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Kevin Durant was officially introduced as a member of the Golden State Warriors today, which means he also got to meet with members of the coaching staff and front office....
Why Title IX Has Failed Everyone On Campus Rape<em></em>
It registers less as news and more as routine when another Title IX lawsuit arises against a college or university for failing to meet its obligations to address sexual violence. The same is true when the claims made in these suits bear out. Earlier this year, Florida State announced it would pay $9...
Giancarlo Stanton Shames Heckling Fan With His Mighty Swing
Giancarlo Stanton went on a two-day dinger spree that gave us four beautiful homers to ogle. It also gave us a very good video from the seats at the Mets’ stadium, which boasts some of the best comedic timing I’ve ever seen....
In TrackTown, USA For The Olympic Trials, The Drama Of The Human Spirit, And Other Stuff
Eugene, Oregon is a picturesque college town, sparkly with streams and framed by dark pine-forested hills, with a population equal parts public radio, Dick-and-Perry-with-a-snort-of-Eminem, and hippie. The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials are happening there right now—bands of backward cap-wearin...
Giancarlo Stanton Is Out To Destroy Every Baseball In New York
Last night against the Mets, Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton used his last two at-bats of the game to deliver us the gift of two perfectly mashed, picturesque taters. The Marlins played the Mets again this afternoon, and Stanton slapped two more gasp-inducing dingers in his first two at-bats of th...
Why Things Have Gone Sour Between Dwyane Wade And The Heat
With NBA free agency nearly a week old, the most intriguing wild card remaining is Dwyane Wade. Although everybody assumed him returning to the Heat was merely a formality, contract negotiations have dragged on, and according to Miami Herald Heat columnist Ethan Skolnick, the relationship between Wa...
The Atlanta Braves Borrowed Their Parking Scam From Dan Snyder
Last week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Braves had quietly asked for and received new traffic ordinances from Cobb County lawmakers. The Accessory Special Event Parking rule, which is among those edicts, bans all privately owned parking lots near the team’s new stadium from ope...
Longtime ESPN Executive To Become New Syracuse Athletic Director
ESPN executive vice president John Wildhack, who has been with the network since its inception and was one of president John Skipper’s top lieutenants, has been named the new athletic director at Syracuse University....
Giancarlo Stanton Has All The Dingers You Need
How do you like your dingers? Do you like watching the strong man with a bat drive a low hard one that just clears the fence and puts a dang dent in the stadium? Or do you prefer it when the slugger bonks a dong so high into the night sky that it threatens to make contact with alien life? Whatever y...
Oscar Pistorius Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Three and a half years after Oscar Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home, following a conviction, an appeal, and another conviction on more serious charges, the track star was sentenced to six years in prison for murder....
University Of Tennessee Pays $2.48 Million To Settle Sexual Assault Lawsuit
The University of Tennessee has been fighting against a federal lawsuit filed by eight women against the school and the athletics department in February, alleging serious deficiencies in how the school dealt with sexual assault, and that UT had created a culture where athletes easily committed sexua...
Pablo Cuevas Protested His Wimbledon Match Because He Wasn't Allowed To Pee
That’s Pablo Cuevas on the left there. He got mad and staged a protest at Wimbledon because the umpire wouldn’t let him take a pee....
Here Are Your 2016 MLB All-Stars
This afternoon, Major League Baseball announced the participants in next week’s All-Star Game. They include Jose Altuve and also some other people. Here are the full rosters....
The White Sox's Disco Demolition Riot Was Even More Insane Than You Thought<em></em><em></em>
This month marks the 37th anniversary of the Disco Demolition riots, which took place at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in 1979. The White Sox and a local radio station put together one of the most ill-conceived, successful promotions in sports history, wherein they sold tickets to a doubleheader against t...
Jung-Ho Kang Investigated For Sexual Assault
Pirates infielder Jung-Ho Kang is under investigation in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place in Chicago last month. A police spokesman confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that Kang is being investigated, but has not been arrested or charged with a crime....
Billy Hamilton Scored From Second On A Passed Ball
Billy Hamilton: still an absolute terror on the basepaths. He scored the first run of today’s game against the Cubs by walking, stealing second, and then making it all the way home on a passed ball. John Lackey and David Ross really needed to be paying more attention to him!...
Zack Hample Apologizes For Ballhawking At MLB's Fort Bragg Game
The Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves played a game Sunday at Fort Bragg, a military base in North Carolina. It was the first MLB game to be played at an active base, and the crowd was filled with military members. Also in that crowd was ballhawk Zack Hample....
Man Plays Pick-Up Game In Full Michael Jordan Uniform
Some people play pick-up basketball because they enjoy casually recreating with their buddies. Others play because they want to re-live their high school glory days. This man plays because the only thing he knows how to be is great:...
Doc Rivers Is Still A Terrible GM
The Los Angeles Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. Though it is true that they were without the injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, it was their fifth straight season getting bounced before the Conference Finals. And then this offseason the Warr...
Reports: Spurs Sign Pau Gasol, And Tim Duncan Is Probably Retiring
The Spurs are reportedly signing free agent Pau Gasol to a two-year deal worth more than $30 million, while Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Tim Duncan is leaning towards retirement after 19 seasons. These two things are related....