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Report: Dennis Schröder Arrested On Battery Charge [Update]
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery on Thursday:...
Kristaps Porzingis Is Alone In The Spotlight Now
About an hour before Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kristaps Porzingis posted a photo of himself, earbuds in, peace sign up, announcing his return to New York....
How Can Gymnastics Escape The Curse Of The Olympic Cycle?
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships that take place the year after the Olympics have the reputation of being something of a letdown; with the next Olympics three years away, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to meet the sport’s next mega star there. The 2013 Championships, which marked ...
The 2017 Hater’s Guide To The MLB Playoffs<em></em>
Hey, it’s finally baseball season! Pitchers pitchin’! Catchers catchin’! Bats crackin’! Batters scratchin’! Now I know every loves a little taste of summer training, but now they start playing games that count! [Mel Allen voice] How about that?...
People Can't Get Enough Of The "Hydrating Kristaps" Meme
Folks, another NBA season is upon us, and wouldn’t you know it, the sports world’s biggest meme market is heating up again. Pop quiz: do you know the hottest NBA meme right now? The answer might be Hoodie Melo. It all started after the world saw some clips of Carmelo Anthony playing basketball nicel...
Cardinals Eliminated With Robbed Home Run In Extra-Innings Loss To Cubs
The Cardinals’ slim postseason hopes were officially put to rest tonight in an extra-innings loss to the Cubs, who had already clinched the division with a win over St. Louis yesterday....
The Mets Are Just Messy As Hell
The Mets may have seemingly pushed dysfunction to a new level this season—poorly handled injuries, baffling management decisions, various public relations snafus—but, per a juicy new story from Marc Carig of Newsday, the situation was way worse behind the scenes....
Report: NBA Approves Lottery Reform That Probably Won't Prevent Tanking
The lottery reform proposal that was submitted to the NBA board of governors earlier this month has reportedly been approved. The new system, designed to curtail tanking, is unlikely to curtail tanking....
Bad Soccer Teams Should Stop Shooting Their Own Dicks Off By Playing From The Back
Hey, shitty teams. A humble request: How about you stop giving up the easiest goals imaginable, making enormous errors in some misguided effort to play “beautiful soccer” and build up play from the back, and instead just lump the ball forward when facing your betters? This scourge must be stopped....
Ben Simmons Calls Donald Trump An "Idiot" And A "Dickhead"
Pretty much every pro athlete in America is getting asked about Donald Trump these days, and though many have had interesting things to say, few have cut to the chase quite like Ben Simmons:...
Basel Player Turns Into The Flash, Jets Down Entire Length Of Pitch And Scores
I don’t know much about Dimitri Oberlin other than he is a forward who plays for Basel and he has the kind of unlimited stamina and electric speed that can only be compared to superheroes. Here he is demonstrating this with a jaw-dropping run in yesterday’s Champions League match against Benfica:...
Report: FBI Looking Into Nike's "Grassroots Basketball" Division
According to reports from sports lawyer Darren Heitner and ESPN, the federal prosecutors looking into college basketball corruption have now turned their focus to Nike. The FBI’s New York field office and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York reportedly served a subpoena t...
The Yankees Are Doing A Fun Thing After Homers
The Yankees bopped three dongs against the Rays last night, and after each one an endearing scene played out in the dugout....
Fans Scramble For Home Run Ball, Debase Themselves
The first rule for being a cool and chill ballgame attendee is don’t get blackout drunk and puke on people. The second rule is don’t pursue a home run ball as if you are a seagull that just caught sight of a bread crumb. These fans in Arizona failed to follow the second rule last night:...
Derek Jeter Has The Keys To The Marlins. Now What?
Wednesday afternoon, MLB owners unanimously approved the sale of the Miami Marlins to Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman, setting up the $1.2 billion sale to close on Monday, after the conclusion of the regular season. This is Rob Manfred’s wet dream, and the rest of us are just living it....
Erik Karlsson's Quotes About His New Bionic Foot Sound Kind Of Ominous
The Senators’ brand of hockey, a 1-3-1, neutral-zone clogging formation that forces the puck out wide and limits odd-man rushes at both ends of the ice, is aesthetically unappealing, to the point where you find yourself rooting against them in the postseason just so you don’t have to watch them anym...
76ers Already In Midseason Form
“The process never ends,” said 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo during media day on Monday, and while those words sounded perhaps a bit conservative at the time, now that we’ve gotten a glimpse at his team in practice, Colangelo could be right....
J.D. Martinez Is Like Giancarlo Stanton But Better
Damn J.D. Martinez’s right foot. If the then-Tigers outfielder hadn’t sprained it back in Spring Training earlier this year, keeping him off the diamond until mid-May, who knows what kind of season he would have had. Watching Martinez smash the ball silly in Arizona—and seeing his home run total swe...
Sounds Like The Hawks Despised Dwight Howard
Zach Lowe had Kevin Arnovitz on his podcast Tuesday to discuss the five most puzzling teams in the NBA, one of which was the Charlotte Hornets. The Eastern Conference is a lukewarm soup of bad teams, mediocre teams, and the Cavs and Celtics, which means the Hornets could plausibly finish fourth or 1...
Kyle Seager And Carlos Ruiz Shouting Animal Names At Each Other Is The Best Pregame Ritual
Impassioned speeches, elaborate handshakes, and weird meals are all played out. The new hot thing in pregame rituals is taking a firm grasp of your buddy’s hand, looking deep into his eyes, and shouting in Spanish the names of as many animals as you can think of. Allow Kyle Seager and Carlos Ruiz to...