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LIU Brooklyn Tops Loyola On A Frenzied Buzzer-Beating Banked Three
LIU Brooklyn opened their season in exhilarating fashion Monday night, beating Loyola (Md.) in a game that saw a crazy final five seconds. With it all tied up 68-68, Loyola inbounded from under their own basket. They looked to have a good layup or dunk attempt, but Jerome Frink sent the shot packing...
Kristaps Porzingis Has Bad Opinions About His Own Nickname
Remember when Kevin Durant tried to give himself the nickname, “The Servant?” That is a garbage nickname for a host of reasons, and thankfully nobody uses it. The first—and only, really—rule of nicknames is that you’re not allowed to give yourself one. The only time your input on your nickname is ap...
Bougie Food Review: Maple Water
Water has gotten too complicated. It’s just two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, clear and basically tasteless. It is nourishing and life-giving. It is perfect....
Reminder From Russell Westbrook: Don't Get It Twisted
The Celtics beat up on the Durant-less Thunder last night, and Marcus Smart had a better game than opposing point guard Russell Westbrook. After the game, one reporter asked Westbrook if Smart, being a big, physical guard, is a particularly tough matchup for him. Westbrook did not take kindly to thi...
Jason Gay's <i>Little Victories </i>Is The Perfect Advice Book For People Who Never Take Any
I don’t really believe in advice. That’s not to say other people can’t teach you anything useful about how to live, but sweeping, external principles handed down from on high are useless. It’s one thing to flesh out your personal moral code with examples from other people’s lives, but swollen mantra...
Is Ronda Rousey A GLORY GIRL?
Hey, Ronda Rousey got her butt (and head and neck) kicked the other night. How did such a seemingly dominant athlete manage to end up losing so decisively? Was Rousey ill-prepared for Holly Holm’s cagey boxing style? Was she unnerved by Australia’s counter-clockwise toilet swirl? Did she take a dive...
No One Has Enjoyed The Ottawa Senators As Much As This Kid
Oh my god this is so fun and I have two balloons and I could just FLIP OUT right now...
A Square's Guide To Buying Sneakers
When I was a kid and lived on West 72nd Street in Manhattan, I wanted a pair of the original Air Jordans—the red and black ones that the NBA had banned for being too flashy or some shit. There was a mom-and-pop sneaker shop on the Upper West Side that showed them off in their windows, and I’d saliva...
John Oliver Made An Honest Daily Fantasy Commercial
On last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver unveiled a daily fantasy ad that’s actually honest, for once....
Chris Baker, Much Like Kirk Cousins, Knows You Like That
Did you like this?...
Cycling Man Falling Into Cycling Man Is The First Of Many Falling Cycling Men
Cyclocross is a great, silly sport primarily practiced by lowland Europeans like the Belgians and the Dutch. Designed as a seasonal alternative to road cycling, it is a great excuse for fans to eat frites and hand up beers to the riders. It’s like a combination between cycling and mud wrestling, and...
Brook Lopez Missed An Easy Game-Winner Against The Warriors
The Warriors got as close to losing as they have all year, as the Brooklyn Nets somehow took them to overtime. Incredibly, they really should have won it here but Brook Lopez missed this easy tip....
Angry Manager Hurls Third Base Into A Beer Garden
This clip is made all the better by the Australian commentary....
Report: Lamar Odom Can't Recognize Family; Doctors Fear "Serious" Brain Damage
According to a report from TMZ Sports, Lamar Odom is still struggling to recover basic functions after he suffered many strokes and was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel. They have reported that in addition to problems with basic communication and moving around, he can’t recognize people he shou...
French NBA Prospect Throws Down Huge Dunk In Adriatic League
This here is Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, a 20-year-old French player currently with Mega Leks of the Adriatic League. He was going to enter the 2015 NBA Draft, but decided to go play for Mega Leks instead. DraftExpress’ draft profile compares him to classic 3-and-D type wings like Danny Green and Thabo...
Radford Upsets Georgetown In Double Overtime With Deep Three-Pointer
The Radford Highlanders shocked Georgetown in double OT this afternoon on their own court. The Big South school downed the Hoyas with this late, deep three from Rashun Davis. Davis led all scorers with 28. Not a great start for Georgetown!...
College Basketball Game In Japan Cancelled After Wet Floor Causes Injuries
Pittsburgh and #9-ranked Gonzaga began their seasons yesterday at Foster Field House in the Marine Corps base on Okinawa, Japan, or at least they tried to. A slippery floor surface caused all manner of slips and falls, including the particularly gnarly one below, and the game was called off at halft...
Supremely Fed Up DeMarcus Cousins Is Now Taking It Out On His Opponents
In a now annual tradition, the relationship between DeMarcus Cousins and his coach is deteriorating. There were reports earlier in the week that George Karl was on the chopping block, but it now appears that the two are committed to trying to patch things up. That being said, these are the Kings and...
Guinness Is Struggling, And This Gimmicky New IPA Won't Save It
If you came of drinking age in a certain era, Guinness Draught was quite likely the first good beer you ever had. As recently as a decade ago, it was common to walk into a middle-of-the-road American bar and be confronted with a tap list featuring Shit, Shit Light, Shit Ice, Lemon-Lime Shit, Cider S...