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The Kings Agreed To Opt Out Of Revenue Sharing, Because The NBA Sucks

When the prospective ownership group led by Vivek Ranadive managed to convince the NBA's Relocation and Finance Committee to keep the Kings in Sacramento, we pointed out that the main incentive driving the NBA's decision was most definitely the city of Sacramento's willingness to build a new publicl...

Floyd Mayweather Is Unbeatable. Goddammit.

Well. It turns out Floyd Mayweather has not lost a step after all. I was under the mistaken impression that Floyd Mayweather had lost a step—a tiny step, at least. After extensive review, however, we can now say that, as of the early morning hours of this past Sunday, Floyd Mayweather has not lost m...

Fart Interrupts Snooker World Championship Semifinal

Ronnie O'Sullivan is en route to his fifth snooker world championship title, but his win over Judd Trump in the semifinal was a real stinker....

Boston College Softball Player Goes Over Fence To Make Amazing Catch

Georgia Tech's Alysha Rudnik hit the ball over the fence to lead off yesterday's third inning. But BC senior centerfielder Maria Pandolfo jumped and lunged over the fence to take away her certain homer, startling even the person who had been taking video just a few feet away....

Here's A Dog Dressed As A Hot Dog, Eating A Hot Dog

Yesterday was the annual "Bark in the Park" day in Atlanta, the only time—other than when the Reds are in town—when ticketholders must show proof they've been vaccinated against Parvo and Bordetella....

Habs Coach Michel Therrien Has A Curious Definition Of "Classless"

Ottawa is in the Canadiens' heads. There's no other way to describe it, after a 6-1 Senators victory that included 236 minutes in penalties, and a third period that saw the Habs actively and repeatedly try to hurt their opponents. Oh, but Paul MacLean called a timeout!...

Tonight's Canadiens-Senators Game Featured Two Entire Lines Fighting

Immediately after the Ottawa Senators scored to take a 4-1 lead over the Montreal Canadiens, a scrum broke out...everywhere. Every player on the ice who wasn't a goalie grabbed an opponent and fought, to some degree. As a result, 147 total penalty minutes were issued....

So Maybe Dan Le Batard Wasn't The Guy Who Snubbed LeBron For MVP [Post Corrected]

UPDATE: OK, it appears we screwed up and jumped the gun. Dan Le Batard has yet to confirm or deny what player he voted for regular season MVP, or whether or not he even had a vote. We've just gotten word that he didn't vote for Anthony, and we sent Le Batard an email for comment, so let's see what h...

With Cambridge city officials refusing to allow Tamerlan Tsarnaev to be buried in the town's cemetery, his family is having a hard time finding a place to lay the bombing suspect to rest....

This Video Of Hull City Getting Promoted To The Premiership Is Epic

Well, this is heartwarming. On the final day of the npower Championship regular season, second-place Hull City was playing Cardiff City, who had already won the league and promotion to the English Premier League. The way the Championship works is the top two teams are automatically promoted, while t...

Boston Bruins Honor Marathon Bombing Victim Before Game 2

Last you saw Jeff Bauman, he was mangled, with a complexion reminiscent of Beetlejuice. Pushing Bauman's stretcher was a man in a cowboy hat who had shredded a sweater to make tourniquets for what remained of Bauman's legs....

MLB Network's Heidi Watney: Surprisingly Good At Golf

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LeBron's Fourth MVP Is Pushing Him Into Ludicrous Territory

Reports are swarming that LeBron James will be named the NBA’s MVP for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Somehow this makes Derrick Rose’s 2011 MVP — the only blemish in that stretch for LeBron — seem all the more impressive, if all the more anomalous. Only four other players (Kareem Abdul-J...

Help! The Goddamn Cat Peed On My Loafers

Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....

Meet Fred Ettish, The Folk Hero Of UFC 2

Saturday's UFC card featured one helluva beatdown: Jon "Bones" Jones turned Chael Sonnen into a bloody mess. But at least Sonnen was ready for what eventually hit him....

Looks Like Mickey Mantle Used To Cork His Bat

Even one of the greatest hitters of all time wasn't above cheating to get a little extra bat speed....

Corey Brewer Does Everything Wrong In 14 Seconds

Here are three things you don't want to do when you are a career 29-percent shooter from three-point range and you are playing in the last 14 seconds of the third quarter of an elimination playoff game:...

The Reds Auctioned Off A Ball Covered In Jeff Samardzija's Blood

I don't know why you'd want this unless you planned to clone Jeff Samardzija, but hey: we don't judge....

How Ed O'Bannon's Lawsuit Would Dismantle The NCAA

Originally published in Bloomberg View....

Lots Of People Don't Want To See Lars Eller's Blood

Montreal center Lars Eller is the hospital this morning, after this devastating hit from Ottawa's Eric Gryba. Eller briefly lost consciousness and the team says he suffered a concussion, and facial and dental fractures. Now some people are mad that an Ottawa paper stuck a bloodied Eller on its fron...