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For The Next Two Days, This Is The Most Powerful Man In Hockey
The list of players protected from Wednesday’s draft to stock the expansion Vegas Golden Knights is out, and conversely—and most importantly—the list of unprotected players. The Golden Knights could enter the NHL with a perfectly fine team, but from all indications, GM George McPhee won’t be satisfi...

Nolan Arenado Completes Cycle With Come-From-Behind Walk-Off Dong, Is Rewarded With Bloodied Face
Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado completed a cycle today in the most dramatic possible fashion: with a three-run walk-off dinger in the bottom of the ninth inning. Dig it:...

That Team In The Lovely Sky Blue Caps Turned A Sweet Double Play Today
Here is a really slick, gorgeous double play from the boys in sky blue:...

Report: Paul George Told The Pacers He Intends To Depart After Next Season
Paul George has told the Indiana Pacers that he will leave the franchise via free agency after the 2017-18 season, according to this Sunday report from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski....

Cum Dog News: Cum Dog On The Move, They Transferred Cum Dog
Famous or anyway probably real and human soccer person Jason Cummings has been transferred from one team to another team, according to this report. He is the Cum Dog. Cum Dog coming to Nottingham Forest, is what I’m saying here....

LeBron James Releases Finals Frustration On Poor Children In Comprehensive Display Of Sports Ownage
Is a water balloon fight sports? Of course it is....

Justin Thomas Breaks U.S. Open Record In Bonkers Third Round
Justin Thomas, wearer of sweet pink pants and nailer of wild curving birdie putts, set a PGA Tour record with his 9-under 63 on Saturday, the lowest score in relation to par in the history of the U.S. Open. ...

The Only Possible Explanation For This Manny Machado Throw Is Metahumans
Machado is moving the other way when he uncorks this throw, and he is deep in foul territory, and he throws the ball on a line, and it’s a perfect strike:...

And Now We Present Tim Tebow Hurling His Bat Into The Second Deck
Here we have brawny sports heartthrob Tim Tebow losing his grip on a bat and yanking it 30 rows into the stands in Charleston, South Carolina: ...

Reports: Celtics Will Trade 2017 First Overall Draft Pick To Philadelphia
According to multiple reports, the Celtics have agreed to trade the number one overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft to the Philadelphia 76ers, clearing the way for the Sixers to finally add a guard—any guard, please God let it be a guard—to their young core. The Sixers are expected to use the first ...

Terrible, Terrible News: The Freeze Has Been Defeated
In what can only be the result of dastardly Russian interference, The Freeze lost a race last night. Disgusting....

Mighty Pitcher Jeff Samardzija Crushed A Record Homer Last Night
Intense and humongous Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija loaded all of his 6-foot-5 heft into a mighty hack at this meatball from Rockies rookie Antonio Senzatela, blasting it 446 feet to right center for the longest homer smacked by a pitcher in the Statcast era. Behold:...

The Tigers' Window Has Closed, But They Could Reopen It Soon
Thursday’s Detroit Tigers game felt like a quintessential performance from the team’s two pillars. Justin Verlander started in his 366th career game for Detroit, going up against the Rays and pitching seven solid innings as he put himself in position to get the win. But the team lost its 3-2 lead wh...

Reports: Cristiano Ronaldo Wants To Leave Real Madrid (It's Not Going To Happen)
A transfer window isn’t a transfer window without rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo might be on the move, and despite playing the hero in Real Madrid’s historic back-to-back Champions League trophies and snatching away the league title from Barcelona and all but certainly locking up a fifth Ballon d’Or ...

Civility Is Overrated
Earlier this week there was a phony report about the Golden State Warriors deciding not to go to the White House after winning their second title in three years. That prompted Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins to write this column calling for all of the Warriors to go and shake Donald Trump’s ...

Jim Tomsula's Wife Got Her Fat, Scraggly Husband Into Shape
Former 49ers coach Jim Tomsula is now handling the Skins’ defensive line, and not only is he free of the crushing burden of working for Jed York, but he’s also lost some facial hair and fat....

Lithuanian Basketball Team President Gets Wildly Racist
Gedvydas Vainauskas, the president of Lithuanian professional basketball team BC Lietuvos Rytas, had this to say about black players on his basketball team....

Rockies Blow Eight-Run Lead, Manage Walk-Off Win Anyway
After falling behind 9-1 to the Rockies by the seventh inning, the Giants stormed back to tie the game—only to ultimately fall short, as Colorado walked off with a run in the bottom of the ninth....

Chris Sale Strikes Out 10, Gets Only Extra-Base Hit For Red Sox, Still Loses
Chris Sale pitched seven shutout innings against the Phillies before giving up just one run in the eighth. He allowed five baserunners over his complete game. He struck out 10. He got the only extra-base hit of the game for the Red Sox (and the first of his career), in the form of an eighth-inning l...

Carlos Carrasco Is An Artist, And This Baseball In The Image Of José Ramírez Is His Masterpiece
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”...