student<em></em>
Thanks to some hard-nosed student journalists, a recent sexual harassment case involving the Michigan State marching band director has come to light 10 months after the school attempted to address the matter internally....
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Michigan State Gymnastics Coach Resigns After Lawsuit Claims She Ignored Sexual Assault Scandal [Update]
Kathie Klages, Michigan State’s women’s gymnastics coach of 27 years, stepped down from her post Tuesday, according to MLive, one day after she was suspended by the university for being involved a Jane Doe lawsuit filed against team physician Larry Nassar, Michigan State, and USA Gymnastics....
Clint Dempsey Cleared To Return After Heart Problem
After being sidelined in September 2016 for the remainder of the MLS season with an irregular heartbeat, Seattle Sounders and U.S. men’s national team forward Clint Dempsey has been cleared to return....
Michigan State Suspends Football Staffer; School Police Continue Sexual Assault Investigation
Michigan State spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed that the football team’s director of college advancement and performance Curtis Blackwell was suspended with pay as of Tuesday afternoon....
Everything About This Breitbart Interview With Sean Spicer Is Nuts
For a far-right blog with white nationalist ties, Breitbart has gained incredible access to the White House. Trump’s inner circle is populated with numerous alumni, and today, their fawning pro-Trump propaganda paid off as they were granted an exclusive Facebook Live with unhinged press secretary Se...
Report: Disgraced Former Baylor President Ken Starr Is The Frontrunner For A Post In Trump Administration
Ken Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) served as president of Baylor University until the summer of 2016, when he was ousted in the wake of Baylor’s sexual assault scandal. Starr claimed to have no knowledge of the series of alleged sexual assaults committed by football players, and even as he tried to sav...
Three Michigan State Players Suspended While Police Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations
Michigan State suspended three football players and one staffer Thursday afternoon, revealing in a press release that the four unidentified team members are currently being investigated by the university for a sexual assault reported in “late January.” The school police department is currently headi...
Sportswriter Sues <i>New York Post</i> After Being Fired For Anti-Trump Tweet
NFL reporter Bart Hubbuch was fired a few weeks ago by the New York Post for a tweet that compared Donald Trump’s inauguration to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. He’s now suing the Post, claiming that firing him for his tweeted political opinion violates New York labor law....
Betsy DeVos Is Coming For Your Children
Even among all the billionaires, ideologues, and straight-up racist goons Donald Trump has nominated for his cabinet, Betsy DeVos, who was confirmed earlier this week as the Secretary of Education, stands out for how seemingly unqualified she is. As the doomed critics of her nomination were quick to...
How Did The Yankees Get Chris Carter On The Cheap?
One of the odder offseason odysseys has come to a close, with slugging 1B/DH Chris Carter signing with the Yankees for one year and $3.5 million. That seems like chump change for a guy who hit 41 homers for the Brewers last year, co-leading the NL, but for a while there it felt like no one wanted to...
Andrew McCutchen Makes The Inevitable Move To Right Field Like A Champ
Andrew McCutchen will start another year in Pirates uniform, it turns out—but it won’t be in center field....
Patriots Devin McCourty And Martellus Bennett Won't Visit Trump White House
New England Patriots players and Super Bowl champions Devin McCourty and Martellus Bennett have both independently said that they won’t attend the team’s ceremonial visit to the White House to celebrate their title with President Donald Trump....
This Man Is 40 Years Old
Let us all praise Vince Carter on this wonderful evening....
Martellus Bennett's Daughter Is Moving Up The Sports Baby Rankings
Riley Curry and T.J. Smith might be feeling comfortable at the top of the sports baby hierarchy but Jett Bennett, Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett’s daughter, laid down the foundation for her campaign after New England’s Super Bowl win last night....
Melissa McCarthy As Sean Spicer Is The Best Thing On <i>SNL</i> In Years
Melissa McCarthy made a special appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight to portray White House press secretary Sean Spicer. It’s incredible:...
The USMNT Can Party Now
Attention, attention: The United States Men’s National Team is cool again, just in time for spring break. Bruce Arena has released the team from the authoritarian hold of Jürgen Klinsmann and he’s ready to burn this motherfucker down....
Tom Brady And Dwight Freeney Play Video Game On <i>Conan</i>; Marshawn Lynch Steals Show
Takeaways from Conan O’Brien’s lasted edition of the now-annual Super Bowl Clueless Gamer segment: the Patriots are going to beat the Falcons; Tom Brady comes off as empty-headed as you’d imagine; Marshawn Lynch is still the best....