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Now The Republicans Will Rob You
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the presidential campaign is that so many down-and-out people voted for Donald Trump with the idea he would help them. No. Now, he is going to help rich people rob you. ...
Baylor Is Still Full Of Shit
It isn’t transparency when it’s offered solely on your terms and to your benefit, especially if you are the powerful institution allegedly coming clean. There should be no comfort in the limited disclosures Baylor offered in a Dallas County court yesterday about how then-coach Art Briles, then-athle...
Lawsuit: Text Messages Show How Baylor Coaches Turned Football Program Into Disciplinary "Black Hole"
Earlier this week, former Baylor football assistant Colin Shillinglaw filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging that his firing in the fallout from Baylor’s massive sexual-assault scandal was unjust. Shillinglaw sued Baylor for libel and slander, just like former coach Art Briles did in his recen...
Man Who Fatally Shot Joe McKnight Indicted On Second-Degree Murder Charge
Ronald Gasser, the man who shot former NFL player Joe McKnight in a Louisiana traffic intersection, has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of second-degree murder. The indictment was announced today by the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office. ...
Goodness, This Blake Griffin Pass
Blake Griffin just returned from a lengthy injury layoff to recover from knee surgery, and it appears that he’s been antsy to get back. He went all And-1 to scoot this pass in to J.J. Redick in the first quarter tonight, and thankfully, Redick hit the layup....
Art Briles Drops Lawsuit Against Baylor Because He "Wants Some Peace In His Life"
Two months ago, former Baylor head coach Art Briles sued Baylor for libel and conspiracy, claiming that school officials lied when they claimed that Briles knew about a suite of rape and sexual assault complaints against football players. Briles also insisted that Baylor officials have actively work...
Shohei Otani Won't Pitch In The WBC, But He Might Get A Chance To Smash Dingers
Unfortunately for Team Japan, who have won two of the first three World Baseball Classics, Shohei Otani won’t be able to pitch in this year’s tournament due to a sore right ankle. He was scheduled to start the team’s first game on March 7 against Cuba but recently told reporters in Arizona, where th...
Lawsuit: Baylor Football Players Committed 52 Rapes In Four Years Under Art Briles
Baylor football players committed 52 rapes in four years, the majority at off-campus parties hosted by football players, including five gang rapes; the university paid off one woman who said she was raped by giving her free tuition; and football staff arranged for women to have sex with recruits on ...
Everyone's Getting Horny Over A Villanova Defensive Lineman
Impress your friends with your knowledge of the existence of this year’s small-school NFL prospect: Tanoh Kpassagnon, a defensive lineman who played at Villanova. Listed at 6-foot-7 and 290 pounds, Kpassagnon went to this week’s Senior Bowl and made at least one NFL executive tumescent. From Philly....
Bill Self Discusses "Distraction" Of "Very Serious Alleged Allegation" Of Rape At Men's Basketball Dorm<em></em>
Kansas men’s basketball head coach Bill Self spoke with the media for the first time since reports broke Wednesday of a rape investigation currently being conducted by the Lawrence Police Department that lists five Jayhawk players as witnesses....
Have Unions Accepted Death?
Every year, the government releases updated numbers on union membership in America. And every year, the number falls. Where is the rage, rage against the dying of the unions? ...
Police Investigating Report Of 16-Year-Old Girl Raped At Kansas Men's Basketball Dorm
According to multiple reports, police in Lawrence, Kan., are investigating a report that a 16-year old girl was raped in McCarthy Hall—an all-male dorm at the University of Kansas that houses 38 students, including the Jayhawks men’s basketball team. The report is currently under investigation by th...
Another Title IX Official At Baylor Says She Quit Because Working There Was Hell
A second woman whose job at Baylor was to investigate reports of rape has spoken to ESPN’s Outside the Lines. Like Patty Crawford, the previous Title IX official who talked after leaving Baylor, Gabrielle Lyons describes a bleak situation, one that made her so paranoid she dreamed about rape. Lyons ...
Tiny Island Nation Caught Creating Fake Birth Certificates For Brazilian-Born Players
East Timor is a small nation occupying the eastern half of the island Timor, which is a few hundred miles north of the Australian mainland. The island was a Portuguese then Indonesian colony until 1999, when they achieved independence. Just over 1 million people live there, and it took their nationa...
Jameis Winston Sexual Battery<em></em> Lawsuit Formally Dismissed
This morning, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed two lawsuits involving Jameis Winston, finally ending a four-year legal saga. A sexual battery lawsuit filed by Kinsman against Winston in 2015 and an earlier suit filed by Winston against Kinsman for defamation were both dismissed. The pair settle...
Goldman Sachs Does Not Want To Talk About It
If someone came to your house and camped in your front yard and screamed all day and night about how bad you are, you would want to correct the record somehow. Right? ...
Chris Kreider Bludgeoned Cody Eakin With His Own Helmet
The helmet: a useful tool for keeping your brains intact. Also, apparently a weapon?...
Texas Defends Hiring Ex-Baylor Assistant Casey Horny Despite His Support For Art Briles
Last week, Texas hired Baylor assistant Casey Horny to work as a special teams assistant under incoming coach Tom Herman. Horny is a Texas alum and spent three years as a graduate assistant in Austin, but he worked at Baylor for nine years before coming back to Texas. Horny was part of the group of...
Should Have Stuck With The Old Elites
After decades of growing inequality, our presidential election was a violent revolt against The Elites. So who the hell is actually trying to remedy that inequality frustrating our nation? The elites!...
I Am Terrified By This 9-Year-Old Girl Who Can Ruin A Tree With Her Bare Hands
Evnika Saadvakass is an adorable nine-year-old girl from Kazakhstan who now lives in Russia, and I’m almost certain she could easily kill me with her bare hands. ...