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Red Sox Player Has Perfect Game In World Series
Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts on Sunday bowled a perfect game at the World Series of Bowling, a Professional Bowlers Association tour event. The two-time All Star—who ESPN called a “bowling aficionado”—told ESPN he’d estimated it was his 10th perfect game in his life (but his first at a PBA event)...
Report: Dion Waiters's "Dirty Play" Will Cost Rudy Gobert A Month
Rudy Gobert wasn’t real thrilled about Dion Waiters crashing into his knees Friday night, calling it a “dirty play” and implying that the move was intentional. Well, if it was intentional, it seems to have hit its mark:...
Knicks Waive Half-Decent Player To Make Room For Moldering Skeleton
I suppose we should file this under Doing What You’ve Gotta Do:...
The Thrills And Spills Of Watersports
Let’s discuss a slippery topic....
Masked Kyrie Irving Will Return To Wreak Destruction On The NBA
Get ready, NBA, for the return of Masked Kyrie Irving. No, I’m not referring to Uncle Drew, here. The errant Aron Baynes elbow that smashed into Irving’s face Friday and ended his night reportedly caused a facial fracture, and you know what that means:...
Maurice Harris Might Have Just Made The Catch Of The Year
This outstretched one-handed falling grab right on the sideline by Washington’s Maurice Harris initially looked like an impressive failure, with the play ruled out of bounds. But on further review, the catch was good, and Harris had come down with one of the best plays of the year....
Mike Hoffman Skips The Puck Past Jonathan Bernier For A Truly Freakish Goal
I think I’ll be giving Ottawa’s Mike Hoffman way too much credit if I imply in any way that he knew what he was doing here. But even if his goal yesterday against the Colorado Avalanche in Stockholm, Sweden was a complete accident, it’s still something I’ve never seen before....
The Minnesota Timberwolves Are Up To Their Same Old Bullshit
The Minnesota Timberwolves are 7-5, and 4-1 at home, and 11th in the NBA in offense, with a pair of wins over the hot-shot Oklahoma City Thunder already on their résumé. That’s good! On the other hand they don’t seem, today, like a team that’s having a very good time, fresh off a loss to the Phoenix...
Possibly Josh Beckett Does Not Understand The Concept Of Stage Diving
Former World Series MVP Josh Beckett was reportedly arrested in Texas after he jumped on stage and flattened the lead singer of a country band at an open-mic night performance, according to TMZ:...
The Celtics Are Better Than They Have Any Damn Right To Be
Apparently the Celtics don’t even need players. Just Brad Stevens standing on the sideline, pointing his brain waves at the ball for 48 minutes. Last night they lost Kyrie Irving after teammate Aron Baynes elbowed him across the nose, fell behind by as many as 18 points, and came all the way back to...
Chiefs Defensive Lineman Roy Miller Arrested And Charged With Domestic Battery
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Roy Miller was arrested and charged with domestic battery Saturday morning in Jacksonville, Florida, reports ESPN:...
Rudy Gobert Says Dion Waiters Deliberately Targeted His Knees
Heat guard Dion Waiters made kind of a dumb and reckless play going for a loose ball Friday night against the Utah Jazz. His effort sent him crashing into the infinitely long legs of Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the right one of which bent inwards at a terrifying angle:...
Middle Ball Child Left Behind In China After Alleged Shoplifting
The three UCLA freshmen—Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, and LiAngelo Ball—caught stealing from a Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou last week were not able to accompany their teammates back to the United States Saturday night, reports ESPN. Apparently this is not because they will be spending the remainder of ...
Stephon Marbury Spares Jimmer Fredette "The Real Power" In Altercation
Hey, remember Jimmer Fredette? Sure you do: “The Jimmer” was in a boy band or something in the late aughts before moving abroad to pursue an international basketball career. Tiger Beat subscribers of a certain age will be interested to know his Shanghai Sharks played against Stephon Marbury’s Beijin...
Hope Solo Says Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter Groped Her At Awards Show
In an interview with Portuguese paper Expresso, former USWNT keeper Hope Solo says she was sexually harassed by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter before the two presented an award together at the 2013 Ballon d’Or ceremony....
Creighton Employees "Under Review" After Criticizing Basketball Coach
Two employees of Creighton University’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center are “under review” and could potentially be disciplined after writing an op-ed in the student paper criticizing the conduct of basketball coach Greg McDermott. McDermott recently posted a photo of himself handing out...
Aly Raisman Says Larry Nassar Sexually Abused Her
In an upcoming interview with 60 Minutes, six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman reveals that she was sexually abused by Larry Nassar, the former physician for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for nearly two decades....
Jerry Jones Is Not Fucking Around With His Attempt To Burn Roger Goodell On Contract Negotiations
Last time we checked in on this chapter of Jerry Jones vs. Roger Goodell, the commissioner was reportedly furious over the Dallas Cowboys owner’s efforts to undermine his contract negotiations by threatening to sue the league and fellow owners in order to stop them from re-upping Goodell. (This was ...
Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women
For the last eight years, baseball fan-turned-writer Becca Schultz has presented herself online as Ryan Schultz, a false identity she assumed when she was 13 years old, duping and harassing women on Twitter along the way. ...