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The Cubs Got To Watch Donald Trump Point And Talk
The Chicago Cubs are in D.C. to play the Nationals tonight, and many members of the team traveled to the White House to visit Donald Trump this morning. This was not a traditional post-championship visit—the Cubs went to the White House while Barack Obama was in office after winning the World Series...
Clinton Portis Says He Wanted To Murder Financial Advisors Who Swindled Him
Sports Illustrated’s Brian Burnsed published a lengthy profile of former Washington running back Clinton Portis today, which tells the story of Portis’s tumultuous post-NFL career life, and all the medical and financial ruin he has gone through to finally find steady ground. In his playing days, Por...
Now That Phil Jackson Is In The Toilet, Let's Laugh At The Triangle Offense<em></em>
There was never anything particularly special about the Triangle offense. It was just another offense, even in its heyday....
Holy Smokes, The Rockets Just Traded For Chris Paul
Adrian Wojnarowski has blessed this slow Wednesday morning with a Woj bomb: Chris Paul is being traded to the Houston Rockets. What?!...
Britain Finally Charges Six People In The 1989 Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
Nearly three decades after 96 soccer fans were suffocated, trampled or crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium during the 1989 FA Cup semifinal match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, six people have had criminal charges brought against them for roles played in the disaster and its coverup...
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Miguel Montero Thinks His Pitchers Should Stop Allowing So Many Steals [Update]
Cubs catcher Miguel Montero has yet to throw out a base stealer this season, as runners are a perfect 31-for-31 with him behind the plate. Montero caught six innings against the Nationals last night, and they ran wild on him, stealing seven bases in just four innings. Four of those steals belonged t...
USA Gymnastics Report Calls For "Cultural Change" To Prevent Further Abuse
Nearly a year after the Indianapolis Star first reported on how USA Gymnastics mishandled allegations of sexual abuse by member coaches, the national governing body has released a 100-page report into its policies surrounding abuse. The review, which was conducted by former federal prosecutor Debora...
Jacoby Ellsbury Is King Of Catcher Interference
You might already be familiar with the most insignificant of Jacoby Ellsbury’s baseball skills—his ability to get on base via catcher interference. He set a single-season record last year by doing it 12 times, meaning that he alone was responsible for nearly a third of the league’s calls. Tonight, h...
Florida Wins College World Series After LSU Misses Out On Tying Run Due To Interference
Florida defeated LSU to take home its first College World Series title with a 4-3 win yesterday and a 6-1 win tonight in the best-of-three series. The Gators jumped out to an early 2-0 lead off of a pair of unearned runs, and the score stayed that way until LSU began mounting their comeback in the s...
The Mets Gaze Deeper Into The Abyss
Of the seven starting pitchers that the New York Mets carried in spring training, five have been on the disabled list this season. Now, it looks like you can make it six....
Salvador Perez Hit A Ball 427 Feet And Mikie Mahtook Robbed Him
Royals catcher Salvador Perez seemed like he had a sure hit. When the ball travels a recorded 427 feet, why wouldn’t he feel good about it? Tigers outfielder Mikie Mahtook dashed his hopes tonight:...
Trea Turner Only Needed Three Innings To Tie His Own Team Record For Most Stolen Bases In A Game<em></em>
Of all the various factors that make Trea Turner so damn fun to watch, perhaps none is so impressive as his speed. He’s making that ridiculously, abundantly clear tonight....
José Ramírez Is For Real
José Ramírez’s offensive breakout last year was much-needed for Cleveland, helping the team come within a few outs of a World Series title in a season they spent almost entirely without their most productive position player. It also didn’t seem particularly sustainable—a young player whose bat had n...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Is A Big Teen Who Hits Like His Father
Baseball has been worse off ever since Vladimir Guerrero retired, as the game can always use more unrepentant oddballs who will hit singles off of pitches that bounced in the dirt and generally hack away with little thought of the consequences. Guerrero’s never coming back, but there’s a decent chan...
Report: Yankees Charity Is Being Shady About Where Its Money Goes
The New York Times put out a lengthy report today detailing the past 10 years of the “New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund,” a charity the team created after they caught heat for taking public park land to build its new coliseum in the South Bronx. ...
Utah, BYU To Resume Rivalry After Sucker Punch Forces First Break Since 1944
Only two things can stop the Utah-BYU college basketball rivalry: The most destructive war humanity’s ever witnessed, and a pasty guard sucker-punching another guard in garbage time. ...
How Qatar Used Its Youth Soccer Academy To Influence The World Cup Bidding Process
The Aspire Academy’s listed mission statement is to “develop well educated sports champions” and “foster Qatar society realizing a healthy, active lifestyle.” The Qatari government founded Aspire in 2003, building a state-of-the-art sports complex in Doha with the aim of identifying and training ath...
Baylor Lawyers Reveal NCAA Investigation In Court Filing
The NCAA is currently conducting an investigation of Baylor in regards to its football program’s recent sexual assault scandal, according to a recent legal filing from university lawyers....
FIFA: Computer-Destroying Russian Bid Committee Did Nothing Corrupt
Today brought the release of the 430-page report on World Cup corruption that FIFA fought to keep secret for nearly three years. One section of that report details the FIFA Ethics Committee’s investigation into potential corruption by the Russian bid committee that secured the 2018 World Cup. The re...